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Wednesday night at Bright found the Big Green using their superior passing and skating skills to beat the Crimson. In the final Ivy League game of the season, both teams used their third lines more than usual. Both of those lines played very well, as the teams get ready for this weekend's ECAC playoffs. There was no scoring in the first period. Dartmouth likes to use a relaxed 1-2 attack which gives them a certain fluid motion and the proper amount of energy for attack time. In the second period, Big Green scored first when Sarah Howald (Kim Cohen, Kim Reid) tipped down and in a slap shot from the point. Gretchen Ulion (Reid, Cohen) made it 0-2 when she finished off a lovely pass from Reid. The play was made by the quick break in of Ulion, the digging and setup pass of Reid, and the twist and turn skating of Ulion to get open again. In the third period Dartmouth finished its scoring when Ulion (Reid, Cohen) scored a power play goal. A shot had been tipped high in the air, the Harvard D had tried to clear it, but Ulion struck home the rebound. Harvard scored its lone goal when Stacy Kellogg (Winkie Mleczko, Holly Leitzes) was able to redirect a shot from the point partially block by traffic in front of the net. Dartmouth has a skillful squad. Their use of 1-2's allows them to attack from any point on the ice. The biggest weakness for Big Green is the small number of players on the team. For example they only played 3 defenders last night. That has got to be killer against the faster sides. Women's hockey has developed into a quicker skate and pass game. You really have to have a third line out there regularly if you are going to keep up. The outstanding player on the ice was Gretchen Ulion. She combines powerful, elusive skating with precision passing and dynamic shooting to be a great player to watch. When she is on the ice, striking is at its highest level. Kim Reid is another Big Green player with a lot of skill. I saw her pull a couple of passes out of the air with her wonderful touch. The Ulion-Reid connection is a deadly. I also liked the smart play of second line center Sarah Devens. She made a number of excellent team plays. On defense, Sarah Vogler and Kim Cohen were right on their game. Whether it was stepping up to break up a play, or providing support for an attack, they were always around. I hope Big Green can play strong when they face PC on Sunday in the quarterfinals. Harvard was doing too much stopping and reaching last night to give Dartmouth much of a game. It was good to see the third line get more ice time. Jennifer Duval lead the line with some good hustle and drive towards net. Kate Schutt worked some good 1-2's with Duval and got off a couple of accurate shots. Ellen Frump seemed to assume the back-checker role for the line as she was good at providing the extra coverage. All in all a good showing. The outstanding player for the Crimson was Holly Leitzes. Her strong fluid skating, good passing and tough D kept Harvard in the game. Colleen Malek and Winkie Mleczko both played good heads up hockey, meeting their player and fending them off. The first line lead by the skating of Joey Alissi had a pretty good night. At times their passing and team play was almost clicking. This coming Sunday at Northeastern they will need to be on form if they hope to advance in the playoffs. I found myself dreaming during the intermissions last night of a Team USA Women's line of Issel (Pri), King (Bro) and Ulion (Dar). It might not work, but if it came together I was thinking about the speed, the cuts, the dishes and all the incredible offensive sets you could use with these three smart and deadly players. _____________ / good shooting rhun _____________/