Throughout the season, Harvard has relied more upon shooting efficiency than volume. In the 24 games leading up to this weekend’s competition, the Crimson has outshot opponents just nine times and generated over 40 shots on goal in only two games.

Friday and Saturday night, however, Harvard peppered the Golden Knights’ and the Saints’ goalkeepers for 84 shots and 10 goals.

“We were just dominant,” sophomore forward Ryan Maki said.

Harvard used the first period in both games to assert itself offensively, outshooting Clarkson 17-10 and St. Lawrence 15-10 in the opening frames. Saturday night, the Crimson generated much of its offense by rushing the net and getting three or four attempts at the goal on several possessions.

“You’re not going to score goals unless you crash the net,” Maki said. “Pretty much all of our goals were right on the net.”

A SHARE OF THE RECORD

Goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris has always downplayed the possibility that he might break the Crimson’s career shutout record of nine.

“I haven’t really given it much thought,” Grumet-Morris said after the Crimson’s 3-0 drubbing of Rensselaer gave him eight career whitewashes, one off the record held by Grant Blair ’86.

And Friday night, after a 5-0 victory over Clarkson gave Grumet-Morris a share of the mark, the senior swore that “it doesn’t really mean much, to be honest with you.”

His coach, on the other hand, deemed it “quite an honor.”

“It’s nice to be a part of it,” Donato said.

Saturday’s Senior Night offered the perfect chance for the soon-to-graduate goaltender to claim the record for himself, but Grumet-Morris’ bid was ruined 6:27 into the second frame, when St. Lawrence’s Mike Zbriger scored the first of his two goals on the night.

Tuesday night, Grumet-Morris will have his last chance to set the record before a regular-season home crowd, when Harvard takes on travel-partner Brown.

And while Grumet-Morris might not care, his teammates do.

“It’s awesome,” said classmate and captain Noah Welch. “I hope he gets it more than anything.”