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When these two explosive offenses clash Sunday, penalties may be the difference in the game. The rink is larger at UNH's Whittemore Center than at the Bright Center. That space will give both offenses more room to operate, especially on the power play...
...there probably will be plenty of power plays. Harvard is averaging 12 penalty minutes a game, while UNH averages 12.5 penalty minutes per contest. However, the Crimson and the Wildcats have the two best penalty kill percentages in the ECAC...
...Whittemore Center was the site of last season's first-round playoff game between Harvard and UNH. The Wildcats narrowly escaped an upset by pulling out a 2-1 victory in overtime. With Harvard joining UNH as one of the top programs in the country this season, that quarterfinal may have been the start of a long rivalry between the Crimson and the Wildcats...
More importantly, this is another chance to see how Harvard and UNH perform against other top teams. The Crimson has outscored its opponents by a combined 35-10, and the Wildcats have dominated their victims by a combined 52-11. The scores have not been nearly as lopsided against ranked teams, however...
Harvard defeated No. 6 Providence, 6-1, and No. 4 Minnesota, 3-1, but lost to No. 2 Brown, 4-2. UNH, meanwhile, tied all three of those teams. There might be a significant decline in competition after the top six teams in the nation, but when the best teams have played each other, the games have been very close...