After the scoreless first period, both attacks loosened up with the opening of the middle frame, but it was the Bears who struck first. Just 3:34 in, Brown forward Francis Drolet skated behind the Harvard goal to Michalek’s left. The junior then crossed the puck inside to Jarred Smith, who drilled a one-timer past Michalek to give the visitors the lead.

Six minutes later, Harvard picked up its first power play of the night after Richie Crowley earned a roughing call when he blindsided Killorn. But the Crimson couldn’t seize the man advantage, failing to register a shot on goal in the two minutes.

The Crimson came back onto the ice for the final period reinvigorated and rapidly evened the score at one apiece.

“We were a little sluggish in the first two periods,” Kroshus said. “[Donato] came in and said, ‘We’re down one, we played pretty badly for 40 minutes, but we can make up for it with 20 minutes.’ So there wasn’t much to say before. We came out and gave it our all.”

Just over four minutes into the period, junior forward David Valek skated down the left side of the ice before circling behind the Bears goal. In anticipation of a wraparound attempt, Clemente shifted to his right, and Valek weaved the puck through two Brown defenders to Kroshus. With a good look on goal, Kroshus nailed the equalizer.

Killorn gave Harvard the lead seven minutes later. After taking the pass near the left faceoff circle, Killorn skated to his left before firing a shot that clanged off the post and into the net.

—Staff writer Robert S. Samuels can be reached at robertsamuels@college.harvard.edu.