“To be honest, I didn’t have a clue I was on the All-Ivy team until you just told me,” Grumet-Morris said. “I can’t really lie and tell you that I’ve been thinking about it and am so excited to get it. Obviously I’m honored, but it’s not where my mind is now.”

With the playoffs just starting, Grumet-Morris said that the awards come at a difficult time in the year.

“It’s tough to think about individual awards when we’re about to start the playoffs,” Grumet-Morris said. “The playoffs are such a team competition.”

Cat Calls

The No. 2 seed Crimson will face the No. 10 seed Vermont Catamounts in the ECAC quarterfinals.

The Catamounts (13-18-3, 8-14-0) swept Clarkson (12-20-3, 9-10-3), the No. 7 seed, with 3-2 and 6-1 victories this past weekend in Potsdam, N.Y.

It was the second time in three years that Vermont has upset the Golden Knights in the playoffs. As the No. 10 seed two years ago, the Catamounts defeated then-top-seeded Clarkson in one of the biggest upsets in ECAC playoff history.

Harvard may have caught a break by avoiding the Golden Knights. The Crimson skated to a 3-3 tie with Clarkson on the final weekend of the regular season, and Harvard narrowly squeaked out a 2-1 victory on the road Nov. 11.

The Crimson swept the season series against Vermont with 5-2 and 4-2 victories.

In the other three first round series, RPI upset Union, Colgate held off St. Lawrence and Brown swept Princeton.

Top-seeded Cornell will face RPI, Dartmouth hosts Colgate and Brown travels to Yale for what promises to be a close quarterfinal match-up.

If the Season Ended Today...

Harvard would face No. 8 Boston University (23-12-3, 13-10-1 HE) at the NCAA Northeast Regional in Worcester, Mass.

Although the Crimson did not touch the ice this past weekend, Harvard’s chances of an at-large bid improved dramatically.

The Crimson jumped over No. 14 Denver and unranked Providence into the 14th spot in the USCHO pairwise rankings (PWR).