Team Notes: Harvard Faces No. 20 Princeton at Bright
Game On
The Harvard men's hockey team plays its final Ivy League home game
of 2010-11, looking to even the season series against No. 20
Princeton, Friday at 7 p.m.
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Brendan Roche and Raafi Alidina on the call.
Behind the Bench
Former Crimson captain, NCAA Frozen Four Most Outstanding
Player and 13-year National Hockey League veteran Ted Donato '91 is
in his seventh season as The Robert D. Ziff '88 Head Coach for
Harvard Men's Ice Hockey. He owns a 95-107-20 record, three ECAC
title-game appearances and two NCAA tournament bids.
The 59th Annual Beanpot
Behind three second-period goals and 41 saves from Chris
Rawlings, Northeastern skated to a 4-0 victory against Harvard
(4-18-0, 3-13-0 ECAC Hockey, 0-7-0 Ivy League) in the semifinals of
the 59th Beanpot Monday evening at TD Garden. The Huskies advanced
to play No. 1 Boston College in the Feb. 14 championship, while
Harvard will face No. 14 Boston University in the consolation
game.
The Crimson registered a season high in shots, including 17 in the first period. Pier‑Olivier Michaud (Mont-Joli, Que.) led Harvard with seven shots on goal, while Rence Coassin (Hamden, Conn.) logged six.
Leading the Crimson
Alex
Killorn (Montreal, Que.) paces Harvard with seven goals.
With 16 points, he shares the team lead with linemate Michael
Biega (Montreal, Que.), Harvard's assists leader with
10.
Crimson Calendar
Harvard is 20-3-0 in February home games under Ted Donato
and 38-21-8 in all post-exam league games in Donato's six-plus
seasons.
The Bright Stuff
The Crimson is 59-35-3 (.624) at home under Ted Donato
and 281-128-28 (.675) all-time at Bright Hockey Center, which
opened in 1979-80.
Top of the [Blue] Line
Danny
Biega (Montreal, Que.) has 15 points
(6‑9‑15) to lead Harvard
defensemen. He is tied for the league lead among defensemen and
tied for 13th among all skaters with six goals in ECAC Hockey play.
He has totaled 14 points (6-8-14) in league games to tie
Princeton's Taylor Fedun for second in ECAC defenseman scoring, a
point behind Rensselaer's Nick Bailen (5‑10-15).
Biega is tied for 13th in league scoring among all players.
With six goals and nine assists overall, Biega averages 0.68 points per game, ranking him 20th nationally among defensemen.
Getting Defensive
Harvard has held four of its last five opponents to two
goals or fewer. The Crimson limited No. 3 Yale to its lowest
scoring output of the season Feb. 4 and held No. 12 Union, which
ranks seventh nationally in scoring offense, without a goal for
more than 46 minutes Jan. 22.
The Killers
The Crimson has fended off 27 of the last 29 power plays
it has faced. The only power-play tallies Harvard has allowed in
the last seven games were Locke Jillson's second-period game-winner
for Cornell (Jan. 29) and Brodie Reid's second-period goal for
Northeastern (Jan. 7). The Crimson was a season-best 6 for 6 on the
penalty kill at Northeastern (Jan. 19) and 5 for 5 at Union. The
Dutchmen own the nation's top power play.
Busy Crimson
Friday's game against Princeton begins a run of five
games in 12 days. That comes after Monday's Beanpot opener capped
stretches of four games in 11 days and seven games in 20 days for
Harvard. Only two of those seven games were at home.
Close Calls
Harvard has lost eight games by a single goal and another
game by two goals with one coming on an empty net. In 2011, five of
the Crimson's seven league games have been one-goal losses.
Hall of Famer
Bob McManama '73 became Harvard's 10th inductee to the
Beanpot Hall of Fame when he was honored between semifinal games
Monday. McManama totaled eight points on three goals and five
assists in six Beanpot games, including two final appearances.
McManama was a 1973 All-America selection and a two-time All-ECAC
and All-Ivy honoree.
Vote for Alex
Alex Killorn is one of 68 nominees in the preliminary
fan-voting phase of the Hobey Baker Award selection at
www.hobeybakeraward.com, running through March 6. The fans' vote
accounts for one percent of the total ballot in each phase.
All in the Family
Michael Biega has notched five goals and six assists in
the last 12 games, and brother Danny has five goals and five
assists in the last 11 games. A Biega brother has scored or
assisted on 14 of the last 18 Harvard goals.
Help from the Blue Line
Defensemen have assisted on or scored 20 of Harvard's
last 25 goals, totaling six goals and 18 assists in the last nine
games.
Outside the Box
Harvard averages 12.2 penalty minutes per game, Division
I's 12th-lowest mark. Harvard has allowed four power plays or fewer
in four straight games.
Conference Call
Harvard's Beanpot games are the last non-league games of
the regular season for any ECAC team. The conference has posted a
combined 22–28–10 record against WCHA (8-8-4), CCHA
(6-10-2) and Hockey East (8-10-4) teams. ECAC squads were
27–6–5 against teams from Atlantic Hockey for an
overall record of 49-33-15 from outside the conference (records
courtesy USCHO.com).
Scouting the Tigers
Princeton (14-8-1, 9-6-1, 3-3-0) was 9-1-1 in its
previous 11 games before falling to No. 11 Union, 7-4, and No. 9
Rensselaer, 5-2, last weekend at home. The Tigers held a 4-1 lead
Friday before the Dutchmen rallied with six straight goals.
Princeton swept St. Lawrence and Clarkson a week earlier, extending
its road win streak to seven games.
Rookie Andrew Calof leads Princeton with 24 points and 19 assists, while Mike Kramer and Kevin Lohry share the team lead with nine goals each. Mike Condon has started the last two Fridays in the Tigers' goalie rotation. He owns a .907 save percentage and 2.70 goals-against average.
Nov. 19 at Baker Rink
The Tigers' Mike Condon made 36 saves to hand the Crimson
a 1-0 loss in its Ivy League opener. Mike Kramer's first-period
goal held up as the game-winner.Kyle
Richter (Calgary, Alta.) made 34 saves for Harvard.
Series History
Only Yale has faced off against Harvard more than
Princeton. Starting with a 6-3 win March 1, 1902 in New York City,
Harvard holds a 146-55‑10 series edge. The
Crimson is 9-6-1 against Princeton under Ted Donato. Harvard has
swept two league playoff series from the Tigers—including
last season at Baker Rink—but Princeton scored a 4-1 win
against Harvard in the 2008 ECAC final.
College Classics
The 109-year-old Harvard-Princeton rivalry is one of
college hockey's oldest and is tied as its
18th‑most‑contested. Only
five pairs of Eastern rivals have faced off more often. Here are
the top 25 rivalries in terms of games played:
284 Michigan-Michigan State
282 Minnesota-North Dakota
279 Colorado College-Denver
257 Michigan-Minnesota
261 Michigan Tech-Minnesota
256 Minnesota-Wisconsin
254 Denver-North Dakota
254 Boston College-Boston University
249 Colorado College-Minnesota
237 Michigan Tech-North Dakota
233 Harvard-Yale
232 Princeton-Yale
221 Colorado College-North Dakota
218 Michigan-Michigan Tech
216 Boston College-Northeastern
Michigan
Tech-Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota-Minnesota Duluth
211 Denver-Michigan Tech
Harvard-Princeton
209 Minnesota Duluth-North Dakota
207 Boston University-Northeastern
196 Dartmouth-Yale
192 Dartmouth-Harvard
188 Dartmouth-Princeton
186 Clarkson-St. Lawrence
