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...vampire-as-vermin gets another workout in this weekend's Daybreakers, an imaginative but wanly executed effort from the German-born twins, Michael and Peter Spierig. They picture a near future in which a plague has turned 90% of the world into vampires. The upside: immortality. Then again, with the vast majority of the population now bloodsuckers, there's a significant shortage of bloodsuckees: the few remaining humans, most of whom are imprisoned and "farmed" in a vast, multi-tiered, Matrix-like abattoir where their blood is systematically drained. Still, it's not enough. As I learn from a fellow...
With the deficit reduced, the Crimson pulled Richter from net in a last-ditch effort to tie the game up. The plan backfired as Tony Lucia scored with just two seconds remaining to put the Gophers’ final margin of victory back to three...
Later, when the Crimson pulled Bellamy to give itself a 6-on-5 advantage, Buesser and junior defenseman Leanna Coskren nearly collaborated on a scoring effort. Buesser pushed the puck over to Coskren, who returned it with a hard pass. Buesser tried to tip in a goal, but the shot went wide...
After the first intermission, Harvard completed its first comeback effort of the game, tying the score on freshman defenseman Kelsey Romatoski’s first career goal...
...tremendous defensive effort, I thought,” Crimson coach Tommy Amaker said. “To be able to hold them to [47 points] and then the shooting percentage…I was very pleased with that...