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...ranking in college women’s hockey was on the line in Durham, N.H., on Friday night in the most anticipated matchup of the season: between No. 1 Harvard and No. 2 New Hampshire. And just 6:16 into the game, the Crimson (11-1-0, 9-0-0 ECAC) began to lose its grip on the top spot. Wildcats forward Courtney Birchard capitalized just 17 seconds into a power play to give UNH (17-3-0, 9-0-0 Hockey East) an early 1-0 lead en route to a 4-1 victory. “They exploited...
...first goal of many came 3:33 into the matchup, as Eagles forward Nathan Gerbe scored just 23 seconds into a power play. Gerbe’s shooting plagued the Crimson all night, to the tune of four goals and an assist...
...political equivalent of a total solar eclipse, with three different Republicans leading in three of the initial primary and caucus states: Mike Huckabee in Iowa, Mitt Romney in New Hampshire and Rudy Giuliani in Michigan. None of these men, at present, would beat Hillary Clinton in a general-election matchup, and each would fare little better against Barack Obama. "If somebody could run as None of the Above," says former McCain campaign chief John Weaver, "he would be the front-runner...
...faceoffs...Sophomore blueliner Ian Tallett’s name was misspelled on his jersey. “Tallet” skated in his second game of the year in place of an injured Brian McCafferty and recorded the assist on Coskren’s second goal...The matchup against Vermont was Harvard’s first of five consecutive non-conference games. After last night’s exhibition against the U.S. Under-18 squad, the Crimson will take on Boston College at home on Wednesday night before traveling to Columbus, Ohio, for the Ohio Hockey Classic over winter break...
...Hallion said. “But we know we are a good free-throw shooting team, and we just can’t let it get in our heads.” Going into the game, Harvard knew that the Wildcats were going to be a tough defensive matchup. New Hampshire, which starts four guards, runs a lot of screens and shoots a lot of three-pointers. But the Crimson played tight defense and shut the Wildcats down. “Our defense basically won us the game,” Delaney-Smith said. “We worked hard...