Mike Machnik writes:
>Harvard's Bright Center tries to pack too many people into a small place.
>If you don't mind holding your breath for 2.5 hours, it's not a bad place
>to see a game.  Not to mention those long lines to the rink's ONE bathroom.
 
I feel obligated to come to Harvard's defense here, and point out that in fact
Bright generously offers a choice of two bathrooms for each sex. Wherever you
thought the one bathroom was, there's another diagonally opposite from it.
But admittedly there are lines, the place does get rather intimate,
and the food is almost unbelievably bad (although luckily they let you
import your own).  One feature I like about Bright is that you can walk
totally around the rink behind the seats. This makes for a nice between
periods stroll. In fact with the crowds, this often takes most of the break to
complete. Unfortunately this stroll is not as healthful as it might be, since
one corner always features a large contingent of older fans wearing
tasteless furs and smoking heavily.
 
 -- Tom
 
Obligatory hockey content: I think ranking Harvard in the top 20, as that one
  poll did, is rather optimistic. True, they should have solid goaltending and
  defense. But the Crimson look to suffer from an acute case of Bruinitis,
  meaning that none of their returning players have shown any consistent ability
 
  to put the puck in the net. Early indications would have to be for Clarkson
  and St. Lawrence to dominate the ECAC (unless Eric Lindros decides to
  go to college instead of the juniors :-)).  And Brown should have a
  legitimate shot at defending its all-important Ivy league title.