Word: clarkson
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Grasping at straws to explain why a team many thought had written its own ticket to Ft. Lauderdale with an ECAC semifinal loss to Clarkson Friday instead will find itself in its own rink this weekend against Western Michigan...
...when Cornell beat Clarkson in the finals of the ECAC tourney Saturday, giving the Big Red an automatic invitation to the NCAAs, most assumed the Golden Knights had wrapped up the second ECAC spot in the national tourney. Clarkson had finished second in the tourney and had beaten Harvard twice in three weeks...
...Polls. Although national hockey polls are more than a little suspect, the Crimson has been a darling of the voters, ranking in the top 10--and often the top five--for much of the season. Clarkson has never been highly ranked. In addition, some of the same people who contribute to these somewhat dubious polls also select the tournament teams and are inclined to make themselves look good...
...best player in the country, he is one of the most celebrated and one of the two players (with Western Michigan's Dan Dorion) most likely to land the Hobey Baker Award. Harvard's all-time leading scorer adds great credibility and attractiveness to his squad. Clarkson has no comparable figure...
...Bill Cleary. The Harvard coach is in his 14th season and has won over 200 games. Clarkson Coach Cap Raeder is in his first year. Cleary, 51, is Harvard '56, a member of the NCAA Rules Committee and the editor of the rules book. Raeder is New Hampshire '82 and just 31. He has none of Cleary's standing in the national hockey community...