Receiving the puck from junior winger Angie Francisco behind the net, classmate Tammy Shewchuk fed sophomore center Jen Botterill--Shewchuk's teammate on the Canadian National Team--in the slot. Botterill maneuvered around one defenseman before firing a shot past U.S. goaltender Sarah Teuting at 16:45 of the first period.

A roughing penalty against U.S. defenseman Nicki Luongo--the runner-up to new teammate A.J. Mleczko '99 for last season's Patty Kazmaier Award--gave Harvard another man-advantage. This time, Shewchuk raced down the right wing to fire a shot on Erin Whitten, the Americans' second netminder of the game, and junior center Kiirsten Suurkask knocked in the rebound.

However, Team USA outshot Harvard, 41-14. In addition to Magee's hat trick, the Americans also got goals from Katie King, Stephanie O'Sullivan, Melissa Heizman and Karen Bye.

The highlight for the Crimson came with six seconds left in the game, long after the outcome had been decided, when senior defenseman Christie MacKinnon was called for covering the puck in the crease, giving the Americans a penalty shot. But sophomore goaltender Alison Kuusisto stuffed Meaghan Sittler, Team USA's third-line center, to keep the score in single-digits.

"The kids were energized tonight," said Harvard Coach Katey Stone. "It was a fast-paced game and they played hard for 60 minutes. They had a ball."

This exhibition game was a homecoming for both Smith and Mleczko, who returned to Bright for the first time since helping to unveil the 1998-99 AWCHA national championship banner along with co-captain Claudia Asano '99 in the season opener. Team USA is currently missing several defensemen, who are taking their high school exams, and Mleczko is filling in at the blueline, so Harvard's career points leader was unable to score against her alma mater.

"During warm-ups and line changes I kept skating to the Harvard bench," said Mleczko, who set the single-season women's hockey record with 114 points en route to last year's national championship. "When I heard everyone cheering for Harvard the words were on the tip of my tongue, and it was fun to see so many familiar faces."