Protecting an one-goal lead lead late in the game, Dartmouth was not going to allow Harvard's highly touted top-line play the open style of hockey it thrives under. The Big Green never expected Suurkask and the Crimson's second-line to deliver the fatal blow. Surprise killed Dartmouth.
It doomed No. 9 Northeastern a week ago Tuesday in the Beanpot Final as well.
Suurkask scored the eqaulizer in the third against Northeastern to send the game to overtime. Then in overtime, she fed Botterill on a long breakaway pass to win the Crimson's third consectuive Beanpot title, 4-3.
Suurkask had not scored in 17 straight games heading into the Beanpot final last week.
It was impressive timing and it could not have come at a better time.
Harvard had just lost to its first unranked opponent in three years and slipped to No. 6 in the national rankings, its lowest positioning since 1998.
Suurkask's pair of goals changed all that. Botterill scored the game-winning goals in both games and the entire team played exceptionally well all week. Botterill's perfomance was expected, however, and Suurkask's was not.
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