Word: hockey
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...Frozen Four, but the squad—for which cohesiveness and teamwork were synonymous with success—had come together one last time to cheer on Vaillancourt, a junior, as she accepted the Patty Kazmaier Award, given annually to the top player in women’s college hockey...
...have that banner at the Bright [Hockey Center] and there [are] a few Harvard names on it,” Vaillancourt said following the award presentation. “Everyone dreams one day to be recognized as that player. I have to admit I’ve looked at that banner a few times...
Vaillancourt need look no more. Her place in the Harvard women’s hockey team’s history is set, and now she can move on to build on the legacy that her extraordinary season created...
...opportunity appeared to have come and gone.As a freshman on the women’s hockey team coming into the 2006-07 season, Christina Kessler, a highly touted recruit out of Oakville, Ont., was expected to compete for the starting goalie job right away. But when Kessler arrived at Harvard with torn ligaments in her knee, then-sophomore Brittany Martin took advantage of the lack of competition and solidified herself as a mainstay in the net. Although Kessler healed in time to see game action towards the end of the season, Martin got the nod during the playoffs and turned...
...never thought that I would have the chance to sit on press row during a nationally televised college basketball game. I never thought that I would have the chance to drive in the snow through upstate New York en route to covering Harvard men’s hockey and men’s basketball games in the same weekend.I never thought that I would have the chance to have a one-on-one interview with a former Duke basketball player.Heck, I never thought I’d be a sportswriter—period.In retrospect, I guess it shouldn?...