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...forward scorers. The top three scorers all play on Harvard's first line--co-captain A.J. Mleczko (17 goals, 40 assists, 57 points), sophomore winger Tammy Shewchuk (22-24-40) and Botterill (16-26-42)--which combined for six goals Tuesday night and all three Crimson goals at UNH. The Wildcat offense is led by junior forwards Samantha Holmes (19-15-34) and Carisa Zaban...
...second meeting is anything like the first, however, neither of the conference's two highest-scoring offenses will be able to score at their usual clip. Harvard, averaging 6.33 goals a game, outshot UNH (5.52 goals per game), 27-26, at Durham but the two teams lit the lamp a combined five times...
...score of the first game might also have been low because it was played on UNH's larger, Olympic-sized rink. Harvard has scored less than five goals only four times this season, and two of those games were played on large ice surfaces (at UNH and Minnesota). The Bright Center's smaller rink might allow for more quality scoring chances, but it could help the defenses double-team around the net or use the boards to clear the defensive zone...
...smaller rink might have its biggest impact on the UNH power play, which calls for the forwards to rotate the puck out of the corner rather than letting the defenseman send in centering passes from the blue line. The Crimson man-down unit should be able to defend the power play more easily with the corner closer to the net at the Bright Center, but the Wildcats may need fewer passes to move into the crease for quality shots...
Harvard (plus-24) and UNH (plus-22) have the two best special teams units in the conference, but special teams were not a factor in the first meeting. The Crimson could not capitalize on any of seven power plays while the Wildcats came up empty four times on the man advantage...