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...four-on-four tally at 5:33. Just 35 seconds later, Harvard was awarded a power play opportunity when Dartmouth winger Jarrett Sampson was given a two-minute minor for holding defenseman Dylan Reese near the Big Green net. But Dartmouth’s aggressive forecheck and physical play allowed the Big Green to kill off the penalty, surrendering only one shot in the process. “I don’t think we dictated any part of the game,” said Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91. “They pretty much determined...
...She’s a very smart player and knows how to anticipate where the puck is going to go.”Overall, the Crimson threw 13 shots on goal during the middle frame as it mounted a number of attacks and worked the fast break and forecheck well to keep continuous pressure on the Big Green. Harvard almost doubled its lead when late in the period Brady received the puck on the right side of an open Dartmouth net. But the Crimson had to settle for a 1-0 lead when the period bell sounded.The contest started...
...consistently uses the Fargo, N.D. native on the team’s penalty kill, and the pivot’s sheer disregard for his own body has made him one of Harvard’s most successful shot blockers. And then there’s forecheck, where Magura’s fitness and doggedness wreak havoc on teams’ abilities to set up. He’s been at it a while. Magura played three years at Fargo South High School—he was Rookie of the Year there, too—and the summer before his senior...
...game.” Harvard came out firing in the third frame and took a 3-2 lead at 8:43, when Charlie Johnson broke towards the net and knocked home a perfectly timed cross-slot pass from Kevin Du. For the next five minutes, the Crimson forecheck foiled every Big Red opportunity. Finally, No. 3 Cornell (4-2-0, 3-1-0) took a timeout. “It looked like everything was going well,” Johnson said. “They weren’t getting any sustained pressure—we were kind of cycling...
...season opener against Dartmouth, the Crimson’s forecheck got stronger as time wore on and footraces continually fell in Harvard’s favor...