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Harvard Crimson - 2015-2016

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Veritas said:
Update re tonight:

I just received this email from the Harvard Ticket office that went out to all season ticket holders:

"Good Morning Crimson Fans,

We are reaching out to let you know that the cost to park for the Women’s Hockey game this evening will be $20 due to the Football game against Dartmouth.

You will still be able to park within Gate 8 but at the $20 rate.

We apologize for the inconvenience. The price increase occurs only when there is a Men’s athletic competition that overlaps with a Women’s home game."

I did call Greg Collins at the ticket office and he told me that the Winter Parking passes will be valid without surcharges. He also suggested getting to Bright early.
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If you don't have a parking pass, I'd suggest using the B-School parking lot. They only charge $10 for sporting events. Although I'm not sure if that applies when football and hockey collide like they will tonight.
 
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Ted Knight said:
or maybe Dartmouth was better than you without your 1st and 2nd line centers. yeah, that's it.
it's okay to admit it. after all, your school is the number 1 breeder of Psycho Psychiatrists...among other things
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Well Paps is famous for his rants from yesteryear. Always entertaining, and please don't take anything he sais too seriously...He is a big big green fan, and as such you know how there is this big H vs D rivalry that tends to get him going....I love his takes........
 
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Glad to see you on this board again, OnMAA!

Let's be gentle to Paps because he didn't foresee, but is now dealing with, what just happened in the final 54 seconds of tonight's Big Green/Crimson fumblyball game.
 
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What can you say about tonight's hockey game? Holding off a team as excellent as Clarkson certainly bodes well for the players and coaches.

Tissenbaum's pitching a shutout tonight against one of the strongest offenses in the nation is the stuff that makes all the hard work of a hockey career worthwhile.

Did Zarzechie send four Clarkson players to the penalty box? or was it just three? Did she hit the post twice, or just once? Quite a performance. How soon before she scores another goal while on her knees, as she did versus McGill?
 
OnMAA said:
Well Paps is famous for his rants from yesteryear. Always entertaining, and please don't take anything he sais too seriously...He is a big big green fan, and as such you know how there is this big H vs D rivalry that tends to get him going....I love his takes........
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I hear you. I wonder if he saw the H vs D football game. He may need one of those Harvard psych Dr.s. that was fun to watch.
 
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Watson Rink said:
What can you say about tonight's hockey game? Holding off a team as excellent as Clarkson certainly bodes well for the players and coaches.

Tissenbaum's pitching a shutout tonight against one of the strongest offenses in the nation is the stuff that makes all the hard work of a hockey career worthwhile.

Did Zarzechie send four Clarkson players to the penalty box? or was it just three? Did she hit the post twice, or just once? Quite a performance. How soon before she scores another goal while on her knees, as she did versus McGill?
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I saw the video highlights and Harvard looked like they had at least four or five quality chances to score and win the game. Hit the post, what, three times? Cripes! As long as we are getting good looks at the goalie, the goals will come sooner rather than later.

Bring on the Saints.
 
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Watson Rink said:
Glad to see you on this board again, OnMAA!

Let's be gentle to Paps because he didn't foresee, but is now dealing with, what just happened in the final 54 seconds of tonight's Big Green/Crimson fumblyball game.
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One of the great comebacks in Harvard football history. It looked for all the world like we were going to lose. Had to be the longest bus ride back to Hanover for the Green. Wow.
 
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Not much to say or like about today's game. SLU took it to us for 90% of the game and controlled play almost throughout. The first period was an embarrassment. To be outshot 15-5 in your own building is unacceptable. At times the Crimson looked like Union. The D had all kinds of problems clearing the puck, the forwards were out of sync and we iced the puck about 10 to 12 times. And yet we won. Thanks in large measure to Brianna Liang and Miye D'Oench.

SLU got on the board first when Amanda Boulier drove a slap shot through a screen from the point off a face off win midway through the first period. The Saints should have at least one more goal as they completely dominated play. Harvard even things up early in the second period while killing a penalty. Karly Heffernan flipped the puck to center ice to D'Oench who in one motion, caught and dropped the puck, got behind the SLU D on a breakaway and tucked a forehand shot near corner. From there, Harvard started attacking but it was short-lived. SLU turned things around midway through and continued to pressure Liang and the Crimson D. They were relentless. Until Harvard got a PP with less than twenty seconds remaining in the period and D'Oench took a pass from Tse and wristed one five hole with 3 seconds left.

SLU tied it with six minutes left on a shot from the slot by Jenna Marks. It went back and forth from there until less than a minute and half remained when D'Oench took a wrister from the left face-off circle that deflected off the goalie right to Haley Mullins who slammed it home for the winner.

Harvard has a long way to go to get to where they can be a top four team in the conference, let alone nationally. We were ranked much higher than we deserved. Right now, we are a hot mess both on the blue line and up front. Hopefully Mary Parker returns soon to give some stability up front but our D needs work. Badly. SLU probably feels much like the Dartmouth football team does today. They deserved to win the game.
 
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Let me inject a note of optimism: D'Oench's heroics, Tissenbaum and Laing holding the fort, 3 points out of 4 against the North Country teams with Mashmeyer away, the Zarzecki/D'Oench "She kneels, she shoots" highlight reel move.

Well, that was a short paragraph, wasn't it.....otherwise I have to concur with Skate79. Lots and lots of work to do. For heaven's sake, crisp breakouts have been a signature strength of this team since Angela Ruggiero was a pup! The first period against StL....! But we all loved the fussball team when they pulled a last-minute rabbit out of their helmet after they had stumbled and stuttered on the Dartmouth one yard line, so I suppose all's well that ends well for the hockey team (albeit next week's film sessions and practices may be a bit gruelling).
 
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Watson Rink said:
Let me inject a note of optimism: D'Oench's heroics, Tissenbaum and Laing holding the fort, 3 points out of 4 against the North Country teams with Mashmeyer away, the Zarzecki/D'Oench "She kneels, she shoots" highlight reel move.

Well, that was a short paragraph, wasn't it.....otherwise I have to concur with Skate79. Lots and lots of work to do. For heaven's sake, crisp breakouts have been a signature strength of this team since Angela Ruggiero was a pup! The first period against StL....! But we all loved the fussball team when they pulled a last-minute rabbit out of their helmet after they had stumbled and stuttered on the Dartmouth one yard line, so I suppose all's well that ends well for the hockey team (albeit next week's film sessions and practices may be a bit gruelling).
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Good point about the goaltending. How many schools can roll out three goalies like Maschmeyer, Tissenbaum and Laing? Amazing that all three are here and it bodes well for next year with Laing and Tissenbaum sharing the duties. But we have to get better on D and the forwards have to develop chemistry and get in sync. Otherwise, it will be a long year.
 
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Someone has to explain to me how Yale gets 5 power plays and we get exactly zero chances. Sorry but there is something going on with ECAC officiating and Harvard hockey. I don't know what the coaching staff or players have done to irritate the officials but there is a clear bias when something like this happens. It's beyond ridiculous.
 
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Skate79 said:
Someone has to explain to me how Yale gets 5 power plays and we get exactly zero chances. Sorry but there is something going on with ECAC officiating and Harvard hockey. I don't know what the coaching staff or players have done to irritate the officials but there is a clear bias when something like this happens. It's beyond ridiculous.
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Jose Mourinho, is that you?
 
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Not much of a game tonight at B-L after the first ten minutes. Union tried to skate with Harvard and while they played hard, it wasn't going to last. Especially after the Crimson went ahead on a beautiful tip-in from Miye D'Oench off a point shot from Brianna Mastel. The Crimson made it 2-0 with Michelle Picard firing a wrist shot dead center off a pass from D'Oench on the PP.

D'Oench got Harvard on the board 36 seconds into the second period off a two on one break with Syd Daniels making a nice cross ice pass which Miye slammed home in the crease. The Crimson went up 4-0 when Karly Heffernan roofed a gorgeous wrist shot off a two on one break with Lexie Laing (sense a trend here?). Syd Daniels finished off the scoring in the third period with a tip in of a Miye D'Oench wrist shot from the left face off circle.

Union has more speed than in previous seasons but lacks offensive skill and defensive awareness. I lost count of how many times a Union D tried to freeze the puck along the boards rather than move it up and out of the zone. The Crimson really had their way with the Dutchwomen and had zero problems setting up in the offensive zone.

Defensively, the Crimson still had their lapses and their breakout passes were spotty. We can get away with that against a team like Union but BC would have killed us tonight.

Injury update: Chelsea Zaidie, Dani Krzyszczyk, and Mary Parker did not dress. I spoke to Chelsea prior to the game. She will be back for the RPI game tomorrow. Mary and Dani are another story altogether. They may be out for a while. In deference to the team and coaches, I won't say what they are dealing with but let's just say that I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Dani. Tremendous kid. Hope for the best.

Bring on RPI. Would love for some of the football crowd to stick around and catch the hockey game. Puck drops a little over an hour after the football game ends.
 
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About the best thing you can say about today's game is that Harvard won. That's it. RPI played their usual garbage style hockey. They aren't great skaters and lack finishing skill so their game plan is to try and hit Harvard as many times as possible and hope to get away with it. Which of course they did because the officials put their whistles in their pockets for the most part. Like when Haley Mullins took a vicious elbow to the head along the boards with a ref staring at the play and doing nothing. This is what is going to ruin women's hockey. But hey, why should RPI care? If they can get away with it...

That said, Harvard missed some glorious chances to put distance between themselves and the Engineers. Frankly, the game should not have been this close. Karly Heffernan clipped the crossbar, Grace Zarzecki hit the post and we missed several close in opportunities mostly because RPI clogged the middle and played the aforementioned physical style. The Engineers actually got on the board first on the PP in the second period off a scramble in front. Two minutes later, Jessica Harvey standing in front tipped a point shot from Brianna Mastel. The tie lasted until late in the third period when Miye D'Oench took a nice cross pass from Haley Mullins in front and jammed home the winner.

If the officials had the stones to call some of this crap, this nonsense would end. But we'll see more tractor pulls until and when the league gets serious about eliminating this style of play.
 
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Skate79 said:
About the best thing you can say about today's game is that Harvard won. That's it. RPI played their usual garbage style hockey. They aren't great skaters and lack finishing skill so their game plan is to try and hit Harvard as many times as possible and hope to get away with it. Which of course they did because the officials put their whistles in their pockets for the most part. Like when Haley Mullins took a vicious elbow to the head along the boards with a ref staring at the play and doing nothing. This is what is going to ruin women's hockey. But hey, why should RPI care? If they can get away with it...

That said, Harvard missed some glorious chances to put distance between themselves and the Engineers. Frankly, the game should not have been this close. Karly Heffernan clipped the crossbar, Grace Zarzecki hit the post and we missed several close in opportunities mostly because RPI clogged the middle and played the aforementioned physical style. The Engineers actually got on the board first on the PP in the second period off a scramble in front. Two minutes later, Jessica Harvey standing in front tipped a point shot from Brianna Mastel. The tie lasted until late in the third period when Miye D'Oench took a nice cross pass from Haley Mullins in front and jammed home the winner.

If the officials had the stones to call some of this crap, this nonsense would end. But we'll see more tractor pulls until and when the league gets serious about eliminating this style of play.
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We must have been watching different games. RPI outskated Harvard for much of the game, and yes they did do a great job of checking (a big part of hockey). Harvard is a better team and in the end managed a win, but you are way off base in failing to give credit to a very gritty and determined performance by the Engineers. (BTW, you may want to check out the RPI thread for some stats on which of these two teams plays a disciplined clean game).
 
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hab said:
We must have been watching different games. RPI outskated Harvard for much of the game, and yes they did do a great job of checking (a big part of hockey). Harvard is a better team and in the end managed a win, but you are way off base in failing to give credit to a very gritty and determined performance by the Engineers. (BTW, you may want to check out the RPI thread for some stats on which of these two teams plays a disciplined clean game).
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Stats don't tell the whole story as I pointed out in my post. I disagree that RPI out skated Harvard for most of the game. I think the Crimson were their own worst enemy for not capitalizing on their scoring opportunities but RPI has been playing us this way for years because they don't want to get into an up and down game with us. They resort to clogging up space and using physical tactics to try and slow us down.

To give you an example of a 2-1 game that was fun to watch, check out the highlights from last year's Quinnipiac-Harvard game from early December at Bright-Landry. It was up and down with terrific chances at both ends and disciplined D from both teams. That wasn't the case with RPI.

BTW, I'm not the only one who shares this opinion. I spoke to a Canadian women's coach after the game and he felt the same way. Didn't think much of RPI or their style of play. But I get that you are an RPI fan and you're entitled to feel differently.
 
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Last night's game was what we've been hoping to see all season. The players worked with great diligence to neutralize a very strong NU offense which had already peppered Maschmeyer with maybe a dozen shots before Harvard recorded its second SOG, but the Crimson held their defensive focus and were opportunistic enough on offense to score three times.

One key to Harvard's chances this year is depth, and getting Mary Parker back for the first time this year illustrated that, by turning what was an effective third line without her into one of three now excellent lines (reminiscent of last year). However Katey or the opposition may choose to match up lines, few teams are going to be deep enough to hold all three lines quiet during a full game. And though none of the forwards may have the transcendent skills of a Kendall Coyne, each line has at least two legitimate individual scoring threats.

It will be interesting to see whether Katey chooses to maintain last night's lines or experiment with an even stronger first line featuring Parker (as she did in the final minute of last night's game). My preference, purely as an untutored spectator, is for the former, but if you ask whether the latter would result in a too weak third line, my response (you knew this was coming) is that a Mullins-Harvey-Zarzecki line would be reminiscent of the Mullins-Harvey-(the currently injured) Krzyszczyk fourth line that outscored BU's entire team in last year's Beanpot 3-2. Just had to work that in.
 
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