Word: actioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PROVIDENCE--As each member of the No. 1 Harvard women's hockey team skated to center ice to receive her ECAC championship trophy, there was an extra-special hop in her step. The Crimson had just capped perhaps its most dramatic finish in a brilliant, action-packed season...
...That came just 32 seconds after the Wildcats had tied the game. Senior defenseman Nicki Luongo--who had stopped the action minutes earlier after taking an elbow to the head--took the puck at center point and sent a centering pass on net that junior winger Tina Carrabba tipped through Springer's five-hole...
...Crimson gradually gained control of the period. The pivotal moment came with 4:20 left in the second, when Harvard set up its potent offensive attack, and Mleczko drew a UNH penalty against Thornton for hooking. The play gave the vaunted Harvard power-play unit its first action of the game, and the Crimson capitalized...
...Then both teams settled down for a period of physical, back-and-forth action as Stone began a three-line rotation she used for the entire game. The Crimson killed two penalties, and Springer made a clutch save with 3.3 seconds left in the period when the Big Green pulled Cahill and sent six skaters against Harvard's man-down unit...
...Harvard came out of the locker room on a mission in the second. Mleczko struck first 2:47 into the period when her talented linemates sent a barrage of shots on goal. Mleczko joined the action in the crease, grabbed a rebound and sent the puck top-shelf to record the game-winning goal...