Harvard’s Hockey Title Is a Dear but Somewhat Faded Memory

Source: New York Times Posted By: Jadwiga D...3897 days ago

BOSTON — Over two decades ago, the former Harvard hockey coach Bill Cleary made a statement to the freshman center Allen Bourbeau that at the time seemed plausible. In recent years, however, it would border on the absurd.

“When I first went to Harvard,” Bourbeau recalled from his home in Florida, “Coach Cleary told me, ‘We’re going to win a national championship together.’ ”

The words Harvard and national championship generally make for an odd coupling in major men’s sports. But on April 1,....

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