Word: ecacs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ECAC HOCKEY: Boston University, Cornell, Clarkson and RPI finished the regular season on Saturday with the four best records, and will have home ice advantage when the playoffs start tomorrow...
Harvard is currently 10-12 in the ECAC and 12-13 overall. One of those losses came last Saturday in New Haven, when the Crimson power play derailed against Yale in the final minutes and the Elis held on to win 3-2 on a third period powerplay goal by Anders Carlsson...
Harvard played fairly well, but it was very evidently tired. The Crimson did not play with the intensity and finesse needed to win the Beanpot against a Boston University team which now has a 24-1-0 record over all, 20-1-0 in the ECAC. The Terriers should win the ECAC title for the fifth season in a row, and along with Cornell are the East's toughest threat in the NCAA tournament since B.U. won the national championship...
...Harvard is concerned, last night's defeat marked the climactic, explosive end to the second season in a row that the Crimson did not make the ECAC playoffs...
Harvard now finds itself with a 12-13 overall record with absolutely no chance to make the ECAC playoffs which start next week. As for the final melees, who started them doesn't matter, what does is that those violent outbursts disgraced an otherwise prestigious tournament and doled out an excess amount of shame that will be both schools' to bear. Unfortunately, Boston University will have the playoffs to get over it, Harvard won't. An unmerciful season has all but mercifully closed...