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Cambridge, Mass. - Harvard recorded its second shutout in as many nights Saturday as the Crimson skated past Union, 4-0, at the Bright Hockey Center. Four different players found the back of the net with two goals coming on special teams chances.

The Crimson (3-1-0, 3-1-0 ECAC) used a pair of early first period goals to gain momentum while holding Union (2-4-2, 0-2-2 ECAC) scoreless.

The shutout marked Harvard's first back-to-back nights of shutout hockey since February 26-27, 1982 when the team took down Princeton, 10-0, and Cornell, 7-0. Sophomore Kyle Richter went the distance in net both nights, making 27 saves against the Dutchmen, while moving his consecutive minute scoring mark to 137:14. He currently leads the nation in both goals against average (0.75) and save percentage (.975), having stopped 117 of 118 shots against. 

The night was not all smiles for Harvard as the Crimson was whistled for seven penalties, leading to seven power play opportunities for Union. The Crimson, which entered the contest ranked sixth nationally in the penalty kill, was up to the task however, fending off all chances while seeing its season mark improve to 23 kills in 24 opportunities.

"I don't think we played great... I think we might have been a bit fortunate (tonight), said head coach Ted Donato. "We won the special teams battle and our goaltender was superb so those two things combined for a win."

"We allowed them to carry the play for too long at periods of time, gave up too many chance, took too many penalties,"  Its nice to learn your lessons in wins as opposed to losses but if want to get better, there is room for improvement."

Harvard broke open the scoring 6:57 into the action on a thoughtful buildup as Jon Pelle took control of the puck in Harvard's defensive center and used a big angle to thread a pass of the center-ice boards. Mike Taylor allowed a Union defender to chase the puck to the outside, and then cut him off as the puck ricochet and came back to him in the center. Left alone, he ripped a shot past Union keeper Corey Milan for the early lead.

Harvard went on the offensive again when a Union skater charged Crimson keeper Kyle Richter after an easy save. Just over a minute later, Chris Huxley took feeds from Taylor and Michael Biega and drove home a shot from the top of the blue line, high past the right shoulder of Milan for his first collegiate goal.

After a scoreless second period, Harvard extended its lead with a momentum shift midway through the final period. Just seconds after killing its fifth penalty, Paul Dufault skated onto the ice at center ice and corralled a drifting puck with an extended arm. He avoided a strong Union check on the boards, evading the defender low to the ice, before cutting back in front of Milan and cutting loose with a quick wrister to the upper left of the net at the 10:37 mark.   

Another special teams opportunity went against Union just moments later as the Crimson scored its second short-handed goal in as many nights. Tyler Magura took a feed from Alex Biega and slipped a wrister under Milan's pads from close range.

Milan finished with 17 saves.