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...Defensemen Cavanagh and Doug Elliott both went after the puck in the corner, leaving a Dartmouth wing wide open in front. Indian Fred Rigall took a centering pass and methodically popped the puck past Durno, giving Dartmouth a 1-0 lead and Weiland some second thoughts...
Cavanagh attributed the defensive problems to Harvard's forechecking system. Before Christmas, the Crimson changed from an aggressive forechecking game to a conservative style that has the forwards covering up their opposing wings instead of going after the defensemen behind the net. This system does not give Harvard's defensemen much experience with handling aggressive forechecking in practice, and their game play has suffered accordingly...
Goalie Bruce Durno continued to play superbly, gaining his third shutout in four games in the finale. But though Durno won the tournament's MVP award for his expertise, the key to Harvard's victory perhaps lay more with the inexperienced defensemen...
...Harvard has had a problem this year, it has been the inconsistent play on defense. Against Brown, the defensemen will be moving to the center more, working two on one on the opposition forwards. "Besides," added Driscoll, "we're really after this...
Dartmouth's only chance appears to lie in its ability to score on the Crimson's untested defense. Three of Harvard's top four defensemen are seeing varsity action for the first time this year, and they may have a difficult time containing a decent Indian offensive threat...