Harvard Suffers First Home Loss

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Final	1	2	3	Final
North Dakota (6-8-1)	2	4	4	10
Harvard (4-5-2)	0	1	0	1

Scoring Summary
1st - 07:15	Brad Malone (North Dakota)
1st - 08:17	Brad Miller (North Dakota)
2nd - 01:21	Matt Watkins (North Dakota)
2nd - 03:23	Andrew Kozek (North Dakota)
2nd - 05:05	Chris Huxley (Harvard)
2nd - 09:39	David Toews (North Dakota)
2nd - 19:33	PP - Matt Watkins (North Dakota)
3rd - 09:24	Ryan Martens (North Dakota)
3rd - 14:26	PP - Matt Frattin (North Dakota)
3rd - 15:32	PP - Ryan Martens (North Dakota)
3rd - 16:13	PP - Zach Jones (North Dakota)

North Dakota	Harvard
G: 2 Players (#8, #20 - 2) A: 2 Players (#8, #14 - 3) Sh: 2 Players (#18, #21 - 5) Sv: Brad Eidsness - 39	G: Chris Huxley - 1 A: 2 Players (#13, #27 - 1) Sh: Alex Killorn - 8 Sv: Matt Hoyle - 17

TEAM STATISTICS	North Dakota	Harvard
Power Plays	4 for 9	0 for 5
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	9 (34)	14 (52)
Shots on Goal	37	40
Face Offs Won	45	23

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Boxscore

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — North Dakota scored four goals in each of the last two periods to pull away to a 10-1 defeat of the Harvard men’s hockey team Friday night at Bright Hockey Center, handing the Crimson its first home loss of the season.

Ryan Martens and Matt Watkins led UND (6-8-1) with two goals and two assists each. Brad Eidsness made 39 saves to overcome a 40-37 edge in shots for Harvard (4-5-2). Sophomore defenseman Chris Huxley scored for the Crimson.

North Dakota took a quick two-goal lead with a pair of tallies barely a minute apart in the first period. Brad Malone got UND started with an unassisted goal at 7:15, stealing the puck from a Harvard player near the goal and slipping it past Crimson freshman Matt Hoyle. Brad Miller made it 2-0 just 62 seconds later. Darcy Zajac and Matt Watkins carried the puck into the zone, and a pass ricocheted off a Harvard stick to Miller, who lifted a backhand high to the glove side.

Harvard had good possession and chances to halve the UND lead on a power play starting at 11:36, but Eidsness made three saves during the man advantage and North Dakota took a two-goal lead to the intermission. UND held an 11-7 edge in first-period shots.

UND again scored a pair of rapid-fire goals early in the second period. Watkins had the first, assisted by Martens, just 1:21 into the frame. Andrew Kozek made it 4-0 barely two minutes later, from Miller and Ryan Duncan.

The Crimson battled back and picked up its play, cutting into the UND lead at 5:05. Huxley scored his first goal of the year, creeping in from the blue line and beating Eidsness with a quick shot after sophomore Michael Biega slipped a pass to him in the slot from the right side.

Just 30 seconds after scoring, Harvard had a great chance to turn the tide with a two-minute, two-man advantage when North Dakota was called for roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct on the same whistle. The power plays resulted in several chances, and the Crimson put eight shots on goal while up two men, but Eidsness stopped them all.

North Dakota took advantage of the momentum from its big penalty kill, adding two more goals to outscore Harvard, 4-1, in the second period despite a 21-12 edge in shots for the Crimson. David Toews had the fifth UND goal, at 9:39, and Matt Watkins added another in the final minute of the period.

UND pulled away with four goals in a penalty-plagued third period. Ryan Martens had two of the tallies, one at even strength and one on the power play, as North Dakota finished 4 for 9 with the man advantage. Harvard was 0 for 5.

Hoyle made 17 saves in two periods of action. Sophomore Ryan Caroll made eight stops, and junior John Riley had two.

The teams meet again Saturday at 7 p.m. Harvard’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will be collecting non-perishable foods at the door to benefit the Allston-Brighton Food Pantry.