"It's nothing to panic about," Burke said. "It didn't cost us two points. If we can beat Brown twice this week everything will be forgotten."
In order to sweep Brown this week, Harvard will have to go through a squad which is virtually unchanged from last year. The Browns have 21 out of the 24 skaters remaining after their Ivy Championship season.
The Brown offense has been led this season by last year's top-scoring juniors Scott Hanley and Derek Chauvatte.
"They've been playing really well. Almost their whole team is back from last year," Burke said. "They're a good team, but they are by no means a better team than us."
In addition to dealing with Brown, Harvard has to contend again with being on the road, where it lost 12 of 15 games last season.
"We'd like to establish ourselves as a good road team," explained Flomenhoft. "Obviously, this would be a good place to do it."