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Harvard has a long way to go if it’s to salvage its season, but the toughest part will be getting that first big win of the second half. It could come against Brown during intersession, or versus BC at the Beanpot, or at Bright against Dartmouth in the last days of February. Once Harvard has that in hand, who knows...
That would be a blessing for Harvard, which is handcuffed in its non-conference schedule by two Beanpot games, annual dates with Boston College and Boston University and two games in a holiday tournament. That leaves Mazzoleni with only one game to work with each year...
...whole of last season, the Crimson went 1-5-1 against opponents outside the ECAC, and that lone victory—a 4-1 win over Northeastern in the Beanpot Consolation game—can hardly be counted as a ‘big’ win. This season, Harvard stands at 2-1 in non-conference play, and those two wins came against nationally-ranked Hockey East opponents...
...There are plenty of reasons for this game to be important,” captain Kenny Smith said. “We play them in the first round of the Beanpot, and we’re always recruiting against them. But this time of year, the main thing is starting to compile some victories...
Junior Noah Welch agreed with his fellow defenseman. “We play them in the first round of the Beanpot so if we play well against them, it’s something that, around Beanpot-time, could give us a lot of confidence,” he said. “This is probably a bigger game for us than if we were 7-0 or 8-0 right...