http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=511379 Last time Harvard met Cornell—in Cambridge, on Nov. 11—the Big Red staged a devastating third-period comeback. ... this weekend's contests will not take place on the friendly ice of Harvard's Bright Hockey Center. Instead, the Crimson traveled 300 miles west yesterday [Thursday 2/16] to Colgate's unwelcoming Starr Rink, and tomorrow night it will enter Cornell's infamously hostile Lynah Rink, which has boasted 77 consecutive sellouts. The fact that the game coincides with the Big Red's senior night celebration will only further electrify the crowd.
The game will be nationally broadcast by CSTV, but it remains to be seen whether the traditional fish toss at Harvard—for which fans are subject to ejection and Cornell possibly penalized—can be curbed.
Laughed Donato, "I don't think there are any good scenarios when you go to Cornell."
And Donato admitted to a rivalry:
[Q]"You've got the top four teams playing head-to-head," Donato said, adding, "rivalry games are never void of energy or passion."[/Q]
Welcome to the club.