CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard men's ice hockey program announced the addition of seven first-years to the team in the class of 2026. The Crimson will welcome four forwards, two defensemen, and one goaltender hailing from four states and two countries
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Harvard returns four of its top five scorers, four of its top five defensemen (games played), and starting goaltender
Mitchell Gibson (18-10-1, 2.17 GAA, .918 Save %). from a 2021-22 team that finished 21-11-3 (14-6-2 ECAC Hockey), earning an NCAA Tournament bid and winning the program's 11
th Whitelaw Cup as ECAC Hockey Tournament champions. Rising sophomore
Matthew Coronato (18 goals, 18 assists), Harvard's leading scorer from a year ago returns, as does AHCA Second Team All-American defenseman
Henry Thrun (seven goals, 25 assists).
Ryan Healey l Defenseman l Hull, Mass. l Sioux Falls (USHL) l Hull HS
Played for the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL during the 2021-22 season…Recorded 21 points (three goals, 18 assists) in 59 games…Ranked 70
th among North American Skaters in 2022 NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings…Selected to the 2022 Biosteel All-American Game…Selected to the U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team for the 2021 Hlinka Gretzky Cup…Appeared in eight games with the U.S. NTDP U-17 Team in 2020-21.
Marek Hejduk l Forward l Parker, Colo. l U.S. NTDP U-18 (USHL) l Legend HS
Played for the U.S. National Team Development Program of the USHL during the 2021-22 season…Appeared in 52 games, recording 10 goals and nine assists…Ranked 159
th among North American Skaters in 2022 NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings…Selected to the 2022 Biosteel All-American Game…Skated in U-18 Five Nations Tournament and IIHF U-18 Men's World Junior Championship…Son of former NHLer Milan Hejduk.
Aku Koskenvuo l Goaltender l Espoo, Finland l HIFK l Haukilahti Secondary High School
Played for HIFK U-20 Team of the U20 SM-Sarja League during the 2021-22…Recorded a 13-10-0 record with a 2.79 GAA and .897 Save %...Selected to Finland U-18 Team at IIHF U-18 Men's World Junior Championship…Selected in the 5
th Round (137
th overall) of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks.
Mason Langenbrunner l Defenseman l Eden Prairie, Minn. l Fargo (USHL) l Eden Prairie HS
Skated for the Fargo Force of the USHL during the 2021-22 season…Appeared in 61 games, recording two goals and 20 assists with a plus-11 rating…Selected in 5
th Round (151
st overall) of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins…Son of former NHLer Jamie Langenbrunner.
Joe Miller l Forward l Minneapolis, Minn. l Chicago (USHL) l The Blake School
Played with the Chicago Steel of the USHL during the 2021-22 season…Served as alternate captain…Finished 14
th in the USHL in scoring, recording 68 points (23 goals, 45 assists) in 62 games with a plus-16 rating…Selected in the 6
th Round (180
th overall) of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs…Former USHL teammate of
Matthew Coronato and
Ian Moore.
Casey Severo l Forward l Penfield, N.Y. l Madison (USHL) l Noble and Greenough School
Skated with the Madison Capitols of the USHL during the 2021-22 season…Served as team captain…Finished the season with 43 points (16 goals, 27 assists) in in 48 games…Previously starred at Noble and Greenough School, where he served as team captain in 2019-20…Teammate of
Alex Gaffney while playing for Waterloo Black Hawks in 2020-21.
Philip Tresca l Forward l Newton, Mass. l Muskegon (USHL) l The Rivers School
Played with the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the USHL during the 2021-22 season…Served as alternate captain…Recorded 54 points (28 goals, 26 assists) in 61 games, finishing second on the team in goal scoring…Selected to 2022 BioSteel All-American Game…Former USHL teammate of
Kyle Aucoin…Previously starred at The Rivers School.
