Word: forechecker
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Lederman’s offensive ability and quick skating are nothing new. What surprised some people was how aggressive he looked on defense and on the forecheck...
...contrast to No. 5 New Hampshire’s careful scouting, No. 1 Harvard didn’t know any details about the Wildcats’ style of play, its forecheck or power play. It didn’t need to. It just used its skills to blow through every trick New Hampshire tried in the defensive zone en route to the 7-1 victory...
Providence was especially successful with its forecheck. Large stretches of the game were played entirely in Harvard’s end—a rarity for the Crimson this season...
...thought we did a lot of things that we needed to do,” Mazzoleni said. “I thought we did good things mixing it up on our forecheck. We pressured at times [and] we jammed the neutral zone at times so we weren’t predictable. We pressured the puck well, got into their shot lanes and really kept things to the perimeter...
Harvard hopes its newly installed aggressive forechecking system will continue to frustrate opposing defenses. Harvard has had more than 30 shots on goal in all eight of its games since switching to the more aggressive forecheck late last month. In the eight games before that, the Crimson hit the 30-shot mark just once...