CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard women's hockey team opens ECAC Hockey play this weekend against Clarkson and St. Lawrence at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center. The Crimson host the No. 10 Golden Knights Friday at 4 p.m. and the Saints on Halloween at 3 p.m. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+ with Quintin Pelzel and Katie Bennert in the booth for game one and Ben Altsher and Craig White for game two. Mike Basile will provide rinkside reporting coverage in game two.

Watch: Friday (ESPN+) | Saturday (ESPN+)
Live Stats: GoCrimson.com
Tickets: Friday | Saturday
Game Notes: Harvard | Clarkson | St. Lawrence

ABOUT THE CRIMSON
» Harvard is 3-1-0 on the season following a win over Saint Michael's and shutout to New Hampshire.
» Last year's Crimson squad went 16-15-3 and featured the nation's top turnaround with a 14-win, year-over-year improvement.
» First-year Lindsay Stepnowski leads the Crimson with seven points on four goals and three assists. Her sophomore linemate Elle Sproule is second with six points on four goals and two assists.
» Junior Ainsley Tuffy to anchor the Crimson between the pipes after a standout 2025-26 season in which she held a 1.85 goals against average and .950 save percentage. She has started two games, but played just four periods through two weeks. Sophomore Isabelle Whynot has started and played two complete games with a .1.50 GAA and .944 save percentage.
LAST TIME OUT
» Harvard defeated Saint Michael's, 12-0, and fell to New Hampshire, 3-0, at home last weekend.
» The Crimson's 12-goal performance against the Purple Knights was Harvard's first game of 10 or more goals since a 10-0 win over Union (10/26/06). Harvard also started the season 3-0 for the first time since 2021 and scored five or more goals in three consecutive games for the first time since 2015.
» A day later, the Crimson were shutout and outshot for the first time this season. Harvard was held scoreless on the power play for the first time this season going 0-for-5.
 
750 ALL-TIME WINS
» Harvard reached the 750-win mark in program history with an 8-2 win over Holy Cross (10/18).
» The Crimson, which launched its program in 1978-79, has won the most games all-time of all members of the ECAC.
Winningest ECAC Programs
Rank      Team                               First Year           Wins
1.           Harvard                          1978                     751
2.           St. Lawrence                   1978                     748
3.           Cornell                             1972                     732
4.           Dartmouth                       1977                     685
5.           Princeton                         1979                     664
 
BEGINNER STEPS
» First-year Lindsay Stepnowski scored in her Harvard debut at Holy Cross (10/16) to follow teammate Alex Paulsen as the most recent Crimson skater to score in the season opener. Stepnowski followed her debut with a three-point effort on a goal and two assists against the Crusaders (10/17).
» Stepnowski became the first Crimson first-year to score in the first two games of the season since Anne Bloomer (2018) against Dartmouth and No. 7 Cornell.
 
HOW SWEDE IT IS
» First-year forward Hilda Arhammar Pakarinen made her collegiate debut against Saint Michael's (10/23) and scored her first career goal in the first period. Classmate Kate Stuart picked up her first career point with the assist.
» Arhammar Pakarinen hails from Sollentuna, Sweden and most recently played for Helsinki IFK in Finland. She is of Swedish and Finnish heritage; playing for the Finnish National Team at the 2023 U18 Camp.