Word: third-period
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Beginning in mid-November, after Harvard suffered a dreadful third-period collapse against Princeton, Grumet-Morris has drawn four consecutive starts. Against the Bulldogs, he stopped 25 of the 26 shots he faced. And on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, he helped the Crimson snap a long streak of futility against high-ranked opponents by outdueling Terrier goaltender Sean Fields, who is considered by many one of the top netminders in the East...
...element to Walsh’s game was the fact that he didn’t take a penalty, which was representative of a Harvard team that used an aggressive forecheck but maintained its discipline. The Crimson was whistled for only three penalties, before three more were called following third-period fisticuffs with the outcome no longer in doubt...
...Crimson penalty kill, coordinated by new assistant coach Gene Reilly, was adequate, limiting Brown to 10 shots in 8:41, but the extended special teams workload left several of the Harvard’s key players without enough left in their tanks to mount a third-period comeback...
...remaining four Crimson blue liners, who were already off to a shaky start. In its best defensive effort of the day, Harvard did kill off Lannon’s five-minute major, but the fatigue from that effort and the extra ice time may have contributed to the early third-period collapse...
Brian McConnell started the Terriers’ third-period onslaught by abusing a Crimson defenseman at the blue line, creating a 2-on-1 break that put BU ahead to stay...