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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (11/12/11) – Harvard scored two goals on a five-minute power play in the second period that proved to be the difference as the 18th-ranked Colgate men's hockey team fell at the Crimson, 4-2, on Saturday night in league action.

The Raiders were up 2-1 and the Crimson struck for two goals after Colgate was called for a major penalty and Harvard took the lead at 3-2. Then Harvard scored early in the third to put the game out of reach for Colgate.

Colgate (6-4-1, 2-2-0 ECAC) got two more points from Austin Smith tonight with a goal and an assist. Robbie Bourdon also had a goal in the loss, while Spiro Goulakos added his fifth helper of the year. Eric Mihalik pushed aside 29 shots in the loss and moves to 5-3-0 on the season.

Harvard (1-3-1, 1-3-1 ECAC) got four goals from four different skaters. Rence McNally, Patrick McNally, Alex Killorn and Colin Blackwell each tallied goals for the Crimson. Steve Michalek made 30 stops for his first collegiate win.

The Raiders wasted no time getting on the board as Bourdon put Colgate on top 1-0, 7:31 into the first frame. Smith carried the puck around the net and pushed the puck out to Goulakos at the blueline. He fired a shot that was blocked, but the rebound came right to Bourdon at the far post and he hit the open net for the 1-0 lead.

Harvard fought back to tie the game early in the second after failing on two power plays. Coassin put home a rebound after McNally's initial shot was blocked in front of the net. The shot was a harmless one, but Mihalik was surprised by it.

The Raiders regained the lead with a 5-on-3 power play goal from Smith as he put home the puck during a lengthy scrum in front of the net. The goal came after Harvard was called for a major for boarding and the Raiders had a long power play. The goal was initially waved off, but the goal was allowed after the officials reviewed the play.

Harvard was able to take advantage of Colgate's five-minute major penalty on the Raiders with a pair of goals to take the lead at 3-2. McNally fired a shot from the top of the slot through traffic and it found its way into the net to tie the game at 2-2. Then the Crimson earned its first lead of the game at 3-2. Killorn gave the Crimson the lead at 3-2 just 1:19 after McNally's goal as he skated down the right side and put a routine shot that got through Mihalik's pads. 

The Crimson increased its lead to 4-2 early in the third period as Blackwell skated in 1-on-1 and put a shot on Mihalik from the left circle that beat the netminder high to the blocker side.

Colgate will be back at home for the first time in two weeks as the Raiders host Quinnipiac and Princeton for Colgate's annual Silver Puck Weekend.

NOTES: Smith has scored at least one point in 10 of the first 11 games … he had his fifth multi-point game of the year and 31st of his career … Colgate scored first for the fifth time this year …  Raiders lose their first game when scoring first (4-1-0) … Goulakos leads all rookies with five assists … Colgate remains winless when it scores two or less goals this season and is 0-2 when giving up four goals … Raiders are 4-2 on the road … each team was called for a major penalty for boarding … Colgate has won on three-straight Fridays, but have lost the next night in each of those weekends.