The Crimson has more than enough depth and talent to post the sweep.

Senior goaltender J.R. Prestifilippo will anchor the Harvard defense Friday night. He was the hero for the Crimson last weekend, holding the Bears scoreless on 26 attempts for his second career shutout.

Despite Prestifilippo's great game against Brown, junior netminder Oliver Jonas will get the nod from Mazzoleni on Saturday against Vermont.

Jonas earned an extended look in net after the tremendous job he did filling in for Prestifilippo in last year's playoffs against RPI. He has shown that he too can be a force in goal.

This game will be the Bright debut for Mazzoleni and the Crimson's freshmen.

The rookies made an impressive showing at Brown, especially defenseman Aaron Kim who logged a major amount of ice time. Kim moved up to join senior Matt Scorsune as the Crimson's top offensive threats from the blueline, a preseason concern after the graduation of Ben Storey '99.

"Aaron Kim, [sophomore defenseman] Peter Capouch, and Matt Scorsune played very well last weekend," Mazzoleni said. "I was very pleased with the job Aaron did. He stepped in there and did the yeoman's job on the ice."

The Crimson defense had hoped to get back the defensive services of junior Tim Stay, who may sit out for another week to ensure total recovery from his knee injury.