Women’s Ice Hockey To Play Union and Dartmouth This Week

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women’s ice hockey is set to play a split series this week, heading to Schenectady, N.Y. to battle the Union Garnet Chargers on Wednesday (Jan. 31) before returning to the Bright-Landry Hockey Center on Saturday (Feb. 3). The Crimson will complete its longest road stretch of the season against the Garnet Chargers before hosting the Big Green in its first home game since Jan. 16. 

The Crimson hope to correct a two-game losing skid when it takes on the ninth and tenth place Union and Dartmouth squads. Harvard and its two opponents are currently locked in a standings race. Each team is looking to pick up valuable points this week in an attempt to secure a home game in the first round of the ECAC playoffs. With two wins on the weekend Harvard could catapult itself into ninth place in the standings, putting it No in line for a home playoff game. 

Scouting The Competition

• The Garnet Chargers enter the contest in the midst of a five-game losing skid dating back to Jan. 6. Union was shut out on the road at Clarkson and St. Lawrence before losing a 2-4 matchup to Dartmouth and a 0-1 contest against RPI. Union took the first game of the series against Harvard this season, just its fourth win in the all-time series. 
• Dartmouth also got the best of the Crimson in its first matchup this year, defeating Harvard 4-2 in its season-opening contest. The Big Green is coming off a tough three-game stretch in which it dropped matchups to RPI, No. 6 Cornell and No. 4 Colgate on the road. Dartmouth was outscored 24-1 in those contests and now sits in 10th place in the ECAC standings with 10 points. 
• Both teams have had penalty issues, ranking in the top-20 in the nation in penalty minutes so far in the 2023-24 season. 

Bouncing Back

• The Crimson will look to rebound this weekend after a pair of losses to ranked ECAC foes last week. The Crimson have recorded all four of its wins while coming off a loss this season. The team will also play its first Wednesday game of the year against Union on Jan. 31 before it takes on Dartmouth on Saturday (Feb. 3), looking to snap its Saturday woes. 
• Harvard will look to correct an eight-game losing skid in Saturday contests when the Big Green comes to town on the 3rd. 

Undefeated at the Garden

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