CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Men's hockey remains at home for the second half of its four-game slate at Bright-Landry with a pair of conference matchups against Cornell and Colgate. In one of the biggest games of the year at Bright, Harvard welcomes its Ivy rival on Friday after taking the last seven games over the Big Red. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+ with action slated to begin at 7:00 p.m. 

WHAT TO KNOW 

LAST TIME OUT 

• Harvard took home four of a possible six points last weekend after a Friday night win over RPI and an overtime loss to Union in the second game of the back-to-back. In its return to conference play, Harvard earned some much-needed points in the ECAC standings as it sits only five points out of third place. 
• The Crimson scored a total of 10 goals over the two games last weekend – its highest over any two-game stretch all season after a season-high six goals on Friday night. 
• Ryan Healey and Joe Miller stayed hot as the pair added another seven points combined. 
• Harvard battled back on Saturday after falling into a 2-0 hole in the first period to earn a point in an overtime loss.  Riding a three-goal third period started by Casey Severo, the Crimson led 4-3 late in the game. 

 SCOUTING THE COMPETITION 

• Harvard closes out the season series with Colgate and Cornell this weekend after already visiting the pair on the road earlier in the season. Earning four of six points on that trip, Harvard fell to Colgate in the shootout in the opening game while defeating the nationally ranked Big Red on Saturday for the first win of the season. Ben MacDonald, Joe Miller, and Alex Gaffney scored for the Crimson in the win over its Ivy rival. 
• This time around, Cornell checks in at No. 13 and will be the first ranked opponent to play at Bright since Boston College over Thanksgiving weekend. The Crimson has won seven consecutive games over Cornell dating back to December of 2019.
• Winners of four straight, the Big Red began the second half of the year with five of its first six games coming against nationally ranked opponents. Opening 2024 with a pair of wins over No. 11 ASU, Cornell cruised to a 6-2 victory over Princeton before defeating the reigning national champions in overtime on Saturday night at Lynah Rink last weekend. 
• Similarly, Colgate is coming off a pair of wins against Quinnipiac and Princeton after beating the Bobcats 2-1 in a tight matchup on Friday night and potting another six goals on the Tigers on Saturday. Winners of three of their last eight, the Raiders have wins over Quinnipiac, Princeton, and Cornell dating back to early December. Colgate (5-4-1) has only played ten league games to date and sits in fifth place in the ECAC. 

TWO STRAIGHT FOR KOKSENVUO 

• Aku Koskenvuo was the first Crimson netminder to get two consecutive starts this season after beating Yale on January 13th. Notching his first career shutout against the Bulldogs, Koskenvuo made 28 stops against RPI to win his second game of the season.
• It was the first time in his career that the sophomore got back-to-back starts and the first netminder this season to win consecutive games for the Crimson. 

FIRST SHORTY OF THE YEAR

• Joe Miller scored the first shorthanded goal of the season for the Crimson after getting a hail mary pass from Jack Bar and beating the defender in a race before chipping it past the RPI netminder. 
• Miller's shorthanded goal was the first since Henry Thrun scored on the PK last year in the ECAC playoffs vs Princeton. 

BIG GOAL SEVERO 

• Casey Severo has three goals in his last four games and is only one goal away from tying his production in his rookie year, the New York native has scored in key moments this year. 
  • The first goal of the season against Dartmouth | 1-1 T (W, SO)
  • Tying Goal against Colgate | 3-3 T (L, SO)
  • Pulled Crimson within one in the third period against Brown | 5-3 L 
  • Quickly notched the  tying goal in the first period against RPI | 6-3 W
  • Started three-goal third period with an early third-period goal | 5-4 L (OT)

WELCOME PARTY 

• Michael Callow and Cam Johnson joined Joe Miller as the only players this season to record a three-point night after the win over RPI on January 19th. 
• Callow added a goal and two helpers while Johnson added three assists. 
• A career night for both players, Johnson joins Joe Miller as the only skater with three assists in a single game this season.  

ON A RUN SINCE ASU 

• Michael Callow has been on fire since notching his first career goal against ASU in early January. After only recording two points in his first 11 games in Cambridge, Callow has added seven points since his first goal on January 5th. 
• With seven points in his last six games, the Boston native has jumped into fourth in team scoring after adding four points over the weekend.  

JOE MILLER STAYS HOT

•  Joe Miller has been on a tear in recent weeks after adding 11 points in his last 8 games. 
• Originally coming off a weekend with goals in back-to-back games against Princeton and UConn, Miller added three assists against UMass Lowell at the Desert Hockey Classic while also adding a power-play marker against Brown and a helper on the game-winning goal against Yale. 
• In his return to Bright-Landry, he added four points over two games to continue his hot streak. Adding a short-handed and power-play goal over the weekend Miller now has goals in three of his last four games. 
• Dating back to the Brown game, the Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick has 6 points in his last 4 games.  

 THE HEALEY AND MILLER CONNECTION 

• Ryan Healey and Joe Miller have led the way offensively since the Princeton and UConn weekend after adding 21 points combined since December 30th. 
• Healey has scored in three straight games – something that no other Crimson player has done this season. 
• Joe Miller has goals in three of his last four games. 
• The duo has been a part of six of the last 18 goals while at least one of two has been a part of 11 of the last 18 goals. 

AMONG CRIMSON D-MEN 

• Sophomore Ryan Healey is tied for the team lead in goals through 17 games this season. Already tripling his goal-scoring production from his rookie year, the Massachusetts native ranks among some historically great Crimson d-men this season in terms of his goal-scoring production.
• Healey is on pace to have the most goals from a Crimson defenseman since Riley Walsh in 2018-2019. 
  • Riley Walsh: 12 G | 31 GP | 2018-19 
  • RYAN HEALEY: 8 G | 17 GP | 2023-24
  • Riley Walsh: 8 G | 30 GP | 2019-20 
  • Adam Fox: 8 G | 31 GP | 2018-19
  • Jack Rathbone:  7 G | 28 GP | 2019-20
  • Jack Rathbone:  7 G | 31 GP | 2018-19
  • Henry Thrun: 7 G | 33 GP | 2022-23
  • Henry Thrun: 7 G | 31 GP | 2021-22 

SPECIAL TEAM SUCCESS 

• The Crimson currently has a nationally ranked power play through 17 games this season. The power-play is third in the nation with a success rate of .288%.

3OO CLUB

• Ted Donato notched his 300th win against Yale on January 13th. One of only three coaches in Harvard Hockey history to hit the 300-win mark, Donato joins William Cleary (324) and Ralph Weiland (315) as the only coaches to record 300 career victories. 
• Donato sits only 24 wins away from becoming the all-time winningest head coach in Harvard men's hockey history.
•  Donato currently sits in seventh in all-time wins among ECAC Coaches. Behind former Harvard Coaches Bill Cleary and Ralph Weiland, Donato is one of seven ECAC coaches to hit the 300-win mark in their careers. 
• Donato is one of 53 Division I coaches to record at least 300 wins and one of only 15 active coaches currently in the top 50. 

NEXT UP
Harvard travels to Qunnipiaic to take on the reigning national champions on Friday in its final tune-up before the first round of the Beanpot.