Word: defensemen
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Harvard’s defensemen, anchored by captain Peter Capouch, were on top of their game all weekend. The Crimson blueliners effectively countered the Big Red’s attempts to skate the puck into the zone by sagging back, then turning on the pressure, forcing Cornell to dump the puck into the Harvard zone. The defense then did an excellent job of outhustling Cornell’s forwards to the puck, negating the many attempts Cornell made to set up in the Harvard...
After a fast and furious first overtime period filled with quality scoring chances on each side, both teams battled fatigue in the second overtime. Harvard had to be especially wary of tiring, as the Crimson played just three lines and five defensemen for virtually the entire game, while the Big Red countered with a full complement of four lines and six blueliners...
Clarkson employs two defensemen and one forward in both its forecheck and netural zone defense...
...We’re about a 40-hit per game team,” he said. “We had 76 [Friday] night. And over the long haul, when you continually play through the body, it wears their defensemen down...
...drawing one of the better defensemen and beating him and being able to get the ball to somebody else, I’ll be just as happy doing that...