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...Crimson (11-13-3, 9-9-2 ECAC) could finish anywhere from fifth, meaning home ice and a weak first-round opponent in the ECAC playoffs, to ninth, which would send Harvard on the road for the opening round. So it’s not just momentum that’s riding on the weekend’s outcome...
Li’s strong showing was one of many put forth by the Crimson this weekend. Harvard won six of its first-round matches, three in the round of 16, two in the quarterfinals, both of the semifinals, and, of course, the finals...
...Crimson has been mathematically eliminated from receiving one of the four first-round byes, meaning it will need to win two best-of-three series—at least one of which will be on the road—in order to reach the ECAC semifinals for the fourth straight year...
That will not be easy. If Harvard gets past its first-round opponent—and that is a big if, given how well the league’s bottom teams have played in recent weeks—it will play its next series at one of five schools: Colgate, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth or Rensselaer...
Despite its likely inability to secure a first-round bye, the contests this weekend will be crucial, according to junior defenseman Noah Welch...