2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season
College ice hockey season
The 2019–20 Harvard Crimson Men's ice hockey season was the 120th season of play for the program and the 59th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Crimson represented Harvard University and were coached by Ted Donato , in his 16th season as their head coach.
on March 11, Harvard announced that it would not allow its team to travel to Rensselaer and withdrew from the tournament due to coronavirus fears.[ 1] A day later ECAC Hockey announced that the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 2]
Season
The team forfeited their ECAC quarterfinal series to the RPI Engineers and ended their season, due to the Ivy League 's decision to suspend its athletics in response to the coronavirus pandemic .[ 3]
Departures
Recruiting
Roster
As of November 26, 2019.[ 4]
No.
S/P/C
Player
Class
Pos
Height
Weight
DoB
Hometown
Previous team
NHL rights
1
Sihak Lee
Senior
G
6' 0" (1.83 m)
187 lb (85 kg)
1997-11-28
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Boston Junior Bruins (MHSL U18)
—
2
Rilley Walsh
Junior
D
6' 0" (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1999-04-21
Andover, New Hampshire
Chicago Steel (USHL )
NJD , 81 overall 2017
3
Jack Rathbone
Sophomore
D
5' 11" (1.8 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1999-05-20
West Roxbury, Massachusetts
Dexter School (USHS)
VAN , 95 overall 2017
5
Nick Azar
Junior
D
6' 3" (1.91 m)
201 lb (91 kg)
1998-06-22
Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan
Tri-City Storm (USHL )
—
6
Colton Kerfoot
Senior
F
5' 11" (1.8 m)
174 lb (79 kg)
1996-02-05
West Vancouver, British Columbia
Coquitlam Express (BCHL )
—
7
R.J. Murphy
Sophomore
F
6' 2" (1.88 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1998-10-02
Needham, Massachusetts
West Kelowna Warriors (BCHL )
—
8
Ben Foley
Junior
D
6' 1" (1.85 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1996-11-30
Edina, Minnesota
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL )
—
9
Mitchell Perreault
Junior
F
5' 9" (1.75 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
1996-09-03
Findlay, Ohio
Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL )
—
10
Jack Donato
Junior
F
6' 2" (1.88 m)
181 lb (82 kg)
1997-09-18
Scituate, Massachusetts
South Shore Kings (USPHL )
—
11
Benjamin Solin
Junior
F
5' 10" (1.78 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
1997-09-17
Madison, Connecticut
Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL )
—
12
Jackson Hartje
Junior
D
6' 0" (1.83 m)
176 lb (80 kg)
1996-08-08
Detroit, Michigan
Shreveport (NAHL )
—
13
Nathan Krusko (C )
Senior
F
5' 9" (1.75 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
1996-01-29
Alpharetta, Georgia
Omaha Lancers (USHL )
—
14
Jace Foskey
Freshman
D
6' 2" (1.88 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
2000-06-01
Southlake, Texas
Madison Capitols (USHL )
—
16
Nick Abruzzese
Freshman
F
5' 9" (1.75 m)
160 lb (73 kg)
1999-06-04
Slate Hill, New York
Chicago Steel (USHL )
TOR , 124 overall 2019
17
John Farinacci
Freshman
F
6' 0" (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
2001-02-14
Red Bank, New Jersey
Dexter School (USHS)
ARI , 76 overall 2019
18
Jack Drury
Sophomore
F
6' 0" (1.83 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
2000-02-03
Winnetka, Illinois
Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL )
CAR , 42 overall 2018
21
Justin Szeto
Senior
F
5' 9" (1.75 m)
150 lb (68 kg)
1997-02-09
Vancouver , British Columbia
Langley Rivermen (BCHL )
—
22
Ryan Siedem
Senior
D
6' 2" (1.88 m)
192 lb (87 kg)
2001-02-25
Madison, New Jersey
Central Illinois Flying Aces (USHL )
—
23
Baker Shore
Sophomore
F
5' 11" (1.8 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1999-08-20
Englewood, Colorado
Chicago Steel (USHL )
—
27
Austin Wong
Freshman
F
5' 11" (1.8 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
2000-08-26
Calgary , Alberta
Okotoks Oilers (AJHL )
WPG , 215 overall 2018
28
Henry Bowlby
Junior
F
6' 1" (1.85 m)
181 lb (82 kg)
1997-02-26
Edina, Minnesota
Lincoln Stars (USHL )
—
30
Derek Schaedig
Sophomore
G
6' 4" (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1998-05-13
Chelsea, Michigan
Lincoln Stars (USHL )
—
32
Cameron Gornet
Senior
G
6' 0" (1.83 m)
174 lb (79 kg)
1995-10-07
St. Louis, Missouri
Sioux City Musketeers (USHL )
—
33
Jack Badini
Junior
F
6' 0" (1.83 m)
203 lb (92 kg)
1998-01-19
Old Greenwich, Connecticut
Chicago Steel (USHL )
ANA , 91 overall 2017
44
Mitchell Gibson
Freshman
G
6' 1" (1.85 m)
187 lb (85 kg)
1999-06-25
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Central Illinois Flying Aces (USHL )
WSH , 124 overall 2018
46
Marshall Rifai
Sophomore
D
6' 1" (1.85 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1998-03-16
Beaconsfield, Quebec
Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL )
—
47
Casey Dornbach
Sophomore
F
5' 11" (1.8 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1997-07-07
Edina, Minnesota
Lincoln Stars (USHL )
—
71
Frédéric Grégoire
Senior
F
5' 11" (1.8 m)
172 lb (78 kg)
1996-11-27
Saint-Lambert, Quebec
St. George's School (USHS)
—
77
Henry Thrun
Freshman
D
6' 2" (1.88 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
2001-03-12
Southborough, Massachusetts
USNTDP (USHL )
ANA , 101 overall 2019
96
Wyllum Deveaux
Sophomore
F
6' 2" (1.88 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
2000-08-30
Sackville, Nova Scotia
Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL )
—
Standings
Conference record
Overall record
GP
W
L
T
PTS
GF
GA
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
#1 Cornell †
22
18
2
2
38
81
34
29
23
2
4
104
45
#7 Clarkson
22
16
5
1
33
63
38
34
23
8
3
96
63
#14 Quinnipiac
22
14
6
2
30
64
45
34
21
11
2
94
78
Rensselaer
22
13
8
1
27
63
41
34
17
15
2
95
87
Harvard
22
11
6
5
27
82
59
31
15
10
6
116
87
Dartmouth
22
10
10
2
22
60
73
31
13
14
4
93
106
Yale
22
10
10
2
22
57
64
32
15
15
2
77
97
Colgate
22
8
9
5
21
50
54
36
12
16
8
76
87
Brown
22
8
12
2
18
41
54
31
8
21
2
52
84
Union
22
5
15
2
12
46
71
37
8
25
4
67
112
Princeton
22
2
16
4
8
46
71
31
6
20
5
66
100
St. Lawrence
22
2
18
2
6
37
81
36
4
27
5
64
130
Championship : March 21, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup ) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup ) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ; updated March 23, 2020
Schedule and results
Date
Time
Opponent#
Rank#
Site
TV
Decision
Result
Attendance
Record
Exhibition
October 19
vs. Dartmouth *
#19
Thompson Arena • Hanover , New Hampshire (Exhibition)
W 4–2
Regular Season
November 1
7:30 PM
vs. Dartmouth
#19
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
Gornet
W 7–3
1,500
1–0–0 (1–0–0)
November 8
7:00 PM
vs. Princeton
#18
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
Gibson
W 3–0
1,633
2–0–0 (2–0–0)
November 9
7:00 PM
vs. #15 Quinnipiac
#18
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
NESN+
Gibson
W 7–2
1,887
3–0–0 (3–0–0)
November 15
7:00 PM
at Brown
#13
Meehan Auditorium • Providence , Rhode Island
Gibson
W 4–1
723
4–0–0 (4–0–0)
November 16
7:00 PM
at Yale
#13
Ingalls Rink • New Haven , Connecticut
Gornet
W 6–1
3,077
5–0–0 (5–0–0)
November 22
7:00 PM
at Rensselaer
#10
Houston Field House • Troy , New York
Gornet
W 6–3
2,554
6–0–0 (6–0–0)
November 29
4:30 PM
vs. #14 Boston College *
#9
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
NESN
Gornet
L 2–4
3,095
6–1–0 (6–0–0)
December 3
7:00 PM
at Boston University *
#12
Agganis Arena • Boston , Massachusetts
Gornet
L 2–5
2,922
6–2–0 (6–0–0)
December 6
7:00 PM
vs. #2 Cornell
#12
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
Gibson
L 1–3
3,095
6–3–0 (6–1–0)
December 7
7:00 PM
vs. Colgate
#12
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
Gibson
L 3–4 OT
1,611
6–4–0 (6–2–0)
December 28
7:00 PM
vs. #16 Arizona State *
#17
FivePoint Arena • Irvine , California
Gibson
W 4–1
2,253
7–4–0 (6–2–0)
December 29
4:00 PM
vs. #16 Arizona State *
#17
FivePoint Arena • Irvine , California
Gibson
T 4–4 OT
1,744
7–4–1 (6–2–0)
January 3
7:05 PM
at Quinnipiac
#16
People's United Center • Hamden , Connecticut
Gibson
L 1–6
2,840
7–5–1 (6–3–0)
January 4
7:00 PM
at Princeton
#16
Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton , New Jersey
Gornet
T 3–3 OT
2,442
7–5–2 (6–3–1)
January 11
7:00 PM
vs. Yale *
#18
Madison Square Garden • New York , New York
Gibson
W 7–0
10,064
8–5–2 (6–3–1)
January 17
7:00 PM
vs. St. Lawrence
#16
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
Gibson
W 3–1
1,892
9–5–2 (7–3–1)
January 18
7:00 PM
vs. #7 Clarkson
#16
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
Gibson
L 3–5
1,912
9–6–2 (7–4–1)
January 24
7:00 PM
at Colgate
#16
Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton , New York
Gibson
T 3–3 OT
1,421
9–6–3 (7–4–2)
January 25
7:00 PM
at #1 Cornell
#16
Lynah Rink • Ithaca , New York
Gornet
T 1–1 OT
1,421
9–6–4 (7–4–3)
January 31
7:00 PM
at Union
#16
Achilles Rink • Schenectady , New York
Gibson
W 8–5
1,697
10–6–4 (8–4–3)
Beanpot
February 3
5:00 PM
vs. #12 Northeastern
#17
TD Garden • Boston , Massachusetts (Beanpot Semifinal)
NESN
Gibson
L 1–3
13,141
10–7–4 (8–4–3)
February 7
7:00 PM
at Dartmouth
#17
Thompson Arena • Hanover , New Hampshire
Gibson
W 6–2
1,991
11–7–4 (9–4–3)
February 10
4:30 PM
at #7 Boston College
#18
TD Garden • Boston , Massachusetts (Beanpot Third Place)
NESN
Gibson
L 2–7
17,850
11–8–4 (9–4–3)
February 14
7:00 PM
vs. Yale
#18
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
Gornet
T 4–4 OT
2,079
11–8–5 (9–4–4)
February 15
7:00 PM
vs. Brown
#18
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
Gibson
T 1–1 OT
2,064
11–8–6 (9–4–5)
February 21
7:00 PM
at #5 Clarkson
#20
Cheel Arena • Potsdam , New York
Gibson
W 5–2
2,903
12–8–6 (10–4–5)
February 22
7:00 PM
at St. Lawrence
#20
Appleton Arena • Canton , New York
Gibson
L 3–6
1,185
12–9–6 (10–5–5)
February 28
7:00 PM
vs. Rensselaer
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
Gibson
L 0–2
1,722
12–10–6 (10–6–5)
February 29
7:00 PM
vs. Union
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts
Gornet
W 4–1
1,822
13–10–6 (11–6–5)
ECAC Hockey Tournament
March 6
7:00 PM
vs. St. Lawrence *
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts (First Round Game 1)
Gibson
W 5–3
438
14–10–6 (11–6–5)
March 7
7:02 PM
vs. St. Lawrence *
Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston , Massachusetts (First Round Game 2)
Gibson
W 7–1
514
15–10–6 (11–6–5)
Harvard Won Series 2–0
Remainder of Tournament Cancelled
*Non-conference game. # Rankings from USCHO.com Poll . All times are in Eastern Time .
[ 5]
Scoring statistics
Name
Position
Games
Goals
Assists
Points
PIM
Nick Abruzzese
C
31
14
30
44
4
Jack Drury
C
28
20
19
39
16
Casey Dornbach
RW
31
12
24
36
2
Jack Rathbone
D
28
7
24
31
16
Reilly Walsh
D
30
8
19
27
8
John Farinacci
C
31
10
12
22
21
Henry Thrun
D
31
3
18
21
12
Henry Bowlby
C
31
8
8
16
18
Jack Badini
C
31
6
8
14
10
R. J. Murphy
C
23
6
5
11
2
Colton Kerfoot
F
31
3
5
8
6
Ryan Siedem
D
31
3
5
8
8
Marshall Rifai
D
30
1
7
8
20
Austin Wong
C
21
4
2
6
18
Baker Shore
RW
30
3
3
6
20
Nathan Krusko
C
31
3
3
6
14
Jack Donato
F
31
4
0
4
14
Frédéric Grégoire
F
22
1
2
3
16
Justin Szeto
F
12
0
1
1
2
Wyllum Deveaux
F
14
0
1
1
2
Jace Foskey
D
19
0
1
1
12
Benjamin Solin
F
1
0
0
0
0
Sihak Lee
G
1
0
0
0
0
Benjamin Foley
D
10
0
0
0
2
Nick Azar
D
11
0
0
0
2
Cameron Gornet
G
14
0
0
0
0
Mitchell Gibson
G
23
0
0
0
0
Bench
-
31
-
-
-
6
Total
[ 6]
Goaltending statistics
Name
Games
Minutes
Wins
Losses
Ties
Goals Against
Saves
Shut Outs
SV %
GAA
Sihak Lee
1
0:33
0
0
0
0
1
0
1.000
0.00
Mitchell Gibson
23
1288
11
8
3
56
608
1
.916
2.61
Cameron Gornet
14
591
4
2
3
26
277
0
.914
2.64
Empty Net
-
12
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
Total
31
1893
15
10
6
87
886
1
.911
2.76
Rankings
Poll
Week
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23 (Final)
USCHO.com
19
19
19
19
19
18
13
10
9
12
17
17
16
18
16
16
16
17
18
20
NR
NR
NR
NR
USA Today
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
15
12
8
6
9
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
[ 7]
Players drafted into the NHL
† incoming freshman
[ 8]
References
^ "Breaking: Harvard Ends Its Season, Won't Participate in Remaining ECAC Playoffs" .
^ "ECAC Hockey Cancels Remainder of Men's Tournament" . ecachockey.com . March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
^ "Harvard forfeits ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series with RPI" . The Daily Gazette . Retrieved March 12, 2020 .
^ "Harvard Men's Hockey 2019-2020 Roster" . USCHO.com . Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
^ "Harvard Crimson (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results" . collegehockeystats.net . Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
^ "Harvard Univ. 2019-2020 Skater Stats" . Elite Prospects . Retrieved March 7, 2020 .
^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll" . USCHO.com . Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
^ "NHL DRAFT: Second day of NHL Draft concludes, nearly 70 players with NCAA ties chosen overall" . USCHO.com . Retrieved October 8, 2020 .