The records continued to fall this weekend. Unfortunately, so did Dov Grumet-Morris.

Harvard’s Friday night, 2-0 blanking of St. Lawrence gave the senior netminder sole possession of the program’s single-season shutout record with six, and Grumet-Morris also tied an ECAC playoff record with his second tournament whitewash—but not before taking a few spills.

The save of Friday’s game came 14:37 into the middle frame, with the scoreboard flashing zeroes. Max Taylor controlled the puck in the low slot and slapped it on goal, but Grumet-Morris, sliding left as Taylor took the shot, reached up and behind the movement of his body to snatch the puck with his glove.

Charlie Johnson put the Crimson up with a power play goal 127 seconds later, and Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91 would later say that Grumet-Morris’ momentum-changing save was “arguably…the turning point in the game.”

“I think the save he made on Taylor in the second period was as good a save as you can see, point-blank,” Donato said. “And really, we go down and score on the power play about two or three minutes later.”

But the Saints continued to play an aggressive—and sometimes frustrated—game. With just over a minute remaining in the middle frame, Kyle Rank took a shot from the left circle that Grumet-Morris gloved easily.

As the goaltender glided behind the net to deposit the puck for a teammate, Rank rushed forward, reached out, and dragged Grumet-Morris to the ground.

The netminder had already fallen earlier in the game—the result of an innocent tangle behind the goal—and assistant captain Ryan Lannon had already taken a blatant elbow to the jaw, a penalty that had led to the Crimson’s power-play score.

And so Rank’s actions drew an angry reaction from the already wary Bright Hockey Center Crowd—and from captain Noah Welch, who was on Rank in the blink of an eye.

Rank served a charging minor on the play, while Welch was called for roughing.

Donato declined to deem the skirmish premeditated, saying “I think all teams try to make sure there’s a lot of traffic on the goalie and get pucks there and make his night a difficult one, but I don’t think there was any out-and-out intent to [hurt Grumet-Morris].”

The fans disagreed, though, sending angry screams—and one soda—towards referee Dan Murphy.

The dramatics continued 43 seconds later, when two skaters collided and slid into Grumet-Morris.

St. Lawrence’s Mark Wallmann served the charging minor this time around, while the Crimson’s Brendan Bernakevitch served the roughing penalty,

“It’s playoffs,” Grumet-Morris said diplomatically, “and that’s usual, and everyone expects that.”