When she isn’t eating pucks in net, Boe hopes to send back some rubber pill regurgitation to the third-best offense in the nation. While Boe will rely on Harvard’s defense—tops in the nation, allowing only 1.24 goals per game—to help clear out the puck, she might have the added help of an injury-laden Big Green squad.

USCHO.com reports that Dartmouth’s star player Cherie Piper is likely out for tonight’s game after suffering a concussion this past weekend, while teammate Gillian Apps is questionable with a shoulder injury sustained in the first game against St. Lawrence. Both Piper and Apps are members of the Canadian National Team.

Their absence, however, does not stop Dartmouth’s offensive threat—the team’s top scorers have been Katherine Weatherston and Tiffany Hagge, each of whom have tallied 36 points on the year.

“We’ve prepared as though everyone on their team will be playing,” Boe said. “They’ve got more than two great players, and it’s going to be a big game regardless.”

Another area of concern for the Big Green of late has been its situation between the pipes. In its 2-1 victory over Harvard earlier in the season, the play of Christine Capuano held Harvard in check throughout the game—especially in fending off the mad rush of Harvard shots that came late in the third period.

As of late, however, Capuano has been pulled twice—once against St. Lawrence after giving up three goals in the first two periods and the second time after Princeton put three goals by her in the first period of Dartmouth’s last game. Regardless of the goaltender, putting goals on the scoreboard is Harvard’s number one priority.

“Half the battle is getting chances, while the second half is getting the puck in the net,” Raimondi said. “We’re going to be firing on all cylinders. That’s for sure.”

Only tonight will tell which team catches the fire, and which gets burned as a result.

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

—Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez can be reached at gmvelez@fas.harvard.edu./