Word: mccann
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Enter exhibit A--how to work a power play.Derek Maguire received the face-off win andcrossed the puck to Chris Baird. Baird thenquickly passed to captain Sean McCann, whoone-timed it into the short side of the net byTerrier goaltender J.P. McKersie to knot the gameat...
Defense: A. Like the offense, the defense is first in the ECAC, surrendering only three goals per game and keeping much of the toughest rubber away from the Crimson net. Go-get-'em captain Sean McCann (10-9-19) leads the excellent backchecking of the blue-line corps, but as often as not it's been the forwards' forechecking skills that has kept opposing offenses struggling to cross center...
Special Teams: A. These guys can cook, scoring goals on fully one-third of their power play chances and conceding man-down goals less than one-eighth of the time. With McCann and hard-shooting Derek Maguire (4-17-21) gunning away from the point and guys like Farrell and Kirk Nielsen (3-3-6) mixing it up in front of late, only the occasional bout of over-passing can derail a power-play unit for which superlatives fail...
...penalty kill is equally solid, with the usual culprits--McCann, his defense partner Peter McLaughlin (0-5-5) and freshman standout Ashlin Halfnight (1-4-5)--keeping Tracy and Israel safe in the back. Fundamentals are never lacking on both units; the players know their specialized roles and perform them with consummate skill...
...disturbing part about this trend is Harvard's collective failure to nip it in the bud; the efforts of Tomassoni and leaders like McCann have yet to sink in. Martins' retaliatory hook to Mike Larkin at the end of the Vermont game (costing the Crimson a chance at a game-winning power-play opportunity) may prove to be the crucial blow in the battle for discipline--if Tomassoni's benching of Martins fails to illustrate to his players the importance of not taking stupid penalties, it's hard to imagine what could. No matter what, Tomassoni's point that...