“We expect to win and anything short of going all the way would be disappointing,” Crowell said.
Cornell comes into the matchup more rested after dispatching Princeton with a two-game sweep, but Crowell said Harvard’s struggles last weekend fit in with the team’s narrative.
“We’ve been overcoming things in our locker room, numbers and all sorts of situations so it just plays into that,” Crowell said. “I don’t think it will be a factor on Saturday…. They’ll be ready to go .”
In fact, Crowell said the 12 periods of hockey Harvard played in three days could be a benefit.
“Those three games, I think they make us a better playoff team than others,” Crowell said. “We gained a ton of experience, a ton of confidence.”
Harvard fans certainly learned a lot about Brianna Laing.
—Staff writer Jacob D. H. Feldman can be reached at jacob.feldman@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twitter @jacobfeldman4.