With a number of games left to be played before the season ends, the seventh-ranked Harvard team still has time—as Bellamy said—to pick up the pieces.

“Now we have to come together and use Kessler as extra motivation to win,” Bellamy said. “We’re still going to try and do what we had planned all season; we’re still going to win hockey games.”

“You never know how the season will go, you can’t predict the outcome, but you do have to bring your best everyday,” Stone echoed.

The unpredictable conclusion to the season will ultimately be determined by Bellamy and her teammates as they look to continue a winning year.

But for now, Bellamy will try to fill the skates of a talented predecessor and become the best player she can. Based on her early performances and the confidence of her team, the best player Bellamy can be will no doubt be a great one.

“She has an attitude that will take her wherever she’s willing to go,” Farni concluded. “She’ll do great things.”

—Staff writer B. Marjorie Gullick can be reached at gullick@college.harvard.edu.