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Dartmouth, Dartmouth, You Suck: Final Thoughts on Women's Hockey

Ferguson and Sekela will both be back next year, as well as the vast majority of the Harvard and Dartmouth players. In Saturday's game, the worst punishment of any Big Green player occurred when freshman Carly Haggard was cross-checked into the Harvard net soon after the game's first goal. Dartmouth should deservedly be in for much worse when the two teams meet for the first time next season.

Lying with Statistics

The pervasive theory around Harvard seems to be that the Crimson didn't make the four-team cut for the AWCHA tournament mainly because of the selection committee's desire to set up an East-West championship game.

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"How could Minnesota, a team ranked behind us all year, suddenly jump ahead of us and into the tournament?" junior Tammy Shewchuk said.

According to an AWCHA press release, selection "is based on a criteria that includes record, strength-of-schedule, and head-to-head competition."

Harvard is certain that, if the AWCHA were honest, it would have included geography on that list.

But at least one Western team believes that the selection committee made its decision objectively

"I think they were as objective as possible," Minnesota Coach Laura Halldorson said. "They were going to upset somebody no matter whom they picked."

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