Matti Kaltiainen will be between the pipes, a strong goaltender who won post-season honors in last year’s NCAA Tournament.
Kaltiainen has posted mixed statistics this season; his 1.9 goals against average is impressive, but his sub-.900 save percentage is indicative of just how central BC’s defensemen are in limiting opposing team’s scoring chances.
To beat the BC blue line, Harvard must improve the number and quality of its shots. After the weekend split with Colgate and Cornell, Mazzoleni said his team was getting too few shots and failing to get sufficient traffic in front of opposing netminders. He put particular emphasis on the first power play lineup—Welch, junior Tom Cavanagh, seniors Tim Pettit and Dennis Packard, and assistant captain Tyler Kolarik—demanding more production out of his top unit tonight at Chestnut Hill.
“We have to be more cognizant of what’s going on around us, but it all comes down to effort and executing. If we do that, we’re going to give them a good game,” Kolarik said.
—Staff writer Timothy M. McDonald can be reached at tmcdondal@fas.harvard.edu.
Staff writer Jon Paul Morosi contributed to this report.