Word: forechecker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Norton teams with Megan Berthold, Julie Starr, and Deb Taft on the Crimson defense, which must skate well, maintain concentration to stop the Northeastern attackers and clear the puck against the Huskie two-man forecheck. Offensively, Harvard's top two lines provide most of its scoring punch...
Along the way he learned to forecheck, ride opponents into the boards and otherwise play defense. At 24, he has become a rounded player. Says Bossy: "I was never asked to do that before, but I want to be more than a goal scorer...
Even with the score at 11-3 after the first period. Crimson pressure was unrelenting. Sophomore Suzanne Vine came in to forecheck brilliantly and had one scoring play washed away by the referee's whistle...
Brooks once said his team played "sophisticated pond hockey." Whatever its name, the style of the Americans is oddly schizophrenic. They ride players into the boards and forecheck -an oafish game. On offense, on the other hand, they strive -when they can remember their orders-to practice pinpoint passing. The weakness of this hybrid approach showed up in a big game against the Czechs. With a one-man advantage after a Czech penalty, the Americans got too clever by half: they fecklessly passed the puck back and forth for 1 min. 40 sec., until time ran out. All the while...