“She played really well today. She had an attitude and an edge,” Stone said. “She answered the call today. She gave us the type of performance I expected from her.”

And solid goaltending, combined with a strong and focused defense, will prevent goals like the two that put UMD back into the hockey game and then put the Bulldogs ahead.

“D-zone is not just about defense, it’s not just about goalies,” Corriero said. “It’s about all six people on the ice. I think we’re a very offensively minded team right now and we’re trying to focus too much on scoring. We need to take care of our D-zone first.”

Corriero’s assessment of the team had an experienced point of view that comes from four years of Harvard hockey.

“We don’t have someone like Angela who can save everybody’s butts when you kind of screw up so everybody’s got to step up. It’s a full effort, not just one or two people on the ice.”

True as this may be, Harvard has proven it has the tools necessary to put something great together. The Crimson can only hope learning from the mistakes of a four-game skid will do the trick.

—Staff writer John R. Hein can be reached at hein@fas.harvard.edu.