Box Score PRINCETON, N.J. – Down 3-0 with under 10 minutes to play in the third period, No. 9/10 Harvard men's ice hockey (10-3-1, 8-1-0 ECACH) orchestrated a memorable comeback, with junior forward Alex Laferriere scoring the game-winner in OT to beat Princeton (7-9-0. 5-7-0 ECACH) at Hobey Baker Rink.
 
Sophomore forward Matthew Coronato scored twice in the third period, including the game-tying goal with 2:20 to play in regulation. First-year Joe Miller added a goal, and senior goaltender Mitchell Gibson made 22 saves to earn the win in net.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Crimson, which had gone scoreless in five power play chances up until midway through the last period of play, earned a man advantage at 10:35 of the final frame, down 3-0.
 
Junior forward Sean Farrell fed cross ice to Coronato, who found the top corner of the net at 11:58 of the 3^rd.
 
The Crimson had a goal waved off with just over five minutes to play, as Laferriere's stick was above the crossbar on a deflection in front, but Harvard kept pushing.
 
With an extra attacker on the ice, Miller scored on a great cross-ice feed from Farrell, a one-timer that beat Princeton's Ethan Pearson low with 2:30 to play.
 
Then Coronato tied it seconds later, as Farrell made an open-ice hit to turn the puck over, sending Coronato alone down the left wing. He fired a wrist shot over the shoulder of Pearson with 2:05 to go to tie the game at 3-3.
 
Laferriere won it in 3-on-3 overtime on a fantastic individual effort, cutting into the high slot and firing a wrist shot into the top corner with 27.9 left in OT to win it.
 
Harvard had several grade A chances in the opening 20 minutes, but Pearson was at his best, stopping junior forward Alex Laferriere and sophomore defenseman Ian Moore on point blank chances from the slot.
 
The Crimson had two power play opportunities go by the wayside in the opening frame as well.
 
Princeton built a 3-0 lead in the second period, scoring all of its goals on special teams. A power play goal on a deflection in front by Liam Gorman gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead at 3:16.
 
With Harvard on the power play minutes later, Gorman struck again, putting in a rebound off a shorthanded 2-on-1 chance at 9:26.
 
A penalty shot goal by Adam Robbins on the same power play made the margin three midway through the contest at 9:48.
 
Harvard was not without its chances however, the best of which came just over a minute into the second period, when first-year forward Casey Severo was robbed on a 2-on-0 chance with Pearson kicking out his left pad to make the stop. But Harvard trailed 3-0 entering the final 20 minutes of play, setting up the epic comeback.

GAME NOTES

• Harvard rallied from down three goals to win for the first time this season, and the first time since March 11, 2022, when the Crimson rallied from down 3-0 to beat RPI, 4-3, in OT, in an ECAC Hockey quarterfinal contest.
• Harvard improved to 4-0-1 in its last five games against Princeton.
• Five different players recorded multiple point efforts, including Ian Moore (0-2-2), Joe Miller (1-1-2), Alex Laferriere (1-1-2), Matthew Coronato (2-0-2), and Sean Farrell (0-2-2).
• Harvard improved to 5-3-1 in road contests this year.
• Laferriere has eight points (4-4-8) in his last four games.
• Farrell has points in nine straight games (6-12-18) and leads the team with 22 points (7-15-22) on the year.
• Coronato has points in six straight games (4-4-8), and notched his second multiple-goal game of the season..

UP NEXT

Harvard will take on No. 2/3 Quinnipiac tomorrow night in a 7 p.m. contest on ESPN+.