A pair of goals 1:34 apart from Botterill and senior winger Kiirsten Suurkask five minutes into the third put the Crimson immediately back in the game.

Suurkask's marker was arguably the most symbolically important goal Harvard has scored all year. With seven goals on the season, Suurkask is the leading scorer on Harvard's second line, but going into last night, she had not scored in 17 straight games.

It was a streak that Harvard needed to end if it was going to contend in the playoffs, and it is hard to think of a more important game in which Suurkask could have ended that drought.

Botterill's overtime winner may have been the flashy headline, but Harvard's second line was the story behind the win. Senior forward Tara Dunn--who was moved from defense to replace injured co-captain Angie Francisco centering the second line--did not factor on the score sheet but played a great game nonetheless.

"They do it every night," Shewchuck said. "It's something that's generally overlooked, but that line does everything they're supposed to do. It's nice to see Kiirsten Suurkask get a goal, because she's one of the hardest working people out there."

In overtime, Suurkask was once again the unheralded hero. With Shewchuk in the box, Suurkask fed Botterill for the long breakout pass that resulted in the game winner. She did not pick up an assist on the play but was still instrumental in setting up Botterill.

Harvard will need that kind of performance from both its second and third lines if it is going to suceed in the home stretch.

"Some people think they can shut one or two people down," Stone said. "It is not that simple. We have a lot of weapons. Our third line--they were the best three players on the ice for the first two periods of the game. They executed perfectly. It allowed our first two lines to keep their legs into the third period."