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...Crimson’s Brett Nowak gained possession of the puck to the right of goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris and flipped it toward the empty Cornell cage. During its slow-motion journey, it teetered and tottered on the choppy Pepsi Arena ice, looking true at first but sailing inches wide. Icing was called, bringing a faceoff to the right of Grumet-Morris...
...after fourth-liner Matt Radoslovich fired a Ryan Priem rebound under Grumet-Morris's right pad. But the team again responded quickly. On the power play at 16:17 after a Collins high-stick, Harvard worked the puck around the zone. Moore pushed the puck to fellow senior Brett Nowak along the low boards. Nowak found sophomore defenseman Noah Welch open on the blue line, and he in turn passed down to Pettit near the top of the right circle. Pettit wound up and fired a hard slap shot on net that junior forward Tyler Kolarik got a piece...
Pressuring Fields, the Crimson took its first lead of the game at 8:33. Nowak had the puck along the lower boards in the BU zone. He pushed the puck along the boards to Kolarik, who looped towards the net, shielding the puck, and released a shot. Nowak and Kolarik both followed the shot and, after Fields made the initial save, Nowak poked home the rebound to give Harvard a 3-2 advantage...
What was a tense defensive battle exploded into high drama late in the third period. Ten minutes after Crimson captain and forward Dominic Moore tied the game at one, Kolarik capitalized on a tremendous individual effort by senior forward Brett Nowak, who fought off several Cornell defenders before sending the puck to Kolarik, who deflected it in at 16:14 of the period...
Kolarik’s goal silenced the heavily pro-Big Red crowd, which couldn't bear the thought of losing another ECAC heartbreaker to Harvard. The fans were ghastly quiet with just over 30 seconds left to play, when Nowak sent the puck trickling toward the empty Cornell goal. The puck was on line to enter the net and end the game, but it hit a loose chunk of ice eight feet away and skidded wide...