“That’s what you are looking for,” Stone said. “One situation may not be as hot, another gets hot, and that’s hockey, and that’s why you want to have a lot of depth. We feel like we have that, and that’s what we are looking for—a comprehensive team effort.”
While Harvard has proven its skating depth, questions have emerged about the goaltending duo of Bellamy and freshman Emerance Maschmeyer. Stout for much of the year, the netminders saw their save percentage drop from .959 and .936 to .912 and .921, respectively, from January to February.
For the first time in her young college career, Maschmeyer was pulled following the first period against Clarkson last weekend after giving up two early goals, including one that got by her with less than a second left on the clock. Bellamy finished that game and played the entirety of the contest against Yale.
“The thinking there was that [Bellamy] came in and did well over the weekend in the Clarkson game,” Stone said. “We will take it one step at a time through the weekend.”
If the Crimson is able to beat Dartmouth twice, it would travel to the highest-remaining seed for single-elimination semifinal and final rounds.
—Staff writer Jacob D. H. Feldman can be reached at jacobfeldman@college.harvard.edu. Follow him on Twitter @jacobfeldman4.