The Harvard University women's hockey team trailed 1-0 after the first period, but scored seven unanswered goals to rout St. Lawrence 7-1 at Appleton Arena on Friday night in the 2011-12 ECAC Hockey opener for both teams.

The Saints fall to 3-2-2 on the year after being outshot 46-18 including 22-8 in the third period, while the Crimson win their season opener in style, improving to 1-0-0 overall and in conference.

"I was outcoached tonight, and they're a very disciplined team," said St. Lawrence head coach Chris Wells. "Harvard took it to us in all facets of the game and kept the pedal down all night."

The visitors came out strong in the first period, but St. Lawrence first-year goalie Carmen Ma3cDonald kept them off the scoreboard with eight saves including three breakaway tries. Her play allowed the Saints to take a 1-0 lead late in the stanza while the team was on a 5-on-3 power play. Sophomore Rylee Smith won an offensive zone face-off to senior Alley Bero who slung a pass along the blue line to junior Brooke Fernandez. The Bloomfield, CT native unleashed a blistering slap shot that beat Harvard goalie Laura Bellamy for her third goal of the year and a 1-0 St. Lawrence lead at 18:22 of the first.

The Crimson wasted little time in leveling the score at 1-1 only 1:24 into the second period, as Lyndsey Fry lifted a shot under the cross bar to tie the game. Marissa Gedman followed at 4:30, putting the visitors on top for good as her shot through traffic got past a screened McDonald for a 2-1 lead. Harvard would push their advantage to 4-1 at the end of two thanks to power play goals from Jillian Dempsey and Fry.

After being outshot 16-5 in the second, the Saints continued to struggle to earn offensive chances on Bellamy. Instead, Harvard scored their third straight power play goal at 6:49 of the final period to take a 5-1 lead, as Dempsey netted her second of the game.

The Crimson would put the finishing touches on a dazzling performance with goals from Samantha Reber and Gina McDonald at 16:33 and 19:46, respectively, to win the game 7-1.

MacDonald closed with 39 saves in the loss for the Scarlet and Brown, while Bellamy totaled 18 stops for Harvard. The Crimson finished 3-of-7 on the power play while the Saints were 1-of-7.

St. Lawrence will look to bounce back tomorrow, Saturday, October 29 when it hosts nationally-ranked No. 10 Dartmouth at Appleton Arena at 4:00pm.