The Roadrunners have three regular season games remaining and should qualify for the Calder Cup playoffs, which last about two months. Smith will remain enrolled in the University and plans to graduate in the spring.
“So far, my teachers have been accommodating and I will stay [with Toronto] as long as I can,” Smith said. “I won’t let my grades or graduation come into jeopardy.”
Smith had four goals, seven assists and a minus-1 rating in 34 games this season, but had one of the team’s highest plus-minus ratings (plus-6) after exams. He posted an 11-30—41 line in 121 career games.
BRIEFLY
The loss was Harvard’s first in eight games. Entering the contest, the Crimson shared the nation’s longest winning streak with Maine at seven. The Black Bears extended theirs to nine with an overtime win against Wisconsin the following evening...Dylan Reese’s goal was his first collegiate tally.
—Staff writer Jon Paul Morosi contributed to the reporting of the story.
—Staff writer Timothy J. McGinn can be reached at mcginn@fas.harvard.edu.