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No. 9/9 Men’s Ice Hockey Takes on Ivy, ECAC Hockey Rivals Yale, Brown in Road Contests This Weekend

No. 9/9 Men's Ice Hockey Takes on Ivy, ECAC Hockey Rivals Yale, Brown in Road Contests This Weekend

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 9/9 Harvard (12-4-1, 10-2-0 ECACH) will take on longtime Ivy and ECAC Hockey rivals Yale (3-10-4, 2-8-2 ECAC Hockey) and Brown (7-10-2, 3-7-2 ECACH) in road contests this weekend. The Crimson is 6-0-0 in Ivy contests this season, having won its home set against Brown (W, 5-2), and Yale (W, 4-0) on Nov. 4-5. Harvard has won four of its last five games overall, and is coming off a weekend sweep of Clarkson (W, 4-1) and St. Lawrence (W, 5-0) last weekend at Bright-Landry Hockey Center. Junior forward Sean Farrell (three goals), first-year forward Joe Miller (three goals), and junior goaltender Derek Mullahy (2-0-0, 0.50 GAA, .980 Save %, 48 saves) all had standout weekends for the Crimson.  

WHAT TO KNOW

  • Yale is unbeaten in its last five contests (2-0-3), keyed by the play of sophomore goaltender Luke Pearson, who has a 1.25 GAA and .958 Save % in eight games. Senior Cole Donhauser has six points (four goals, two assists) in his last five games to lead Yale up front. Brown is also playing its best hockey of the season, winners of three in a row, and with a 6-4-1 mark in its last 11 games. Sophomore goaltender Mathieu Caron has been fantastic in net, starting all 19 games and posting a 2.25 GAA and .927 Save %. First-year forward Ryan Bottrill leads hte team in scoring with 14 points (6-8-14).
  • After this weekend, Harvard will have played 12 of its first 19 games on the road, including a stretch of eight straight road games in November and December, it’s longest stretch of true road games in program history. Harvard is 5-4-1 in road contests this season.
  • Harvard is a perfect 7-0-0 in games at Bright-Landry Hockey Center, averaging 5.0 goals/game, while allowing just 1.6 goals per contest. Harvard has outscored teams by a combined score of 35-11 at home.
  • Senior captain John Farinacci made his season debut for Harvard on Jan. 13 against Clarkson after missing the first half of the season due to injury. One of the team’s top returning scorers and a standout for Team USA’s gold medal winning squad at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Tournament, Farinacci recorded four assists last weekend in two wins for Harvard.
  • Sophomore forward Matthew Coronato and junior forwards Sean Farrell and Alex Laferriere are Harvard’s nominees for the Hobey Baker Award. Farrell leads Harvard in scoring with 25…

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