“[Traber] made a lot of huge saves and he looked strong in there,” Donato said. “It’s nice to see him get his first win.”

The Terriers got on the board three minutes into the game after a Traber save attempt deflected right to Mike Moran, who had an empty net to put it away.

BU expanded its lead to 2-0 at the 11:45 mark of the opening period with a shorthanded score. With Harvard on a power play, the Terriers’ initiated a two-on-one against Biega in the offensive zone. Wade Megan took a pass took a pass from Hohmann and beat Traber to put the Terriers up, 2-0.

But Harvard answered right back 75 seconds later when junior defenseman Dan Ford put home a rebound for his first goal of the season, cutting the Terriers lead to 2-1.

Biega tied the game with 14.2 seconds remaining in the period. After taking a big hit from the Terriers’ Patrick MacGregor along the right boards, the captain got up, intercepted a BU clear attempt, and fired a shot through Maguire’s legs to tie the game.

“I knew I was going to get hit,” Biega said. “Luckily the puck squirted back out. I just remember shooting it as hard as I could and luckily it went in.”

Harvard would go ahead in the subsequent period and not lose its lead for the remainder of a contest that saw a total of 17 penalties.

The performance handed the Terriers just their fifth fourth-place Beanpot finish ever and its worst tournament loss since falling to Harvard, 9-6, in the 1989 title game. The Crimson’s seven goals—which came despite the squad being outshot, 47-31—was its most in a Beanpot contest in 12 years and improved Harvard’s record to 16-20 all-time in consolation contests.

Biega said he hoped the win would spark the team to a late-season run, just as a consolation victory over the Terriers two years ago spurred a struggling Crimson squad to seven wins in its next eight games.

“I think [this victory] has the ability to turn the team around,” Biega said.

—Staff writer Scott A. Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.