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Harvard Crimson 2023-'24

Heads up re season tickets

last spring I did the reserve your seats thing
this morning I got an email asking me to complete the order. Apparently Harvard has hired a new vendor to handle online ticket purchases. I could not log in and spent 20+ minutes trying.
I ended up calling the office at 617-495-2211. Took several tries but I got through finally and was able to complete the order. They gave me a choice of paper or electronic tickets. I chose paper due my growing distrust of the ticket vendor.
my suggestion to all is to avoid wasting time and just phone the ticket office
good luck
 
Veritas said:
Heads up re season tickets

last spring I did the reserve your seats thing
this morning I got an email asking me to complete the order. Apparently Harvard has hired a new vendor to handle online ticket purchases. I could not log in and spent 20+ minutes trying.
I ended up calling the office at 617-495-2211. Took several tries but I got through finally and was able to complete the order. They gave me a choice of paper or electronic tickets. I chose paper due my growing distrust of the ticket vendor.
my suggestion to all is to avoid wasting time and just phone the ticket office
good luck
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I gave up trying to do the online thing and just call the ticket office or stop by if I'm in the area to get my tickets. Sometimes I just walk up and buy before the game if we're playing a team such as Brown or Princeton.
 
The ASU tournament might be interesting. Even more interesting will be how the program bounces back from a tough end to a pretty good year. The departures hurt but there is obviously still plenty of talent remaining and another promising set of recruits.
 
ROMD said:
The ASU tournament might be interesting. Even more interesting will be how the program bounces back from a tough end to a pretty good year. The departures hurt but there is obviously still plenty of talent remaining and another promising set of recruits.
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Defensively and in goal, we should be fine. Up front, not so much. We lost a ton of goals when Farrell, Coronato, and Laferriere took their talents to the NHL. Hoping that one or two of the frosh step up this season but with young teams, it takes a while to gel. Expecting a sixth or seventh-place finish.
 
Skate79 said:
John Farinacci signs with the Bruins. Couldn't come to an agreement with Arizona who drafted him and decided to talk to Boston. The Bruins need young centers in the worst way possible so this hopefully will be a good signing for both sides.

John Farinacci Signs Entry-Level NHL Contract with Boston Bruins - Harvard University (gocrimson.com)
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There were two familiar faces at the Bruins' training camp: John Farinacci and Reilly Walsh. Seems they have both been assigned to the Providence team.
 
Well, an 18 round shootout to decide last night's game has to be some kind of record, college or pro. And it took Jack Bar to win it. Kudos to both goalies who stood tall in this game. Harvard is sorely lacking in offensive finish. Hoping that the frosh will continue to grow into their games as the season progresses. We may be playing a number of OT games this year.
 
We attended last night's game at Dartmouth, as I had never been there before. It was great to see live action again. The outcome we witnessed last year in Bridgeport was so dismal, I was eager to forget--although I will likely never forgive. So... the 18 round shootout was just an absurd outcome. But of a different ilk! I really don't enjoy the format, but it is here to stay so I must cope.

There are some talented players in the first year class. Of course, it's going to take some time for them to play with more cohesiveness. Some tough opponents in the next month.
 
This will be a season filled with peaks and valleys. Lots of 2-1 games if Harvard is going to have success given the youth and lack of high-end forwards relative to last year. OT and shootouts were automatic last year. As exciting as the 18 rounder was, it also confirmed ever we knew relative to last year. If Harvard can get a first round bye, they will have done really well this year.
 
bothman said:
This will be a season filled with peaks and valleys. Lots of 2-1 games if Harvard is going to have success given the youth and lack of high-end forwards relative to last year. OT and shootouts were automatic last year. As exciting as the 18 rounder was, it also confirmed ever we knew relative to last year. If Harvard can get a first round bye, they will have done really well this year.
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Agree. There is an article in today's Boston Globe where the team talked about the youth movement and how it will take time for them to gel offensively. Defense and goaltending will have to carry them through the New Year.
 
Two games, two ties, a split in the shootout. One disturbing trend has emerged already. We are not very good at winning faceoffs. Princeton handled us at the dot all night and that translated into a wide shot disparity. Someone has to work with the centers to correct this and soon.
 
An embarrassing performance at home against a quinny team that is good, but would not hold a candle to last year’s Quinny team. Tonight’s game should have been worse. It was not remotely competitive. Going to be a long season in Cambridge.
 
The number of ties to start the season finally came to an end fittingly in Ithaca. Hopefully this is the start of a winning streak although the way they have played so far leads me to believe they are destined to be outside the top five or six in the conference.
 
I definitely did not see that win coming at Lynah. Credit to Harvard to evolve its play given the composition of the roster. They will have to play a different style than we are accustomed to and will have to win more 2-1 and 3-2 games to have success. Matt Coronato and Sean Farrell are not walking through that door. Like Harvard, Cornell is also young, but given UMD's performance, I suspect expectations of the Big Red should also be tempered with regards to national aspirations. This is clearly Quinnipiac's conference to win or lose.
 
Do not read into the score. Could/should have been UMass by 5 goals. Complete men vs boys game. Umass forwards setting up shop in front of the H net and the Harvard D could do nothing. Can’t win a face off. This is just a very poorly constructed team. Lots of dumb and lazy penalties. Harvard relegated to having to flip the puck out of the zone without any meaningful breakout. You got big d that don’t play physical and you got small d that can’t break the puck out. What gives? This is a team that should be ranked 30-35. Very tough to watch.
 
bothman said:
Do not read into the score. Could/should have been UMass by 5 goals. Complete men vs boys game. Umass forwards setting up shop in front of the H net and the Harvard D could do nothing. Can’t win a face off. This is just a very poorly constructed team. Lots of dumb and lazy penalties. Harvard relegated to having to flip the puck out of the zone without any meaningful breakout. You got big d that don’t play physical and you got small d that can’t break the puck out. What gives? This is a team that should be ranked 30-35. Very tough to watch.
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I was there and it was worse than what it looked like on TV. Were it not for the UMass goalie blowing doors, this game would have been a rout. UMass seemed to be on a game-long power play taking up residence in the Harvard D zone and cycling the puck until they got the shot they wanted. The Crimson kept chasing the game and were so tentative that they enabled the Minuteman to control the puck without any resistance. I guess the best you could say about the game was that Harvard killed off a five-minute major which I thought would swing momentum. As you said, it was men against boys. The team had over a week to prepare for this game, yet they looked like they were shell-shocked from the five-minute mark of the first period going forward.
 
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