Crimson Gets by Raiders

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Final	1	2	3	Final
Colgate (8-16-5, 3-11-3 ECAC)	0	1	1	2
Harvard (6-14-4, 6-7-4 ECAC)	2	0	1	3

Scoring Summary
1st - 01:30	Michael Biega (Harvard)
1st - 02:18	Nick Coskren (Harvard)
2nd - 14:01	Jason Fredricks (Colgate)
3rd - 02:48	David McIntyre (Colgate)
3rd - 10:42	PP - Chris Huxley (Harvard)

Colgate	Harvard
G: 2 Players (#20, #26 - 1) A: 4 Players (#4, #12, #13, #23 - 1) Sh: David McIntyre - 8 Sv: Bryan Bessette - 20	G: 3 Players (#16, #27, #28 - 1) A: 6 Players (#6, #9, #10, #11, #19, #23 - 1) Sh: 2 Players (#3, #27 - 4) Sv: Ryan Carroll - 29

TEAM STATISTICS	Colgate	Harvard
Power Plays	0 for 5	1 for 6
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	6 (12)	5 (10)
Shots on Goal	31	23
Face Offs Won	31	30

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Boxscore

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Three different players scored goals and sophomore Ryan Carroll made 29 saves for his first collegiate win as the Harvard men's hockey team defeated Colgate, 3-2, Friday night at Bright Hockey Center.

Sophomore Michael Biega and senior Nick Coskren scored 48 seconds apart early in the first period, and sophomore Chris Huxley broke a third-period tie in favor of the Crimson (6-14-4, 6-7-4 ECAC Hockey), which improved to 6-1-1 in league home games. Six different players accounted for Harvard's six assists. Jason Fredricks and David McIntyre tallied for the Raiders (8-16-5, 3-11-3), who got 20 saves from Bryan Bessette.

Huxley's game-winner came on a power play at 10:42 of the third period. After the Crimson won the faceoff and passed the puck around, Moriarty knocked down a loose puck in front to sophomore Matt McCollem in the right corner. McCollem slid the puck past the stick of a defender to Huxley on the left point, and his shot got past Bessette and into the right side of the net.

Colgate held a 31-23 edge in shots, but Carroll held on for the win in his second start for the Crimson. He made eight stops on Raider power plays to help Harvard go 5 for 5 on the penalty kill. The Crimson was 1 for 6 on the power play. Junior Doug Rogers won 15 of his 19 faceoffs.

It took Harvard just 90 seconds to get on the board. Eric Kroshus deflected the puck away from a Colgate player and to fellow freshman Ryan Grimshaw in front of the Raiders penalty box. Grimshaw passed to Michael Biega skating down the left side. Biega made a nice move to drag the puck through a defender, and when Bessette did not give him anywhere to shoot, Biega skated around the net and tucked the puck into the other side.

Coskren made it 2-0 after another 48 seconds. After senior Jimmy Fraser passed to classmate Steve Rolecek, who shot from the right faceoff dot, Coskren slammed home the rebound for his team-leading seventh goal. Colgate had the only full power play of the first period and owned a 12-10 edge in shots in the frame.

Each team had a pair of power plays in the first half of the second period, but neither team converted on the man advantage. Michael Biega hit the post on a bid for his second goal of the night, and Carroll made two big saves on the other end against Colgate's Tom Riley.

Colgate broke through with the only goal of the frame at the 14:01 mark. Fredricks skated up the left side and got a wrist shot past Carroll to halve the Crimson lead. The Raiders outshot Harvard, 9-6, in the second period. They tied the game when McIntyre finished off a pass from Brian Day on the rush less than three minutes into the third period.

The Crimson nearly went ahead when junior Alex Biega sent a shot toward net that freshman Daniel Moriarty tipped on Bessette. On the ensuing scrum in front, the Raiders were called for hitting after the whistle, and Harvard made them pay with Huxley's goal.

The Raiders held a 10-7 edge in third-period shots but could not convert on a late power play.

Harvard concludes the weekend series with a rivalry against No. 6 Cornell Saturday at 7 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on CBS College Sports.