Word: icing
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...clutch player, and she really used her speed well on the large ice surface tonight," Mleczko said. "Our line was making tape-to-tape passes, and Botterill was able to beat Brewer to the net on plays she can usually stop...
...Part of our role on the first line is to score, but we know we can count on our teammates to help us out," Botterill said. "We were clicking offensively and making some great passes, and it felt great to be on the ice playing for a spot in the championship game...
Mleczko proved the value of her presence on the ice in the final 28:01 of her career in the championship game. A separated shoulder and torn shoulder muscles prevented the best faceoff center in the nation from taking any draws down the stretch in the closest game of the season, and she could not wind up on her powerful slapshot. But the co-captain directed the Crimson defense that shut down the Wildcat power play three times in the third period and overtime. She willed her team to victory by walking into the crease and setting up the game...
...that were to happen, Harvard would hardly be missing a beat. Although Mleczko blew every women's single-season scoring record out of the water--or should I say ice--in 1998-99 with 37 goals and 77 assists, Botterill was not far behind. She managed 37 goals and 51 helpers of her own, and did so in six fewer games than Mleczko. And when the senior was unable to play center in crunch time in the championship game, she swapped positions with her freshman linemate...
...Harvard's offense will be fine in 1999-2000, even if Coach Katey Stone does not recruit a talented Class of 2003--and that's highly unlikely. In addition to Mleczko, the only forwards Stone will lose who saw the ice in the postseason are Jen Gerometta and Kyle Walsh. Gerometta and Walsh were both hard-working skaters, but almost all of the scoring came from Mleczko and the five underclassmen...