# 2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's 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. A day later ECAC Hockey announced that the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## 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.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Adam Baughman | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Viktor Dombrovskiy | Defenseman | Canada | Graduation (Retired) |
| Mike Floodstrand | Forward | United States | Graduation (signed with Marseille) |
| Adam Fox | Defenseman | United States | Signed Professional Contract (New York Rangers) |
| Michael Lackey | Goaltender | United States | Graduate Transfer (Providence) |
| John Marino | Defenseman | United States | Signed Professional Contract (Pittsburgh Penguins) |
| Jacob Olson | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Lewis Zerter-Gossage | Forward | Canada | Graduation (signed with Hartford Wolf Pack) |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Nick Abruzzese | Forward | United States | 20 | Slate Hill, NY; Selected 124th overall in 2019 NHL Entry Draft |
| John Farinacci | Forward | United States | 18 | Red Bank, NJ; Selected 76th overall in 2019 NHL Entry Draft |
| Jace Foskey | Defenseman | United States | 19 | Southlake, TX |
| Mitchell Gibson | Goaltender | United States | 20 | Phoenixville, PA; Selected 124th overall in 2018 NHL Entry Draft |
| Jackson Hartje | Defenseman | United States | 23 | Detroit, MI; transferred from club team |
| Henry Thrun | Defenseman | United States | 18 | Southborough, MA; Selected 101st overall in 2019 NHL Entry Draft |
| Austin Wong | Forward | Canada | 19 | Cochrane, AB; Selected 215th overall in 2018 NHL Entry Draft |

## Roster

As of November 26, 2019.

## Standings

2019–20 ECAC Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall 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. ||||||||||

## 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 | | | | | | |

## 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 | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | 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 |

## Players drafted into the NHL
### 2020 NHL Entry Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | NHL team |
| 3 | 67 | Ian Moore† | Anaheim Ducks |
| 3 | 83 | Alex Laferriere† | Los Angeles Kings |
| 4 | 124 | Sean Farrell† | Montreal Canadiens |
| 5 | 151 | Mason Langenbrunner† | Boston Bruins |
| 6 | 156 | Kyle Aucoin† | Detroit Red Wings |
| 7 | 189 | John Fusco† | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 7 | 213 | Ryan Tverberg† | Toronto Maple Leafs |
† incoming freshman