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Because the bad news is that, between Rensselaer winger Brad Tapper's bullet from the left circle on a five-on-three power play and the phenomenal goaltending of Hobey Baker Award candidate Joel Laing, the Engineers handed Harvard a 2-0 shutout and a first-class bus ticket to--you guessed it--Ithaca, N.Y., for the first round of the ECAC playoffs...
Junior winger Brad Tapper scored at 5:36 of the second period and Laing turned aside all 29 Harvard shots as the Engineers defeated the Crimson 2-0 Saturday night at Bright Hockey Center ending Harvard's quest for home ice and a three-game winning streak. Harvard (11-15-2, 9-10-2 ECAC) had defeated Union, 3-2, the night before to give it the opportunity...
Prestifilippo made 22 saves in his final Bright performance, keeping the high-powered Engineers in check except for Tapper's lone strike...
...Tapper netted the goal of record on a five-on-three power play in the second period. Controlling the puck at the top of the left face-off circle, he patiently waited for a screen, then drilled a shot short-side past Prestifilippo...
...strike was Tapper's 30th of the season, which is more than double the output of Harvard's leading goal-scorer, freshman center Dominic Moore, who finished his rookie year with...