Harvard Crimson 2013-2014

[driventoit]

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Final at Storrs: Harvard 2-1 over UConn. (Two Harvard late 3rd period goals in 20 seconds.)

 

[Skate79]

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Here's a new commitment from the East Coast Wizards program website with a name familiar to long time Harvard men's hockey fans:

Bradley Fusco ................... F ........................ BB&N/Wizards ..................... Winchester, MA

Father is Scott Fusco, former Harvard all-American, Hobey Baker winner, and US Olympian.

Well of course Bradley is coming to Harvard. You think she was headed for Cornell?? And by the way, I think she was named after another Harvard superstar, Lane MacDonald. Lane's middle name is Bradley.

Correction. I just remembered that Laney's first name is Bradley. He uses his middle name.

 

[Skate79]

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Final at Storrs: Harvard 2-1 over UConn. (Two Harvard late 3rd period goals in 20 seconds.)

I can't believe it took two third period goals to beat UConn. Cripes, what is up with Harvard these days? Their lack of a finishing touch is making these games way too close.

 

[Skate79]

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A lot. A current team of 18 loses 2 to graduation ( Parker, E. and McDonald); gains 3 from Sochi (Pucci, Picard and Fry), reclaims 3 from leaves (Harris, Tissenbaum and Armstrong); and welcomes 5---now 6!---freshmen. That's 28. Something's gotta give. (All this very unofficial, of course, based solely on what's available to the general public of forum haunters.) Will certainly add some interesting twists to the perennial short-bench complaints.

Correction: I see that Bradley Fusco is 2015-16, so we're back down to a manageable 27.

I don't see Harris or Tissenbaum playing next year. Club team at best. As for the rest, well, it's a nice problem to have and hopefully Katey will see the light and start playing her bench consistently. If she does, we have a real shot at a national championship.

 

[Watson Rink]

Mystery Goals

Mystery Goals

I can't believe it took two third period goals to beat UConn. Cripes, what is up with Harvard these days? Their lack of a finishing touch is making these games way too close.

Wish I could tell you how the two lightning strikes got struck, but watching the video feed from Storrs was as murky an experience as trying to follow the three-overtime football game in the gloom of New Haven several years ago. Both goals were apparently scored off rushes, with a gaggle of anonymous Crimson skaters entering the zone with speed; a cloud of dust, the speed of light and a hearty cry of "heyho Silver, away" and the red light went on. No replay, no close ups, no audio, no announcements, no commentators, no nuthin'. The Crimson sports department must have had only the same feed available to them, as they had no description of Edney's goal and could only say that EParker tipped in a shot of some sort from somewhere by MParker.

But boy, that red light was exciting; just wish the video feed had shown some more of the game.

Seriously, it made me stop grousing about ivyleaguedigitalvideothelongestwebsitenameyou'veevertyped.com having fewer cameras covering women's hockey than Harvard's standalone coverage employed last year (they must have moved those extra cameras over to Lavietes Pavilion for their excellent basketball coverage); they still do an acceptable job of covering women's hockey. I mean, they even go to the trouble of hiring announcers and showing how much time is left in the game!

 

[driventoit]

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Wish I could tell you how the two lightning strikes got struck, but watching the video feed from Storrs was as murky an experience as trying to follow the three-overtime football game in the gloom of New Haven several years ago. Both goals were apparently scored off rushes, with a gaggle of anonymous Crimson skaters entering the zone with speed; a cloud of dust, the speed of light and a hearty cry of "heyho Silver, away" and the red light went on. No replay, no close ups, no audio, no announcements, no commentators, no nuthin'. The Crimson sports department must have had only the same feed available to them, as they had no description of Edney's goal and could only say that EParker tipped in a shot of some sort from somewhere by MParker.

But boy, that red light was exciting; just wish the video feed had shown some more of the game.

Seriously, it made me stop grousing about ivyleaguedigitalvideothelongestwebsitenameyou'veevertyped.com having fewer cameras covering women's hockey than Harvard's standalone coverage employed last year (they must have moved those extra cameras over to Lavietes Pavilion for their excellent basketball coverage); they still do an acceptable job of covering women's hockey. I mean, they even go to the trouble of hiring announcers and showing how much time is left in the game!

Perfect description of what it was like to watch that awful feed from UConn/CBS, including eventual red light euphoria, given the circumstances. It's almost as if the lightning strike goals were the team's way of saying that they had had enough of the gloomy affair too. (The one thing the camera did manage to catch were signs of an attendance figure that must have approached zero.)

 

[Watson Rink]

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And to think I signed up for the UConn feed partly to also see the men's BB game tonight! Good thing it's on a professional television channel (ESPNU) instead!

 

[DC78-82]

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And to think I signed up for the UConn feed partly to also see the men's BB game tonight! Good thing it's on a professional television channel (ESPNU) instead!

Nest time ask around for feedback on the feeds before signing up!

 

[TonyTheTiger20]

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...the three-overtime football game in the gloom of New Haven several years ago...

Totally off topic... but are you referring to The Game where Harvard came back from 17 points down to win?

I was at that game supporting the Elis... That day was not fun.

 

[D2D]

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Totally off topic... but are you referring to The Game where Harvard came back from 17 points down to win?

I was at that game supporting the Elis... That day was not fun.

You're way too young to have attended The (REAL) Game when Harvard came back from being down 13-29 with less than a minute to go, and tied Yale 29-29. I was there and have the Blu-ray movie, which I recommend (Harvard Beats Yale 29-29). You can view it for free here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/189206

 

[OnMAA]

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(Harvard Beats Yale 29-29).

How does that work ? Did they have a shoot-out.

You can view it for free here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/189206

Not exactly. Got the message: "This Video can only be viewed from the United States".

 

[OnMAA]

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How does that work ? Did they have a shoot-out.



Not exactly. Got the message: "This Video can only be viewed from the United States".

I did find this clip of the real game on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sveyK5xFHzU

 

[D2D]

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Not exactly. Got the message: "This Video can only be viewed from the United States".

Do they have Netflix up there? Well worth whatever modest cost they would impose.

 

[Watson Rink]

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Is that the video that has interviews with Tommy Lee Jones (who was an offensive lineman in that game)?

 

[D2D]

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Is that the video that has interviews with Tommy Lee Jones (who was an offensive lineman in that game)?

Yes, he is prominently featured and is one of the main players interviewed. Also mentioned and discussed at least briefly are George Bush, Al Gore and Meryl Streep.

 

[Watson Rink]

The Gloom Bowl, circa 2005

The Gloom Bowl, circa 2005

The Game I was referring to was the Game around 2005 that ended in a tie at 60 minutes. As dusk became ever duskier, the zebras spent some time deciding which end of the Bowl was less opaque. They then embarked on one of those both-teams-start-ten-yards-beyond-the-red-zone tiebreakers, and the next five sequences epitomized Ivy League football:

fumble
interception
fumble
interception
blocked field goal

until Harvard finally ended it by scoring a rouge or something.

It was the most ignominious ending to a H-Y Game since 1970, when H QB "Endzone Eric" Crone, leading by more than 3 but fewer than 7 points, decided to run out the clock by drifting back 30 yards into his own end zone. He stood waiting for time to expire, eschewing a quick safety that would have resulted in a dangerous kickoff back to Y from the H 20, oblivious to the consideration that had a Yalie jarred the ball loose and recovered, Crone's brainstorm would have ended in a Y touchdown and a Y victory.

John Updike wrote a story imagining that Crone had indeed fumbled. But the loose ball was scooped up by a teenager wearing a "Watertown Blue Bunnies" letter sweater, who decamped for points west. An enterprising Yalie, realizing that the ball could not yet be blown dead, pursued the teenager up Mt. Auburn Street, recovered the ball, returned to the stadium in the gloom of evening, and downed the ball in the end zone...only to realize he had downed it in the Yale endzone, giving H two more points.

 

[D2D]

Re: The Gloom Bowl, circa 2005

Re: The Gloom Bowl, circa 2005

The Game I was referring to was the Game around 2005 that ended in a tie at 60 minutes. As dusk became ever duskier, the zebras spent some time deciding which end of the Bowl was less opaque. They then embarked on one of those both-teams-start-ten-yards-beyond-the-red-zone tiebreakers, and the next five sequences epitomized Ivy League football:

fumble
interception
fumble
interception
blocked field goal

until Harvard finally ended it by scoring a rouge or something.

It was the most ignominious ending to a H-Y Game since 1970, when H QB "Endzone Eric" Crone, leading by more than 3 but fewer than 7 points, decided to run out the clock by drifting back 30 yards into his own end zone. He stood waiting for time to expire, eschewing a quick safety that would have resulted in a dangerous kickoff back to Y from the H 20, oblivious to the consideration that had a Yalie jarred the ball loose and recovered, Crone's brainstorm would have ended in a Y touchdown and a Y victory.

John Updike wrote a story imagining that Crone had indeed fumbled. But the loose ball was scooped up by a teenager wearing a "Watertown Blue Bunnies" letter sweater, who decamped for points west. An enterprising Yalie, realizing that the ball could not yet be blown dead, pursued the teenager up Mt. Auburn Street, recovered the ball, returned to the stadium in the gloom of evening, and downed the ball in the end zone...only to realize he had downed it in the Yale endzone, giving H two more points.

Haha you can't make this stuff up...or can you?

 

[Watson Rink]

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Updike did make some of it up, but the rest actually happened.

 

[alslammerz]

Re: The Gloom Bowl, circa 2005

Re: The Gloom Bowl, circa 2005

The Game I was referring to was the Game around 2005 that ended in a tie at 60 minutes. As dusk became ever duskier, the zebras spent some time deciding which end of the Bowl was less opaque. They then embarked on one of those both-teams-start-ten-yards-beyond-the-red-zone tiebreakers, and the next five sequences epitomized Ivy League football:

fumble
interception
fumble
interception
blocked field goal

until Harvard finally ended it by scoring a rouge or something.

I remember watching that game on the YES Network. I had decided to tune in because two weeks before I had gone up to see Yale/Brown and was amused by how the Yale band turned on the coach once Brown steamrolled Yale to clinch the Ivy title. I'm sure the band was thrilled after that one too.

 

[OnMAA]

Re: The Gloom Bowl, circa 2005

Re: The Gloom Bowl, circa 2005

The Game I was referring to was the Game around 2005 that ended in a tie at 60 minutes. As dusk became ever duskier, the zebras spent some time deciding which end of the Bowl was less opaque. They then embarked on one of those both-teams-start-ten-yards-beyond-the-red-zone tiebreakers, and the next five sequences epitomized Ivy League football:

fumble
interception
fumble
interception
blocked field goal

until Harvard finally ended it by scoring a rouge or something.

It was the most ignominious ending to a H-Y Game since 1970, when H QB "Endzone Eric" Crone, leading by more than 3 but fewer than 7 points, decided to run out the clock by drifting back 30 yards into his own end zone. He stood waiting for time to expire, eschewing a quick safety that would have resulted in a dangerous kickoff back to Y from the H 20, oblivious to the consideration that had a Yalie jarred the ball loose and recovered, Crone's brainstorm would have ended in a Y touchdown and a Y victory.

John Updike wrote a story imagining that Crone had indeed fumbled. But the loose ball was scooped up by a teenager wearing a "Watertown Blue Bunnies" letter sweater, who decamped for points west. An enterprising Yalie, realizing that the ball could not yet be blown dead, pursued the teenager up Mt. Auburn Street, recovered the ball, returned to the stadium in the gloom of evening, and downed the ball in the end zone...only to realize he had downed it in the Yale endzone, giving H two more points.

Ivy-Worthy story telling.....Classic.

"John Updike"....Given my nationality, had a good chuckle at that one.