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2008-09 Men's Ice Hockey

2 Brian McCafferty

  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lexington, Mass.
  • Highschool Belmont Hill School

Biography

Team co-captain, along with Jimmy Fraser ... Fifth set ofco-captains in program history.

Junior (2007-08)
An ECAC Hockey All-Academic selection ... Helped Harvard lead ECACHockey in scoring defense (1.86 goals allowed per game) and penaltykilling (.913, 94 for 103) in league play ... Tied for 10th in ECACHockey defenseman scoring with 12 points (2-10-12) in league play... Tied for seventh in defenseman scoring in Ivy League games(1-4-5) ... Paired with classmate Jack Christian for much of season... Had two assists in regular-season finale at Cornell (March 1)and totaled three helpers that weekend, as Harvard gained threepoints to secure a first-round playoff bye ... Recorded two assistsin home win against No. 16 Quinnipiac (Feb. 16) ... Two-assist gameagainst No. 15 Boston College (Dec. 12) highlighted streak of fivestraight games with a point (Dec. 4-Jan. 4) ... Scored game-winninggoal to break 1-1 tie in 2-1 win against rival Cornell (Nov. 16)... Also scored at Ohio State (Dec. 29) and against No. 16Rensselaer (Nov. 9) ... Assisted on first goal of ECAC semifinalwin against Cornell (March 21).

Sophomore (2006-07)

An ECAC Hockey League All-Academic selection ... Skated withDylan Reese ''07 as the Crimson''s top defensive pair ... Part ofpower-play unit that ranked eighth nationally at 20.5 percent (42for 205) ... Ranked third on the team and tied for sixth amongECACHL defensemen with 14 assists ... Assisted on three of team''sfour goals in shutout of No. 3 Boston College (Nov. 7) ... Scoredthe winning goal at Rensselaer (Jan. 5) ... Recorded two assists inhome win against Union (Feb. 2) ... Assisted on goals in each gameof the first-round playoff series win against Yale (March 2-3).

Freshman (2005-06)
Won the George Percy Award as Harvard''s top freshman ...Established himself as one of the conference''s best youngdefensemen ... Put up 15 points (2-13), including eight in the lastthree ECACHL playoff games ... All eight playoff points wereassists, making him the league leader and the league''ssecond-leading playoff scorer ... The Crimson''s second-leadingscorer among freshmen and third-leading scorer among defensemen ...Tied for third in the league in scoring by a freshman defenseman... One of two Harvard rookies to play in all 35 games ... Tied forthird on the team at +8 ... Handed out three assists in each gameof the ECACHL championship weekend and was +5 in the 10-1 semifinalwin against Dartmouth (March 17) ... Scored the game''s lone goal inthe win at New Hampshire (Dec. 8) and netted his first Crimson goalagainst Colgate (Nov. 12).

Before Harvard
Played football, hockey and lacrosse at Belmont Hill School ...Member of the hockey team from 2000-2005 ... Captained hockey as ajunior and senior ... Three-time All-Independent School Leagueselection in hockey ... Two-time hockey Most Valuable Player ...Four-year member of the lacrosse team, starting at midfield ...Received the team sportsmanship award in lacrosse as a senior ...Lacrosse team went 15-0 and won the ISL championship in 2003 ...Played football as a sophomore, starting at safety ... Elected tothe Cum Laude Society in 2004 ... Selected as an AP Scholar in 2005... Member of the Peer Leadership Program his last two years atBelmont and served as head of the group as a senior.

Personal
Father, Kevin, graduated from Harvard in 1976 and was a 10-timevarsity letterwinner as a member of the football, indoor andoutdoor track teams ... Brothers are also former Crimson athletes... Kevin ''02 played football as a freshman, and hockey each of hislast three seasons ... Brendan ''04 was a four-year member of thefootball team.

Concentration
Economics.

                      GP    G    A  Pts Shots Shot% Pen-Min   +/- PPG SHG GWG


2005-06............. 35 2 13 15 55 .036 6-12 +8 1 0 1

2006-07............. 29 1 14 15 47 .021 6-12 -2 1 0 1

2007-08............. 31 3 14 17 47 .064 9-18 -11 1 0 1

TOTAL............... 95 6 41 47 149 .040 21-42 -5 3 0 3

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2005-06First-Year

    Defenseman
    6'" 205 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2006-07Sophomore

    Defenseman
    6'" 205 lbs
    20
  • 2

    2007-08Junior

    Defenseman
    6'" 205 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2008-09Senior

    Defenseman
    6'" 205 lbs
    2