With its weekend sweep of No. 9 Cornell and Colgate, Harvard vaulted into first place in the ECAC with a record of 3-2-1, one point ahead of both Clarkson and Cornell after Saturday’s contests.

The two victories came at a crucial point for the Crimson, when injuries, illness, and a nationally-ranked opponent coming to town could have caused Harvard to lose its focus.

However, the Crimson received key performances from several players to secure its first regular season weekend sweep since Jan. 5-6.

Dov-ing right in

In the absence of starting goaltender Will Crothers, freshman Dov Grumet-Morris did more than his share to help the Crimson cause.

He made 23 saves against the Big Red on Friday night, and continued his success against Colgate by stopping 20 of the Raiders’ 21 shots.

Grumet-Morris finished the weekend with some very impressive numbers: a 1.98 goals against average and a .918 save perecentage.

“I felt pretty prepared coming in,” Grumet-Morris said. “And the team played really, really well this weekend in front of me.”

Grumet-Morris’ teammates didn’t seem surprised by his stellar play between the pipes.

“We had a lot of confidence in Dov coming in,” sophomore forward Tyler Kolarik said.

Crothers was out with the flu and did not dress for either game this weekend. He was, however, in goal for each of Harvard’s first four games, posting a 3.18 goals against average and an .893 save percentage.

Mazzoleni expects Crothers to start at least one of the games in the coming week, either Tuesday’s home match-up with Boston University or Friday night’s game at The Heights against Boston College.

Naughty, Naughty

While Mazzoleni was certainly pleased with many things on the ice this past weekend, there was one thing about the series that certainly did not strike his fancy, namely Harvard players sitting in the penalty box.

The Crimson was assessed a total of 36 penalty minutes over the two games, enough to put a couple gray hairs on Mazzoleni’s head.