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Earlier in the season, the grouping of Kevin Du, Ryan Maki and Steve Mandes were arranged together on a Class of 2007 line. Since that time, roster shuffling due to injuries and a lack of lineup production have led Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni to split up many of his team’s former set lines. And it is in that separation that the three forwards have flourished best...
Maki draws the enviable task of lacing up alongside senior Tim Pettit and junior Tom Cavanagh, two dynamic forwards who have been playing together for more than two seasons. Du and Mandes, on the other hand, have remained together and have been paired with assistant captain Tyler Kolarik on the Crimson’s third line...
...like playing with [Du and Mandes], because I know what I’m going to get out of [them] every night. They don’t ask questions, and they play hard,” Kolarik said...
...Du raced forward, extending his stick to control the puck as the remaining defenders attempted to converge on him. But Du staggered through the collapsing lane, recovering his balance with just netminder Kris Mayotte to beat. Feigning a shot from the top of the goalmouth, Du forced Mayotte to his knees, allowing Du to keep the puck a second longer before flipping it over the goaltender’s right shoulder to knot the game at one apiece...
Fifty-seven seconds later, Harvard was knocking at the door once again, as 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...