“My job is to prevent the other team from scoring, not put up two goals and two assists a game. Before, I was trying to prevent the other team from scoring and put up the big numbers, and sometimes your defense suffers from that. But coming down the stretch, I’ve just been focusing on playing defense.”

Mazzoleni’s assessment: “Noah’s been excellent. Noah puts a lot of pressure on himself to really be a difference-maker. You’ve got to respect him for that. What Noah’s doing now is playing a very complete game on both sides of the ice.”

BRIEFLY

For Harvard students who couldn’t make it to Albany this weekend, the H-Club has arranged for live showings of games on the big screen in the Science Center. The schedule includes the men’s semifinal at 7:45 p.m. tonight (lecture hall A) and, if applicable, the men’s final at 8 p.m. tomorrow (lecture hall A) and women’s final at noon Sunday (lecture hall C).

—Staff writer Jon Paul Morosi can be reached at morosi@fas.harvard.edu.