“We work a lot on our penalty kill,” Fry said. “We take a lot of pride in our penalty kill. We’re all about defense first…. Being big, blocking shots, getting them out of the zone—that’s huge for us.”

With the win, Harvard ends 2014 on a four-game win streak—a sharp turnaround from its previous four-game winless streak.

“We have a lot to work on,” Stone said. “We’re starting to work harder individually and collectively, and that’s paid dividends for us.”

HARVARD 3, PRINCETON 0

The Crimson extended Princeton’s losing streak to six games on Friday night with a win over the Tigers. Sophomore Briana Laing recorded 27 saves in the shutout—her first of the season.

The first goal of the game came off Harvard’s sole power play of the night, as sophomore forward Sydney Daniels capitalized on the opportunity. Freshman forward Lexie Laing quickly got the puck up the ice to senior defenseman Sarah Edney, who then set up Daniels for the goal from a distance.

Entering the second period down a goal, the Tigers stepped up their offense. The Princeton attack rattled off 11 shots—seven more than it had in the first period. But the Crimson halted the Tigers’ momentum late in the second frame when sophomore defender Briana Mastel assisted on a goal from Heffernan to put the team up by two goals.

Princeton conceded another goal early in the third period, when junior forward Mary Parker nudged a shot past Princeton goaltender Kimberly Newell off a misdirected shot from junior defenseman Michelle Picard. The win marks Harvard’s second shutout of the season and its first in conference play.