LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Senior captain Henry Thrun and junior forward Matthew Coronato each scored, but No. 6/6 Harvard men's ice hockey (24-7-2) fell to Colgate (19-15-5) in the ECAC Hockey Championship Game on Saturday night (March 18) at Herb Brooks Arena.
 
Harvard, which trailed 3-1 entering the third period, cut the Colgate lead to 3-2 on Coronato's power play goal with 7:05 to play.
 
Coronato nearly tied the game with an extra attacker on the ice in the final minute, but his net front chance sailed just wide of the net.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Colgate converted an early power play chance, as Colton Young found the top corner from in close at 1:01 to put the Raiders up early.
 
Then on a 2-on-1 later on in the opening period, Colgate took a two-goal lead, with Alex Young scoring at 12:47.
 
Harvard followed that goal with a good shift, as Coronato drew a penalty at 13:42 with a good net front drive, but the Crimson could not capitalize on the ensuing power play.
 
The Crimson had another power play chance when Alex Young was called for interference after hitting Ian Moore's stick away at 16:57. Harvard's best scoring chance on that man advantage came late when Farrell nearly found senior defenseman Ryan Siedem for a back door tap in.
 
Thrun made it a one goal game in the opening minutes of the second period, firing a long wrist shot through traffic that beat Carter Gylander (34 saves) over the shoulder at 6:01.
 
But the Raiders responded with another goal off the rush, as Levi Glasman batted a puck out of the air and into the net at 9:38 to make it 3-1.
 
Harvard went back to the power play early in the third period. Alex Laferriere had a golden opportunity midway through the man advantage in the high slot that Gylander smothered. Then shortly after the power play expired, Alex Gaffney set up Marek Hejduk on the back door, but his chance sailed wide of the net.
 
But Harvard capitalized on another man advantage drawn by Farrell, as Coronato found the puck in a net front scramble and beat Gylander at 12:55, setting up a frantic finish.

GAME NOTES 

• Senior defenseman Henry Thrun and junior forward Alex Laferriere were named to the ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team.
• Harvard outshot Colgate, 36-23, for the night, and finished 1-for-4 on the man advantage.
• Harvard returned to the ECAC Hockey title game for the fifth time in the last seven completed seasons. Harvard is now 11-12 all-time in ECAC Hockey championship games.
• Harvard's loss snapped a 9-0-1 run, its longest unbeaten run since the 2016-17 season.
• Senior defenseman Henry Thrun scored his seventh goal of the season and now has 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) in his last 16 games.
• Junior forward Matthew Coronato is Harvard's third player to reach 20 goals on the year, joining Sean Farrell (21) and Alex Laferriere (20).

NEXT UP 

Harvard will await its NCAA Tournament fate tomorrow night (March 19), as the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Selection Show airs on ESPNU at 6:30 p.m.