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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...
...They generate most of their offense off of turnovers—through counterattacks and initial rush opportunities,” he said. “They have a very strong forecheck. They’re very aggressive in neutral zone. It’s more of a ‘1-4’ where they try to trap you, make you turn the puck over, and then really counterattack...
...Maine is very quick and they work hard,” Gaudet said. “They have forwards that can forecheck aggressively, but they have a lot of team speed in transition, too. They’re a well-disciplined and hard working team, in addition to that speed. They come at you. I’m not sure if they have any glaring weaknesses...
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...