February 10, 2009

Vaillancourt Hones Skills with NHLers

The following article featuring Harvard forward Sarah Vaillancourt appeared February 10 on the USA Hockey Web site.

 

By Dave McMahon
Special to USAHockey.com

Harvard senior forward Sarah Vaillancourt stood mesmerized by Felix Potvin’s “sickest hands ever.”

The Cat, a goaltender who made the NHL All-Rookie team and went on to play in a pair of NHL All-Star Games in the 1990s, wowed Vaillancourt with his stickhandling prowess.

“He played forward with us all summer and he was incredible,” Vallaincourt said. “They had never actually played against a girl, so they didn’t know what that was like. Then I skated the puck around a few guys and they said ‘Where’s that coming from?’”

Complete article can be accessed via the USA Hockey Web site by clicking here.