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Though Donato dodged the curse of the sophomore slump, he would not be so lucky in his third year. Harvard dropped six of its first seven ECAC contests of the season, and for the first time in years, it seemed as if the Crimson might be left out of the NCAA Tournament...
...Harvard and Cornell gather in their respective locker rooms, let's take a look at the ECAC standings. The Big Red, the Crimson, and Union are tied for third place. With the Dutchmen playing last-place Brown, the loser of tonight's matchup at Lynah may find itself in fifth place and out of a first-round bye. More than just pride is on the line in this rivalry matchup, and since the game won't be televised, your best bet is to settle in with us on this cold, cold Saturday night...
Donato took over at the helm of the Crimson in 2004, when he replaced the recently departed Mark Mazzoleni. He came into a pretty comfortable situation: Harvard had made the NCAA Tournament three years running, a span that included two ECAC championship titles. Goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris ’05, who would make a case for the Hobey Baker in his final season, and captain Noah Welch ’05 would anchor a defense that would prove near-impenetrable...
Season No. 2 wasn’t half bad, either. Though Grumet-Morris graduated, netminder John Daigneau ’06 filled in admirably, earning the John Tudor Memorial Cup as the team’s most valuable player and leading his team to another 21-win season, an ECAC postseason title, and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA playoffs...
...season did not answer the question definitively. Though Harvard finished 14-17-2, its first campaign with fewer than 15 wins since 1999-00, it produced five points in its last three ECAC contests and defeated Yale in the first round of the playoffs before falling to eventual conference champions Clarkson in the quarterfinals...