Officials: Alex Dell (R), Thomas DiFusco, John McDonnell
The Green still were fighting for a playoff berth on Saturday night, while Harvard was fighting for home-ice advantage in the playoffs, and right off the bat it looked like the Crimson wanted it more.
Harvard jumped out to a 1-0 lead as freshman Chris Bala -- coming off an amazing four-goal first period against Vermont on Friday night -- sped down the right side of the ice and swooped in, burying a shot past Dartmouth Jason Wong '00 through the five-hole for a shorthanded marker at 9:00 of the first period.
The Crimson made it 2-0 just 1:47 later as Harry Schwefel fed Brett Chodorow in front, and Chodorow himself beat Wong through the five-hole.
Dartmouth came out with more spark in the second, but thanks to good defense and steady goaltending by J.R. Prestifilippo, the Crimson maintained, and even added, to their lead.
It became 3-0 at the 9:19 mark of the second on a powerplay tally from Henry Higdon, who took the rebound of a Ben Storey shot in front and put it past Wong. Sophomore Brice Conklin scored his first career goal at 10:58 of the third on a rocket from the right faceoff circle that beat Wong high to the glove side to make it 4-0.
The Green desperately tried to claw their way back in but they had dug themselves way too deep a hole. Buckley finally broke Prestifilippo's shutout bid at 15:04 of the third as the Green used superior numbers -- they were on a powerplay and pulled Wong for a six-on-four man advantage -- to flood the net with bodies. Buckley picked up a rebound in front and put it into the net to make it 4-1 Harvard.
But that was as close as the Green would get.
| Scoring by Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| Harvard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Harvard: 1 for 9
Dartmouth: 1 for 8
| Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Goal | Assists | Time |
| 1 | H | Bala | Moore | 9:00 (SHG) |
| 1 | H | Chodorow | Schwefel | 10:47 |
| 2 | H | Higdon | Storey, Millar | 9:19 (PPG) |
| 3 | H | Conklin | Sproule, Stay | 10:58 |
| 3 | D | Buckley | Chaytors, Whitworth | 15:04 (PPG) |
| Saves by Period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player-Team | Min. | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
| Prestifilippo (H) | 60:00 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 37 |
| Wong (D) | 56:45 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| Penalties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time |
| 1 | H | Stay | hit from behind | 1:42 |
| 1 | D | Wilgosh | interference | 3:08 |
| 1 | H | Scorsune | holding stick | 7:03 |
| 1 | D | Wilgosh | hit after whistle | 12:19 |
| 1 | D | Wilgosh | holding | 15:17 |
| 1 | H | Hyland | holding | 17:39 |
| 1 | D | Cancelli | unsportsmanlike conduct | 19:44 |
| 1 | D | Retter | unsportsmanlike conduct | 19:44 |
| 1 | D | Ness | unsportsmanlike conduct | 19:44 |
| 1 | D | Cancelli | roughing | 19:44 |
| 1 | D | Retter | roughing | 19:44 |
| 1 | D | Ness | roughing | 19:44 |
| 1 | H | Hyland | unsportsmanlike conduct | 19:44 |
| 1 | H | Sproule | unsportsmanlike conduct | 19:44 |
| 1 | H | Turco | unsportsmanlike conduct | 19:44 |
| 1 | H | Hyland | roughing | 19:44 |
| 1 | H | Sproule | roughing | 19:44 |
| 1 | H | Turco | roughing | 19:44 |
| 2 | D | Poulton | holding | 7:43 |
| 2 | H | Scorsune | interference | 7:58 |
| 2 | D | Whitworth | interference | 8:35 |
| 2 | H | Storey | slashing | 12:17 |
| 2 | H | Moore | hit after whistle | 14:48 |
| 3 | H | Higdon | holding | 5:09 |
| 3 | H | Chodorow | slashing | 13:42 |
| 3 | D | Cancelli | holding | 16:27 |
| 3 | D | Chaytors | interference | 16:54 |
| 3 | H | Bala | roughing | 16:54 |
| 3 | D | Peet | roughing | 16:54 |
| 3 | H | Stay | high sticking | 18:44 |