Word: rink
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...goal off the stick of junior Jenny Brine, but it was not nearly enough to overcome a 4-0 deficit. Harvard is likely to relinquish the No. 1 rank in today’s poll.The Crimson did not look like its formerly undefeated self skating on the Olympic-size rink at UNH’s Whittemore Center. Mistakes played a part in all four Wildcats goals: the first strike came during a power play and the following three on UNH breakaways. “Breakaways were a problem and they haven’t been all year...
...crashing for rebounds and placing shots as well as we could have,” Cahow said. Another factor in Harvard’s four-year rut versus UNH has been the team’s comfort, or lack thereof, playing on the Wildcats’ Olympic-sized rink at the Whittemore Center. At 200 by 100 feet, the rink is one of only six Olympic-sized rinks in the nation and caters well to UNH’s speedy teams. Of the teams’ last six clashes, all four that were played in Durham were Wildcats wins...
Towse generally creates a tremendous home ice advantage for UNH. It is only the sixth Olympic-sized—200 ft. by 100 ft.—rink in the nation, catering perfectly to a Wildcats team with blazing speed at all positions and a host of potent scorers—UNH has six players with at least 19 points in 19 team games...
...know that their rink is huge,” Vaillancourt said. “They’re going play a different game because they’re used to playing on that type of ice. I think we’re expecting a really fast team...
...order to prepare for the larger sheet, the Crimson has been practicing this week at in at Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Mass., which has an Olympic-sized rink...