Year, tallied her eighth game-winning goal of the season 8:01 into the overtime.
She accepted a pass from Mleczko in the right post and slammed it high past UNH junior goaltender Alicia Roberts--who had set a school single-game record with 48 saves to keep the Wildcats in the game--into the far corner of the net.
"It was a blur," the AWCHA Tournament MVP said of the most memorable goal in Harvard women's hockey history. "I just remember A.J. coming in with the puck towards the net and she put it across the crease. It was a great pass and I looked over and saw Roberts sliding across the crease so all I had to do was get a stick on it. I took the puck and put it up over the top of Roberts."
Mleczko ended the most successful season of her remarkable career in typical fashion--with the title-winning assist. With her heads-up pass to Botterill, the Patty Kazmaier Award winner recorded her 77th helper of the year, 26 more than her closest competitor, Shewchuk.
"I knew that we had to move the goaltender and I saw Jen across the crease, so I sent the puck over to her" said Mleczko, the ECAC and Ivy League Player of the Year.
"Thank God she sent it home."
That feat was even more gutsy because she had separated her shoulder and torn shoulder muscles after crashing into the boards with 30 seconds left in the second period. She was unable to take faceoffs afterward. Mleczko had taken 43 draws in the first two periods and won 29 of them.
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