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From the beginning of the season, Taylor played aggressively. On offense, he scrapped along the boards, fighting off defensemen that were much bigger and stronger. And on the other side of the puck, his speed helped him to perform well on the forecheck...
...don’t think we really felt comfortable really attacking on the forecheck as much as we would probably have liked,” he said, though he added, “Cornell had a lot to do with that...
Harvard’s forecheck was never again aggressive, its offense never again in control, and its defense never able to rest. The Crimson mustered only two shots on goal in that middle frame, while Cornell mustered 14, the majority of which came from around the crease and close in the circles. The Big Red outshot Harvard 32-18 on the night...
...there,” Pelle added. “Steve Mandes had had a long shift, and his line was out there and they needed a right wing so I just jumped out there. I came in a little bit late and Taylor made a great play on the forecheck forcing the turnover, made a great pass to me on my tape and I was just able to shovel...
That, of course, is Taylor’s bare-bones way of saying that he caught Trevelyan unprepared for the forecheck and stripped the puck from St. Lawrence’s most dangerous player...