Playoffs Kick Off Against Tigers
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The following article appeared in the February 26 issue of the Harvard Crimson.
By Stephanie E. Herwatt
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A season is at stake this weekend as the Harvard women’s
hockey team heads into the opening round of ECAC playoffs as the
third seed. The No. 4 Crimson (18-6-5, 12-6-2 ECAC) will host
sixth-seeded Princeton (13-12-4, 11-7-4) in a best-of-three
quarterfinal series at Bright Hockey Center, playing its first
match tonight at 7 p.m. on coveted home ice.
Harvard has finished up a strong regular season and is coming off
a 2-1 win over St. Lawrence and a 3-3 tie with Clarkson last
weekend to clinch its seed in the playoffs. The Crimson is
respected as a force to be reckoned with, ranking second in the
ECAC with 3.14 goals per game and lighting the lamp 69 times in 22
conference contests. The squad also ranks third in the country in
scoring defense with 1.48 goals permitted per game and sixth in the
nation on the penalty kill (104 of 116, .897.)
Knowing this, Harvard is going into its opening series against the
Tigers with momentum.
Complete article can be accessed via the Crimson Web site by clicking here.
