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With a 6-3 win Saturday afternoon against No. 2 Dartmouth—which stands at No. 1 in the PairWise Rankings and has only lost to No. 1 Minnesota—Harvard has once again jumped back into contention not only for the ECAC crown, but also the NCAA championship...
Harvard would have been five points behind in the ECAC standings, possibly dropping to ninth in the national rankings, and facing a must-win situation in the ECAC playoffs where the pressure would have been incredible. It would have lost all the momentum the team had built after the break for exams, and, most importantly, be looking ahead to a possible first round of the Frozen Eight against any one of a number of teams that had already beaten Harvard...
Instead, it seems like everything is coming up Crimson now. With the Beanpot, games against St. Lawrence and Dartmouth, and, most importantly, the ECAC playoffs still on the schedule, Harvard may even be able to claw back up into the top four and secure a home game for the first round of the playoffs...
...paper, the every-third-year matchup would appear to favor Harvard (14-5-2, 11-4-1 ECAC), which enters the tournament riding a five-game winning streak punctuated by a final-minute victory over streaking league rival Dartmouth. The Huskies (10-13-4, 6-8-3 Hockey East), on the other hand, limp into this evening’s faceoff winners of just four of their last 15 contests. During that stretch, Northeastern has been defeated by BC, Vermont, BU, and Maine—all of whom the Crimson knocked off earlier this season...
Though Harvard is one of only five teams to earn NCAA Tournament berths for the last three years, two came via postseason runs rather than stellar regular seasons. But at 14-5-2 (11-4-1 ECAC), this year’s Crimson squad has only improved with time...