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Alex Laferriere scored the only goal of the game as Harvard beat Cornell in ECAC semifinal action (photo: Harvard Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LAKE PLACID, N.Y.<\/strong> \u2013 It took over 64 minutes of game action to put a goal on the board, but No. 2 Harvard punched its ticket to the ECAC Hockey title game with a hard-fought 1-0 overtime victory over No. 3 Cornell Friday.<\/p>\n

Crimson’s Alex Laferriere struck early in the OT period on a pass from Baker Shore, who sold Big Red goaltender Ian Shane on the shot before feeding Laferriere across the slot with a wide-open net in front of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was obviously really exciting, the heat of the moment you forget what happened,\u201d Laferriere said. \u201cI think everybody in the building thought Baker was going to shoot and then he found a seam back door.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite both teams boasting offenses among the top 10 nationally in scoring, the game played out in a tight, defensive fashion typical of playoff hockey. Blocked shots (29) nearly equaled shots on net (35) through regulation play, as defenders had no qualms putting their bodies in front of pucks.<\/p>\n

Few quality chances were generated through the game’s opening two periods, but that did not diminish the intense nature of the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you saw was two teams that know that defense wins this time of year,\u201d Harvard coach Ted Donato said. \u201cI thought both teams really managed the puck. We have a ton of respect for Cornell.\u201d<\/p>\n

The defensive style of play was something the Big Red leaned into, even planned for coming into the contest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kind of drew it up to be a 0-0 game,\u201d Cornell coach Mike Schafer said. \u201cThe Coronato and Farrell line killed us at Harvard earlier this year and we were determined that they weren’t going to do that again to us tonight, and we kept them off the scoreboard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Play began to open up in the third period, when the Crimson and Big Red rattled off 17 shots after only managing 18 through two frames. Despite this, neither side could find the back of the net, sending the game to overtime to set up Laferriere\u2019s eventual game winner.<\/p>\n

With the win, Harvard advances to face Colgate in the ECAC Hockey championship game Saturday, looking to become the first repeat champion since Union won three straight titles from 2012 to 2014.<\/p>\n

The Raiders earned their spot in the championship with a double-overtime win over top seed Quinnipiac in the first semifinal matchup. Friday was the first time since 1992 that both ECAC Hockey semifinal games went to overtime.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Colgate has) got a good mix of size and speed on the blue line,\u201d Donato said. \u201cThey\u2019ve got a good power play. (Alex) Young was one of the best players in our league this year and (Carter) Gylander certainly looked dialed in tonight.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Harvard and Colgate met with the Whitelaw Cup on the line once before in 2015, when Harvard pulled out a 4-2 victory.<\/div>\n
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On the other side, Cornell now awaits the results of Saturday\u2019s conference championship games around the country to determine whether it will earn an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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