Word: hockey
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With the regular season behind it, the Harvard women’s hockey team looks to keep its momentum rolling this afternoon and defend its ECAC tournament title...
...Crimson (17-9-3, 16-4-2 ECAC) prepares to take on Cornell (8-9-5, 12-12-5) this weekend in the best-of-three ECAC quarterfinals. The puck drops today at 3:30 p.m. and tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Bright Hockey Center, with the third game scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m. if necessary...
...women’s hockey team barely secured an ECAC playoff spot with a 3-3 tie against No. 10 Dartmouth on Valentine’s Day. At Cornell’s senior night and in front of a crowd of over 500 people, the Big Red was able to squeeze in a draw to clinch a spot in the tournament, and prove that it is no stranger to high pressure situations. Since then, the team has split its last two season games, falling to Rensselaer, 3-1, and powering over Union...
...More recently, a Crimson sports columnist criticized Dartmouth’s politically correct apology for scheduling a hockey game against an opponent with an Indian mascot. He ended his remarks with what, in retrospect, seemed like an ill-advised turn of phrase, speculating that, had the Harvard ladies’ basketball team played Arkansas State, “the Crimson would’ve slaughtered the Indians.” As expected, the Native American community responded with a shrill round of protests and recriminations—the most dramatic of all from a freshman of the Shinnecock tribe, describing...
Here’s something you probably don’t know: Harvard has a (not so shitty!) men’s hockey team. I recently found myself at the Beanpot, an annual hockey tournament between Boston College, Boston University, Harvard, and Northeastern. It was probably the closest I’d been to an ice rink since the second grade, when I quit skating after a traumatizing two-week stint with an impatient instructor. We had different philosophies about encouragement. The arena was packed—with BU fans, with BC fans, with Northeastern fans. Representing Harvard? Two small...