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...Besides, when Donato was named to the helm of the men’s hockey program in July 2004, naysayers were quick to point out his lack of credentials. Not a second of coaching experience, they warned. Eight months later, Donato marched his team straight into the NCAA tournament—the same tournament that named him MVP when the Crimson...
...something special that a lot of people don’t have,” Harvard hockey legend Bill Cleary ’56 told the Boston Globe when Donato was first hired. “He has a great way with people, and I think that’s one of the biggest assets you can have...It’s more important than...
...That’s not enough. So much of Harvard is about image, about the projection of academia—can a hockey coach who once showed up on ‘The Price Is Right’ in whitewashed jeans slip seamlessly into the stodgy ranks of Mass. Hall...
...Canada?s 4-1 victory over Sweden for the Olympic gold medal in women?s ice hockey came in an anticlimactic final. Sweden?s upset of No. 2-seed Team U.S.A. in the semifinal was described widely as a Lake Placid moment for women?s hockey. The Swedes caught the Americans on a bad day, maybe looking ahead to the Canada game. The result effectively rendered the gold-medal match as predictable as finding pizza in Torino. Tickets for the gold medal game were going for all of 3 Euros on Monday...
...After the Americans defeated the Finns for the bronze medal earlier Monday, Smith referred to a two-tier reality in women's hockey: Canada and U.S.A. on one plateau, everyone else scrambling to catch up. In fact, there are three tiers: Canada and the U.S., Finland and Sweden, then the rest...