CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Men's hockey is set to close the 2025 calendar year with Yale and Brown this weekend as the two Ivy rivals come to town in the last series before the holiday break.
In another busy weekend at Bright, the Crimson will host the Harvard-Yale game on Friday, where the Tim Taylor Cup will be awarded to the game's Most Valuable Player, while Saturday will feature the annual Teddy Bear Toss game.
PUCK DROP
• Both games on Friday and Saturday are scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop on ESPN+.
SERIES HISTORY
• Harvard swept Yale last season after defeating the Bulldogs at Bright, 3-1, before a comeback overtime victory in New Haven.
• Harvard has won eight straight games against Yale dating back to 2021.
• Harvard has not lost to Yale since a 2-1 defeat back in 2018.
• The Crimson is 14-2-2 in the last ten seasons against its historic rival.
• The Crimson leads the all-time series with Yale, 161-98-24.
• Harvard also defeated Brown at home last season before tying in Providence.
• In a very even recent history, each team has won twice and tied twice dating back to 2022.
• Harvard leads the all-time series, 118-48-16.
LAST TIME OUT
• Harvard dropped both contests to the best team in the nation last weekend after a 5-1 loss on Friday and a 4-3 loss in overtime on Saturday.
• Forcing overtime after a three-goal third period, the Wolverines scored on the power play in overtime to sweep the weekend.
CHASING CLEARY
• Ted Donato sits two wins away from becoming the program's all-time win leader, passing his former coach Bill Cleary.
• Donato passed Ralph "Cooney" Weiland for second all-time in program history after the opening-round playoff win against RPI last season.
• Donato is currently 49th all-time in NCAA history in career victories, with only ten active coaches having more wins than the long-time leader of the Crimson.
CARDIAC CRIMSON
• Harvard scored three unanswered goals in just under eight minutes to tie the game at three and force overtime against No. 1 Michigan.
• The three-goal comeback marks the first time since the 2022-23 season that Harvard has overcome a three-goal deficit in the third period to tie the game.
THE 729
• The line of
Philip Tresca,
Casey Severo, and
Mick Thompson has been extremely efficient since becoming a line late last season.
• Becoming a trio in the 25th game of the season last year, the first line produced 34 points across the final 10 games.
• This season, the trio has 29 points through nine games for 63 points over their last 19 games played.
MAJOR MICK
• This season,
Mick Thompson is 12th in the country in points per game through nine games (1.33).
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Mick Thompson is second in points per game dating back to February 14th with 27 points in 19 games (1.421).
• He has nine points in his last six games.
FOURTH LINE GRIND
• The fourth line of
Salvatore Guzzo, William Hughes, and
Marek Hejduk has been great for the Crimson this season.
• They added their sixth goal of the season on Saturday and have goals in five of the last six games and each of the last four.
SPECIAL TEAMS
• The Crimson surrendered its first power-play goal of the season against No. 1 Michigan last weekend.
• Now 23 for 25 on the season, Harvard still leads the nation with a 92% penalty-killing unit.
