October 7, 2008

Season Preview: Harvard Building Off Dazzling Season

The following article appeared September 29 on the USA Hockey Web site.

 

By Mike Scandura
Special to usahockey.com

For virtually all of last season, Harvard seemingly had a lock on the No. 1 ranking in the weekly USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine women’s poll.

The Crimson, coached by Katey Stone, who early this year guided the U.S. Under-18 women’s team to the gold medal at the World Championships in Calgary, tied a school record by winning its first 11 games.

And prior to beginning play in the NCAA Tournament, Harvard also had set several national and ECAC records en route to capturing championships in the Beanpot Tournament, the ECAC regular season and the ECAC Tournament. In fact, Harvard became the first team to finish undefeated in both the ECAC regular season and the conference tournament.

Complete article can be accessed via the USA Hockey Web site by clicking here.