Word: pivotal
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...improve our 5-on-5 play.”Trailing 2-1 at the first intermission, Harvard took control of the game in the middle frame.Rogers tied the game just 57 seconds into the period. Picking up the puck in the left corner of the Princeton zone, the pivot skated behind the goal and somehow slipped a shallow backhand shot past Tigers goaltender Zane Kalemba at the right post.“I just tried to wrap it in and flip it through the goalie’s legs,” Rogers said. “I didn?...
...celebration before the end of the season. After that game is over, however, no matter how memorable the performance, the Crimson will be facing the remainder of the campaign without its All-League big man, and Cusworth will be facing the end of his tenure in the Harvard pivot. That tenure, despite some disappointments—chief among them the inability to compete for an Ivy title last season—will certainly be remembered, thanks in large part to this final half-season. “I really feel like it hasn’t sunk...
...although--or perhaps because--his father is a charter member). By Christmas, it was clear that he had not only rejected a staged withdrawal in the mold of Baker-Hamilton but was ready to up his bet and throw even more troops at the problem. He began executing his pivot quietly. First, after reassuring Americans that he would ask for more troops only when the generals requested them, Bush amended that promise and hinted that he would merely listen to what the generals were saying. Bush next sent his new Pentagon boss, Robert Gates, to Baghdad to see whether...
...press conference Wednesday morning, President George Bush made an interesting verbal pivot, which was not lost on senior military officers listening in the Pentagon. Talking about troop levels in Iraq, Bush did not use his usual line that the commanders on the ground would get whatever they need. Instead, he said he would "listen" to the commanders...
...cross-ice feed from senior center Kevin Du.Just two minutes later, the Crimson earned another power play chance when Dartmouth defenseman Grant Lewis was whistled for a penalty right in front of the Harvard bench. Du earned his second assist in four minutes when he set up freshman pivot Doug Rogers for a score at 4:32, giving the Crimson a 3-0 lead.“We capitalized on their mistakes,” Taylor said, adding, “We worked hard on the power play and just executed well tonight.”But Harvard?...