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Harvard played the crucial third period with only four defensemen, two of whom are freshmen. An injury during the game to junior defenseman Graham Morrell left a big hole in an already weak Crimson defensive corps. And Mazzoleni opted not to send out junior Leif Ericson, the Crimson's sixth blueliner...
...This defensive squad is supposed to be a lot stronger," Mazzoleni said. "We had one of our defensemen flunk out on us and we're also missing the presence of [freshman] Kenny Smith...
...only dressed five defensemen tonight so we wanted to have better support for our 'D,'" Mazzoleni said. "We changed our forecheck up to be more aggressive at the defensive blueline...
...their goal," Mazzoleni said. "It was pretty evident their goaltender was struggling, but we didn't test him. [The Saints] have strong defensemen, and were able to get a stick on us…but we didn't fight through things very well...
Harvard maintained the edge in play for most of the third period, as Botterill abused the Saints' defensemen and flew in close for a shot at 5:09. Despite the pressure, Barrie was able to recover and make the save...