Top Dogs Take the Lead
After losing its fourth game of the season early in December, the Crimson won 30 straight games, dominated the Eastern College Athletic Conference and captured Harvard's first national hockey championship in ten years by beating the University of New Hampshire, 6-5, in overtime.
Overall, the Crimson outscored its opponents 218 to 62.
"Last year couldn't have gone any better for us," Botterill said. "Playing hockey was so much fun here last year. Everyone loved practices and loved pushing each other."
Botterill and Ruggiero were at the center of the team's romp. Both captured All-America honors and made the ECAC all-rookie team, and the two combined for 149 points, remarkable for a pair of freshmen.
Botterill, a forward from Alberta, Canada, scored 37 goals and assisted on 51 others for the season.
And she scored when it counted.
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