Sweet is the first one to admit that sometimes she might even take on too much when she’s one the ice, itching to get in on the fray.  

“I wouldn’t call her a drill sergeant, I’d call her a motivator,” Schroyer said. “I think Kat is great at getting our team fired up. We’ll be sitting in there, maybe this past weekend, tied game with Brown, we’re trying to figure out what we need to work on. And Kat just kind of sparks us and is like, ‘hey, we know how to play hockey.’ She’ll just pump people up.”

Not only do the skaters know their roles on their own line, but they also embrace the larger role they play as a unit for the Crimson.

“We’ve get the puck down to [the opposing team’s] end, forecheck it, tire the other team out,” Schroyer said. “[We} give our girls rest so that they can get out and keep that pressure on. A big part of our success is knowing what we need to do to be successful and get the puck down in their end, chasing the other team and tiring them out and keep them on their toes.”

After playing together all year, the line has seen results in the last six weeks from its hard work in both games and practice and their off-ice bonding.

“Towards the end of the season we’ve started to pick up production and scoring chances even if we haven’t gotten the puck in the net,” Sweet said. “Now we’re not just dumping and chasing. We’re setting up plays.”

The teamwork and growth shown by the third line serves as a perfect example of the chemistry that has lead the Crimson to the Frozen Four.

 “[It’s] those little intangible things that really bring a team together. You can’t really create it, but we just have it this year. Off-ice we have a good time together,” Ruggiero said.

And if things go according to plan, the line might have a championship to share with the rest of the team as representative of the season long fight.