Harvard beat both teams earlier in the season. And while not much is riding on either game for the Crimson, the Larries and Golden Knights are looking to secure good spots in the ECAC tournament.

Clarkson has an outside chance of claiming home-ice advantage for the league playoffs, while St. Lawrence, which is now in eighth place in the league, is looking to finish in sixth or seventh in order to avoid meeting the first-place Cantabs in the opening round.

The Larries also will be looking for revenge. Harvard pounded them, 7-0, earlier in the season, halting their modest two-game winning streak.

But since its loss to Harvard, St. Lawrence has been on fire, winning nine of its last 12 league games, including a 6-2 triumph over Princeton Sunday.

In the Crimson's 7-3 trouncing of Vermont, two former junior league teammates--Catamount goalie Tom Draper and Harvard wing Tim Barakett--squared off against each other for the second time this year.

Barakett, who scored two goals against Draper (the ECAC's second leading goaltender with a 3.02 goals-against average) in the Crimson's 3-2 loss to Vermont in Burlington, tallied again in Friday's contest.

Baronet leads the Crimson in goals-against-Draper with three, followed by Captain Scott Fusco with two and four others with one apiece.

How did Draper feel about battling his former teammate?

"Once I'm on the ice, I don't see him," Draper said. "I know I'm playing with a friend. But when we're on the ice we each have jobs to do."

Harvard goalie Grant Blair owns a league-leading 2.44 goals-against average (no one else is under 3.00) and is Draper's chief competition for All-American honors.

Neither Blair nor Draper enjoyed good nights Friday, but both turned in solid performances the following night. Blair held RPI scoreless for two periods, and Draper recorded 18 saves in Vermont's 3-2 overtime win over Dartmouth.

"He's number one in the league," Draper said of Blair. "And there's a reason for that. He plays the angles well and challenges the shooter. I think we're comparable."

How have individual Crimson players affected the team's record this year?

When Blair has been in net, Harvard sports a 17-4-1 overall mark. When he has recorded an assist, the Crimson is 2-0.

Dickie McEvoy, Blair's backup, won his only start this year and saw action in two other Crimson victories.