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Harvard will not repeat last year's ECAC hockey championship. The Crimson dropped a volatile 6-4 affair to Clarkson last night in upstate New York, and will have to be content with almost but not quite upsetting one of the hardest-hitting teams in the East...
...their lone meeting during the regular season, the Golden Knights edged the Crimson 4-3 in an overtime at Watson Rink three weeks ago. It was probably on the basis of this game that the ECAC seeding committee ranked Clarkson above Harvard, thereby awarding the Knights the advantage of home ice tonight...
Harvard's 15-6 record against Eastern opposition is considerably better than Clarkson's 10-5-1, but the Knights have had consistently stiffer opposition. While the Crimson has skated twice each against Ivy patsies Princeton and Yale, Clarkson has faced the likes of ECAC contenders Providence, R.P.I. and Colgate...
...other ECAC quarter-final action, Providence, whose 16-3 mark is tops in the East, will host eighth-ranked Colgate. The Red Raiders have upset Clarkson, and Army this season and can't be counted...
This afternoon the Crimson squad flies up to Clarkson to prepare for its ECAC opener. RPI, St. Lawrence, and Colgate were chosen yesterday as the last three teams; they will face B.C., Army, and Providence in the other first round games...