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Come February 2--when the Crimson's season resumes with a game against Northeastern in the first round of the Beanpot Tournament--the pressure will be on. And it won't be turned off for several months...
Harvard last won the Beanpot in 1981, when the fine goaltending of Wade Lau lifted the Crimson over B.C. in the finals, 2-0. Lau was named tourney MVP for his efforts...
...silver lining, if there is one, is this: the loss should take the skaters' minds off the streak and allow them to concentrate on doing something only one Harvard team has done in the past eight years--win an opening round Beanpot game...
Full o' Beans: Despite making the NCAA tournament four of the last five years, Harvard has had desperate trouble right here in its own backyard, at the Beanpot. For the uninitiated, the Beanpot is--and has been for the past 35 years--the annual social event-hockey tournament which determines the unofficial champion of Hub college hockey. Every February, Harvard, Northeastern, Boston College and Boston University meet on consecutive Mondays and have a not-so-friendly get together...
...teams last met in the 1986 Beanpot consolation round, where the Crimson skated to an easy 7-1 victory. Overall the two squads have met 11 times in the first round of the 'Pot, with Harvard capturing nine of those contests...