Following a dismal showing against Northeastern in the first round of the 62nd annual Beanpot tournament last week, the Harvard men’s hockey team (8-12-3, 4-9-3 ECAC) made sure that it would not leave the TD Garden empty-handed Monday night.

After allowing six goals to the Huskies in the opener, the Crimson came up with six scores of its own this time around to cruise past Boston University (8-16-4, 3-8-3 Hockey East) in the consolation game, 6-2.

Although Harvard has now gone 21 years without a Beanpot title, the victory marks the team’s fourth consecutive win in the consolation game, three of which have come over the Terriers.

“Nothing that happened tonight will erase last week’s tough memory, but I thought our guys came out, worked hard, and enabled us to get the victory,” coach Ted Donato ’91 said.

BALANCE BEATS BU

In the first matchup between these two teams this season, 11 members of the Crimson recorded points as Harvard emerged victorious at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center, 7-4.

In the rematch, the Crimson offense was just as explosive as nine Harvard skaters notched at least a point, including five who were held without one in the first meeting. Among these five were freshman forward Luke Esposito, who notched two goals and an assist, and sophomore forward Kyle Criscuolo, who lit the lamp once and assisted on two more.

“[Esposito and I] both had our chances the first time we played them, that’s for sure,” Criscuolo said. “Going into this game, we were definitely trying to shoot the puck a little more knowing we didn’t want to give up any more opportunities, and [we] wanted to be involved in the win tonight.”