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...existence of the senior league means the Canadians do not have to centralize as early as the Americans. That has allowed collegiate national team players, like Botterill and Harvard teammate Tammy Shewchuk, to stay in school for the vast majority of this year...
Compounding the void left by Ruggiero's absence this season will be Botterill and Shewchuk's departure in early November to play for Canada in the Four Nations Cup. Harvard will be shorthanded for its first four games of the season, including a home matchup against defending national champion Minnesota...
With only senior Jamie Notman (1 g, 2 a) and sophomore Pam Van Reesema (0 g, 2 a) available on defense, the Crimson will have to play some of its forwards on the blueline. Stone said Botterill and seniors Tammy Shewchuk, Kiirsten Suurkask, and Tara Dunn have been practicing at both forward and defense in the preseason...
Botterill frequently moved to the blueline last year in special-teams situations, and Shewchuk took shifts as a defenseman her freshman year. The key to playing both the front and back lines will be adjusting to the different approaches of each position...
...only difference between forward and defense is that you skate backwards a little more," Shewchuk said. "You have to play defense in every zone anyway. I like to think of myself as an offensive threat, but now I also have to think of myself as a defensive threat...