“Lexie Laing comes from a great hockey background and knows the game as well as anyone,” Gedman said. “Right now she’s just getting the chances and recognition she has worked for.”
After Reber’s exclamation point to end the second frame, the Crimson entered the third period with renewed energy. Mastel blasted a long-range goal in the first six minutes, and Laing lifted the puck above the goalie two minutes later to cap off the day of scoring.
Laing’s first finish of the game sparked a similar offensive flare-up. After eight minutes of play, freshman forward Karly Heffernan buried a wrist shot following a nifty backhanded pass from junior forward Mary Parker. Fry soon added the team’s third goal by redirected junior defenseman Michelle Picard’s long-range effort.
During its streak of wins, Harvard has scored a first-period goal in all eight games.
“We’ve really been making a conscious effort to come out every game with a lot of energy,” Fry said. “[We] try to stay focused on playing our game consistently and not letting our foot off the gas. You never know what can happen, so we just try…to play the same way whether we’re up one goal or five.”
—Staff writer Sam Danello can be reached at sdanello@college.harvard.edu.