Word: ecacs
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When Harvard Men's Hockey Coach Clark Hodder '25 sat down to assess the state of his struggling team on March 5, 1941, there wasn't a whole lot he could do. Back in those days, there was no NCAA tournament, no ECAC and no Beanpot. An Ivy League title was out of the question since Harvard, 2-8-1 at the time, would play only one more game before the season expired...
Fifty-seven years later, the Crimson (2-8-1, 0-8-1 ECAC) finds itself with a similar record but in a much different predicament. Two home losses last weekend--a 2-1 setback Friday against Clarkson and a 5-1 defeat the next evening at the hands of St. Lawrence--leave Harvard in the midst of a downward spiral rivaled only by that disastrous team of 1940-41. CLARKSON 2 HARVARD 1 ST. LAWRENCE 5 HARVARD...
...Friday night, Harvard played a surprisingly close game against Clarkson (5-6-0, 3-2-0 ECAC). Although the Golden Knights were able to eke out a victory, the Crimson played a tightchecking game throughout and on multiple occasions came close to tying...
That offense features five of the top 20 scorers in the ECAC. The top line of co-captain A.J. Mleczko, sophomore Tammy Shewchuk and freshman Jen Botterill has combined for 43 points in six games. But scoring has also come from Ruggiero and sophomore forwards Angie Francisco and Tara Dunn, who have combined for 30 points...
...there probably will be plenty of power plays. Harvard is averaging 12 penalty minutes a game, while UNH averages 12.5 penalty minutes per contest. However, the Crimson and the Wildcats have the two best penalty kill percentages in the ECAC...