The first period ended in a 1-1 draw, but it seemed as if the Crimson was on its way to breaking the Golden Knights' six-game winning streak in the series.

Sophomore winger Matt Macleod notched the Crimson's second goal only 3:48, trickling a shot through Clarkson goalie Shawn Grant in to the middle stanza, putting Harvard ahead 2-1 and apparently in the driver's seat.

"I just kind of swung at the puck and it went right through the guy's legs," Macleod said. "It's not a skilled goal, but against this team, that's what we're looking for. Coach told us it was going to be a pretty ugly game."

Golden Knights' center Don Smith tied the score at two 12:48 in to the second, and freshman winger Mikko Ruutu netted the game-winner for Clarkson. Less than a minute after Smith's equalizer, Ruutu's slapshot from the left corner was stoned by senior netminder J.R. Prestifilippo. Ruutu hustled to the crease and launched his own rebound in to the top left shelf over Prestifilippo's shoulder.

"The turning point was the turnover in the second period," Mazzoleni said. "It was a 3-2 game and we were done. When we're behind, we're not a team that can come back to win."

In an attempt to overcome a tough 4-2 loss to Princeton the week before, the Crimson played a strong first period.

Freshman center Dominic Moore proved why he's currently leading the Crimson with nine goals at 6:01 in the first. Moore and sophomore Jeff Stonehouse swooped in on Grant in a two-on-one rush. Drawing Grant off his mark by faking a pass to Stonehouse, Moore slid the puck past Grant on his glove side to give Harvard a 1-0 lead.

With just under five minutes to play in the first, freshman defenseman Aaron Kim stepped in to the sin bin on a holding call. The man advantage was exactly what Clarkson needed to light the lamp, as Smith launched a hard one-timer from the right point past Prestifilippo, evening the score at one apiece.