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...face to the offensive mix, freshman Max Motschwiller has been a spark in preseason. The team’s midfield and defense will undergo the most changes. Despite a large percentage of veterans in the backfield, including Mikula, who won second team all-Ivy honors in 2005, new defensemen may see time in order to increase the depth of the squad. “The most inexperience is in the midfield defense,” Anderson said. “But they’ve looked good in preseason, so I’m not concerned...
...first-round bye in the league playoffs, which begin next Friday. Harvard finished the regular season in fourth, and only the No. 5 through No. 12 teams play the opening weekend. A rough-and-tumble last weekend at Colgate and Cornell had left the Crimson roster depleted—defensemen Brian McCafferty and Peter Hafner and forward Tyler Magura were all helped from the Big Red ice nine days ago, and sophomore Mike Taylor has been out for nearly a month—and only McCafferty and Hafner were able to return for this homestand and the important ECAC tournament...
...Depleted by key pre-Olympic injuries, the defensive corps lacked the mobility to fully counter the waves of speedy Russian and Finnish forwards giddily exploiting rinks four meters wider than the NHL's. Highly regarded Calgary rookie Dion Phaneuf was one of the faster defensemen left off Canada's roster. "I suppose we'll get second-guessed on the roster but these young men played their hearts out," Quinn said...
...Harvard to win.HARVARD 8 GEORGE WASHINGTON 2Harvard opened its 2006 spring regular season with an easy win over the Colonials on Saturday morning.The Crimson led 3-1 at halftime and scored three goals in the third period to pull away.Harvard received a strong defensive performance from Gardner and its defensemen, who prevented George Washington from getting anything done close to the net.“Our strategy on defense was to deny the Colonials the ball in the 2-meter area in front of the net,” Keyser said. “George Washington is not very strong...
...have to step it up a notch.”UNION 2, HARVARD 1Battling hard through the first two periods of a slow, physical game, the Crimson entered the final frame expecting to make up the one-goal difference it found itself facing.But Union goaltender Kris Mayotte and his defensemen had other ideas.Mayotte made eight saves in the third period, including a terrific save on freshman blueliner Jack Christian with twelve minutes left in the game. He also denied Kevin Du twice in the last six minutes.Harvard called a timeout with 1:16 to play and pulled goaltender John Daigneau...