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That season was an unqualified success for the Crimson; the team contended for, and won, an ECAC title when few people expected Harvard to even advance to the ECAC final. And that performance upped the bar of expectations for the 2002-2003 season...
Harvard met or exceeded expectations in the regular season, but the team did not end last season on a positive note. Instead, the Crimson lost in 3-2 in overtime of the ECAC final to Cornell, despite leading 2-1 with 33 ticks left in regulation. Compounding that disappointment (it was the Crimson’s third loss to Cornell) was Harvard’s play in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against...
Despite mounting a frenzied comeback, the outcome was academic from that point on. Again Harvard bowed out of the NCAA tournament in the first round, and with expectations of another ECAC title and advancement in the NCAAs, the losses to Cornell and BU overshadowed the team’s strong regular season record...
...like us, and they’ve been to the NCAA tournament and been disappointed with the result,” Schafer said. “They’ve had a lot of success, like the senior group we had last year. Those guys have already achieved the ECAC championship, but at the same time they have greater ideas of grandeur, much like our team...
...course, uncertain whether the team will succeed where others have failed, but to be put in that position to succeed, whether it be the ECAC finals or the NCAA tournament, is why players come to Harvard, according to Smith...