At the forefront of the Crimson resurgence has been the superb play of junior goaltender J.R. Prestifilippo. Over his previous 12 games he registered a .916 save percentage and a 2.46 GAA.

Prestifilippo made a critical mistake last Friday against St. Lawrence, however, giving up the tying goal with 33 seconds remaining on a shot from behind the blue line. The junior netminder rebounded with a solid outing against Clarkson and will have to be at his usual best this weekend.

"The team is so supportive it wasn't hard to put St. Lawrence behind me," Prestifilippo said. "With out urgency to win games I have no time to think about past mistakes."

The goals tend to pile up whenever the Crimson plays the Catamounts. The red light has turned on 33 times in their past three match-ups--Harvard has won the last two contests 7-6.

Despite tallying the second fewest goals in the conference, UVM has players who can score. Forwards Stephane Piche, a senior, and Matt Sanders and Kevin Karlander, both juniors, all can find the back of the net. Sanders bagged a hat trick in their last meeting.

Friday night's game should not witness the same goal explosion as has happened before. Both back-ups--sophomore Oliver Jonas for Harvard and senior Marty Phillips for Vermont--patrolled the pipes in January.

Phillips especially had an awful game, giving a hat trick to junior defenseman Matt Scorsune by whiffing on his dump in from the blue line.