Killorn, having broken free in the neutral zone after a turnover, scored another in the third, beating Iles stick side after a double fake. Everson scored the Crimson’s sixth of the night after tapping in a Blackwell pass from the right side of the net.

Cornell’s Joel Lowry broke up the shutout for Girard with a backhand shot with just over a minute left to play.

The Crimson outshot the Big Red, 30-19, and Harvard’s nation-leading power play was successful on one of five attempts. Cornell was zero for two on the man advantage.

Harvard last won the ECAC championship in 2006, and the Crimson’s run in 2012 has played out much like it did then.

Both squads had a first-round bye and lost in the opening game of the quarterfinals. Both teams then followed a close win in the second game with eight goals in a victorious third game followed by six scores in a semis win.

Back in the finals for the first time since 2008 with its seventh straight ECAC semis win, Harvard looked to finish its strong run against Union. Coming in, Harvard was 0-1-1 against the top-seeded Dutchmen and last faced them in January at Fenway Park, where the Crimson fell, 2-0. Saturday, the Crimson’s playoff run came to an end after Union rallied late for a 3-1 win.

“[After beating Cornell], there was a great feeling in the locker room.... But we came to Atlantic City with a goal to win two games,” Ford said. “[But] quickly the focus was turned to the game against Union in the championship.”

—Staff writer David Mazza can be reached at damazza@college.harvard.edu.