Harvard–Yale hockey rivalry explained

Wide:yes
Harvard-Yale hockey rivalry
Team1:Harvard Crimson
Team1logo:Harvard Crimson logo.svg
Team2:Yale Bulldogs
Team2logo:Yale Logo.svg
Sport:Ice hockey
Firstmeeting:Yale 5, Harvard 4
February 26, 1900
Mostrecent:Harvard 5, Yale 3
December 4, 2021
Nextmeeting:February 11, 2022
Total:264
Series:Harvard leads, 149–92–23
Largestvictory:Harvard 13, Yale 1
February 26, 1921
Longeststreak:Harvard, 9
(February 1970 – February 1974)
Longestunbeatenstreak:Yale, 10
(November 2012 – March 2015)
Currentstreak:Harvard, 1
(December 2021–present)
Currentunbeatenstreak:Harvard, 6
(November 2018–present)
Stadiums:Bright-Landry Hockey Center
Ingalls Rink
Map Location:USA Northeast (cropped)
Map Label1:Harvard
Map Label1 Position:right
Map Label2:Yale
Map Mark2:Blue pog.svg

The Harvard–Yale hockey rivalry is a men's ice hockey sports rivalry between the Crimson of Harvard University and the Bulldogs of Yale University dating back to the 19th century.

Harvard and Yale play each other at least twice each season with most games at Harvard's Bright Hockey Center in Allston, Massachusetts and at Yale's Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Connecticut. Postseason meetings are common. Harvard and Yale have met more than 250 times on the ice with their first match coming on February 26, 1900.

Game results

Sources:[1] [2]
As of January 1, 2022.

Series facts

StatisticHarvardYale
Games played align=center colspan=2264
Wins 149 92
Home wins 76 51
Road wins 52 28
Neutral site wins 21 13
Most goals scored in a game by one team 13 (1921) 10 (1948)
Most goals in a game by both teams align=center colspan=215 (1971 – Harvard 11, Yale 4)
Fewest goals in a game by both teams align=center colspan=21 (1925, 1929, 1948, 1956, 2011)
Fewest goals scored in a game by one team in a win 1 (1948) 1 (1925, 1929, 1956, 2011)
Most goals scored in a game by one team in a loss 5 (1937, 1963, 2004) 5 (1966, 1979, 1985, 1996)
Largest margin of victory 13 (1921) 7 (1948)
Smallest margin of victory 1 (1948) 1 (1925, 1929, 1956, 2011)
Longest winning streak 9 (February 1970 – February 1974) 7 (January 2014 – March 2015)
Longest unbeaten streak 9 (February 1970 – February 1974) 10 (November 2012 – March 2015)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harvard Crimson . Year-By-Year Results . November 17, 2018.
  2. Web site: Yale Bulldogs . YALE MEN'S HOCKEY RESULTS, 1895 -2019 . December 31, 2019 . July 23, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210723142330/https://s3.amazonaws.com/yalebulldogs.com/documents/2019/6/25/YearxYearthrough2018-19Yalehockey_docx_-2-.pdf . dead .