Word: backstopping
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...track in right center, where Matt Vance and Lance Salsgiver converged before nearly colliding. As Salsgiver slid to avoid Vance, the ball kissed off the latter’s glove and rolled into right field, allowing Potvin to reach second safely. Bruton’s subsequent pitch found the backstop, advancing Potvin to third with none out and drawing the Crimson infield...
...turn earned his final opportunity of the contest four minutes later, intercepting a sloppy Harvard pass in the neutral zone, then breaking in on Grumet-Morris all by himself down the lefthand side of the ice. But as he approached, he briefly bobbled the puck, allowing the Crimson backstop to reach out with his stick to break up the play before a shot ever materialized...
...turn earned his final opportunity of the contest four minutes later, intercepting a sloppy Harvard pass in the neutral zone, then breaking in on Grumet-Morris all by himself down the lefthand side of the ice. But as he approached, he briefly bobbled the puck, allowing the Crimson backstop to reach out with his stick to break up the play before a shot ever materialized...
...Crimson allows just 1.85 goals a game, third-best in the country, down significantly from the 2.61 surrendered per contest last season. And Dov Grumet-Morris, who has an unseemly 5.00 goals-against average in the NCAA tournament, has made the leap from talented but at times streaky backstop to consistently stellar and nationally recognized netminder...
...Crimson defensive corps did not boast its usual mental sharpness, but with Grumet-Morris to backstop it, the blueline group had allowed just one Colgate score. Moreover, Harvard could now look to the scoreboard and see its own advantage, right next to the clock that crept towards zero...