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...goal blowout into a one-goal nail-biter. “Our best period of the year, hands down,” Reese said. The Crimson hit hard and forced St. Lawrence into its own zone for minutes on end. “I think we really established our forecheck, and that’s kind of what we feel is a key component to our success,” Donato said, adding that the pressure “allow[ed] our forwards to get buzzing and use our speed.” After pulling Tobe for an extra skater...
...biggest game of the year, to come up with one of our poorer performances—[it’s] frustrating.” From the moment the puck dropped, Maine controlled the tempo. Stringing together a series of tape-to-tape passes and maintaining an aggressive forecheck, the Black Bears forced Harvard to spend the majority of the opening frame protecting its own net. On the other side of the ice, goaltender Ben Bishop and the Maine defense moved the puck quickly out of their zone, limiting the Crimson to seven shots in the first period...
...focusing on the wrong stuff,” on “being too cute, on creating too much offense.” He’s a big kid, 6’3 and 218 lbs., and much of his game is dependant on sheer physicality. On the forecheck, along the boards, and now on a line with offensive sparkplugs Kevin Du and Dan Murphy, Maki’s best bet is to throw his weight around. “That’s what they do: they create offense,” he says of his linemates...
...that.” The Crimson’s penalty kill was a large part of its success, holding Clarkson scoreless—and allowing only three shots—in four one-man advantage opportunities. The unit was most effective in the third period, using an aggressive forecheck to prevent the Golden Knights from setting up their power play. Despite benefiting from two Harvard penalties, Clarkson managed only one shot on net and hardly threatened Boe. “I was very pleased with our penalty kill tonight,” Stone said. “We made...
...zone in the contest’s opening minutes, the Crimson jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on junior Liza Solley’s eighth goal of the season at the 6:58. Junior Jennifer Sifers seized the puck behind the net on the forecheck and tried to wrap-around a shot on Wildcats netminder Melissa Bourdon. The puck slipped across the crease to Solley, who beat Bourdon inside the left post for the go-ahead score. “Originally a lot of those [scoring] chances started up in our own end,” junior Katie...