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...Britz's achievements during his four-year varsity career have gained him some notice. He won the team's most-improved award during his freshman season, scoring most of his 13 points late in the year...
...last season, he shot up to 11-13-24, establishing himself as one of Harvard's top forwards. But, during Harvard's late-season drive for the playoffs, a Cornell player mashed Britz's hand against the boards, forcing him to miss post-season play...
...Britz feels he's come a long way from when he first tried playing under Cleary Coming from the junior leagues, it took a while to adjust to the Crimson mentor's standards. "A lot of coaches will work with the variation (in their players)," he notes "Cleary likes to mold everyone into a fast skating team. I was more of a roaming center and Cleary plays a very tight system--the center stays in the middle...
...When I got hurt it really struck me," Britz says. "I'm glad I wasn't hurt at Notre Dame or Michigan and got my scholarship taken away. I got into my courses a lot more then...
Those courses are a bit unusual among hockey players Along with roommate Greg Olson. Britz majors in bioanthropology on a team filled with economics majors "A lot of guys major in Ec because they want jobs in the business world I'm not so sure they'll really have better chances of doing that when someone is studying in something else, or that I want a job in the business world, anyway...