Published by
David Mazza on January 28, 2012 at 10:12PM
Former Harvard hockey player Louis Leblanc was sent back down to the Montreal Canadiens' AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs, where he has continued his high level of play.
Former Harvard forward Louis Leblanc has now officially had his cup of coffee in the NHL, leaving a fairly strong impression with the Montreal Canadiens. In 14 games with the club, Leblanc registered five points (two goals, three assists), while also recording 16 shots, 17 hits, and playing an average of 9:45 per game. He scored his first goal on Dec. 15.
But on Jan. 4, Leblanc was sent back down to Montreal’s AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs. The decision to send him down was made even more difficult by Leblanc’s strong play in his first few games in the NHL, according to assistant coach Larry Carriere.
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Jeremy Lin '10 had his best game as a Knick yet on Jan. 24, scoring eight points while tallying four assists in just six minutes of play.
After his triple-double in his first game with the D-League Erie Bayhawks, Jeremy Lin '10 was once again recalled to the injury-plagued New York Knicks.
And unlike previous poor performances in a Knicks jersey, this time Lin made a stronger case for staying up in the NBA.
Although it came in the last six minutes of a Jan. 24 New York blowout of the Charlotte Bobcats, Lin registered eight points, doled out four assists, and grabbed two rebounds. He also blocked a shot by Charlotte center Bismack Biyombo, who has a five-inch height advantage on the Harvard grad.
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Senior defensive tackle Josue Ortiz had his best performance of 2011 against Penn, when his two sacks and a forced fumble lifted Harvard to an easy 37-20 win over the Quakers.
After dominating Ancient Eight football in 2011, senior defensive tackle Josue Ortiz continues to receive national attention, as the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year was recently selected to participate in the Players All-Star Classic on Feb. 4 in Little Rock, Ark. Add it to the list of accolades for the Harvard MVP and member of six national All-America teams.
The postseason game will serve as a means of exposure for NFL draft prospects. According to the All-Star Classic website, over 60 players who participated in a similar contest last season went on to careers in the NFL.
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2011 was a big year in Harvard athletics. Women’s soccer captured its third Ivy League championship in four years. The men’s basketball team took home a share of the Ancient Eight title and entered the nation’s Top 25, both firsts in program history. Football set a modern-era program record for points in a season, scoring 374 points en route to a 9-1 finish and a league crown. Four other teams—men’s fencing, men’s heavyweight and lightweight crew, and softball—also finished 2011 on top of the Ivy League standings.
There were a number of standout individual performances as well. Women’s fencer Alexandra Kiefer captured the NCAA Foil Individual title. Men’s basketball forward Keith Wright became just the second player in Harvard history to take home Ivy League Player of the Year honors. Women’s soccer and lacrosse captain Melanie Baskind was named to the First Team All-Ivy in two different sports and was selected as the Ivy League Player of the Year in soccer.
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