Shorthanded Riveters Fall Hard to Pride, 8-1

Exhaustion, a short bench, and a rejuvenated Boston team meant disaster for the Riveters.

If the Riveters learned anything on their short tour of Ivy League ice this weekend, it was how badly they need captain Ashley Johnston and forward Madison Packer, especially in back to back games. The Riveters battled to a respectable 4-3 loss against the Whale at Yale on Saturday, but took a beating in Cambridge on Sunday from a rested Pride squad motivated by last week's loss to the Buffalo Beauts.

Yet injuries and exhaustion can't fully account for the Riveters' less-than-lackluster performance. Poor possession management and zone exits led to turnovers, or kept the Rivs trapped in their own end…