But Brown halted any momentum the Crimson was trying to build with a goal by senior Jeff Ryan midway through the third period to put the Bears back up by three. His shot clanged off the top right bar and went in after a pass from the left circle from Zaires.

“We just wanted to come right of the bat hard and see if we can get a goal,” Hart said. “We had that big comeback versus BU so we had a little life, but that fifth goal was a little devastating, we were just starting to get going in the third and they scored there.”

Overall, Brown outshot Harvard, 35-28. Freshman Peter Traber stopped 30 in the loss while Bear Anthony Borelli saved 26 of the Crimson’s shots to clinch the victory.

Harvard will continue its search for its first league win of 2013 next week, with a quick turnaround and game away at Union.

“We are just going to keep working," Hart said, “We have a lot of skill and talent on this team and we just got to put it all together. We got a game Tuesday so hopefully we can move on from this and play well Tuesday.”

—Staff writer David A. Mazza can be reached at damazza@college.harvard.edu