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Harvard finished sixth in the ECAC on the power play and fourth in the penalty kill in 2001-02. The Crimson will make a conscious effort to improve in both categories, especially on the penalty kill, which came as a bit of a disappointment last year after producing an abundance of shorthanded goals two seasons...
...ECAC has cemented its reputation as an extremely balanced league. Last year provided a perfect illustration—after playing out a 22-game schedule, third through eighth place in the standings were separated by just one point...
...It’s just such a crapshoot as to who’s in the middle of the ECAC,” said Yale coach Tim Taylor ’63. “You never know who’s going to finish ahead of whom. Last year, obviously, it was about as tight as it could get, and I don’t see it shaking out any more this year...
Cornell and Harvard were arguably the league’s most talented teams last year, and both return virtually all of their key players this season. They were the clear selections to finish first and second, respectively, in the ECAC preseason polls...
...think the league is going to get away from that parity,” said Cornell coach Mike Schafer, whose team made a convincing run at the ECAC regular season title last year. “Teams have to separate themselves from the pack in order to be successful. They’re going to emerge and split the pack...