CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – Harvard men's hockey is set to wrap up its 23-24 road schedule this weekend with a trip to Union and RPI. The Crimson looks to earn some more crucial ECAC points down the stretch heading into the final two weeks of the season. Harvard will face off against Union at 7:00 p.m. on Friday before finishing the trip with RPI at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+.
WHAT TO KNOW
STANDINGS UPDATE
- Harvard currently sits in ninth place with 23 points ahead of Brown, RPI, and Princeton.
- Only a point behind Yale and St. Lawrence the Crimson is only three points out of fifth place.
- Union is currently the fifth seed with a record of 7-8-3 and 26 points.
- The Crimson will need to finish between 5-8 to get home ice in the first round.
LAST TIME OUT
- Harvard skated away with four out of a possible six points last weekend after defeating St. Lawrence and suffering an overtime loss to Clarkson on Sunday.
- Joe Miller picked up his second shorthanded goal of the season against Clarkson after yet another breakaway goal.
- Cam Johnson picked up his fourth goal of the year after adding an early second-period goal to give the Crimson a 2-1 lead over St. Lawrence.
- Derek Mullahy was the first netminder this season to play back-to-back games in a weekend for the Crimson. Stellar in both games, the senior made 53 stops in two games while only allowing four goals.
- Alex Gaffney picked up the game-winning goal against St. Lawrence after getting a piece of an Ian Moore shot from the point to give the Crimson a much-needed regulation win.
- Gaffney has three points in his last four games and his last three goals have come in the third period to give the Crimson the lead late in the game.
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION
- The Crimson split the last RPI-Union weekend at Bright-Landry. Scoring a combined ten goals over the two games, Harvard cruised a 6-3 win over the Engineers but fell in overtime to Union.
- Coming off a tie to Princeton in their last game, the Garnett Chargers have won only one of its last five games.
- Union has been able to take of its last five games to overtime to secure some points over a tough stretch.
- In its last two ranked matchups against Quinnipiac and Cornell, the Garnett Chargers fell 6-2 and 6-1 respectively.
- John Prokop still leads the way for Union on the blueline with 31 points in 29 games.
- RPI split their Quinnipiac-Princeton weekend after picking up a 4-3 win against the Tigers last Friday.
- The Engineers have only one win in its last five games as well but have picked up overtime points against Yale and Colgate in recent weeks.
- Sutter Muzzatti (21) and Austin Heidemann (20) lead the team in points through 28 games this season.
MULLY STANDS TALL
- Derek Mullahy was the first Crimson netminder this season to play in back-to-back games in a single weekend.
- Making 22 stops on Friday in the win over St. Lawrence, the senior followed that up with a 31-save performance against Clarkson to cap off a solid weekend.
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
- First-years Ben MacDonald and Matthew Morden scored the goals for the Crimson in the opening round of the Beanpot against Northeastern.
- MacDonald has been on a hot streak of late as the rookie has points in three straight games and four of his last five. Picking up his fourth goal on the season MacDonald found the back of the net to tie the game at one.
- Matthew Morden became the third Crimson d-man to add a goal this season after wiring a slapshot from the point. Four of the six members of the rookie class have found the back of the net this season.
BLOCK PARTY
- Harvard set a season-high in blocks against Quinnipiac on February 2nd. Getting in front of 21 shots against the reigning national champions, Jack Bar, Ian Moore, and Mason Langenbrunner all added at least two blocks while 12 different skaters added at least one.
AMONG THE NATION'S BEST IN JANUARY
- Only four defensemen in the month of January had a better month than Ryan Healey after posting six goals and four assists. Healey netted two goals twice in the month and has been one of the most consistent producers all season for the Crimson.
ECAC PLAYERS OF THE MONTH
- Ryan Healey and Joe Miller took home ECAC monthly honors after Healey was named Defender of the Month while Miller earned Forward of the Month, the league announced last week.
- The second ECAC nod of the season for Healey, the Massachusetts native added 10 points in eight games in January, starting with a two-goal performance against UMass Lowell at the Desert Hockey Classic.
- With points in six of his last seven games, the sophomore has added at least two points in four of those seven tilts. Throughout this stretch, Healey has two-goal games against UMass Lowell and RPI on his way to having one of the best goal-scoring seasons from a Crimson defenseman in recent memory. Healey is tied for sixth in the ECAC in goals and the only defenseman in the conference with more than six goals.
- Joe Miller joins Healey as the Offensive Player of the Month after a 12-point January. The reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year notched two separate three-point games throughout the month after a three-assist game against UMass Lowell and two goals and a helper in the most recent win against the Raiders.
- Miller has also jumped up the ECAC scoring charts after a red-hot month. Currently tied for fourth in goals and eighth in points, Miller has capitalized on his opportunities as the sophomore is one of only three skaters among the top seven in goals with less than 50 shots this season. (As of Jan. 31)
POINT NIGHT AT BRIGHT-LANDRY
TWO-GOAL DEFICIT
- Falling behind early to Colgate on January 20th, the Crimson battled back after a three-goal second period and eventually skated away with a win over the reigning conference champions.
- The win over the Raiders marks the first time this season that the Crimson overcame a two-goal deficit to eventually win the game.
SHORTY THREAT
- On January 19th, 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 the race before chipping it past the RPI goalie.
- Miller's shorthanded goal was the first since Henry Thrun scored on the PK last year in the ECAC playoffs vs Princeton.
- Joe Miller picked up his second shorthanded goal of the season on February 17th, after converting on another breakaway with a man down.
THREE-POINT NIGHT
- 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 skaters with three assists in a single game this season.
CLUTCH CASEY
- Casey Severo has already tripled his production from his rookie year. The New York native has scored in key moments this year, as all six goals this year have either narrowed the deficit to one, tied the game, or given the Crimson the lead.
- 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)
- Go ahead goal against the Raiders in the second period | 6-3 W
AMONG CRIMSON D-MEN
- Sophomore Ryan Healey is second on the team in goals through 25 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: 9 G | 25 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
HEJDUK HEATING UP
- Marek Hejduk recorded his first two-point game of the season on January 20th against the Raiders after adding the tying goal and a helper on the first goal of the game.
- Hejduk has goals in two of his last three games.
- Hejduk added another goal against the Bobcats to give the sophomore goals in back-to-back games and two in his last three games.
- Hejduk picked up yet another goal after picking the corner in the second period on Friday against Dartmouth.
SPECIAL TEAM SUCCESS
- The Crimson currently has a nationally ranked power play through 25 games this season. The power-play is seventh in the nation with a success rate of 26.2%
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
The Crimson host Brown and Yale for its final regular season home series next weekend.
