Yale Edged By Rival Harvard
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 03:40 | Greiner, Luke (Harvard) |
| 1st - 15:11 | Jaskowiak, Nick (Yale) |
| 1st - 15:24 | O'Neill, Brian (Yale) |
| 2nd - 00:55 | Killorn, Alex (Harvard) |
| 3rd - 09:38 | PP - Everson, Marshall (Harvard) |
| 3rd - 16:08 | Young, Gus (Yale) |
| 3rd - 18:41 | Killorn, Alex (Harvard) |
| Yale | Harvard |
|---|---|
|
G:
3 Players (#2, #5, #9 - 1)
A: 3 Players (#10, #17, #18 - 1) Sh: Nick Jaskowiak - 4 Sv: Jeff Malcolm - 31 |
G:
Alex Killorn - 2
A: 2 Players (#9, #63 - 2) Sh: Alex Killorn - 10 Sv: Steve Michalek - 36 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Yale | Harvard |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 0 for 1 | 1 for 4 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 4 (8) | 1 (2) |
| Shots on Goal | 39 | 35 |
| Face Offs Won | 36 | 40 |
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The nation’s best power-play unit
finally found the net during a two-goal third period as Harvard
edged Yale 4-3 in ECAC Hockey men’s action before 3,095 at
Bright Hockey Center.
Special teams opportunities may have been the difference in this
classic rivalry. The Crimson (5-6-8, 4-4-6 ECAC), which came in
converting 33 percent of its chances, had four of the game’s
five power plays and converted the only one to take a lead in the
third period.
The Bulldogs (8-10-2, 5-7-1) played well enough to outshoot Harvard
39-35 despite getting just one advantage (no shots on goal) early
in the contest.
“We had moments in all three periods where we played well.
Our energy, worth ethic and emotion were there, but it wasn’t
quite good enough,” said Keith Allain ’80, Yale’s
Malcolm G. Chace Head Coach of Hockey.
Harvard, which had an 11-10 edge in shots, got an early goal and
grabbed the momentum, but the Bulldogs finished off the period with
two goals 13 seconds apart to take a 2-1 lead into
intermission.
Luke Greiner put the Crimson up a goal when he converted a perfect
crossing pass from Eric Kroshus just 3:40 into the game. The left
wing stole the puck from a Yale breakout along the boards and then
found his center cruising in from the slot alone. Greiner had an
open side to deposit his fourth of the year.
The visitors evened the score at 15:11 when Nick Jaskowiak’s
shot from the point zipped through traffic and bounced into the
net. The senior blueliner took a pass from Kevin Limbert and
snapped off a low shot as Chad Ziegler was crossing through the top
of the crease. It was Jaskowiak’s first tally of the
year.
On the ensuing faceoff, the puck landed in the Harvard end with
Andrew Miller winning the race to get it. The junior center saw his
captain moving into the high slot with space and quickly got him
the rubber. Brian O’Neill toe-dragged the puck around one
defender and then unleashed a nasty wrister stick side on Steve
Michalek (36 saves) at 15:24 for his team-high 13th of the
season.
Jeff Malcolm, who finished with 31 saves in Yale’s net, made
a number of quality stops to keep the Blue up one in the first,
fighting through Crimson bodies cluttering the crease.
Harvard’s equalizer came just 55 seconds into the second.
Alex Killorn (12th goal), who had two goals, skated around
the Yale net from left to right, crossed over to his forehand and
flipped a shot from the goal line extended that may have bounced
off either Malcolm’s pad or skate before crossing the goal
line.
Michalek came up huge midway through the second to keep the Blue
off the board. Jesse Root was on the doorstep for a tip-in attempt
that the Harvard netminder got a glove on, and then he grabbed
Miller’s grade-A opportunity from 18 feet away.
The Crimson got two great chances to take the lead before the
second intermission with consecutive advantages. Yale spent most of
the last five-plus minutes killing off the penalty, while Malcolm
needed six saves during that stretch.
The Elis were not as fortunate on the next penalty-kill midway
through the third. The home team connected on a pretty, tic-tac-toe
play that went from Danny Biega to Colin Blackwell to Marshall
Everson (8th). The one-timer from the low slot was nearly
impossible for the Yale goalie to stop at 9:38 as Harvard re-gained
the lead for a second time.
A failed clearing attempt off a Yale rush turned into the
Bulldogs’ third goal with 3:52 left. Gus Young pinched from
the blueline when he saw the puck squirt free near the top of the
left circle. The junior defenseman had a split second and very
little space to get off a shot but managed to squirt a snap shot
through traffic and into the upper right corner of the net for his
second tally of the year.
The Crimson caught Yale with an odd-man rush and Killorn came down
the right side with a wide open look. He took a shot that was saved
and then followed up with the rebound. His backhanded put-back slid
between Malcolm’s legs with 1:19 left.
“Each goal [for Harvard] was the direct result of a
mistake,” said Allain.
The Yale goalie was pulled for the extra skater with 40 seconds
left and the Elis used a timeout with 24.1. Neither move enabled
the visitors to get a shot on Michalek, who faced 17 shots on
target in the period.
Bulldog Bites: The Bulldogs dressed the same lineup as last
Saturday night… The game aired live on the NBC Sports
Network… Gus Young (Dedham, Mass.) has made two (UMass)
trips to his home state this season and has a goal in each
game… The hit of the night came from the
Bulldogs’ Chad Ziegler on David Valek in the second period.
The Yale winger collided with the Harvard forward in the Yale end,
and his momentum carried him a few feet into the air before he
landed on top of Valek.
