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...Crimson (28-1-0, 24-1-1 ECAC) clinched an automatic bid to the American Women's College Hockey Alliance (AWCHA) National Championship Tournament way back on Feb. 21, when it wrapped up the ECAC crown. Harvard and three other teams will meet at the University of Minnesota to decide the national championship Mar. 26 and 27, but in the meantime the Crimson has a chance to win its first-ever ECAC Tournament championship...
...ECACs and will host No. 8 seed Cornell (15-15-0, 14-12-0), the only unranked team to make the postseason, at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bright Hockey Center. More importantly, however, the rest of the ECAC will battle for the three remaining spots in the AWCHA National Championship...
...those bids should go to Minnesota (11-2-3). The AWCHA is probably holding its second-annual national championship in Minneapolis to increase its fan base in the Midwest, which is likely to have a women's hockey conference to rival the ECAC in the form of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association next year. And Minnesotans will want to see their Golden Gophers in the national championship...
...relying on a new head coach, former assistant Judy Parish, to fill the big hole on the bench left with the retirement of ECAC Coach of the Year George Crowe. But the biggest void will be in the front line, where Parish needs to find a replacement for AWCHA All-American forward Sarah Hood...
...enough when Yale finished last for the third straight season last year. This year may be worse because the Elis lose goalie Laurie Belliveau, an AWCHA All-American and Kazmaier Award finalist, probably the best goalie in the nation last year...