Boston, MA -- Luke Greiner netted a hat trick as Harvard
bested Boston University, 7-4, in the consolation game of the 61st annual
Beanpot from TD Garden.
Marshall Everson added a pair of scores, while Dan Ford and Danny Biega added
one each for the Crimson, who finished in third place for the third consecutive
season.
Peter Traber allowed four goals, but made the difference by stopping 43
pucks for the Cambridge institution, which hasn't won the title since 1993.
Wade Megan, Mike Moran, Evan Rodrigues and Cason Hohmann tallied for the
Terriers, who finished fourth for the second time in three years.
Sean Maguire allowed six scores on 30 shots in defeat as BU was shut out for the fourth straight year for the first time since a seven-year drought from 1959-65.
Down by two, Terriers forward Alexx Privitera received a major for kneeing
and a game misconduct thanks to an illegal hit on Harvard's Alex Fallstrom with
1:50 remaining in the middle period. Fallstrom appeared to favor his left leg as
he was carried from the ice, but did return.
BU managed to emerge unscathed from the situation, but the Crimson took a 6-3
lead immediately following the failed power play thanks to a bit of karma as
Everson knocked home a Fallstrom rebound with 3:13 gone in the third.
Hohmann beat Traber to pull the Terriers to 6-4 with 8:36 to play, but
Greiner completed his trifecta into an empty net with eight seconds left.
Moran's first goal of the season put the Terriers on the board at 3:12 of the
first period, then Megan doubled the advantage from a short-handed 2-on-1 rush
at 11:45.
Ford halved Harvard's deficit with seven minutes left in the first, then
Biega talled with 14 seconds to go for a 2-2 deadlock.
Rodrigues' power-play score at 1:38 of the second period gave BU a 3-2 edge,
but only 1:41 later, a blast from Everson knotted the game once more.
Griner's strike 73 seconds later put the Crimson ahead, 4-3, and he beat
Maguire again, on a power play, with 3:27 left in the second for a two-goal
bulge.
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