Word: mcculloch
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Already down a man with senior defenseman Dave McCulloch in the box for cross-checking, Harvard allowed Tony Voce and Stephen Gionta to break on net with just sophomore defenseman Peter Hafner back to defend. Gionta carried the puck into the Crimson zone and cut inside, turning Hafner around, before dishing to Voce who neatly tucked his backhand shot just past Daigneau’s outstretched arm in the top right corner...
Meanwhile, Harvard’s defensive corps appears to be—at long last—returning to full strength. Senior David McCulloch returned to the lineup against Brown last Saturday after missing 13 games with a high ankle sprain and has looked solid on his skates. And tonight, Harvard expects to have freshman Dylan Reese back in the lineup after sitting out 15 games with lower back problems...
Mazzoleni promised to run McCulloch and Reese on regular shifts and said he would consider their role on special teams. He cautioned against expecting too much out of Reese (and even McCulloch), too soon. “You’ve got to watch their ice time and see how they’re doing,” he said. “If they’re struggling a little more, you don’t put them out every time...
Before his injury, Reese was drawing time on the power play unit and McCulloch has long been “a very good penalty killer,” according to Mazzoleni...
...Crimson’s penalty kill has been on the upswing since before McCulloch returned. Currently in the middle of the ECAC at 80.5 percent, the last three games have seen dramatic improvement. Junior goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris said the penalty kill did an “excellent job” in Monday’s lost to Boston College...