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...moments stand out, as Vaillancourt’s abilities were evident both in plays she created herself and in those that she helped create with her linemates, co-captain Julie Chu and sophomore Jenny Brine. Vaillancourt capped off Harvard’s scoring on Saturday when she took a puck on the left side of the offensive zone and single-handedly turned it into the 11th Crimson goal. First, she knocked the puck off the boards and around an RPI defender. Then she collected the puck once again and with some fancy stick handling, beating two more Engineers?...
...ended up making some tremendous plays and executing.”Vaillancourt netted the first goal with just fewer than 18 minutes left in the opening period after picking up a rebound on the powerplay. She alertly used her stick-handling to throw off the goalie before dumping the puck in the net. The last goal was almost all Vaillancourt, as she beat three RPI defenders and Engineers goalie Ashley Mayr.Vaillancourt added another goal and five assists in between, leading mates Julie Chu, a senior, and sophomore Jenny Brine on the Crimson’s first line...
...They just made us struggle with the puck and struggle to make plays,” captain Dylan Reese said. “That’s what a good [penalty kill] does, but we should have been more prepared...
While the power play remained problematic for the Crimson throughout the contest, Harvard was able to net the game’s first goal during a 4-on-4. When Dartmouth defender John Gibson mishandled the puck in his own zone, freshman winger Jimmy Fraser was there for the takeaway, sending the puck into the right side of the net at 9:34 for a 1-0 Crimson advantage...
Harvard did finally manage to break through on the power play 11:12 into the second period, but it required a lucky bounce in order to do it. Senior forward Ryan Maki set up along the left side and sent the puck skittering across the goalmouth, where it ricocheted off of a Big Green skate and across the goal line...