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...favorite coming into Saturday’s game, with Brown only winning five games this season compared to the Crimson’s nine. The Bears also had not won two games in a row this season, and prior to this weekend, it had only won one of nine playoff games against Harvard. But the Crimson knew not to doubt its Ivy rival’s ability. “Coming out of the Beanpot, I think that we were playing some of our best hockey and nobody really expected this,” McCafferty said...
...Bottom-of-the-barrel Brown hadn’t won two games in a row all season. On top of that, no 12th-seeded team had ever toppled a fifth-seed in ECAC playoff history, and the Crimson hadn’t lost a home playoff series in 14 years...
...Bright. Although the Bears had posted their fewest regular-season victories in 20 years, the squad seemed to have bulked up defensively, making a switch in the net (to Clemente) that resulted in two of Brown’s three regular-season victories—and a historic playoff series that will send the Bears to the quarterfinals against Yale this Friday...
...While there’s no denying that Harvard played technically well—it only committed one penalty, generated plenty of offensive opportunities, and outshot the Bears 39-23—whether or not the team played with all the intensity and effort required of a championship playoff match is a bit more questionable.“It was more of a work ethic thing,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91. “We’ve got to keep moving our feet, and we have to work hard...
...Harvard men’s hockey team had a rocky regular season, but at least one thing was consistent. Coming into this weekend’s ECAC first-round playoff series against Brown, the Crimson had scored at least one goal in all 29 games. Against the Bears on Friday, that changed, as goaltender Michael Clemente blanked Harvard to give his team a 1-0 victory...