Botterill gained experience playing center over the summer while playing for the Canadian Under-22 Team. She was one of Harvard's four First-Team All-Americans last season while leading the nation with eight game-winning goals.

Botterill will have the luxury of dishing the puck to junior winger Tammy Shewchuk (51, 54), another First-Team All-American. Shewchuk led the nation in goal-scoring by beating her opponents to the puck and sending an endless flurry of shots on goal. Shewchuk is also Botterill's teammate on the Canadian National Team.

"Jen is a great skater and playmaker," Shewchuk said. "I just want to keep doing what I've been doing, which is score goals and set up my teammates."

Shewchuk and Botterill combined with Mleczko to score 307 points in 1998-99 on the most prolific line in the history of women's college hockey.

The third member of the top line this season will be junior winger Angie Francisco (16, 35). Francisco finished ninth in the nation in scoring last year.

"Angie is great working in traffic around the net," Shewchuk said. "She can get more rebounds than anybody I've ever seen."

Stone expects Francisco to skate onto the first line without missing a beat. Francisco earned a spot on the AWCHA All-Tournament Team by notching a hat trick in the championship game, and she saw plenty of minutes with Shewchuk and Botterill last season on a vaunted Crimson power-play unit that scored 50 goals.