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...latter option is what has people excited.Imagine the Quakers laying an egg in New Haven tomorrow night in front of a downright nasty Yale crowd, and the Tigers cleaning up the next night against the emotionally spent Bulldogs. Then, the same Penn team that had seemingly been scouting out first-round NCAA locations for about a month now would need to beat Princeton in Jadwin or else face the prospect of a neutral site do-or-die playoff game against a team that went 2-11 against non-conference competition.All of a sudden, the “seeding watches?...
...Harvard men’s hockey team rallied from two one-goal deficits to snare a 3-2 victory over St. Lawrence on Friday night, bringing itself to the verge of a first-round playoff bye. Senior Dan Murphy led the charge with two goals, including the winning tally, and Kevin Du notched two assists. The winning goal came with 11:52 left in the third period after Ryan Maki, skating down the middle of the ice, drew the Saints (18-13-2, 12-8-1 ECAC) defenders off of the blue line and slid a pass to Murphy...
Saturday was Senior Night at the Bright Hockey Center, and Harvard’s upperclassmen did not disappoint, leading the Crimson to a 2-1 victory over Clarkson on the last day of the regular season. Harvard (17-10-2, 13-8-1 ECAC) secured a first-round bye and home ice advantage in the ECAC quarterfinals with the win against the Golden Knights (16-15-3, 9-11-2). Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91 called the bye “important, especially [with] the parity in our league this year...
...Harvard men’s hockey team got exactly what it was looking for with a weekend sweep over St. Lawrence and Clarkson: the opportunity to take the next weekend off. The Crimson (17-10-2, 13-8-1 ECAC) needed four points on the weekend to guarantee a first-round bye in the league playoffs, which begin next Friday. Harvard finished the regular season in fourth, and only the No. 5 through No. 12 teams play the opening weekend. A rough-and-tumble last weekend at Colgate and Cornell had left the Crimson roster depleted—defensemen Brian...
...would have secured first place with two wins, knocked itself out of the league lead with a shocking 2-0 loss at Rensselaer on Friday.The upset allowed Dartmouth and Colgate, teams that both picked up four points on the weekend, to move from a tie for second place to a shared ECAC regular season championship, giving the Big Green its first Cleary Cup in 26 years.Cornell salvaged third place with a 2-1 victory over Union on Saturday, and Harvard’s two wins bumped St. Lawrence into fifth place and out of a first-round bye.FINAL TICKSHarvard?...