At this time last year, the Harvard men’s hockey team was 9-6-3 overall, 8-3-2 in the ECAC. It was in first place.

Today, Harvard is 12-6-1 overall, 11-3-0 in the ECAC. It is in first place.

The similarities do not stop there.

Against Yale a year ago, Harvard used a strong third period to win before a sellout crowd at Bright Hockey Center.

Against Yale on Friday night, Harvard used a strong third period to win before a sellout crowd at Bright Hockey Center.

Harvard dominated Princeton Jan. 11, 2002, outshooting the Tigers, 38-18 (56 total). But an outstanding performance by goaltender Dave Stathos did the Crimson in. Princeton won, 2-1.

Harvard dominated Princeton Jan. 11, 2003, outshooting the Tigers, 46-10 (56 total). But an outstanding performance by goaltender Trevor Clay did the Crimson in. Princeton won, 2-1.

I’m enjoying that I can write this column by using the simple cut-and-paste technique.

Pretty wild, huh? Straight out of the Twilight Zone.

But then again, two years do not make a meaningful trend, and two games against Princeton and Yale probably won’t matter too much in the long run.

Two months, though, are everything in college hockey.

But those two months aren’t November and December, even though Harvard might like them to be, since it won 10 games during that span.

The last time the Crimson did that was 1988-1989, a season in which it also played well in the two months that matter: February and March.

And it won the national title.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. “Live in the now,” as Garth says to Wayne.