CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Junior captain
Nick Abruzzese had a goal and two assists to lead No. 19 Harvard men's ice hockey (8-4-1, 6-2-1 ECAC Hockey) to a 4-1 win over Union (5-10-3, 3-5-1 ECAC Hockey) at Bright-Landry Hockey Center.
Sophomore forward
Sean Farrell and junior defenseman
Henry Thrun each added a goal and an assist, and junior forward
Austin Wong had two assists to help the Crimson earn its third straight victory.
Junior goaltender
Mitchell Gibson made 19 saves to earn the win in net.
Harvard scored three first period goals to take command of the game early on. Farrell scored his eighth of the season, skating into the slot and beating Union goaltender Connor Murphy (36 saves) over the shoulder at 9:43 to make it 1-0.
Abruzzese's one-timer on the power play gave the Crimson a 2-0 lead at 17:36. Then under a minute later, sophomore forward
Alex Laferriere made a beautiful no-look pass from behind the net to find first-year
Alex Gaffney, who found the back of an open net to make it 3-0 at 18:27.
Union's Josh Kosack scored on a breakaway at 19:40 of the second period to cut the Harvard lead to 3-1.
But Harvard would not allow the Dutchmen to get any closer, outshooting Union 13-6 in the third period, and 40-20 for the night.
Thrun's goal at 14:26 of the third period effectively sealed the win for Harvard.
Harvard Highlights
- Junior captain Nick Abruzzese (goal, two assists) notched his seventh multiple-point game and now leads the team with 21 points (five goals, 16 assists).
- Sophomore forward Sean Farrell (goal, assist) notched his sixth multiple-point game.
- Junior goaltender Mitchell Gibson improved to 6-4-0 on the year and recorded his seventh start of the year allowing two goals or less.
Game Notes
- Harvard finished the night 1-for-4 on the man advantage, while holding Union scoreless on two power play chances. Harvard is perfect on the penalty kill (18-for-18) over the last seven games.
- Harvard has won the last three meetings against Union.
- Harvard is now 6-1-0 on the year on home ice.
