Even in the first period, when Colgate held the hosts scoreless, the Crimson applied significant offensive pressure. However, despite building a 13-8 shot advantage, the hosts could not find the back of the net.

“We started off a bit slow,” Pucci said. “It was a bit sloppy all around in the first period. But as the game went on, our lines started to gel more, and defensively, we tried to do a better job of being a bit crisper.”

The second frame certainly looked crisper, as Harvard produced 11 shots and three goals. The scoring total could have been four, but seven minutes into the period, the Raiders’ goalie smothered a breakaway chance for junior forward Miye D’Oench.

The victory extended the Crimson’s perfect 8-0-0 record at home this season. Harvard has not lost or tied at Bright-Landry since February of 2014, when the home team dropped a double-overtime loss to Yale in game one of the ECAC quarterfinals—the first of a three-game series the Crimson would come back to win.

“It’s such a goal to keep getting better every practice, every game,” Pucci said. “Hopefully we’ll continue to progress as a whole unit.”

—Staff writer Sam Danello can be reached at sdanello@college.harvard.edu.