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Fried is a coach’s and teammate’s dream: hard working, self-sacrificing and fiercely loyal. More than once, Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni has said Fried “epitomizes what you want as a student-athlete at Harvard.”
In fact, Kolarik and Mazzoleni offered the exact same words at different times Saturday: “No one works harder than Robbie Fried.”
For the second half of the regular season, that meant skating on the top line with Dennis Packard and Brendan Bernakevitch. But last weekend, Mazzoleni inserted freshman Ryan Maki in Fried’s spot and put Fried on the fourth line.
That has meant a little less ice time. Fried hasn’t complained. Instead, he’s made the most of the shifts he is getting. His three points Saturday boosted his season total to 13, tying his previous career high.
As you might expect, Fried deflects praise much more easily than he accepts it. Asked about his performance, he admitted it had been “a while” since he last had a two-goal game and almost immediately credited Cavanagh and defenseman Noah Welch, whose point shot...