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With the Beanpot tossed aside for another two weeks like a bowl of Union three bean salad, there is ample time to look at the surprisingly unchaotic ECAC playoff race with only 18 days left in the regular season...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: ECAC Hockey Into the Homestretch: Harvard Saddles Up | 2/14/1978 | See Source »

...fall will play the Pittsburgh Steelers, No. 1 in the A.F.C. Central. Second-and third-place teams will, in like manner, play their division-standings counterparts in the other conference. The days of a patsy schedule for a strong team are over; a team will have to earn a playoff spot on the field, not in the scheduling chart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Letting Go | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

Maybe it's the non-academic, eat-sleep-and-think hockey atmosphere of the vacation jaunts. Maybe it's coming back to the pressure of Reading Period and even more pressuring fight for a playoff berth. Maybe it's that good mountain air. Maybe it's the fact that ther's nothing to do in Potsdam, New York so why not play hockey...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: A Funny Thing Happened...Out West | 1/6/1978 | See Source »

After last year's narrow loss of an ECAC playoff berth, the Watson rink faithful are more impressed with the rookies' performances. With Harvard headed for a playoff spot this year, all agree with Murray's thinking that "College hockey is more...

Author: By Theodore S. Chandler, | Title: Benson, Evans, McDonald and Murray: Another First-Year Phenomenon Hits the Ice | 1/5/1978 | See Source »

...drew angry words this fall but no violent resistance. Once citizens took to the streets to denounce court rulings. Now a Miami Dolphins fan took to the sky to protest the injudiciousness of a National Football League referee whose early whistle on a fumble cost the local heroes a playoff spot. NFL ... BAD CALL, the skywriter spelled out. It's a far cry from IMPEACH EARL WARREN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: New Year's Mellow Mood | 1/2/1978 | See Source »

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