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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Freshman Casey Dornbach scored in overtime to lift the Harvard University men's hockey team to a 3-2 victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), on Friday night at Bright-Landry Hockey Center. With the win, the Crimson improve to 6-4-2 overall (3-3-2 ECAC Hockey), while the Engineers drop to 4-14-0 (3-6-0 ECAC Hockey).

Dornbach (Edina, MN/Lincoln Stars) broke a 2-2 tie at 2:58 of the extra session, redirecting a puck past freshman goaltender Owen Savory (Cambridge, ON/St. Catharines Falcons) for his third goal of the season. Assists on the game-winning goal went to senior captain Lewis Zerter-Gossage (Montreal, PQ/Penticton Vees) and sophomore Henry Bowlby (Edina, MN/Lincoln Stars).

Trailing 2-0 late in the first period, the Engineers got on the board on a point shot by junior Shane Bear (Calgary, AB/Brooks Bandits). Junior Jacob Hayhurst (Mississauga, ON/Cedar Rapids RoughRiders) sent a pass down the right wing boards to Bear, who fired through a screen for his first goal of the season. Senior Brady Wiffen (St. Mary's, ON/Trenton Golden Hawks) earned the secondary helper on the tally, which cut the deficit in half.

After a scoreless second period, RPI drew even at 2-2 early in the third. Freshman Ottoville Leppanen (Espoo, Finland/Espoo Blues U20) won a puck battle along the left wing boards, freeing up Hayhurst for a centering feed to classmate Todd Burgess (Phoenix, AZ/Fairbanks Ice Dogs), who beat Harvard senior goaltender Michael Lackey (Washington, DC/U.S. Nation Dev. Team) with a point blank shot. Burgess' third goal of the year came just 46 seconds into the period.

The Crimson opened the scoring at 10:03 of the opening stanza, when Zerter-Gossage finished off a 2-on-1 break into the zone. Dornbach slide a cross-crease pass for the one-time finish – Zerter-Gossage's ninth of the season. Bowlby also drew an assist on the play.

Harvard made it 2-0 on a tip-in goal by freshman Baker Shore (Englewood, CO/Chicago Steel), who redirected a point shot by sophomore Reilly Walsh (Andover, NH/Proctor Academy) for his second goal of the season.

Savory (1-6-0) finished with 40 saves on the night, including all 18 shots he faced in the third period. Lackey had 24 at the other end of the ice. RPI was 0 for 2 on the power play, with Harvard going 0 for 1.

The Engineers are back in action tomorrow night, when the host Army West Point for Autism Awareness Night at the Houton Field House (7pm). Harvard hosts Boston University on Tuesday night (7pm).