Word: mleczko
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...roughing penalty against U.S. defenseman Nicki Luongo--the runner-up to new teammate A.J. Mleczko '99 for last season's Patty Kazmaier Award--gave Harvard another man-advantage. This time, Shewchuk raced down the right wing to fire a shot on Erin Whitten, the Americans' second netminder of the game, and junior center Kiirsten Suurkask knocked in the rebound...
This exhibition game was a homecoming for both Smith and Mleczko, who returned to Bright for the first time since helping to unveil the 1998-99 AWCHA national championship banner along with co-captain Claudia Asano '99 in the season opener. Team USA is currently missing several defensemen, who are taking their high school exams, and Mleczko is filling in at the blueline, so Harvard's career points leader was unable to score against her alma mater...
...During warm-ups and line changes I kept skating to the Harvard bench," said Mleczko, who set the single-season women's hockey record with 114 points en route to last year's national championship. "When I heard everyone cheering for Harvard the words were on the tip of my tongue, and it was fun to see so many familiar faces...
Another reason Mleczko played defense was that Harvard sophomore Angela Ruggiero, a gold medalist in 1998, is currently playing for the Crimson--Smith decided that no collegiate players would be on the select roster this year since the team is training in residence at Lake Placid. Ruggiero assisted on one of the Harvard goals against her other teammates...
...great as Mleczko is, however, she is not a star for Team U.S.A. Led by veterans such as forwards Cammi Granato and Karyn Bye and defenseman Chris Bailey, the national team has loads of international experience. And the Americans will be looking for a big victory after the heartbreaking shootout loss to Shewchuk, Botterill, and company in the Three Nations...