Harvard 3, Union 2 Head Coach Nate Leaman was greeted warmly at the Bright Hockey Center Saturday evening, where he was an assistant the last four seasons.

Union (11-14-5, 5-10-3) would score first, just 21 seconds into the game as sophomore Jonathan Poirier (Duluth, GA) put the Dutchmen up 1-0 with his fifth goal of the year in a big scurry in front of the net where Crimson goalie Dov Grumet-Morris had lost sight of the puck..

Things cooled of quickly as Harvard (10-13-2, 8-9-1) answered back with three goals by Kevin Du, Kenny Smith and Dennis Packard to take a 3-1 1st period lead. Junior Joel Beal (Brantford, Ont.) made it 3-2 with his seventh goal of the season early in the 2nd period, but that would be all as Harvard played a smart, physical game..

Harvard out shot Union 34-19. Kris Mayotte (Finleyville, PA) made 31 saves for the Dutchmen and is now 8-13-5 in his sophomore campaign. Junior Dov Grumet-Morris (8-12-2) stopped 17 shots for the Crimson..

Union lost their first game since January 30th and has yet to win at Harvard since 1/10/97, a 4-2 victory.