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With 13.4 seconds remaining, the tension peaked on a Colgate timeout, as Harvard knew it would have one last chance to tie up the game. Unfortunately for the Crimson, the strong third-period team effort was not enough to carry it to a victory, as its last opportunity was snuffed out by the Raider defense. Colgate sealed the deal with an empty-net goal to put them up by two with two seconds left to play. Despite impressive goaltending from both Riley and Richter, the early hole would never completely close...
...conference rivals Harvard and No. 10 Cornell clashed for the second time this season, the game of 60 minutes came down to 25 decisive seconds. In that short span of the second period, the Big Red took an unanswered two-goal lead. Both the Crimson and Cornell battled through a scoreless first period, although the Big Red held a dominant 11-6 shot advantage...
...plays to preserve a blank scoreboard, which Harvard was able to maintain until halfway through the second period. It was at that point that the Big Red launched an offensive attack—one that lasted less than a minute but crippled the Crimson for the remainder of the game. The first blow came 10:14 into the period, when junior Tyler Roeszler connected with teammate Nick D’Agostino to net the opening goal of the night...
Roeszler’s goal was followed only 25 seconds later by another from sophomore Ross Keir off of an assist by Riley Nash. Although Harvard would try for a comeback in the third period, a final goal from forward Blake Gallagher with 21.6 seconds left in the game on an open net guaranteed the Cornell victory. The score was representative of a match where one team held the momentum, established a strong defensive front, and carried the intensity of a longtime Ivy rivalry...
...third period was a completely different story for Harvard. Without much momentum in the early part of the game, the Crimson came out in the final period and put up a strong fight to try and overcome the two goal deficit that stood in the way of an upset against its Ivy rival...