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...Crimson, now 0-for-3 in trophy attempts this year—including the Beanpot and ECAC regular season championship—will begin a quest for greater hardware in the NCAA Regionals on Friday afternoon against No. 7 Boston University. And unlike last season, when Harvard came in as the surprise ECAC champion with a touch of just-happy-to-be-here about it, it has something to prove...
That’s because it’s gone 0-6-1 this season against tournament teams, and made its way into the NCAAs thanks to a combination of an expanded 16-team tournament, strong play against ECAC teams and an almost-perfect scenario coming out of the CCHA, Hockey East and WCHA tournaments that knocked other contending teams out of consideration for at-large bids...
...early story of the game was how Harvard (22-10-2, 17-4-1 ECAC) rallied to tie the score following every Terrier (25-13-3, 13-10-1 Hockey East) goal. But the story of the game that emerged later had nothing to do with the Crimson's first period rallies and everything to do with a three-and-a-half-minute lapse to begin the third...
...Last year we got in [to the NCAA Tournament] because [the Selection Committee] had to take us [as an automatic bid as the ECAC champion],” Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni said. “This year, we got in on our merits...
...Those credits include a 22-9-2 record, a No. 12 national ranking and a second-place finish in both the ECAC Tournament and the regular season. The Crimson’s hopes of a repeat of last year’s ECAC title ended in overtime late Saturday night when Cornell forward Sam Paolini scored the game-winning goal off an odd-man rush toward the Harvard...