St. Lawrence is a relatively young squad, containing only seven juniors and seniors. The inexperience has been felt on defense, as the team has allowed 4.37 goals a game.

John Bracco and Clint Owen--the current ECAC Rookie of the Week--have shared time in goal, while forward Burke Murphy is the team's top sniper, racking up 14 goals and eight assists in the Saints' first 14 games.

Clarkson

The Golden Knights were the pre-season ECAC favorite and have come on strong since a 2-2-2 start.

They have experience everywhere except in goal, but freshman Dan Murphy has done a respectable job between the pipes, starting every game and posting a 3.42 goals against average.

Seniors Marko Tuomainen (9 goals, 19 assists), Patrice Robitaille (12G, 19A), Claude Morin (14G, 6A) and Brian Mueller (5G, 11A) lead the team in scoring, while Mueller is a solid force on defense as well.

"Clarkson is a very important game," Coughlin said. "They are the most highly esteemed team in the league."

Must Wins?

Adding to the significance of these four contests is that Harvard has played more game than every other ECAC squad except Princeton. It is almost a must for Harvard to take at least three of the four games if it wants to be in the hunt for first place at the end of the season, since the other schools will be able to make up ground on Harvard later this month.

The Crimson currently resides in second place in the ECAC, one point behind Brown but only one point ahead of Rensselaer and two in front of Clarkson and Princeton.

"I don't think it's great to think about the pressure," Lonsinger said. "We just have to take it one game at a time."