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...Harvard controlled the puck for most of the 75 seconds of overtime and outshot UNH 4-0. The game-winner came after sophomore winger Tammy Shewchuk intercepted the puck in the offensive zone and immediately found Mleczko at the right post. Mleczko fired but was stopped twice by UNH junior goaltender Alicia Roberts, who ended up sprawled on the ice. Mleczko then pulled back the puck and sent it high into the net to give Harvard the conference title...
...would have liked to on that play," Mleczko said. "Tammy found me in front with a great pass, and I thought Roberts would slide by me, so I tried to go to the short side. But she was there again and again and neither of us could control the puck, and finally I was able to get it over her. It was definitely a feeling of elation...
...Harvard will try to solve the 1-3-1 forecheck will be to take pressure off the forwards and let the defensemen clear the defensive zone themselves. And Harvard's defensemen are comfortable with the puck. Ruggiero frequently leads the breakaway herself, and Smith and co-captain Claudia Asano have both played forward in the past...
...need to move the puck quickly out of the zone," Smith said. "We need to move out quickly and not stop behind the net to set up. They like to pack the wings so the defensemen will just skate out themselves and let the forwards swing high and break open...
Leading the Harvard offense will be co-captain A.J. Mleczko (32, 72), the nation's leading scorer and one of three finalists for the Kazmaier Award for player of the year. Mleczko can handle the puck at the blue line and in the seam and has plenty of options on the wings in linemates Botterill and sophomore Tammy Shewchuk (46, 46) who leads the country in goal scoring. That line contains the three highest scorers in the nation...