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...junior forward Brendan Bernakevitch sent a pass across ice to senior linemate Dennis Packard, who streaked towards the net. Packard tried the same fake Du had made use of on the Crimson’s first tally, but failed to control the puck in time to snap his backhand. But Packard swooped behind net with no defender to apply pressure, settling the puck before deftly tucking the puck inside the left post before Mayotte could recover his footing...
Harvard didn’t just score—it scored in style. Mehaffey’s goal came on a powerful backhand shot out of the hole set position. Teresa Codini, Cristina Codini, and Dewey all snuck the ball in with lob shots that sailed just past the goalie’s outstretched hands...
...McCulloch in the box for cross-checking, Harvard allowed Tony Voce and Stephen Gionta to break on net with just sophomore defenseman Peter Hafner back to defend. Gionta carried the puck into the Crimson zone and cut inside, turning Hafner around, before dishing to Voce who neatly tucked his backhand shot just past Daigneau’s outstretched arm in the top right corner...
...first, he served to open the match, but tinned on a backhand rail and fell behind 5-0 before Donegan hit the tin to give the serve back to Broadbent. Broadbent won the next four points and eight of the next nine to take an 8-6 lead, but Donegan took the final four to jump out to a 1-0 lead...
...It’s kind of a wake-up call about a couple of things in my game that I have to be aware of [like] floating the ball on the backhand wall,” Broadbent said. “I have to make sure that ball gets deep—more of a punch ball rather than floating it where a good player like that will keep me toward the front court and then I’m put at a disadvantage already...