Word: kuusisto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Saves: UNH--Roberts 8-19-16-5 48; Har--Kuusisto...
...have unbelievable team chemistry and it really pulled us through close games like this one," said freshman Alison Kuusisto, who stepped in after junior Crystal Springer broke her collarbone the night before and repeated the performance of netminder Chuckie Hughes '92 by guiding the Crimson to a title as a rookie. "I was really lucky to be on a team like this, and this season has been a once-in-a-lifetime experience...
...nation had capitalized for six goals on the man advantage during regulation, and the UNH power-play unit had scored on the first two Harvard penalties of the game. But the Crimson man-down unit of freshman defenseman Angela Ruggiero, Mleczko, Shewchuk and Botterill settled down after that, and Kuusisto made her biggest contribution during the overtime penalty kill, when she made four of her 28 saves...
...knew I would have to stop the puck and I just told myself to stay focused," said Kuusisto of the two most stressful minutes of her young career. "I had to stay mentally tough and keep my head in the game. I just wanted to cover the puck and not give them any rebounds, because I knew my teammates would help me out on the faceoffs...
...Kuusisto made her first postseason start of the season in place of hard-luck Springer, who broke her collarbone for the second time in 10 weeks with 3:04 left in the semifinal victory over Brown. Fortunately for her teammates, Springer's earlier injury had given the rookie valuable big-game experience over a nine-game stretch during which Harvard clinched the ECAC regular season title...