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Eighty-one minutes earlier, such desperation on either side appeared unlikely. Moments after the opening faceoff, Ryan Maki fended off a check along the lefthand boards, threading a cross-ice pass to Kevin Du, who had slipped behind the Northeastern defense. Streaking past the blue line, the sophomore pivot brought the puck across Gibson’s crease and backhanded his shot between the exposed pipes, staking the Crimson to a 1-0 lead just 59 seconds into the first period...
...opening frame drew to a close, the sophomore trio struck again, this time off the stick of pivot Kevin Du, whose play—like that of his linemates—has been infused with a new sense of urgency since Donato benched him against Colgate on Jan. 7 and placed Mandes and Maki on separate shifts...
Sophomore Steve Mandes forced a turnover in the corner, then found linemate Ryan Maki perched in the slot. McKee turned aside his backhand effort, but the puck squirted free to pivot Kevin Du just inside the right circle...
Just moments after Healey turned aside a pair of quality efforts from Crimson pivot Kevin Du to start the final period, the Warriors broke from their own zone and sent the puck careening into the left corner at Harvard’s end. There, Brendon Clark fished it out, then shoveled a pass on to Mike Alexiou, who slapped his shot past Tobe to notch a 4-1 lead...
Just moments after Healey turned aside a pair of quality efforts from Crimson pivot Kevin Du to start the final period, Merrimack broke from its own zone and sent the puck careening into the left corner at the Crimson end. There, Brendon Clark fished it out, then shoveled a pass on to Mike Alexiou, who slapped his shot past Tobe to notch a 4-1 lead...