A weekend sweep of Union and Rensselaer at home was exactly what the Harvard men's hockey team needed to get back on track.

As expected, the Crimson posted a 5-2 victory over the Skating Dutchmen to get the ball rolling, but the clincher came in front of a 2,776 sellout crowd at Bright Hockey Center Saturday night. Harvard dominated a beleaguered Engineers' squad and coasted to a 5-2 win to seal the homestand.

The Union-RPI sweep is the first time the Crimson has stolen this series since February 1996. But the Dutchmen aren't the problem. It's the Engineers who have been Harvard's Achilles' heel for years.

Just 1-9 in the last 10 meetings, the Crimson last defeated RPI 2-1 in the first game of the 1999 ECAC quarterfinals . Before Saturday, Harvard's most recent regular season victory over the Engineers was a 6-1 win in January 1997.

The Moore brothers were crucial to the Crimson's success, as the pair combined for 10 points on the weekend.

Younger brother Dom picked up an assist and netted the team's first hat trick since defenseman Matt Scorsune '00 picked up a trio in a 7-6 win over Vermont two years ago. Captain Steve Moore notched a goal--his first tally since the second game of the season--and five assists in the two-game stint.

"It was just one of those nights where you're seeing the target and you're hitting it too," Dom said. "It makes it easier when you get three perfect passes."

Always modest, Moore stressed the playmaking abilities of his linemates. And while assistant captain Chris Bala, rookie winger Tim Pettit, and the elder Moore certainly did their part in setting up Dom's first collegiate hat trick, no one can take anything away from him.