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No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I was stuck in Rochester,
NY during the big ice storm. It was nasty.
I have some things to add to what Bill Fenwick said in his prediction
about the Clarkson-Harvard game.
-The main thing Bill neglected to say was regarding the size of the
ice surface at Boston Garden. The ice surface there is noticably
smaller than that at Harvard. It is more in the line with that at
Walker Arena. With Clarkson's 14-0-1 record at home, this should
give an advantage to Clarkson. It is much more difficult for a team
to go to a smaller surface than to a larger one.
-The result of the Clarkson game at Harvard was not an easy win for
the Crimson. Harvard would score and then Clarkson would tie it up.
Most of the goals came on pps. Clarkson had scored a goal to tie
the game at 4-4 but had a penalty assessed against them for too many
men on the ice. So Clarkson had to pull their goalie and gave up an
empty net goal to finish it at 5-3. So Clarkson was able to skate
with Harvard and lost through their own mistakes.
-Clarkson and Harvard have met in the semi-finals three times since
1985. In 1985, the #3 ranked Crimson beat #2 Clarkson 2-1 on a goal by
Scot Fusco @ 19:09 in the final period. In 1986 and 1988, the #4
ranked Clarkson beat top ranked Harvard 4-2 and 6-4 respectively.
So Clarkson does have a precedent for beating Harvard in Boston
Garden.
-I also think that Clarkson has a very large motivational fact since
they haven't won a title in 25 years. Hopefully they'll be the
hungriestof the four, knowing that they can really do it this year.
Some other rambling notes.
-I believe that BC and UMO both deserve first round bids. They both
did better against the top teams in the nation than the other
candidates. I think that Clarkson will get the third East seed and
BU the fourth. Clarkson did beat BU at BU. Cornell has to hope
that either themselves or Clarkson wins the ECAC title. If neither
team does, I think that Clarkson will go to the NCAAs and Cornell
will lose out. Looking at their non-league records, Harvard and SLU
are not very deserving.
-About the '85 RPI team: I was at the game they played at Clarkson.
The game resulted in one of their two losses. It menat a lot since
it was late in the season. It was a wild game. The arena went
crazy when RPI got called for a penalty with a minute left in the
game and Clarkson ahead. It was one of the best games I've seen.
Mike Zak
Clarkson '87, '90,... (Fall '91, or else.)
Saddam is a Cantab! (I hope that that's the correct 'other' Harvard
nick-name.)
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