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History was made last night. But not for the Crimson.For the first time in Harvard’s history, the men’s hockey team faced back-to-back shutout losses to a collegiate opponent on Friday and Saturday night at Bright Arena. In the first-round series of the ECAC Hockey Championship, No. 12-seed Brown (5-21-5) handed the fifth-seeded Harvard (9-16-6) two tight season-ending loses. Saturday night, with a must-win tension surrounding the Crimson players, the traveling Bears played to their best ability in a tight 2-0 win filled...
...Alex Biega forced the issue with a few hard far-range slapshots during a Crimson power play, and junior forward Doug Rogers had a couple of attempts at net from the point. But it was too little too late. Clemente rose to the occasion and secured his first collegiate shutout.“I think energy and effort were not playoff-like, and I don’t believe we played with the sense of commitment and desperation that you need to in order to find success this time of year,” Donato said...
...Kessler that Harvard was able to rebound from its early-game sluggishness and come away with the victory.Kessler made a career-best 36 stops on the afternoon, matching every Niesluchowski split and tumble with an equally impressive glove save. It was the junior’s second career playoff shutout, with the first coming by the same count in last year’s ECAC semifinals. The Crimson also continued its dominance on the penalty kill, holding the Big Red scoreless in three opportunities. Harvard’s penalty-kill unit, ranked fifth nationally, has allowed just two goals...
...almost half the guys sick or injured,” co-captain Chris Clayton said. “We were a beat up team. We didn’t have the guts today.”Sunday marked the seventh Northwestern shutout of the season. The only victory of the afternoon came from the No. 1 doubles pair of Clayton, ranked No. 53 nationally, and sophomore Alexei Chijoff-Evans, who won 8-3. The team lost the doubles point after neither of the other pairs could knock off the Wildcats. In singles play, Harvard lost in straight sets...
...when the Saints finally seemed on the verge of creating a legitimate scoring opportunity, junior Christina Kessler—the Crimson’s stalwart goaltender—was there to rebuff any St. Lawrence advances, notching her fourth shutout of the season...