Word: forechecker
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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...
...wasn't just depth, though: Brown often found a clear route to pucks in the corner because Harvard's defense-oriented and, for the most part, inexperienced skaters seemed unsure whether to forecheck or drop back...
When the team reassembled this year, though, a marked difference emerged in its style of play. Suddently the players began to forecheck and take good shots on net, with the immediate results being back-to-back triumphs over national powerhouse Michigan State...
Both captains agreed that forechecking would be the key to the contest. "When we forecheck hard, B.U. tends to tire easily, and their play gets sloppy," Roth said...