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...Crimson finished the scoring on a tic-tac-toe power-play goal from Kolarik to Reese to Brendan Bernakevitch with eight minutes left. Harvard finished 2-4 on the power play in Game 1—only the third time this season it has scored twice on the power play...
During that stretch, the Crimson has successfully fended off 85.1 percent of opponents’ power-play advances, including six perfect outings. But even those numbers don’t adequately capture Harvard’s growth, since just one woeful performance—against the Catamounts in the penultimate regular-season game, in which the Crimson surrendered three power-play goals during six power plays—obfuscates the team’s actual success. In just the last five games—the season finale against upcoming semifinal opponent Dartmouth and the pair of victories over...
...vigorous pressure on the puck handler and sharp positioning which has cut down on available passing lanes, the Crimson has choked off potential attacks at the perimeter, rather than waiting and allowing opponents to bring the situation to the defense, which is precisely what Harvard’s own power-play attack is doing...
Adjusting to a similar change in strategy spearheaded by assistant coach Sean McCann ’94, the Crimson’s power-play offense is finally firing on all cylinders as well, tallying at least one goal in 12 of its last 14 games...
...netminder Yann Danis with an extra skater, Harvard’s crisp side-to-side puck movement—highlighted by tic-tac-toe inside out movement that netted a pair of extra-man tallies—ensured it made the most of the limited opportunities. On eight power-play shots, the Crimson scored three times, including a pair from Mr. March Kolarik...