Harvard Crimson 2022-2023

[J.D.]

College hockey is just so unpredictable...Harvard has an NCAA leading 15 draft picks and is just getting run out of the building.

Amazing they could pull in all those picks with no athletic scholarships!!!

[DNAEagle]

Complete collapse, others teams have to get through their conference championships and aren't down by 7 after 2. This beat down is going to leave a mark.

[Seacaptim]

I was utilizing sarcasm on that one. It is possible that all of these Harvard “NHL” bound players, are focused more on NHL right now? Ohio State has 7 goals and Harvard has about 8 shots on goal.

[DNAEagle]

Too subtle for me but Ohio State has been anything but subtle.

[LastRowRegular]

I am not an optimist by any measure, but I am stunned at the disparity between these teams. The pairwise rating is revealed to be utterly fraudulent based on this performance. I think it is not just effort but skill level. And they are just not mentally ready for the big stage. Is that partially coaching?!

I am sitting here in Bridgeport feeling very confused and disheartened. Not sure any of these guys would impress an NHL scout today!

I've been a season ticket holder for over 30 years. See you next year!

[J.D.]

I am not an optimist by any measure, but I am stunned at the disparity between these teams. The pairwise rating is revealed to be utterly fraudulent based on this performance. I think it is not just effort but skill level. And they are just not mentally ready for the big stage. Is that partially coaching?!

I am sitting here in Bridgeport feeling very confused and disheartened. Not sure any of these guys would impress an NHL scout today!

I've been a season ticket holder for over 30 years. See you next year!

On coaching, I have never truly been a believer in Ted Donato. But, when Paul Pearl arrived with him he started to turn things around and even with Pearl not there anymore he has continued that success. Fact of the matter is Harvard gets the top talent of any ECAC program. Absolutely should not be getting embarrassed like this. So that alone falls on the coach. Just didn't have the pulse of his team as they were not ready to go from puck drop.

[Oldtimer]

Surprised but not totally shocked. In the games I've watched H this season I thought their reputation was generous given how they have struggled to score at times like today. Announcers always raved about their personnel and speed but results weren't always that impressive. Cornell did the ECAC proud. Hopefully Q and Gate will be competitive so the ECAC can continue to get 3-4 teams in the tourney each year.

[DNAEagle]

Agree on Donato, he has been there for 15 years, he recruits good players, and they just don't seem to make much of a splash. I always think Harvard, despite whatever their record is, is just not that good. Not sure why that is but that is my thought going into any game with Harvard.

[LastRowRegular]

On coaching, I have never truly been a believer in Ted Donato. But, when Paul Pearl arrived with him he started to turn things around and even with Pearl not there anymore he has continued that success. Fact of the matter is Harvard gets the top talent of any ECAC program. Absolutely should not be getting embarrassed like this. So that alone falls on the coach. Just didn't have the pulse of his team as they were not ready to go from puck drop.

Harvard felt small, lacking in strength and speed compared to O.S. Pushed around and out hustled. The quality of shots was much better and above all, Harvard lacks a next level defense.

Looking over the records of the Big 10 schools last year, I noted a lot of splitting of games between opponents. It's a strong conference.

[LynahFan]

Jeebus. Better luck next year, Harvard!

[ROMD]

Is it time to allow grad students players in the Ivy League via the Portal? Harvard has so many graduate schools (why not add a dual coaching/sports management one year degree at HBS and the Ed School?), that would help. It would also help to allow the teams to add 4 to 6 more games. Between that and NIL, you never know what could happen.

In any event, this was horrendous. Everyone has a bad game or two but relative to the Michigan series on the road or the Beanpot, this was night and day. Maybe the top players who stay can use this as motivation.

[Lynah Rink]

Is it time to allow grad students players in the Ivy League via the Portal? Harvard has so many graduate schools (why not add a dual coaching/sports management one year degree at HBS and the Ed School?), that would help. It would also help to allow the teams to add 4 to 6 more games. Between that and NIL, you never know what could happen.

In any event, this was horrendous. Everyone has a bad game or two but relative to the Michigan series on the road or the Beanpot, this was night and day. Maybe the top players who stay can use this as motivation.

The time to allow grad students to play Ivy League sports was several decades ago. Doubt it will ever happen.

[Skate79]

There's no way to sugarcoat it. OSU blew us out today. Dominated in every phase of the game. Can't remember an NCAA tournament game where we were this thoroughly overwhelmed. After the first few minutes, it was all OSU. They were well prepared and knew exactly what to do in exploiting Harvard's D. This was the one area where I feared Harvard would be at a severe disadvantage and sure enough, they got exposed big time.

Today's result was all the more surprising given that they played Michigan to a tie in November and pushed BU to OT in December. We should have won the Beanpot in OT and I don't think our size was the problem. We just never got into our skating game. And when we don't skate, we s#$K.

The Bruins have themselves a prospect and a half in Mason Lohrei. That kid can dominate a game at both ends. He may be ready for the pros next year.

We'll see who stays and who goes. I'm thinking Farrell stays but Coronato might jump ship for Calgary. Laferriere is anyone's guess. I don't see others leaving although with the transfer portal, you never know.

Good luck to the rest of the ECAC except for Cornell. Rooting for a Cornell win is like rooting for the Montreal Canadiens. And as a Bruins fan, that's heresy.

[bothman]

An utterly embarassing, shameful, and disgraceful performance. There is no way around that. It will be interesting to see what Donato has to say. The fact that Harvard could not muster anything between periods should say alot. Defense was tentative and slow (Siedem). First line lost composure and started to try to play hero hockey. Weight room? They were manhandled. Tresca can't win faceoff. I feel bad for Gibson. He deserved better.

[Earl_Leatherland]

That was a complete dominate performance by OSU. Harvard just didn’t look ready to play this game. It happens, but this is a really unfortunate time for it to happen.