CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Former Harvard men's ice hockey standout Alex Killorn '12 became the third player in program history to raise the Stanley Cup, as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars to win the 2020 Stanley Cup Final.
 
In his eighth NHL season, Killorn won his first title in his second trip to the Stanley Cup Finals with the team that drafted him in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. The Halifax, Nova Scotia native was in the midst of his best NHL campaign, with 49 points (26 goals, 23 assists) in 68 games before the suspension of the 2020 NHL regular season due to the CoVID-19 pandemic.
 
Killorn was on pace to break Ted Donato's record for points (54) in an NHL campaign by a Harvard alum.
 
In 24 postseason games with the Lightning, Killorn recorded 10 points (five goals, five assists) playing a critical role as one of the team's top two-way forwards.
 
An alternate captain, Killorn was nominated for The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy given to the NHL player best exemplifying perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey. During the NHL stoppage of play, Killorn's Dock Talk interviews and live stream on Instagram became very popular, as Killorn developed his own merchandise, 100% profit of which was donated to the Hillsborough Education Foundation.
 
Killorn, a First Team All-American and First Team All-ECAC Hockey selection, finished his Harvard career with 109 points (53 goals, 56 assists) in 130 games played. He joins Craig Adams '99 (2006, 2009) and George Owen '23 (1929) as Stanley Cup winners that played for Harvard.