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A familiar face...er...mask is featured in the sidebar "Player to watch" on the current college hockey notebook at espn.com.
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As seems typical in all journalism, not just sports, Harvard worked its way into an article that it had nothing to do with. If ESPN.com felt the need to say that Harvard is in first place and Cornell is in second, they should have added that Cornell was four points behind having played four fewer games (at the time). With any luck we move into a first place tie tonight and take over sole possession next Thursday.

Yeah Bill, that pissed me off too. Doesn't anyone who knows anything about college hockey really believe that Harvard is "ahead" of Cornell in the standings?

I don't know why I let these things get to me. In 2001, during the campaign for Mayor of New York City, they made a point of saying that Bloomberg and Green were both graduates of Harvard. It wasn't until after the election that I learned that Mark Green got his undergraduate degree from Cornell and a graduate degree (or Law, I really don't remember) from Harvard.

But you're right, there is no excuse to point out Harvard is in first place. Take a look at the national rankings. The thing was probably written by an intern who wishes he/she had been assigned to NCAA hoops.

I remember now why I'm so bitter about Harvard. No, it's not that I didn't get in. I didn't apply. It's because a Cornell friend transferred there and would call me drunk at 3 AM on Monday's (and Tuesdays, Wedn. . .you get the point) and graduated with honors. Of course, 91% of Harvard graduates "earn" honors. Meanwhile, at 3 AM I was either sleeping (prior to an 8 AM p-chem lab) or was wide awake in the basement of Olin Hall.

I hate how Hahvahd always plays more games than anyone else at the beginning (well, except for Brown I guess ). I understand the need for Beanpot relief, and that it's a necessary evil, but it means they're always at the top of the standings in November, December, January, unless they're having a really crappy year. Even mediocre years toss them to the top for no good reason. I say we petition USCHO for win % standings again.

Huh, and here I thought it was SI that had a jinx, but ESPN.com writes about OSU (who are "primed for postseason run", and the very same weekend they go and drop two games (and score only one goal) to middle-of-the-CCHA-pack UNO.

Awww, you mean throwing millions of dollars at the hockey program and building a huge new arena WASN'T the answer to all their problems?

Harvard plays all those early games because they don't have finals till now. It has nothing to do with the Beanpot, by the way I received the book on the Beanpot for Christmas and it's a good one. They play in December while we study, and we play now while they study.

Jim Hyla '67 wrote:

...and we play now while they study.

Why do they bother? Aren't all A's the same?

You wouldn't want to be part of the 9% that doesn't "earn" honors, would you?

I retract my statement. After looking at the Princeton schedule (affected by the same finals, but not by the Beanpot), they had played 10 ECAC gameswhen Harvard had played 11, and everyone else (exluding travel partners) had played 6 or 7. So the Beanpot is probably the cause of the 1 difference, but not the majority effect.

You got it.