No. 1 Michigan dominates the slot in 5-1 victory over Harvard

No. 1 Michigan dominates the slot in 5-1 victory over Harvard

Hockey is a game of very fine margins.  Sometimes, the only thing that decides whether a team wheels away to the boards in celebration or shakes their heads in dismay is a puck bouncing an unexpected way. Many of those bounces come in the slot: the area right in front of the goalmouth, where goaltenders, defensemen and attackers scramble over loose pucks.  To minimize the element of chance that comes in this area of the ice, the No. 1 Michigan h…