March 3, 2008 - 1:00am
By Michael Mix
Undoubtedly, there would be tears shed on Saturday night at Lynah Rink, tears during Senior Night for the four elder statesmen of the men’s hockey team. As it turned out, though, those tears were stained a bittersweet Crimson, as Harvard beat Cornell, 3-1, meaning that the Red will not receive a first-round bye in the ECAC Hockey playoffs.
With the loss, Cornell dropped to No. 5 in the league, and the team will therefore host Dartmouth next weekend in a best-of-three first-round series at Lynah Rink. Harvard clinched the No. 3 seed in the tournament with the win, while Clarkson, Princeton and Union received the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 seeds, respectively.