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...across Europe's top seven leagues, as fans turn out to see players they'd previously known only from satellite television. "The [Czech] league has become the equivalent of the NHL," boasts Karel Knap, a sports journalist with the leading Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes. That might be a stretch, but it's undeniable that some of the game's European greats are back on home turf again. Jaromir Jagr, the Czech star forward for the New York Rangers and one of the NHL's best-paid players with a salary of $11 million...
Additionally, with the victory over Brown—before the game, the Bears ranked No. 11 in the nation—the Crimson jockeyed into a favorable position for the tough post-finals stretch...
Coming off of a stretch of grueling workouts, the beneficial effects of conditioning were clearly visible as the game went...
...Crimson faced seven Brown power plays, and turned them all away, including a 65-second stretch of five-on-three skating at the end of the first period in which Brown scarcely threatened. A key component of the unit was junior goalkeeper Ali Boe, who posted her fourth shutout of the season and wound up with 26 saves...
Sophomore guard Jim Goffredo hit a jumper with 9:26 remaining to give Harvard a 43-42 lead, but Harvard hit just one more field goal down the stretch as its offense sputtered to the finish...