CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Following a 27-day layoff for finals and the holidays, No. 10/10 Harvard (9-3-0, 6-3-0 ECAC Hockey) is back in action this Friday (Dec. 31) and Saturday (Jan. 1) when the team plays host to No. 8/7 Minnesota Duluth (9-7-0, 8-6-0 WCHA).  Both games will start at 2 p.m. from Bright-Landry Hockey Center. 
 
Per Harvard Athletics new indoor spectator policy for the January term, the contests will be closed to the general public, but can be seen live on ESPN+ and internationally on Stretch Internet. Friday's game can also be streamed in Canada via TSN.ca/TSN App. 
 
Harvard enters the weekend on a season-high, four-game winning streak. The team's latest victory came back on Dec. 4 when the Crimson topped Rensselaer, 4-3, on a game-winning goal from Kyra Willoughby in overtime.
 
Minnesota Duluth comes to Cambridge having gone 7-3 in its last 10 games. The Bulldogs were last on the ice Dec. 11 whey they fell to Minnesota, 2-1. 
 
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What to Know

• Friday and Saturday will mark Harvard's fifth and six games this season against ranked opponents. The Crimson are 2-2 in these contests thus far, beating No. 9/9 Cornell and No. 7/7 Boston College, while falling to No. 5/4 Colgate and No. 10 Clarkson. 
• Harvard is 3-0-0 in non-conference action on the year with wins over Saint Anselm, Boston College and New Hampshire. 
• Kristin Della Rovere carries a career-high, nine-game point streak into the weekend. Rovere will look to become the first Harvard skater to achieve a 10-game point streak since Miye D'Oench had points in 11 straight in 2014. 
• Seniors Becca Gilmore and Keely Moy are each averaging a team-best 0.67 goals per game this season, tying them for the seventh highest mark in the country. Harvard joins Wisconsin as the only two schools with multiple players inside the top-10 in goals per game. 
• Harvard leads all of Division I with a team faceoff win percentage of .620 on the year. Della Rovere paces the team with 128 wins at the faceoff dot, while Dominique Petrie is second with 99 draws won. 
• The Crimson will look to slow down a potent Bulldogs attack led by senior Gabbie Hughes. Hughes is averaging 1.81 points per game this year, the top mark of any player in NCAA Division I Women's Hockey.  
• Harvard trails the all-time series against Minnesota Duluth 5-12-1. However, the teams have split the last six contests, 3-3, dating back to the 2006-07 season. 

 
At the Helm: 
Katey Stone, The Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Ice Hockey, is in her 27th year at the helm of the women's hockey program. Prior to the 2021-22 season, Stone compiled a 494-253-54 record. During Summer 2021, Stone was named the recipient of USA Hockey's Distinguished Achievement Award, recognizing a U.S. citizen who has made hockey his or her profession, and has made outstanding contributions, on or off the ice, to the sport in America. No stranger to trailblazing in the sport, Stone was the first woman to be recognized for the award. Through her tenure at Harvard, Stone has coached six Patty Kazmaier Award winners, 24 All America selections, 13 Olympians and 11 NWHL/CWHL Draft picks. Her teams have won 11 Beanpot championships, seven ECAC Tournament titles and have advanced to the NCAA Tournament 11 times.
 
Up Next: 
Harvard continues conference play next weekend when it visits Colgate (Jan. 7) and Cornell (Jan. 8) for two key ECAC Hockey matchups. Puck drops are at 6 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.