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...opportunity for the Crimson came through an instinctive combination between tri-captains. At the Harvard blue-line, senior forward Sarah Vaillancourt launched a defense-splitting pass to senior Jenny Brine for a 1-on-1 with RPI goaltender Sonja van der Bliek. The forward veered left and fired a backhand shot, but was denied by a quick recovery by the Engineeers’ goaltender.At 10:08, Crimson pressure resulted in the puck finding its way into the RPI net—only for the goal to be disallowed. Following a snap shot by junior Kathryn Farni from distance, sophomore Leanne...
...second, sophomore Matt McCollem scored the prettiest goal of the game. After speeding past a defenseman, McCollem received a perfect pass from Rogers and found himself one-on-one with the goaltender. He deked left, pulled the puck to the right, and caught Scrivens off guard with a backhand shot into the right side...
...forward Nick Bonino erased the deficit with a pair of goals 1:43 apart, the first a one-timer from the left side off a pass out of the corner. After a subsequent Crimson hooking penalty, Bonino took a backside pass from captain Matt Gilroy and scooped a backhand past Hoyle.The next Terrier power play was successfully killed thanks in part to a sprawling save by Hoyle, and neither team found another opening the rest of the period to set up the memorable finish.After having outshot BU 9-7 in the first period, Harvard managed only seven shots...
...lead just eight seconds into the third. When a Sioux player was caught up in their boards on the left-hand side, Michaud stole the puck before passing it to Moriarty, who was alone on the right-hand side of the net. The rookie made a move with his backhand before sticking the puck into the net. The lead was again short-lived for the Crimson. The Fighting Sioux scored twice within two minutes to take the advantage. Harvard looked desperately for the tying goal in the waning minutes of the match. Shots were fired from long-range and attempts...
...convert opportunities.Neither was its opponent, who had the puck at the goal line shortly after the 30 minute mark, but Hoyle made two clutch stops while drawing an interference call.Harvard looked to have taken the lead on the ensuing power play, when sophomore Matt McCollem’s backhand appeared to be a goal, but it was waved off, a call confirmed by video replay.Unperturbed, the Crimson opened the scoring seconds later with Killorn’s power-play score on senior Steve Rolecek’s assist after the Union goalie lost sight of the puck. Harvard?...