2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season explained

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

Adam Baughman	Defenseman	Graduation (Retired)
Viktor Dombrovskiy	Defenseman	Graduation (Retired)
Mike Floodstrand	Forward	Graduation (signed with Marseille)
	Defenseman	Signed Professional Contract (New York Rangers)
Michael Lackey	Goaltender	Graduate Transfer (Providence)
	Defenseman	Signed Professional Contract (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Jacob Olson	Defenseman	Graduation (Retired)
Lewis Zerter-Gossage	Forward	Graduation (signed with Hartford Wolf Pack)

Recruiting

	Forward	20	Slate Hill, NY Selected 124th overall in 2019 NHL Entry Draft
John Farinacci	Forward	18	Red Bank, NJ Selected 76th overall in 2019 NHL Entry Draft
Jace Foskey	Defenseman	19	Southlake, TX
Mitchell Gibson	Goaltender	20	Phoenixville, PA Selected 124th overall in 2018 NHL Entry Draft
Jackson Hartje	Defenseman	23	Detroit, MI transferred from club team
	Defenseman	18	Southborough, MA Selected 101st overall in 2019 NHL Entry Draft
Austin Wong	Forward	19	Cochrane, AB Selected 215th overall in 2018 NHL Entry Draft

Roster

As of November 26, 2019.^[4]

Schedule and results

Scoring statistics

		31	14	30	44	4
		28	20	19	39	16
		31	12	24	36	2
		28	7	24	31	16
		30	8	19	27	8
		31	10	12	22	21
		31	3	18	21	12
		31	8	8	16	18
		31	6	8	14	10
		23	6	5	11	2
		31	3	5	8	6
		31	3	5	8	8
		30	1	7	8	20
		21	4	2	6	18
		30	3	3	6	20
		31	3	3	6	14
		31	4	0	4	14
		22	1	2	3	16
		12	0	1	1	2
		14	0	1	1	2
		19	0	1	1	12
		1	0	0	0	0
		1	0	0	0	0
		10	0	0	0	2
		11	0	0	0	2
		14	0	0	0	0
		23	0	0	0	0
Bench	-	31	-	-	-	6
Total

^[6]

Goaltending statistics

	1	0:33	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.00
	23	1288	11	8	3	56	608	1	.916	2.61
	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

See main article: 2019-20 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

Poll	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

^[7]

Players drafted into the NHL

2020 NHL Entry Draft

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

^[8]

Notes and References

Web site: 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. March 12, 2020.
Web site: Harvard forfeits ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series with RPI . The Daily Gazette. 2020-03-12.
Web site: Harvard Men's Hockey 2019-2020 Roster . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
Web site: Harvard Crimson (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results . collegehockeystats.net . November 26, 2019.
News: Harvard Univ. 2019-2020 Skater Stats . Elite Prospects . March 7, 2020.
Web site: USCHO Division I Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
News: NHL DRAFT: Second day of NHL Draft concludes, nearly 70 players with NCAA ties chosen overall . USCHO.com . October 8, 2020.