After facing the Big Red, the Crimson will take on Colgate on Saturday.

The Raiders are coming off a loss to No. 13 Yale. Although the Raiders skated away scoreless in the, 2-0, defeat, their outshot the Bulldogs 39-22 and saw a strong performance from goaltender Eric Mikhail who logged 20 saves.

“[The Raiders] brought back a lot of their key guys,” sophomore defenseman Dan Ford said. “They’re hot right now and they play with a lot of confidence.”

One of those key players is forward Austin Smith. The senior has scored 30 or more points in every season for Colgate. In the 2010-2011 season, Smith tallied 10 goals and 21 assists for a combined 31 points over 41 games. Currently, Smith heads the Raider’s offensive effort with nine goals and four assists for a total of 13 points this season.

“Colgate is one of those teams that is very offensively talented,” Morrison said.

Luckily Harvard has seen strong performances in goal from both sophomore Raphael Girard and freshman Steve Michalek. It remains unclear which young netminder will be in goal in this weekend’s games, but the two have demonstrated strong performances early this season with a solid combined .906 save percentage.

The Crimson is in high gear preparing for the contests this weekend.

“[We are] practicing playing fast and playing our game,” Morrison said. “I think our team’s speed is going to give lots of teams trouble this year … Our special teams can do a lot of damage that way, too. “

Harvard believes that if it adheres to its game, it will come away victorious in its upcoming matches.

“We are not too concerned about what Cornell or Colgate is doing that is different from other teams,” Ford said.  “We just want to focus on what we can do and we feel that if we do the things that we try to do as a team that we will be happy with the result.”