BOSTON, Mass. – Harvard men's ice hockey honored the 2022-23 season and its senior class at its annual banquet, held at the Harvard Club of Boston.
In addition, current sophomores
Zakary Karpa and
Ian Moore were announced as captains of the 2023-24 team. Karpa and Moore were elected by their teammates as the 137
th and 138
th captains in the 125-year history of Harvard men's ice hockey. Karpa, a native of Newport Beach, Calif., has appeared in 55 games over two seasons, recording 20 points (11 goals, nine assists), and will be one of Harvard's top returning forwards. Moore, a native of Concord, Mass., was an Honorable Mention All-Ivy selection this past year, and has been a steady presence on the blueline over his first two seasons, recording 34 points (three goals, 31 assists) in 69 games with a plus-36 rating.
Harvard finished the 2022-23 season at 24-8-2 (18-4-0 ECAC Hockey) recording the second-most wins of any Harvard team since 1994, and the most conference wins since the 1988-89 season. The Crimson earned its 27
th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, its sixth NCAA berth in its last seven completed seasons.
Senior forwards
Baker Shore and
Wyllum Deveaux earned the Ralph "Cooney" Weiland Award presented to the member of the Harvard varsity hockey team whose devotion to the game has repeatedly been evidenced by aggressive and spirited play and by selfless contribution to the total team effort representative of "Cooney's type of hockey player."
Junior forward
Sean Farrell received the John Tudor Memorial Cup, awarded annually to the most valuable member of the Harvard hockey team, determined not by ability alone, but by the qualities of sportsmanship, leadership and team cooperation.
First-year forward
Marek Hejduk earned the Donald Angier Hockey Trophy, given annually to the player showing the greatest general improvement during the year. Mr. Angier was a member of the Harvard hockey team in 1920, 1921 and 1922 and kept a keen and continued interest in the sport.
First-year forward
Joe Miller earned the George Percy Award, which is given to a member of the freshman class for enthusiasm, sportsmanship, team spirit and loyalty.
In addition, seniors
Jace Foskey and
Wyllum Deveaux earned the 2023 Alford-Brown Faculty Fellow Prize. Named after current team faculty fellows Tim Brown and Bill Alford, the prize is awarded to the Harvard Men's Hockey student-athlete(s) for many consequential contributions to Harvard Hockey and the broader Harvard community. Through academic achievement, selfless commitment to the team, independent habits of mind, and dedication to community service, the award winner(s) exemplify the qualities that make the Harvard Hockey program so special.