“From game one, he’s been our best player,” Everson said. “When we need a big play, he’s usually the guy to step up.”

And step up Killorn has. After his goal helped the Crimson tie a tough Cornell squad on Jan. 21, the senior nailed back-to-back game-winning goals against Yale and Brown en route to his second ECAC Player of the Week nod of the season.

But the late-game theatrics are a team-wide phenomenon. Time and time again the squad has mounted third-period comebacks in games to tie or, in some cases, to seal victories.

“It’s just a resiliency in this group of guys,” Killorn said. “It’s kind of a different mindset than we had last year, whereas we might’ve put our heads down and sulked a little bit if they started scoring. I think this year, we kind of take that as a challenge.”

The Crimson will face off against a Quinnipiac squad that, in addition to having one more point in the national rankings than Harvard, boasts the third best offense in the division. Sparking the attack are two of the top offensive threats in the ECAC: forwards Connor Jones and Jeremy Langlois.

Compound that with nearly a month off, and the Bobcats offense could be tough act to slow down.

In the background for the Crimson sits Monday’s first-round Beanpot matchup with No. 3 Boston University. Harvard upset the Terriers in a 5-4 thriller in last year’s Beanpot consolation game.

“Obviously the Beanpot is exciting. It seems like the city stops for those two weeks,” Killorn said. “But we’re not looking forward to that right now. We’ve got a game against Quinnipiac and two huge points.”

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