Friday night at Bright was a rather dull affair between the Red
Raiders and the Crimson.  Colgate came out fast at the start of each
period, but unfortunately fizzled.  Harvard definitely had something
else on their minds.
 
The Crimson scored first on a power play goal by Brian Farrell (Sean
McCann, Steve Martins).  Farrell's slot shot came after some quick
passing.  There seemed to be a naturally occuring point rotation on
the Harvard power play as for the first period the players at the
points had switch positions, thus given themselves the inside angle
for shooting.  I liked this better shooting angle, but it faded into
the ether.  Martins (Ashlin Halfnight, Lou Body) made it 2-0 on
another power play goal.  The chance occured off a quick break in
right after the ensuing face-off.  In the second period, Colgate got
on the board when Chris DeProfio (Sam Raffoul, Mike Harder) finished
off a nice break down the left wing boards with a shot stick side.
McCann (Martins, Cory Gustafson) gunned in Harvard's third goal when
he recieved a nice pass in the high slot.  In the third period
Gustafson (Body, Tom Holmes) was able to put his backhander high into
the net after a blast from the point left a big rebound.
 
Colgate used a dump and chase offense against the Crimson.  At times
they had real good speed, but were unable to sustain that effort on
Friday night.  I thought the line of Harder, DeProfio and Raffoul
was a real smart line.  They used the puck and each other well.  I
also liked the play of Ron Fogarty who showed some good speed on his
wing.  Jack McIntosh was probably their best defender.  He always
seemed on top of the play.
 
Harvard played a casual game.  The play of defenders McCann, Body,
and Derek Maguire kept the Crimson ahead in this match.  They are the
strength and energy of the team.  Their lead and intelligent play is
what let's Harvard win games.  Aaron Israel played a very strong game
in goal.  He made several key saves and when he did give up a rebound
was ready for the second shot.  Right now he is on his game.  Chris
Baird has been playing a good, heads up game.  His smart positioning
on wing was been a highlight.  Tom Holmes and Jason Karmanos were both,
at times, skating with fire.  Their spirited play has added to the
Crimson attack.  Holmes looks fine after being scoped only three weeks
ago!  Ashlin Halfnight gave us a few loops and whirls to try to lift
the Crimson play.  Overall though, it just wasn't much of a game.
 
One side note: the experiment of putting the PA speakers higher in
roof at Bright failed.  Before it was had to hear them, now it is
nearing the impossible.
 
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 good shooting
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