It's trivia time once again.

Name the last two times the Harvard men's hockey team swept an ECAC regular-season weekend.

For starters, the most recent time the Crimson (12-9-1, 10-5-1 ECAC) won both games of a Friday-Saturday weekend was back on January 13 and 14 at Vermont and Dartmouth.

For those of you with even better memories, the previous sweep was February 18 and 19 of last year at Dartmouth and Vermont.

The point of this trivial exercise is that the Crimson has had trouble playing good consistent hockey so far this season. With only six games remaining in the regular season, Harvard can't afford any more undisciplined or inconsistent play.

"Right now it seems we're playing in spurts," junior Jason Karmanos said. "Hopefully we can start scoring some goals and winning some games by a large margin."

The Crimson is home tonight and tomorrow night for two big games that it must win in order to stay in the ECAC regular-season race.

OK, guess who's coming to town? (Hint--read above.)

However, don't let Harvard's recent history against Dartmouth and Vermont fool you. (The Crimson has won 24 of its last 25 games against the Big Green and is 4-0-1 in its last five against the Catamounts.)

Both teams are coming off weekend sweeps of RPI and Union, while the Crimson has lost three of its past five, including a lackluster 4-2 defeat to Northeastern this past Monday in the Beanpot consolation.

"They're coming in on a bit of a roll," Harvard coach Ronn Tomassoni said. "We have to take it one game at a time--I know it's cliche, but it's so true."

Dartmouth (6-13-2, 4-10-2) currently resides in the ECAC cellar, but its offense has opened up of late, scoring 18 goals in its last three games. Senior Dion Del Monte leads the team with 10 goals and 16 assists, while five other players have 15 or more points.

Freshman David Whitworth racked up last week's ECAC Rookie of the Week award with a five-point performance (1 goals, 4 assists).

The Big Green's weak point is on the blue line, as they have allowed a league-worst 88 goals in 16 games. Freshman Ben Heller (3-8-1, 5.98 goals against average) and sophomore Scott Baker (3-4-2, 4.06 GAA) have seen far too many good-quality shots in net.

Vermont (14-10-2, 7-7-2) has struggled this season as well, but the Catamounts definitely have the talent to make a strong stretch run.