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...order to advance to the playoffs, the Crimson must win all six of its remaining Ivy League games, including four games against first-place Dartmouth. Harvard would then finish in a tie atop the division standings, forcing a one-game playoff with the Big Green for the right to play for the Ivy championship...
...faces of the Crimson players were tense and troubled as adversity set in. Earlier this season, Harvard was able to regroup after falling behind, but on Saturday the pressure of being in an important playoff match against a formidable opponent was too overwhelming to overcome...
Finally, with a powerful block by Denham and Pankau, Harvard won the fifth game, 19-17, and the match, 3-2. The bench exploded and the Crimson players celebrated their first major playoff game since...
...Saturday, the St. Louis Blues experienced the former against the San Jose Sharks in the second game of their first round playoff series. Marc Bergevin, a Blues defenseman, caught a centering pass from Sharks defenseman Gary Suter and threw it at his goalie. Unfortunately for the Blues, Bergevin's thrown puck ended up in the back of the net instead of in Roman Turek's glove...
Seeing these recent examples of the unpredictability of playoff sports made me think back to other important blunders made with a national audience watching...