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...within reach now," said Crimson forward Greg Britz when asked what Saturday night's Bright Center 6-2 win over Yale meant to Harvard's playoff chances. Riding their Jongest winning streak since 1975 -- five games -- the icemen now sport a 7-9 ECAC record with five games remaining, but four are against Ivy opponents and all five are on the road...
Still, after struggling through jungle warfare on ice--Yale's chippy, pricker-bush defense--busing to Princeton and Cornell will seem like a day at the beach to the icemen. "That was just atrocious out there." Harvard coach Billy Cleary said after the game. "Kids swinging sticks, hitting after the whistle -- it's a disgrace...
Drenched with sweat, the Harvard icemen clopped through the rink of Boston Garden on the way to locker room number 11, there to savor a triumph nearly without flaw. They trooped past a noisy, elation-filled melee of back-slapping, chances of "Harvard!" and clenched fists of satisfaction. They were tired, very tired, but they were also damn happy...
...Billy Cleary's young, fast-skating, suddenly goal-happy crew. The dam burst last week as the Crimson offense pushed, tipped, blasted, deflected, directed and instructed ten pucks into the opposition net against Northeastern. And Friday night at Bright Center, just to show they could do it again, the icemen produced seven goals against St. Lawrence--four by freshman Phil Falcone and three by sophomore right wing Greg Olson, who now leads the team with 11. The win ended Harvard's seven game ECAC losing streak (Beanpot contests don't count in the standings). The Eagles, on the other hand...
That's good for the icemen because on Sheehy's birthday this year--Monday night--they will be attempting to win Harvard's first Beanpot championship since 1977. Sheehy and his teammates will take the ice at 8 p.m. before an expected capacity crowd at the Boston Garden, and try to knock off a Boston College sextet, the team with the fewest losses in the country (two). The festivities start at 5 p.m. with the B.U. Northeastern consolation game, and, if Harvard wins, will continue well into the night, highlighted by the traditional concert on the Red Line...