Harvard will lose its game against UVM on Feb. 11, one of the few "easy" games left on its schedule. Dartmouth, Vermont's travel partner, had its schedule completely rearranged so it didn't have to play back-to-back games against a rested opponent.
Most likely, Brown will now face the disgrace of being the only team to miss the ECAC playoffs.
Mike Gilligan, Vermont's longtime coach, will probably be fired. The school will have to live with the ignominy of what ECAC Commissioner Paul Buttafuoco called, "unprecedented punishment"
As for Harvard's hard fall from first place? Well, when the team defense allows last season's ECAC Rookie of the Year, Brandon Dietrich of St. Lawrence to park himself in the slot, and nobody so much as breathes on him, then forget about first place.
But for the moment, I'll be thankful captain Trevor Allman has the basic decency to keep his hands out of freshman Brett Nowak's wallet--or worse.