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...tense defensive battle exploded into high drama late in the third period. Ten minutes after Crimson captain and forward Dominic Moore tied the game at one, Kolarik capitalized on a tremendous individual effort by senior forward Brett Nowak, who fought off several Cornell defenders before sending the puck to Kolarik, who deflected it in at 16:14 of the period...
Harvard spent much of the first period trying to recover from that first goal. The Crimson seemed unsure with the puck, hesitating to shoot or pass, especially on the power play. Still, Harvard avoided the first-period onslaught that doomed the team in its February loss to the Big Red and skated into the locker room down just a goal...
Kolarik’s goal silenced the heavily pro-Big Red crowd, which couldn’t bear the thought of losing another ECAC heartbreaker to Harvard. The fans were ghastly quiet with just over 30 seconds left to play, when Nowak sent the puck trickling toward the empty Cornell goal. The puck was on line to enter the net and end the game, but it hit a loose chunk of ice eight feet away and skidded wide...
Just 30 seconds into the second overtime of the NCAA championship game, the puck was in the Duluth goal. The only problem was the whistle was already in Shepherd’s mouth...
Ruggiero crashed the net following up a shot from Crimson captain Jennifer Botterill that Duluth goaltender Patricia Sautter did not handle cleanly. As Sautter tried to keep the puck between her glove and blocker, Ruggiero rushed in and jarred the puck out of her grasp and into the net just as Shepherd blew the whistle and Botterill raised her stick in celebration...