Word: forechecker
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...playing team defense all over the ice because I don’t think we did that worth a darn on Saturday,” Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni said. “We worked a lot on that this week in practice, our defensive zone coverage and forecheck. We want to play a pressure game, and that’s difficult to do if you’re not moving. [Against Brown], we got caught all night halfway between things, and we ended up losing...
...He’s got a lot of jump in his legs,” Mazzoleni says. “He plays well on both sides of the rink. He’s got the real quick feet to elude the initial forecheck and create offense...
...over the No. 10 Tigers extended Harvard’s current unbeaten streak to 20 games. Princeton rarely threatened to score due to the Crimson’s dominant forecheck. The Harvard defensive zone coverage prevented the Tigers from getting many quality shots, and when they did, junior goaltender Jessica Ruddock typically stopped them. Princeton’s lone goal came in the final two minutes when the game was well in hand...
Clinging to a 3-2 lead with under two minutes to go, Gilligan pulled Conschafter in favor of an extra skater on a faceoff. That backfired, however, as Moore made a tremendous play to ice the game, intercepting a pass on the forecheck and notching an empty net goal...
...Friday, St. Lawrence combated Harvard’s usually unbreakable forecheck by playing its forwards low, forcing Harvard’s defensemen to pinch and making the Crimson susceptible to Saint odd-man rushes all evening. The next day, the Crimson executed three different forechecking systems and stifled St. Lawrence’s breakout attempts...