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...goes according to plan, Chenoweth could be close to getting more than just “it,” perhaps notching one or more championship victories...
...these last two days and had solid, mentally tough wins in tough weather conditions,” Allard said. “We have a good rivalry against Penn,” Madick added, noting that the Crimson played the Quakers in last year’s Ivy League Championship Series. “It is always nice to go out and do well against them...
...hole with an 0-4 record in Ivy League play in what is only a 20-game conference schedule, what the Crimson does in the next two days could very well decide whether Harvard has a chance to make a run at the Rolfe Division Championship and an appearance in the Ivy League Championship Series, or if the Crimson will be resigned to playing spoiler for the remainder of the quickly unfolding season...
...Before 2004, the Boston Red Sox had not won a championship since 1918—beyond the memory of most living fans at the time—while having come so perilously close on many previous occasions. One would only have to whisper the names Bucky Dent, Bill Buckner, or Aaron Boone within earshot of a Boston fan to open the floodgates on a déluge of painful memories, of golden opportunities wasted, bitter tears shed, and an entire life of constancy and devotion unrequited...
...only become part of a team’s storyline when the skates are hung up for the year and the minds of sports fans start drifting towards baseball. After the Crimson skated off the ice in Albany, as Princeton started celebrating its 4-1 victory in the ECAC championship game and its resulting berth in the NCAA tournament, Harvard’s whole season can be arranged into a collection of turning points, whose outcomes became the storylines that this team’s play created.For me at least, two games mark that trajectory on the season level...