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When the puck dropped in the season opener for women’s hockey, Harvard had a new look up front. Gone were its top three scorers from a year ago—Sarah Vaillancourt ’08-’09, Jenny Brine ’09, and...
The junior finished the year with 40 points, more than double her career best of 16 and tied for the ECAC lead. For her efforts, Buesser was a top-three finalist for ECAC Player of the Year while being named to the All-ECAC and All-Ivy First Teams.
But just as her team supported her, Buesser helped her linemates succeed, dishing out 24 assists while finishing the season with a +25 rating—good for best in the conference.
Buesser spent much of the year playing with rookie center Jillian Dempsey, who wound up 10th in the country in rookie scoring, and Ryabkina—a line that consistently created scoring opportunities and combined for 14 points in four playoff games.
The task: replace your top three scorers, including a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and put a freshman in net in the middle of the ECAC playoff race because your starter, the NCAA record holder for career save percentage, just suffered a season-ending injury. And still get home ice...