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...fairy tale ending the Crimson had so eagerly sought to its best season in its five-year history--a playoff bid--vanished as quickly as it had come. The rejection of the invitation brought Chapter Five of the Harvard women's ice hockey team to a close and has left many icewomen wondering a what happened to the grand finale...
...even riskier. But when the Engineer defense let Fusco walk in several steps from the point to let go with full force, it was a matter of split-seconds before the net bulged behind Fink, the Harvard crowd roared and everyone realized the Crimson had clinched its quarterfinal playoff series...
...these aren't your typical college rookies playing in their first playoff game. All three have played in high-level Canadian junior leagues. Servinis and Oates are both 20 years...
They could hardly restrain themselves, waiting for the opening faceoff last night at Bright. The Engineers, boasting the East's top offense and almost all playing in their first playoff game, raced out to center ice for the lineup introductions, looking psyched to knock off the Crimson...
...other ECAC action last night, Yale, which missed the playoffs on the last day of the season in the last two years, shelled Dartmouth in New Haven, 9-0, to clinch the eighth and final playoff spot. UNH beat Northeastern, 6-4, to finish at 15-5-1 (the same record as Harvard's; the Crimson finishes higher due to its 7-5 win over UNH in December...