CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's hockey and Harvard Athletics will host their second ever Education Day this Tuesday when the St. Lawrence Saints come to the Bright-Landry Hockey Center. The Crimson (4-10-2, 3-7-2, ECACH) and the Saints (10-12-0, 4-5-0 ECACH) will square off in front of nearly 1,000 sixth graders, who will spend the day in Cambridge to enjoy the contest.
 
Scouting The Competition
St. Lawrence comes into the contest after splitting its last two series against ECAC opponents, The Saints defeated Dartmouth before falling to the Crimson late in the third period (Dec. 3) and returned from the break with a 5-0 win over Brown before falling to No. 3 Yale, 4-2.
 
Harvard played one of its best games of the season the last time it took on St. Lawrence, scoring a pair of goals and registering its fourth win of the season. Ellie Bayard scored a powerplay goal, while Mia Biotti put the Crimson over the edge with a goal at 19:28 in the third period.
 
Harvard owns a 44-17-9 record all-time against the Saints and is unbeaten in its last eight contests against the northern foe.
 
Last Time Out 
The Crimson dropped both games it played this past weekend, first falling in a hard-fought battle with the No. 3/3 Quinnipiac Bobcats on the ice at Frozen Fenway. Harvard fought through the rough weather conditions, giving the high-powered Bobcats a run for their money in the narrow loss.
 
Harvard then traveled to Princeton, where it dropped a 3-0 contest to the Ivy League rival. Harvard outplayed the Tigers for most of the contest but was unable to find the back of the net as it fell to 4-10-2 on the season.
 
Hollands Heating Up
Junior center, Shannon Hollands, is beginning to find her stride, which is good news for the Crimson as it begins its push towards the ECAC playoffs. The Canadian has registered points in three of her last six games, including a goal in Harvard's game at Fenway Park.
 
Hollands has also been solid on the faceoff dot, winning 35 draws over the past four contests.
 
Dominant on the Dot
First-line center, Kristin Della Rovere, has been dominating in the faceoff circle so far this season, posting 285 wins on the dot. Her .621 winning percentage is good for No. 7 in the country amongst qualified centers (100 or more attempts).
 
Despite playing fewer games, Della Rovere is still ranks fourth in the nation with her faceoff wins total of 285. The senior captain has also won 10 or more draws in 15 consecutive games, the longest such streak of her career. KDR is coming off a 25-win night at St. Lawrence in her last outing against the Saints.
 
As a team, Harvard ranks third in the ECAC and No. 12 in the nation with a .527 winning pct. on the dot. 
 
Penalty Kill Prowess
Harvard has been solid on the penalty-kill in 2022, holding opponents to only six goals on 47 powerplays. The mark is good for fifth-best in the conference and is No. 13 in the nation. The team recently surrendered its first powerplay goal since November, ending a 15-penalty kill streak for the group. The mark was the longest of the season for the Crimson.
 
The Crimson have also made the most out of tough situations in 2022-23, netting three short-handed goals in the first half of the season.
 
Pellicci Solid Between the Pipes
Sophomore goaltender, Alex Pellicci, has started every game in net for the Crimson, giving her team excellent goaltending efforts so far in 2022-23.
 
Pellicci has saved 40-plus shots six times this season and 50-plus shots in two contests. Her 54 and 51 save games make her just the second Crimson goaltender to record two 50-plus save games in the same season in program history. Her 54 saves against Yale was also third-most all-time for a Crimson goaltender.
 
Her 577 saves is the eighth-highest total in the nation despite playing fewer games than her opponents. Pellicci's save percentage of .922 is good for No. 18 in the country.
 
Pellicci is on pace to make 1,082 saves in 2022, which would shatter the single season record of 927 set by Lindsay Reed in 2018-19.

Lester Leads the Nation
Sophomore forward Paige Lester has scored two short-handed goals this season, which is tied with twelve other players for the most in the nation. Lester is also only the fourth Harvard student-athlete to accomplish the feat in the past ten years.
 
Lester's short-handed goal against UNH also served as the game-winning goal. That is only the third time the feat has been accomplished in the last ten years and the first time since Dominique Petrie '21 did it against Union in 2019-20.
 
Davidson Adams is DFangerous
Sophomore forward, Gabi Davidson Adams,  has started to find her rhythm as she gets more playing time in 2022-23. The winger has collected five points this season and currently ranks second on the team with four goals scored. GDA lit the lamp against Boston College (Nov. 22) after posting goals in back-to-back contests against Union (Nov. 4) and RPI (Nov. 5).
 
One of the Youngest Teams in the Nation
77-percent of Crimson skaters are sophomore or first-years, giving them the highest percentage of underclasswomen in the ECAC and second highest in the nation. The only school with more is Stonehill College, who just moved up to Division I in 2022.
 
Cornell and Union are the only schools close to Harvard, as they own 70 and 68 percent marks in the undergraduate category.
 
Bloomer is Back
After suffering an injury earlier this season, senior captain, Anne Bloomer, returned to the lineup in style, scoring a goal in her first game back before recording the primary assist on the game-winning goal in her second game back.
 
Bloomer has been the Crimson's most reliable offensive asset, as she leads the team with 11 points in 11 games. Bloomer has recorded points in seven of 11 games played this season which is second on the team to fellow captain Kristin Della Rovere, who has notched a point in eight games this season.
 
Chorske Nets a Penalty Shot
Against No 5/4 Colgate on Nov. 11, Hannah Chorske was awarded a penalty shot after getting tripped up on a breakaway attempt. Chorkse put the moves on the Raider goalie and scored the first Harvard penalty shot goal since 2018.
 
100 Game Club
Senior captains Anne Bloomer, Kristin Della Rovere and Kyra Willoughby all joined the 100 game club after reaching the milestone earlier this season.
 
Courtney Hyland (75 games played) is the next skater in line to break the milestone.
 
Hitting the Ice Flying
It didn't take long for the Crimson to put a tally on the board against Dartmouth on Oct. 21. In fact, it took only 11 seconds for captain, Kristin Della Rovere to score against the Big Green, which goes down as the fastest goal in team history and is tied for the eight-fastest goal in NCAA history.
 
KDR won the opening faceoff back to first-year defender, Jade Arnone, who cycled the puck up the boards to Anne Bloomer who found a streaking KDR in the slot. The senior forward put the puck in teh back of the net, writing her name in the history books in the process. 
 
Scoring first has been the key for Harvard in 2022-23, as the team holds a 3-0-2 mark when striking first compared to a 1-8-0 mark when allowing the first goal.