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Emoticnally disheartened after two consecutive one-goal losses, Harvard's slumping hockey team begins an arduous climb back to serious contention in the ECAC race tonight when it takes on unimpressive Army in the opening round of the two day Boston Garden Christmas Tournament.
So it is highly unlikely that the Cadets can pull an upset. no matter how uninspired the Crimson's performance, but a narrow victory by Harvard would be almost meaningless. and quite discouraging, in view of the competition the Crimson will meet on Saturday.
Both squads play extremely physical hockey, leaning more to a defensive strategy than an explosive offensive style. Each team has the physical size and the necessary goaltending to make the system pay off. And in Harvard, a position-playing, precision-passing squall that is easily rattled by rough play, both...
But neither Brown nor Clarkson is very powerful offensively., or at least not as powerful as Harvard. The Crimson, even when playing poorly, is usually capable of scoring five times a game, and five goals should usually win a hockey contest, unless the defense has an off night.
Army, certainly, should cause little trouble. Its narrow escapes over Middlebury and Princeton, an unimpressive victory over AIC. and a 4-0 loss to mediocre Bowdoin are indicative of its scoring power, and even a bad performance on Harvard's part should not give the Cadets the game.