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.
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.
| Forward | Signed professional contract (Calgary Flames) | |||
| Wyllum Deveaux | Forward | Graduation (signed with Wheeling Nailers) | ||
| Forward | Signed professional contract (Montreal Canadiens) | |||
| Jace Foskey | Defenseman | Graduation (retired) | ||
| Mitchell Gibson | Goaltender | Graduation (signed with Washington Capitals) | ||
| Forward | Signed professional contract (Los Angeles Kings) | |||
| Baker Shore | Forward | Graduation (signed with South Carolina Stingrays) | ||
| Ryan Siedem | Defenseman | Graduate transfer to Notre Dame | ||
| Defenseman | Graduation (signed with San Jose Sharks) | |||
| Austin Wong | Forward | Graduation (signed with Kunlun Red Star) |
| Michael Callow | Forward | 19 | Boston, MA
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| Ryan Fine | Forward | 18 | Center Moriches, NY | ||
| Peter Frates | Defenseman | 21 | Needham, MA
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| 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
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| Matthew Morden | Defenseman | 19 | Hamilton, ON
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As of August 2, 2023.[1] |}
|-!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style=";" | |-!colspan=12 ! style=""; | |-!colspan=12 style=";" |
| 32 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 8 | |||
| 29 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 12 | |||
| 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | |||
| 32 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 32 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 36 | |||
| 32 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 32 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 31 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 31 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 32 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 29 | |||
| 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 27 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 32 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Total | 70 | 113 | 183 | 224 |
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| 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 |
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See main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.
| Poll | Week | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |
See main article: 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
| 4 | 107 | † | Philadelphia Flyers | |
| 6 | 166 | † | Montreal Canadiens | |
| 6 | 179 | † | New York Islanders |