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Fortunately for Harvard, Cornell is not very effective in extra-man situations, scoring only 29 percent of the time. This statistic may indicate that Cornell's patient offense doesn't have the time to convert scores in only a minute.
But the statistic may also indicate that Cornell struggles against zone defenses of the type that all teams use when they are man-down. So, the Crimson may look to switch to a zone or combination zone/man defense to take some of the strain off of its defenders if they...
Senior goalkeeper Keith Cynar had nine saves on the day and let up more goals than he had saves, a very unusual statistic for him.
Considering the recent trend in college sports to overuse statistics to determine tournament fields (note the Bowl Championship Series in Division 1-A Football) it is fairly likely that the above statistic was a big reason why Harvard wasn't selected.
Against common ECAC opponents, Harvard was 6-4-3, and Minnesota was 7-3-0. I would hope that the selection committee at least looked at this statistic, which still slightly favors Minnesota.