ponents in regular season ECAC games is crowned the Ivy League ice hockey champion. The Ivy League schools require their teams to play seasons that are about three weeks shorter than those of the other schools in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> Thus, they enter the league schedule with fewer non-conference warm-up games. Harvard competes in the annual <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beanpot_(Ice_Hockey)" title="Beanpot (Ice Ho