CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's ice hockey is set to close out the 2024-25 regular season this weekend as it returns to its home rink to take on two nationally ranked opponents. First, the Crimson (2-22-2, 1-18-1 ECAC) will take on the No. 8 Clarkson Golden Knights (20-10-2, 11-8-1 ECAC) on Friday before closing out the regular season against the No. 7 St. Lawrence Saints (18-9-5, 12-5-3 ECAC) on Saturday afternoon. Both games will be played at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center with Friday's contest airing live on ESPN+ and Saturday's matchup set to air on NESN.

What to Know

Friday vs. Clarkson
- Date Night at Bright
- FREE Undergraduate Skate after the Game

Saturday vs. St. Lawrence 
- Postgame Autograph Session with the Team

Last Time Out

Harvard was on the road last weekend to take on the RV Brown and RV Yale in its final road trip of the regular season. The Crimson first battled the Bears on Friday (Feb. 7) in a close 1-3 defeat. Ellie Bayard scored a late powerplay goal in the third period to tie the game before the Bears added the game-winner with just under two minutes to play.
 
Emily Davidson made 29 saves in another strong goaltending effort for the Crimson against the Bulldogs on Saturday (Feb. 8) but it was not enough to lift her team to the win as the team fell to Yale in a highly contested matchup in New Haven.
 

Series History Against Clarkson

Harvard and Clarkson have played 46 times in program history dating back to the 2004-05 season. The Golden Knights own a slight 19-22-5 in the series after defeating the Crimson in the first matchup earlier this season. Harvard is looking to snap a six-game skid against its conference foe when the teams meet on the Crimson's home ice this Friday.
 

Series History Against St. Lawrence

The matchup between the Crimson and the Saints on Saturday will be the 75^th meeting between the two teams in program history. Harvard owns a 45-19-10 advantage in the series with St. Lawrence and has not been swept by the Saints in a season series since 2016-17. Harvard is 6-2-2 against St. Lawrence in the past ten matchups and is unbeaten in the last three contests at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center.

Eating Pucks

The Crimson blocked another 48 shots last weekend against Brown and Yale to increase its season total to 492 blocked shots. That number is a program record for the Crimson, breaking the previous record of 478 set by the team a year ago.
 
Jenna MacDonald and Kaley MacDonald lead the blocked shots effort for the team with 66 and 61 blocks, respectively. The program record for blocked shots in a season was set in 2016-17 by Sarah Edney.  
 

Strength of Schedule

Harvard will play a pair of games this weekend against opponents ranked in the national polls. These contests will be the seventh and eighth games played against nationally ranked opponents in the second half and the 15^th and 16^th matchups against ranked opponents this season.
 
The challenging slate gives Harvard the tenth hardest schedule in the nation according to the USCHO's National Power Index.
 

Davidson Adams Leading the Way

Senior forward, Gabi Davidson Adams, went on a three-game point streak from Jan. 21-Jan. 25 to grab a hold of the team lead in points. GDA first registered an assist in the Beanpot third-place game against Boston College before recording her first career two-goal game in the matchup against Colgate. The Canadian finished off the run with an assist against Cornell to improve her season total to 10 points.
 

Minding the Net

Harvard's platoon of goalkeepers, Emily Davidson and Ainsley Tuffy, have performed well this season while minding the crease for the Crimson. The duo has split the work for a majority of the season, posting .903 and .922 save percentages, respectively.
 

Contributions From Everywhere

17 of 21 skaters who have dressed for the Crimson this season have scored a goal in 2024-25 giving Harvard the second most total goal scorers in the ECAC.  
 

New Attendance Record at Bright-Landry

Harvard women's ice hockey broke its attendance record on Jan. 25 after 1,741 fans poured into the Bright-Landry Hockey Center to watch the Crimson take on Cornell. The team shattered its old record of 1,300 that was set in the 2023-24 season.
 

ECAC Tournament Picture

With just two games remaining in conference play, the ECAC Tournament picture is beginning to shake out. Harvard will be on the road for the first round of the ECAC tournament, where it could take on a few different teams depending on the results of the final games. If the season were to end today, the Crimson would play at Quinnipiac, with Yale, Princeton, Clarkson and Brown all still possible options.
 

Up Next

Harvard will move into postseason play beginning next week with the opening round of the ECAC Championships Tournament. The Crimson's opponent is still yet to be determined but will be announced at the conclusion of Saturday's final ECAC games. Stay tuned for more information on where Harvard will begin its playoff journey.