2023–24 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

The 2023–24 Harvard Crimson Men's ice hockey season was the 123rd season of play for the program and 62nd in ECAC Hockey. The Crimson represented Harvard University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their home games at Bright-Landry Hockey Center and were coached by Ted Donato in his 19th season.
==Season==
Despite losing their top four scorers and starting goaltender from the previous season, Harvard was in the top-20 from earliest polls. To replace the departed talent, three NHL draftees were among the crop of freshman looking to help the Crimson return to the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately, very little went right for Harvard during the season. From the outset, the goaltending tandem of Koskenvuo and Mullahy did not play well enough to give the team a chance most nights. Over the course of the season, Harvard's goals against average was nearly a full goal more than it was the year before. Though Koskenvuo did possess marginally better numbers, it wasn't sufficient to give him the starting role outright.
Compounding the team's problems was a vast reduction in goal scoring. The team was unable to replace the offensive production lost to the professional ranks and, though three freshman did finish in the top 5 in team scoring (Callow, Johnson and MacDonald), their total combined contributions were less than what Harvard had received from Sean Farrell. Harvard scored 55 fewer goals than they had in 2023 and finished as one of the worst offensive teams in the nation. The team's situation was particularly dire in the first half of the year as the Crimson won just once in its first 14 games. Some improvements were seen in the second half but in the end Harvard posted one of its worst campaigns in decades. The seven wins on the year was the lowest number for the program since 1979.
==Departures==
Matthew Coronato	Forward 		Signed professional contract (Calgary Flames)
Wyllum Deveaux 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Wheeling Nailers)
Sean Farrell 	Forward 		Signed professional contract (Montreal Canadiens)
Jace Foskey 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Mitchell Gibson 	Goaltender		Graduation (signed with Washington Capitals)
Alex Laferriere 	Forward 		Signed professional contract (Los Angeles Kings)
Baker Shore 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with South Carolina Stingrays)
Ryan Siedem 	Defenseman		Graduate transfer to Notre Dame
Henry Thrun 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with San Jose Sharks)
Austin Wong 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Kunlun Red Star)
==Recruiting==
Michael Callow 	Forward 		19	Boston, MA; selected 154th overall in 2022
Ryan Fine 	Forward 		18	Center Moriches, NY
Salvatore Guzzo	Forward 		18	Old Tappan, NJ
David Hejduk 	Defenseman		19	Parker, CO
Cameron Johnson	Forward 		18	Vancouver, BC
Ben MacDonald 	Forward 		19	Weston, MA; selected 91st overall in 2022
Matthew Morden 	Defenseman		19	Hamilton, ON; selected 131st overall in 2022
==Roster==
As of August 2, 2023.
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==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	C 	32	13	14 	27 	8
 	D 	29	9 	13 	22 	12
 	C 	32	4 	12 	16 	4
 	RW	32	3 	12 	15 	0
 	C 	32	5 	10 	15 	36
 	C 	32	8 	5 	13 	6
 	F 	32	5 	5 	10 	12
 	C 	31	8 	2 	10 	0
 	D 	21	3 	5 	8 	10
 	C 	31	4 	4 	8 	6
 	F 	32	5 	2 	7 	29
 	C 	16	0 	7 	7 	6
 	D 	27	1 	5 	6 	12
 	D 	32	0 	5 	5 	8
 	F 	29	0 	4 	4 	10
 	D 	32	1 	2 	3 	12
 	F 	27	1 	2 	3 	6
 	D 	22	0 	1 	1 	8
 	D 	8 	0 	1 	1 	6
 	G 	17	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	18	0 	1 	1 	12
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	12	0 	0 	0 	19
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	F 	29	0 	0 	0 	2
Total	 	 	70	113	183	224
==Goaltending statistics==
 	19	973:11 	2	13	2	51 	442	0	.897 	3.14
 	3 	3:02 	0	0 	0	0 	1 	0	1.000	0.00
 	18	957:04 	5	6 	4	47 	477	2	.910 	2.95
Empty Net	- 	25:32 	-	- 	-	8 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	32	1958:49	7	19	6	106	920	2	.897 	3.25
==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	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 	24 	25 	26 (Final)	
USCHO.com	15 	16 	15 	17 	19 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	– 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	– 	NR 	
USA Today	13 	16 	15 	13 	15 	20 	20 	20 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	– 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11 and 25.Note: USA Today did not release a poll in week 12.
==References==
2023-24
Category:2023–24 ECAC Hockey men's season
Category:2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by team