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There's obviously much more riding on tonight's Harvard UNH rematch than on the previous games. It's worth a trip to the final, but--as important, at least for Harvard a win could clinch home ice in the opening round of the NCAA Championship. Four Eastern teams will play in the tourney; two will stay home and two will travel West. If the Crimson makes the top two in the ECAC playoffs after finishing second in the regular season, it will play at Bright Center next weekend...
...other ECAC action last night, Yale, which missed the playoffs on the last day of the season in the last two years, shelled Dartmouth in New Haven, 9-0, to clinch the eighth and final playoff spot. UNH beat Northeastern, 6-4, to finish at 15-5-1 (the same record as Harvard's; the Crimson finishes higher due to its 7-5 win over UNH in December...
Little added two free throws 26 seconds later to clinch the Quaker victory...
...mind paying 50? for a soft drink, or $3 for every bag checked. After all there is plenty of room for carry-on luggage, and People's buy-while-you-fly on-board ticket sellers eliminate those long waits at airport counters. But it is the fares that clinch customers' loyalty. Eastern Air Lines, once the king of the New York-Florida routes, is scrambling now to hold on to the business. Reason: People's $69 one-way fare ($49 at night) Eastern, whose standard coach fares are more than $200 for those flights, has retaliated with...
Crimson guard Calvin Dixon sank a patented hanging twister to send the regionally televised contest into extra minutes, then swished two last-second free throws to clinch the Harvard victory...