NEW HAVEN, CT –
Casey Severo netted the game-winning goal in overtime as the Crimson defeated Yale by a score of 4-3 tonight in New Haven. Trailing 3-2 in the third period, the Crimson forced overtime with a goal from
Ryan Healey, helping secure its 11th victory of the year.
First-years
Mick Thompson and
Will Hughes also found the back of the net for Harvard, while Thompson picked up his 26th point of the season. With another three-point outing, Thompson becomes just the seventh rookie since the 2002-03 season to have 25+ points in his first season in a Crimson uniform.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Crimson came out firing in the opening minutes against its historic rival and jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after
Mick Thompson and William Hughes found the back of the net.
Assisted by
Philip Tresca and
Casey Severo,
Mick Thompson picked up a loose puck at the top of the crease for his 10th goal of the season just five minutes into the game.
Five minutes later,
Will Hughes picked up a loose puck in the slot for his first career goal. Assisted by
Tommy Lyons and
Ian Moore, Hughes fired a puck through traffic to give the Crimson a 2-0 lead.
Mason Langenbrunner nearly made it 3-0 after hitting the post in one of many dangerous chances for the Crimson in the first period.
Late in the first,
Michael Callow was called for tripping, sending the Crimson to the penalty kill for the first time. Yale converted on its first attempt after a shot from the top of the circles beat Koskenvuo through a screen.
The Crimson took a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.
Yale tied the game in the second after David Chen broke free off a defensive zone faceoff. Making a quick move all alone, Chen tied the game at two with 15:00 left in the second period.
The Crimson found its stride in the second after Yale's game-tying goal, controlling much of the play for the remainder of the period and leading 17-14 in shots after 40 minutes.
Aku Koskenvuo made the save of the game in the third period after going post-to-post to keep the game tied at two.
Just after the Koskenvuo save, Yale converted on another power-play goal to take a 3-2 lead.
In a very chippy third period, Harvard was awarded a power play with just over five minutes left in regulation.
Mick Thompson found
Ryan Healey on the far dot, who fired a one-timer that squeezed through Stark to tie the game at three. Healey's third goal of the year sent the game to overtime for the second time in the last three meetings between the Bulldogs and Crimson.
The Crimson was awarded a five-minute power play after
Lucas St. Louis was hit from behind. The power play carried into the overtime period, and with 1:15 left on the man advantage,
Casey Severo knocked home a rebound to win the game in overtime and hand the Crimson its eighth consecutive victory over its Ivy rival.
GAME NOTES
- Ted Donato ties Ralph "Cooney" Wieland for second all-time in program history with his 315th career win.
- Ian Moore and Mick Thompson both recorded three-point games.
- Ian Moore picked up three points for the first time in his career.
- Thompson picked up three points for the second consecutive game and has three three-point games in his last six played.
- Thompson is the first rookie to have three three-point games in his first year since 2002-03.
- Ian Moore is the first Crimson d-man to record three assists in a game since Ryan Siedem in November of 2022.
- Casey Severo picked up his team-leading 14th goal of the season and has four points over his last two games.
NEXT UP
Harvard travels to Providence to face Brown in its regular-season finale tomorrow at 7:00 p.m.
