The Storyline
Following a 1-1-0 weekend at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center, the Harvard men's hockey team (11-3-2, 7-2-2 ECAC) held steady in this week's USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls at fourth. The Crimson will carry that top-five national ranking out on the road this weekend, visiting Ivy League rival Cornell (7-8-2, 5-5-0 ECAC) on Friday at Lynah Rink and then stopping by Starr Rink for a Saturday tilt at No. 15/13 Colgate (14-7-1, 6-3-1 ECAC).

Inside the Glass
• Harvard enters the weekend with four players ranking among the top-10 in the ECAC in points. Jimmy Vesey (17, 2nd), Kyle Criscuolo (13, 5th), Patrick McNally(12, T6th) and Tyler Moy (10, T10th) have combined for 52 points in 11 games. The Crimson are bested only by Union's quartet of Ciampini, Novak, Vecchione and Taylor, who have 57 combined points in 12 games.

• The Crimson's top line of Moy, Criscuolo and Vesey are each riding point streaks of at least five games. Vesey, the nation's only player with a point in each of his team's game, extended his streak to 16 games with three points (2G, 1A) in last Friday's win over Clarkson and Harvard's lone goal against St. Lawrence the following evening. Moy has excelled since moving into the top line center role, recording a point in the last seven games, the longest such mark of his career. Criscuolo has found a spot in the box score in 15 of Harvard's 16 games this season, including the most recent five.

• Saturday's matchup versus the Raiders will be the seventh this season against a ranked opponent. Harvard has a 4-1-1 record against ranked foes, with victories over then-No. 8/8 Boston College, No. 1/1Boston University, No. 4/4 UMass Lowell and No. 15/15 Quinnipiac.

Setting New Standards
Through just 16 games this season, six Crimson student-athletes have matched or eclipsed their previous season-high point totals. Jimmy Vesey, Harvard's leading point-scorer last year with 22, already has 25 in 2014-15. Kyle Criscuolo has matched his career-best with 21, while Tyler Moy's 15 points bested his previous high by five. Alexander Kerfoot also has 15 points, beating his rookie total by one, while Clay Anderson's four points matches his best mark and Brayden Jaw's three points is more than his freshman and sophomore seasons combined.

Seven in a Row
Harvard's seven-game win streak from November 18 to December 30 was the longest such streak since the Crimson knocked off seven straight opponents at the end of the 2003-04 season. 

Second-year Standouts
Sophomores Alexander Kerfoot, Tyler Moy and Luke Esposito each have double-digit point totals this season. Kerfoot and Moy are tied for fourth on the team with 15 points, while Esposito has 11. Moy has excelled on special teams, scoring three times on the power play and once short-handed.

Rookie Success
Freshmen Jake Horton and Seb Lloyd continue to grow into prominent roles in the Crimson lineup. Horton, from Lake Elmo, Minnesota, is tied for eighth in freshmen scoring in the ECAC with four points, with Lloyd is tied for 15th with three points. In total, freshmen have 13 points for Harvard.

Filling the Box Score
The Crimson has had three players record at least two points in a single game seven times this season. Harvard has seen three players post multi-point nights against Rensselaer twice (11/7, 12/30), BC (11/11), Brown (11/14), BU (11/25), Quinnipiac (12/6) and most recently against Clarkson (1/16) when Jimmy Vesey had three points, while Tyler Moy, Brayden Jaw and Kyle Criscuolo each had two.

Last season the Crimson accomplished that feat four times. It's highest number of multi-point scorers came in a 7-4 win over Boston University on Jan. 4, 2014 when five players had two points.

Scoring Breakdown
In 11 ECAC contests this season, the Crimson has scored the most goals, 40, and has allowed the sixth fewest, 24. Harvard's attack has been balanced throughout games, as it is one of only two teams (St. Lawrence) with at least 10 goals in each period, netting 11 in the first period, 15 in the second and 14 in the third of conference games. 

Special Teams Shine
With Jimmy Vesey's power play goal against St. Lawrence on Saturday, Jan. 17, the Crimson now has 10 man-advantage strikes in ECAC games, ranking second in the league. Overall, Harvard has a 24.6 percent (15-of-61) conversion rate ranking it fourth in the nation. 
Harvard also ranks in the top half of the ECAC (fifth) with a penalty kill converting at an 86.8 percent rate. 

Familiar Name
If you scan the first 16 box scores of the season for the Crimson, one name comes up each time. Junior forward Jimmy Vesey has a point in all 16 games, and is the only player in the nation with a point in each of his team's games. At 1.56 points per game, the Nashville Predators prospect ranks second in the nation, while his 0.88 goals per game is tops.

Previous Meeting vs. Cornell
In last season's regular season finale at Lynah Rink, the Crimson jumped out to a 2-0 lead on the Big Red with power play goals from Sean Malone and Alexander Kerfoot, but Cornell answered with the next three tallies, including the game-winner with 36 seconds remaining in overtime.

Series History: Cornell
The Crimson vs. Big Red Series dates back to 1910, with Harvard coming away victorious in 15 of the first 17 meetings. Cornell has rallied from that early deficit over the years, and with two victories last season has a 73-61-9 advantage in the all-time series. Harvard's last win in the series came on Nov. 16, 2012, a 4-1 triumph in Ithaca.

Scouting the Big Red
The Cornell offense has been lackluster through the first half of the season, as no skater has reached double-digit points. Senior forward Cole Bardreau has a team-leading nine points and eight assists, while the trio of Christian Hilbrich, Joel Lowry and Jake Weidner each have eight points.

Goaltending has excelled for Cornell, as both Mitch Gillam and Hayden Stewart are giving up less than 1.50 goals per game. Gilliam has 12 starts on the season and a 5-5-2 overall record, bolstered by a .948 save percentage. Stewart has a .952 save mark, but is 2-3-0 in five starts.

About Cornell
Games featuring the Big Red have been defensive battles. The Big Red has the lowest team goals-against average at 1.45, while only scoring 30 goals of its own this season. At 5-5-0 in ECAC play, the Big Red enter the weekend in eighth place in the conference standings. 

Previous Meeting vs. Colgate
Harvard and Colgate met on the final weekend of the regular season last year, with the Crimson edging the Raiders, 2-1, in Hamilton, New York. After Colgate scored the game's first goal, Danny Fick scored the equalizer late in the first period. Phil Zielonka potted the game-winner at 6:28 of the third period for Harvard.

Series History: Colgate
Harvard boasts a 48-23-7 advantage in the all-time series against the Raiders. The first meeting was a 4-1 victory on Jan. 7, 1961, with Harvard also winning the next four games. Over the last two years, the Crimson and Raiders have split the season-series.

Scouting the Raiders
Tyson Spink and Kyle Baun have each reached the 20-point plateau for Colgate this season. Spink has an equal 10 goals and 10 assists, while Baun has scored nine times and assisted on 11 tallies. Darcy Murphy and Spiro Goulakos are tied with Baun for the team-lead with 11 helpers. 

Charlie Finn has started all but one game in goal for the Raiders, stopping 512 shots, the third-most in the ECAC. His 14 wins is tied for most in the league with Quinnipiac's Michael Garteig. He enters the weekend with a .926 save percentage and 1.98 GAA.

About Colgate
Colgate, despite having the second-most overall wins (14), stands tied for fifth in the ECAC standings with 13 points on a 6-3-1 record. The Raiders and Yale sit one point behind St. Lawrence and Renssealer in the standings.