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...bring the game to overtime, however, the Crimson had to claw its way back from a sluggish start.Both teams traded missed opportunities in the game’s opening minutes, and while Harvard got a power-play chance with six minutes left in the first, the team failed to convert, a problem that would follow it for the rest of the evening.“I don’t think we really got it going,” Stone said of the power play. “We draw people to us, and that’s when...
...first frame, Harvard kept the Raiders out of its defensive zone for the majority of the period, with blueliners Alex Biega and co-captain Brian McCafferty holding Colgate in the neutral zone.The second period began with a pair of power plays for both sides, but neither team managed to convert. Colgate came out swinging and turned up the pressure against the defense, with junior David McIntyre and senior Tom Riley taking tough shots against Carroll.“[Carroll] was pretty solid, and he was good with his rebound control, so I think he made a lot of good saves...
...Crimson’s second-half run was keyed by its ability to convert from the charity stripe. Just over seven minutes into the half, Columbia picked up its seventh team foul and put Harvard into the bonus...
...Saturday’s game that spelled disaster for Harvard. The Lions’ stifling full-court pressure forced sloppy play from Crimson guards and post players alike. Harvard’s porous fast-break defense didn’t help its cause, as Columbia was able to convert easy buckets and set up its press. During one three-minute stretch early on, the Crimson turned the ball over five times.When the first-half buzzer sounded and Harvard headed to the locker room down just six, it seemed to have weathered a storm of its own making...
...step back,” junior Alex Biega said. “We didn’t come in with the same mentality.”The Elis dominated in all facets of the contest, but the Crimson’s ultimate downfall was the power play. Yale converted on four of its six chances despite converting just 19.1 percent of power plays on the season. Harvard could not convert on its three man-advantage attempts.“The biggest thing for us is just staying out of the box,” junior Doug Rogers said...