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...Crimson continued to play hard in the second period, and this time it saw results. Following a successful penalty kill, Harvard took control of the puck and co-captain defenseman Cori Bassett moved it towards the opponent’s goal. She made a quick drop to Buesser who fired on goal...
...Crimson continued the powerful offensive play and kept the puck on St. Lawrence’s side of the ice for over three minutes following the goal. In the final minute of the period the Saints got a good look at the goal, but the shot bounced of Harvard’s side post to preserve the 1-0 score...
Killorn’s second tally against the Big Green came on the power play. He shot a loose puck into the net after junior defenseman Chris Huxley centered it from the left side, and sophomore forward Daniel Moriarty deflected it to the right side, where Killorn was waiting...
...Jacques Plante was seen as a wimp. After the Montreal Canadiens goalie was struck in the face by a flying puck while playing against the New York Rangers on Nov. 1, 1959, the future Hall-of-Famer refused to return to the ice sans protection. Much to the scorn of his coach and fans, Plante returned from the locker room with a crude home-made fiberglass mask in place. Though coach Toe Blake wanted Plante to remove the mask after his wounded face healed, the Canadiens rattled off an 18-game win streak, despite Plante's obscured face. The complaints...
...Modern masks have come a long way from Plante's first design. In the 1970s, goalies started to replace the eyeholes with steel cages, improving a goalie's ability to see the puck (a major criticism of Plante's original design) and extending the fiberglass to protect the top of the head and neck. Today's goalie sports a mask that includes protection for the throat and is fashioned often from carbon fiber or Kevlar for added protection against flying pucks. The design has even crossed sports: in the past decade many baseball catchers have begun sporting hockey-style masks...