No. 15 Harvard Eases Past Stony Brook
from staff reports
STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Sophomore Dean Gibbons was
one of eight Crimson players to find the back of the net as No.
15/14 Harvard downed Stony Brook, 12-4, Saturday afternoon at
LaValle Stadium. Gibbons, who scored four goals and added an assist
in his 2009 debut, helped the Crimson improve to 2-0 on the season
for the first time since 2005.
Freshman Kevin Vaughan scored his first two collegiate goals, while
six other players in a Harvard uniform scored at least once.
Freshman Jeff Cohen, coming off NEILA Co-Player of the Week and Ivy
League Rookie of the Week honors, had a goal and two assists.
Junior Jesse Fehr had four assists in the game, teaming up with
Gibbons for all four of them.
The Crimson struck early and often as Gibbons and junior Travis
Burr put the visiting team up 2-0 early in the first period.
Fehr and Gibbons teamed up for a man-up goal to put the Crimson up
3-0 with 1:25 remaining in the first period. The Seawolves won the
next face-off and found the back on the net 13 seconds later to get
on the board. Harvard increased its lead to 5-1 in the second when
Gibbons found Vaughan for the open shot and Cohen fed Gibbons a
pass for another Crimson tally.
Harvard struck five times in the third frame to open up a 10-1
advantage. The Crimson capitalized on several Stony Brook
penalties, scoring on back-to-back man-up opportunities in the
opening minutes of the third period. The Seawolves took advantage
of Harvard's only penalty when Stony Brook's Jordan McBride scored
on a fee from Tom Compitello with 10:12 left to play.
The home team scored another tally five and a half minutes later to
cut the deficit to 10-3. Senior Jeff Wannop scored an insurance
goal for the Crimson with 2:43 remaining in the game and sophomore
Matt Hull added the final Crimson tally with 46 ticks on the clock.
McBride got off one more goal for the Seawolves in the final two
minutes as well.
Senior Eric Posner picked four of the Crimson's 33 ground balls,
while classmate Nick Smith had three ground balls and two caused
turnovers in the win.
Harvard outshot the home team, 30-18, while the Seawolves won 12 of
the 20 face-offs. Joe Pike made six saves in the net and allowed
just two goals in 54:28 of action. Rookie Christian Coates came in
for the final 5:32 of the game and made two saves, while allowing
two scores.
