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...Having finished the regular season as the third-place team in the conference, the Crimson was granted a bye in the opening round of the ECAC playoffs. Meanwhile, the sixth-seeded Bobcats played host to Brown, roaring past the Bears with 14 goals in two games last weekend...
...Tournament, at least two automatic bids will be doled out to teams that currently stand outside of the PWR’s top 16, leaving the Crimson on the outside looking in. While it’s tough to predict exactly how far Harvard needs to progress in the ECAC playoffs to earn an at-large bid, one thing is clear: if the Crimson doesn’t win this weekend, it can expect a second consecutive year with a spring break away from the rink...
...David MacDonald, injury-riddled senior Alex Meintel and junior Steve Rolecek have benefited from the time off and could return to the lineup tonight—the bye could have a dampening effect on Harvard. The Crimson entered the break having gone 6-0-1 over its last seven ECAC contests, vaulting from mediocrity to the upper levels of the conference tables. Harvard has lost only twice since late January: a 4-2 blip at Brown on Feb. 1 and the overtime defeat, 6-5, to Boston College in the Beanpot championship...
...sophomore year, when we won the ECAC championship, we came in on Friday night and dropped the ball against St. Lawrence [in the quarterfinals],” MacDonald recalls. “We came out flat after the week off, and they won the first game, and our season ended up being on the line in the second game. We don’t want to be facing that situation again...
...Crimson’s veterans could make their biggest impact by keeping their squad on the positive end of special-teams play, staying out of the penalty box while trying to elicit whistles from the Bobcats—tops in the ECAC in net special teams statistics...