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...Durham, but playing at Ithaca is unlike playing anywhere else in the country. And now, with its mid-season problems smoothed out, Cornell has become an incredibly formidable opponent. The Big Red has won seven consecutive games, including victories over Boston University and Harvard that sewed up the top ECAC seed and the Ivy title...
...into the eighth playoff spot only because of Boston College's loss at Pennsylvania Saturday, is a scrappy squad, though, and could make a surprisingly close game of it. Still, one has to go with Cornell because of its recent record, the tremendous advantage of Lynah Rink, and general ECAC tradition. The eighth team just doesn't beat the first, at least not at Ithaca, CORNELL...
...BOSTON UNIVERSITY: Many Terrier supporters feel that the major reason behind B.U.'s unexpected loss to Harvard in the ECAC semifinals last year was due to the physical pounding it had absorbed in the quarterfinal game against RPI. Even though the Terriers destroyed the Engineers 11-0, in that game, and again won easily at Boston, 7.3, last month, they probably would prefer to play someone else if they could. RPI, who slipped into the seventh seed despite a mediocre record against a relatively undemanding schedule, does not have a reputation as an especially clean hockey team, and is probably...
CLARKSON at HARVARD: Certain teams around the ECAC appear to have hexes on certain others. B.U. can't beat Cornell. B.C., with rare exceptions, can't beat B.U. Northeastern can't beat anybody. And Clarkson, at least when it plays outside the Potsdam city limits, can't beat Harvard. Last year, the Golden Knights had a comfortable lead over the Crimson in the ECAC finals before Harvard rallied and skated away with a 7-4 victory. Last month, it was a tight game at Cambridge until Dave Hynes broke it open with four goals, and the Crimson went...
...quarterfinal game at Durham, and was even breathing on Harvard's neck for third seed. Now, after losing at Clarkson a week ago, the Wildcats are hitting the road, and it could mean that they'll have to wait yet another year to play at Boston Garden in the ECAC semifinals, Pennsylvania, once the laughingstock of Eastern hockey, has built a fast, deep squad with a nucleus of Canadian material, and it deserves a seed in the top four as much as anyone. The Quakers have beaten Harvard and Clarkson this winter, and are currently riding a four-game winning...