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Harvard entered this year's Beanpot with a lot to forget. Its record was 6-9-2. It was coming off two disturbing losses to league fodder Vermont and Rensselaer. Sophomore goaltender J.R. Prestifilippo--last year's ECAC Rookie of the Year--was still feeling the effects of a month-long bout with mononucleosis and was far from 100 percent. Junior Craig Adams, the team's leading scorer to that point, remained sidelined with a sore shoulder...
There was little for the Harvard players to smile about after three months of play, and perhaps that is why the Beanpot became their only refuge...
...then again it was the Beanpot, so maybe it was not such a shock when the Crimson stormed back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat B.C. in overtime, and then pushed the second-ranked Terriers to the brink before losing at the 5:51 mark of overtime in the championship game...
...indeed appropriate that the 1997-98 season ended in such a bittersweet manner--a victory over a top 10 opponent--for the periods of inconsistency seemed always to be overshadowed by the fleeting moments like those experienced at the Beanpot...
Those two games, however, overshadowed what was yet another frustrating and fruitless run through league play for Harvard, who finished the regular season in fifth place. Aside from the two-game Beanpot reprieve, the Crimson struggled consistently, as its longest regular-season winning streak was three games...