Crimson Edged by Boston U.

Photo by Steve Babineau

Final	1	2	3	Final
Harvard (5-12-4)	1	1	1	3
Boston U. (20-5-1)	0	2	2	4

Scoring Summary
1st - 08:19	Michael Biega (Harvard)
2nd - 01:04	PP - Alex Killorn (Harvard)
2nd - 12:13	Bonino, Nick (Boston U.)
2nd - 13:56	PP - Bonino, Nick (Boston U.)
3rd - 11:25	Cohen, Zach (Boston U.)
3rd - 14:33	PP - Daniel Moriarty (Harvard)
3rd - 18:14	PP - Lawrence, Jason (Boston U.)

Harvard	Boston U.
G: 3 Players (#21, #27, #39 - 1) A: 4 Players (#3, #8, #10, #15 - 1) Sh: Alex Killorn - 6 Sv: Matt Hoyle - 30	G: Bonino, Nick - 2 A: Yip, Brandon - 2 Sh: Lawrence, Jason - 6 Sv: Millan, Kieran - 22

TEAM STATISTICS	Harvard	Boston U.
Power Plays	2 for 5	2 for 6
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	6 (12)	5 (10)
Shots on Goal	25	34
Face Offs Won	33	33

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BOSTON — No. 1 Boston University rallied from a two-goal deficit to take the lead, and Crimson junior Alex Biega's would-be tying goal hit the net a moment after the final whistle, allowing the Terriers to hold off the Harvard men's hockey team, 4-3, in the opening round of the 57th Beanpot before 17,565 fans Monday evening at the TD Banknorth Garden.

Matt Hoyle made 30 saves in goal, while Michael Biega, Alex Killorn and Pier-Olivier Michaud lit the lamp for the Crimson (5-12-4). Nick Bonino scored twice for the Terriers (20-5-1), who got 22 saves from Kieran Millan. Harvard took a 2-0 lead early in the second period and came back once from a goal down in the third, only to see BU regain the lead late and hold on—barely.

After BU went ahead at 18:14 of the third, Harvard pulled Hoyle with 59 seconds left, giving the Crimson an extra skater for the final moments. Harvard won a faceoff in the Terriers’ zone with seven ticks left on the clock and moved the puck around the perimeter. As the clock wound down, Alex Biega got a pass from Killorn and blasted a one-timer over Millan. However, the horn had already sounded to mark the end of the game, negating what would have been the equalizing goal.

BU led the final count in shots, 34-25, including a 10-9 advantage in the third frame. Harvard scored twice on five power plays, while the Terriers were successful two times on six chances with an extra attacker. Junior Doug Rogers recorded two assists for the Crimson, giving him eight points in the last three games.

"I thought it was a great hockey game," said Ted Donato, The Robert D. Ziff '88 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Ice Hockey. "We battled not only to the last second, but to the last extra half-second."

"There's a lot of things for us to grab onto as and look toward the end of our year," added Donato, whose team was unbeaten (6-0-1) in seven post-Beanpot games last regular season.

Killorn had the game’s first chance, but his shot slid past the net. The Crimson then took the first penalty of the game, but Hoyle made a pair of nice saves to keep the game scoreless. He stopped a streaking Chris Connolly on the delayed call and held to the right post to stone Jason Lawrence on the rebound of a wide shot off the back boards.

Michael Biega gave Harvard (5-12-4) the lead at 8:19 of the first. After Rogers moved the puck ahead to freshman Eric Kroshus and went off for a change, Kroshus worked the puck back to Biega on the half wall. He traded passes with Kroshus, taking the return feed in the left circle and wristing a shot between Kieran Millan’s legs.

The Terriers got another great chance late in the period, but Hoyle was there to deny Lawrence’s redirection on the right post and Harvard took a 1-0 lead and a 9-7 shots edge to the first intermission.

BU (20-5-1) committed two penalties in the final 12 seconds of the first period, giving the Crimson a two-man advantage to start the second. Killorn took advantage, picking up the puck in the right corner, curling around and sending a shot over the right pad of Millan barely a minute into the frame.

Bonino, however, tied things up with goals one minute, 43 seconds apart. The first was a one-timer from low on the left side off a pass out of the corner by Brandon Yip. The Crimson was then whistled for a penalty, and Bonino capitalized. He took a pass from Matt Gilroy to Hoyle’s right, pushed the puck across the crease and tucked it in with his backhand.

The Terriers outshot the Crimson, 17-7, in the second period, and the game went to the third knotted at 2-2.

Harvard limited BU to only one shot on goal in the first half of the third period and nearly took a lead about nine minutes into the frame. Michael Biega got the puck with some space on the left side, wound up and ripped a long wrist shot. Millan got a piece with his blocker, and the puck deflected off the crossbar and high into the stands.

It was instead the Terriers grabbing the lead, 3-2, at the 11:25 mark, when Zach Cohen snuck a shot inside the left post. Killorn nearly tied it back up in spectacular fashion, swiping the puck on net as he was knocked to the ice.

With 4:23 remaining in the third, Colin Wilson was called for tripping, and the Crimson immediately capitalized. Michaud deflected a shot under Millan and into the goal to tie the game only 10 seconds into the ensuing power play. Alex Biega took a wrist shot from the center of the point, and Michaud got his stick on it to trickle the puck into the cage. Rogers slid the puck to Biega for his second helper.

The Terriers responded with their own power-play tally with 1:46 to go when Lawrence ripped a shot over Hoyle’s left shoulder from the left faceoff circle, giving the Terriers a 4-3 lead.

Harvard's two power-play goals gave it seven in the last three games, matching its total from the previous 13 games. Michaud scored for the second straight game, and Alex Biega notched an assist for the fourth straight contest.

Up next, the Crimson travels to rival Yale for a Friday-evening game at 7 p.m. The Crimson faces the loser of the Boston College-Northeastern semifinal in the Feb. 9 Beanpot consolation game.