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Rules: Bodychecking in women's hockey is technically taboo--unless players are fighting to gain control of the puck--but referees ten to use their own discretion on checking calls. Stickchecking (including backchecking and forechecking) is permissible, however, and often proves to be the key to a strong defense. Other...
Referees: Watching the officiating at a women's ice hockey game can be frustrating. Very frustrating. Because the special checking regulations change the flavor of the game, referees who are new to women's ice hockey often receive an unusually high number of catcalls from knowledgeable fans.
Record: 0-3. But the record doesn't tell the whole story. Both the B.U. game and the Yale game boiled down to third-period contests, and bad luck turned the tables on the icewomen in a skillfully played game against Brown.
Despite the robin's egg in the win column, women's ice hockey at Harvard is bound to look up as the young squad gains experience and as individual talent coagulates.
Kleinfelder attributed the game's sloppiness--39 turnovers for Harvard, 32 for SMU--to both squads' aggressive man-to-man defense. "We're used to playing teams who use the zone defense, so we use the zone in practice, too. Our plays just weren't as effective against the man...