Love held the Crimson scoreless for almost an entire game before Corriero scored with just seven seconds remaining to win it for Harvard.

Yale also returns its top two scorers—who were both freshmen last year.

These top five teams will not see much competition from the rest of the league for the top spots in the ECAC—with Union just in its second year in Division I and the other teams still looking to get their programs on solid ground.

Nevertheless, with the influx of new talent in freshmen and the constant changing of collegiate sports, the Crimson and the other top teams are not taking these opponents lightly.

“Colgate is going to be good. They are going to give us a huge show next Friday night. That’s going to be a tough game to open up with,” Stone said. “Particularly, because any time you play your first game, there are just nerves—and that’s a tough thing for us to start out with. They have good goaltending, and they compete hard.”

The first real look around the league arrives at Bright Hockey Center Friday night.

—Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez can be reached at gmvelez@fas.harvard.edu.