“Our transition game was exceptional [against Princeton and Yale], and that’s something we’re going to need against teams like BC and Maine who move the puck well,” Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni said.

Back-to-back 6-3 wins over Princeton and Yale have Harvard’s confidence and its offensive cohesion at an all-time high.

“This weekend’s games helped create momentum,” Grumet-Morris said.

Harvard carries a four-game winning streak into tonight’s contest, and has impressed coaches across the ECAC.

York, yet to see Harvard in person, was nonetheless effusive in his praise for the Crimson.

“Their forwards are really impressive,” York said. “Noah Welch is developing into one of the top rear guards in the country, and Dov has really come up as a goaltender. He got a lot of experience from Worchester last year.”

All that talent has not helped Harvard in the past against the Eagles. Last year the Crimson faced BC twice, a post-Thanksgiving 1-0 loss at Conte and a 4-0 defeat in the Beanpot consolation.

Looming larger than Harvard’s recent history against the Eagles is the Crimson’s record against nationally-ranked opponents. Against BU and Cornell, the two teams in the Top 15 that Harvard has faced, the Crimson has stumbled, losing both contests by three goals.

Harvard has managed to rebound after every loss with a win, but the true measure of a good team is its ability to win games that it shouldn’t. The Crimson has won all the games it has been favored in, but victories against superior opponents have been hard to come by.

“We’ve put too much emphasis on bigger games,” captain Dominic Moore said. “We’ve gotten too psyched up for them, we’ve put them on a pedestal. We need to approach [BC and Maine] like we approach any game.”

—Staff writer Timothy M. McDonald can be reached at tmcdonal@fas.harvard.edu.