Between the Pipes
The win was Danis’ first at Bright Hockey Center, as he improved to 2-3 lifetime against the Crimson with two shutouts, a 1.26 goals-against average and .966 save percentage.
Meanwhile, Harvard junior goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris had a solid but unspectacular 22-save performance to start to the season.
“I don’t know if he was overly tested early,” Mazzoleni said. “I think he saw most of the pucks. I think they had the upper hand in shots, and puck possession, but it wasn’t like there was a barrage on him.”
Mazzoleni still plans to start sophomore goalie John Daigneau once during this weekend’s road trip to Vermont and Dartmouth, though he said after Saturday’s game that he hadn’t decided which game it would be.
Hooked on Phonics
A public service announcement to the fans seated in Section 11: The name Danis is pronounced as one would expect a French name to be: DAN-ee. You, the sometime-costumed, ever-inebriated, face-painted fandom, chose to call him DANE-is. On the other hand, this may have been done on purpose, due to the enhanced rhyming possibilities inherent in your version.
More on Moore
Dominic Moore ’03 fared much better Saturday night than his former Harvard teammates. He recorded three assists in his NHL debut with the New York Rangers, helping the Blueshirts to a 5-1 win in Montreal.
“Mr. Sather said to me before the game, ‘There’s one rule: Have fun,’” Moore told the Associated Press, referring to coach and general manager Glen Sather. “He’s absolutely right and that’s what I tried to do, and just stayed relaxed and tried to have fun out there and take it all in.”
Not a bad philosophy, considering it resulted in Moore tying George Allen’s 1938 record for most points in a Ranger debut, according to a story in Sunday’s New York Times, referencing the Elias Sports Bureau.
Moore centered Jamie Lundmark and Dan LaCouture on the team’s fourth line, and also saw time on the power play, the Times report said.
Sunday night’s Colordo-New York game at Madison Square Garden was historic for a different reason. It marked the first time that Moore and his brother, Steve (’01)—another former Crimson captain—played against one another.
When he was assigned to the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack at the beginning of the season, Dominic Moore expected that match-up would come Jan. 2, in a game between the Wolf Pack and his brother’s Hershey Bears.
Much to their delight, though, early-season call-ups sped up the timetable. Saturday night was Steve Moore’s 17th career game, and his brother’s second.
According to the Associated Press, they were on the ice at the same time.
—Staff writer Jon Paul Morosi can be reached at morosi@fas.harvard.edu.