1988–89 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season

The 1988–89 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey team represented the Harvard University in college ice hockey. In its 18th year under head coach Bill Cleary the team compiled a 31–3–0 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the fourteenth time.[1] The Crimson defeated Minnesota 4–3 in overtime to win the championship game at the St. Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

1988–89 Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey season
National Champion
Beanpot, Champion
ECAC Hockey, Champion
NCAA Tournament, Champion
Conference1st ECAC Hockey
Home iceBright-Landry Hockey Center
Record
Overall31–3–0
Conference20–2–0
Home16–0–0
Road10–2–0
Neutral5–1–0
Coaches and Captains
Head CoachBill Cleary
Assistant CoachesRonn Tomassoni
Captain(s)Lane MacDonald
Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey seasons
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Season

After spending the previous year playing for the US National Team at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Lane MacDonald and Allen Bourbeau returned to Harvard and led a very experienced team that was looking to being the Crimson its first national championship. MacDonald was named team captain and placed on the top line along with Bourbeau and C. J. Young. Over the course of the season Harvard was led by its upper-classmen, with nearly two thirds of the game-to-game roster coming from the veterans. However, the Crimson got major contributions from underclassmen as well. Sophomores Peter Ciavaglia and Ted Donato earned their place on the second line with the former leading the team in scoring. In net Bill Cleary decided to go with a goaltending tandem with the two freshmen Allain Roy and Chuckie Hughes alternating starts.

Fast Start

The Crimson began the year with five wins against different conference opponents, though none were particularly strong squads. The first real test for Harvard came against Hockey East powerhouse Boston College where the two Boston-area rivals battled into overtime where the ivy-leaguers took the game. In the three succeeding games Harvard absolutely pounded their ECAC opponents, scoring 27 goals and routing the competition. Harvard ended 1988 with a pair of games against New Hampshire teams. After an overtime win over UNH the Crimson smashed long-time rival Dartmouth 10–0, Harvard's only shutout of the season.

Number One

Harvard began the second half of its season in early January and looked to have lost a bit of a step during their three-week break; they continued to win games but their massive goal differentials had vanished. Just when it looked like they were vulnerable, however, the Crimson soundly beat previously-undefeated St. Lawrence and claimed the #1 ranking.[2] The 15–0 Crimson were off to their best start since the depression but couldn't build on their lead for another two weeks. When they finally returned to the ice at the end of the month their offense was nowhere to be found against their arch-rival Yale and Harvard suffered its first loss of the season. The Crimson recovered for the next two games, winning easily against two of the conference's worst teams, before heading to the Boston Garden for the start of the Beanpot.

Beanpot Champions

Despite Harvard's success throughout the 1980s the program hadn't won a Beanpot semifinal since 1981 and they wouldn't have an easy task in the first game as they faced Boston College who were looking for revenge after the earlier loss. Once more the squads fought a close game but Harvard was able to come out as the victor once more, setting up a championship showdown against Boston University a week later. In the meantime Harvard played a pair of road games and suffered their second loss of the season, losing in overtime to 3rd-place Colgate. The Beanpot championship came two days after the loss and Harvard's forwards ran roughshod over the Terriers, scoring nine times to win the match and give the program its ninth Beanpot title.[3]

Harvard faced a bit of a gauntlet in the final two weeks of the regular season, going up against two of the top teams in the conference, but Harvard was able to sweep both weekends and cement its 4th-consecutive ECAC title.

ECAC Tournament

Harvard began the conference tournament by hosting Rensselaer in the best-of-three quarterfinals and won two games handily. The Crimson headed back to Boston Garden for the championship rounds and found themselves in a touch match against the upstart Vermont Catamounts. They fought to a 2–2 draw after regulation and when the sixth-seed team were the ones to find the back of the net Harvard headed to its third consolation game of in four years. While they won the match against Cornell, Harvard's loss in the semifinal gave the top eastern seed to Maine despite the Crimson's 27–3 record.

NCAA Tournament

The slightly lowering of their ranking still gave Harvard a first-round bye in the national tournament, allowing the Crimson to wait at home for their opponent. In late March Harvard played their final home games of the season against defending national champion Lake Superior State and the difference between the two could not have been greater. While Harvard was a fast-skating finesse team, the Lakers were a hard-nosed checking group that relied on their All-American goalie Bruce Hoffort to bail them out on the penalty kill. Harvard's goaltending tandem were able to keep LSSU from scoring much in the two games, allowing the Crimson to win both games and advance to their fourth Frozen Four of the decade.

In the semifinal Harvard faced the team that had stopped them from winning the 1986 Championship in Michigan State. The senior class for MSU remembered the win over Harvard and leading-scorer Bobby Reynolds remarked:

"Thank God we're not playing Minnesota." [4]

The relief over facing the Ivy-leaguers was soon erased when Harvard scored twice in the first while Allain Roy stood on his head to make a spectacular save on Reynolds' wrap-around chance. In the end it was the boys from the east who skated away with the victory in front of a mostly-MSU cheering 15,000.

Title Game

The championship game pitted two teams who had been desperately trying to win the title over the previous decade but came up empty each year. While Harvard wore their home whites it was Minnesota who had a sellout crowd cheering for them in their backyard of Saint Paul. Just prior to the game Lane MacDonald received the Hobey Baker Award, giving both teams a national player of the year (Robb Stauber had won the award in 1988). Both teams were anxious to win the championship and came out flying at the start of the game. Minnesota got on the board first with a fairly soft goal from the stick of Jon Anderson. In Harvard's zeal to tie up the game they took three consecutive penalties in the first period but the penalty kill, which had been good all season, stood strong and prevented Minnesota from extending its lead.

In the second in was Minnesota's turn in the box and the Gophers received three straight minors to start the middle frame. In the second power play for Harvard, Ted Donato fired a shot from the point and the puck sailed past Stauber's glove to tie the score. Four minutes later, just after the Gophers killed off the third penalty, Lane MacDonald managed to get behind Minnesota's defensemen and cut across the front of the net before beating a sprawled Stauber to give Harvard its first lead. Three and a half minutes later Minnesota finally broke through on the power play and the two teams skated into intermission tied at 2.

Minnesota had the balance of power in the third but it was Donato who found the back of the net first, giving Harvard the lead with just over 7 minutes to play. The Gophers fought furiously to tie the score and managed to do just that on their third power play of the period. In overtime Minnesota nearly won the game when a shot from Randy Skarda beat Chuckie Hughes' blocker but it hit the post square and bounced straight back. A few minutes later Harvard won a faceoff in Minnesota's end and Brian McCormack shot a puck from the point. It rebounded off of Stauber and while Peter Ciavaglia was being tackled by Skarda, Ed Krayer picked up the puck, skated a few feet towards the corner, and backhanded a puck that eluded Stauber. The overtime goal silenced the partisan crowd while the cheers from the Harvard squad echoed throughout the building.[5]

Awards and Honors

Ted Donato's two goals in the final games helped him win tournament MOP honors, and he was joined on the All-Tournament team by Kevin Sneddon, Lane MacDonald and Allain Roy. MacDonald's Hobey Baker award was the third for Harvard in a seven-year span and he was the only member of the team to make the AHCA All-American East First Team though linemate C. J. Young made the Second Team.[6] MacDonald was also ECAC Player of the Year and an All-ECAC First Team member.[7] Young, Allen Bourbeau and Peter Ciavaglia made second-team all-conference. As they had been equally critical to the team's success all season, it was fitting that Allain Roy and Chuckie Hughes shared the goaltending spot on the All-ECAC Rookie Team.

Head Coach Bill Cleary remained behind the bench for one more season before becoming the Athletic Director, leaving the '89 season as crowning jewel of his illustrious career.

Standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Harvard†222020401304934313019189
St. Lawrence*22184036995636297016995
Colgate22156131108823119102161118
Clarkson22137228104873216133135129
Cornell2213902676743016131113100
Vermont22139026108733420131158116
Yale2210120207284311119199137
Rensselaer2281221874823212173118123
Dartmouth22714115709626817182113
Army2261511362108301316193125
Princeton22417197311326619197133
Brown22121025113226125058155
Championship: St. Lawrence
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)

Schedule
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Record
Regular Season
November 11 vs. Yale Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 6–3  1–0 (1–0)
November 12 vs. Brown Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 3–2  2–0 (2–0)
November 18 vs. Army Tate Rink • West Point, New York W 6–1  3–0 (3–0)
November 19 at Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey W 9–5  4–0 (4–0)
November 22 at Dartmouth Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire W 4–2  5–0 (5–0)
November 25 vs. Boston College* Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 4–3 OT 6–0 (5–0)
November 28 at Brown Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island W 10–1  7–0 (6–0)
December 2 vs. Colgate Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 8–2  8–0 (7–0)
December 4 vs. Cornell Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 9–1  9–0 (8–0)
December 10 at New Hampshire* Snively Arena • Durham, New Hampshire W 4–3 OT 10–0 (8–0)
December 12 vs. Dartmouth Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 10–0  11–0 (9–0)
January 6 vs. Rensselaer Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 4–1  12–0 (10–0)
January 7 vs. Vermont Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 3–2  13–0 (11–0)
January 13 at Clarkson Walker Arena • Potsdam, New York W 5–2  14–0 (12–0)
January 14 at St. Lawrence Appleton Arena • Canton, New York W 5–1  15–0 (13–0)
January 31 at Yale Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut L 1–3  15–1 (13–1)
February 3 vs. Princeton Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 7–2  16–1 (14–1)
February 4 vs. Army Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 11–1  17–1 (15–1)
Beanpot
February 6 vs. Boston College* Boston Garden • Boston, Massachusetts (Beanpot Semifinal) W 5–4  18–1 (15–1)
February 10 at Cornell Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York W 4–2  19–1 (16–1)
February 11 at Colgate Starr Rink • Hamilton, New York L 5–6 OT 19–2 (16–2)
February 13 vs. Boston University* Boston Garden • Boston, Massachusetts (Beanpot Championship) W 9–6  20–2 (16–2)
February 17 at Vermont Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont W 5–3  21–2 (17–2)
February 18 at Rensselaer Houston Field House • Troy, New York W 4–3 OT 22–2 (18–2)
February 24 vs. St. Lawrence Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 4–2  23–2 (19–2)
February 25 vs. Clarkson Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts W 7–5  24–2 (20–2)
ECAC Tournament
March 3 vs. Rensselaer* Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts (ECAC Quarterfinal game 1) W 7–3  25–2 (20–2)
March 4 vs. Rensselaer* Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts (ECAC Quarterfinal game 2) W 5–4  26–2 (20–2)
Harvard Won Series 2-0
March 10 vs. Vermont* Boston Garden • Boston, Massachusetts (ECAC Semifinal) L 2–3 OT 26–3 (20–2)
March 11 vs. Cornell* Boston Garden • Boston, Massachusetts (ECAC Consolation Game) W 6–3  27–3 (20–2)
NCAA Tournament
March 24 vs. Lake Superior State* Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts (National Quarterfinal game 1) W 4–2  28–3 (20–2)
March 25 vs. Lake Superior State* Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts (National Quarterfinal game 2) W 5–2  29–3 (20–2)
Harvard Won Series 2-0
March 30 vs. Michigan State* St. Paul Civic Center • Saint Paul, Minnesota (National Semifinal) W 6–3  30–3 (20–2)
April 1 vs. Minnesota* St. Paul Civic Center • Saint Paul, Minnesota (National Championship) W 4–3 OT 31–3 (20–2)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll.
Source:

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Roster and scoring statistics
No. Name Year Position Hometown S/P/C Games Goals Assists Pts PIM
17Peter CiavagliaSophomoreCAlbany, NY341548634
19Lane MacDonaldSeniorLWTulsa, OK3231296042
14C. J. YoungJuniorRWWaban, MA3433225524
24Allen BourbeauJuniorCWorcester, MA3311435448
6Ted DonatoSophomoreLWBoston, MA3414375130
27John WeisbrodSeniorCSyosset, NY3122133561
11Ed KrayerJuniorLWActon, MA341214264
26John MurphyJuniorCToronto, ON339132212
15Nick CaroneSeniorDCheektowaga, NY338142236
25Tod HartjeJuniorCAnoka, MN334172140
29Mike VukonichSophomoreCDuluth, MN271181912
8Edmond PreszSeniorRWWilbraham, MA34971628
5Kevan MelroseSophomoreDRed Deer, AB3221315126
9Paul HowleySeniorFMilton, MA34661228
7Joshua CaplanSeniorDWellesley, MA330111134
10Craig TaucherSeniorFTroy, MI132792
23Scott McCormackJuniorDLake Forest, IL1918910
22Brian McCormackFreshmanDBloomington, MN3108816
21Kevin SneddonFreshmanDSt. Catharines, ON3206622
3Brian PopielSophomoreDThunder Bay, ON150332
18Scott FardenSeniorDVirginia, MN40222
2Rich DeFreitasFreshmanDManchester, NH50226
30Chuckie HughesFreshmanGQuincy, MA170222
16Tim BurkeFreshmanFWellesley, MA21010
31Allain RoyFreshmanGCampbellton, NB160112
1Mike FrancisSophomoreGBraintree, MA30000
10Aron AllenSophomoreFNew Ulm, MN0----
20Jim CoadyFreshmanFNeedham, MA0----
4Greg HessFreshmanDToronto, ON0----
27Craig MiskovichFreshmanFColeraine, MN0----
Total191334525593

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Goaltending statistics
No. Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
31Allain Roy16.9122.46
30Chuckie Hughes171510.9062.79
1Mike Francis3
Total383130

1989 Championship Game

(W2) Minnesota vs. (E2) Harvard
Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st MIN Jon Anderson Hankinson and Olimb 6:24 1–0 MIN
2nd HAR Ted Donato – PP MacDonald and Bourbeau 26:30 1–1
HAR Lane MacDonald Young 30:29 2–1 HAR
MIN Jason Miller – PP Pitlick and Chorske 33:01 2–2
3rd HAR Ted Donato Sneddon and Vukonich 52:53 3–2 HAR
MIN Peter Hankinson – PP Pederson and Skarda 56:34 3–3
1st Overtime HAR Ed Krayer – GW B. McCormack and Ciavaglia 64:15 4–3 HAR
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st HAR Ed Krayer Cross-Checking 13:21 2:00
HAR Nick Carone High–Sticking 15:33 2:00
HAR Kevan Melrose Holding 17:39 2:00
2nd MIN Lance Pitlick Elbowing 20:56 2:00
MIN Todd Richards Holding 25:57 2:00
MIN Tom Chorske Hooking 27:22 2:00
HAR Kevin Sneddon Hooking 31:08 2:00
MIN Tom Chorske Interference 37:10 2:00
HAR Josh Caplan Elbowing 38:44 2:00
3rd MIN Tom Pederson Roughing 40:46 2:00
HAR Nick Carone Holding 47:29 2:00
HAR Allen Bourbeau High–Sticking 49:59 2:00
HAR John Weisbrod Cross–Checking 54:46 2:00

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Players drafted into the NHL

1989 NHL Entry Draft
= NHL All-Star Team = NHL All-Star[14] = NHL All-Star[14] and NHL All-Star Team = Did not play in the NHL
RoundPickPlayerNHL Team
242Ted Drury†Calgary Flames
469Allain RoyWinnipeg Jets
12249Kevin SneddonLos Angeles Kings

† incoming freshman

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1989 NHL Supplemental Draft
PickPlayerNHL Team
5C. J. YoungNew Jersey Devils

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See also

References
  1. "Harvard Men's Hockey NCAA Tournament" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  2. "Harvard Men's Hockey 1989 NCAA Championship" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  3. Beanpot official site.
  4. "Harvard Hockey 1989: A Championship in Perspective". The Harvard Crimson. April 1, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  5. "COLLEGE HOCKEY; Harvard Claims Its First N.C.A.A. Hockey Title". The New York Times. April 2, 1989. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  6. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  7. "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  8. "Harvard Men's Hockey Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  9. "RPI Engineers Year-By-Year Scoring Statistics" (PDF). RPI Engineers. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  10. "1989 National Championship part 1". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  11. "1989 National Championship part 2". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  12. "1989 National Championship part 3". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  13. "1989 National Championship part 4". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  14. Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.
  15. "1989 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey DB. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  16. "1989 NHL Supplemental Draft". Hockey DB. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
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