“Their goaltender was excellent, but I don’t think we really challenged him enough to make him uncomfortable at any point,” Donato said.
Donato complimented the manner in which the River Hawks were able to create problems for Girard.
“There were elements of their game that, quite frankly, we need to incorporate into our game,” Donato said. “They put pucks on net, but more importantly, they put pucks on net with people going there [and with] a lot of traffic in front of the net.”
Friday was the first match-up between the two squads since December 2001. The visitors left the Bright Hockey Center after handing the Crimson its worst home loss by goal differential since a 10-1 drubbing at the hands of the University of North Dakota in 2008.
Harvard now has a 19-day break in its schedule as it seeks to make adjustments on both ends of the ice. The Crimson will face Northeastern at home on December 29.
—Staff writer Michael D. Ledecky can be reached at mledecky@college.harvard.edu.