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When the third-year coach took over the Harvard hockey program in 1999, he inherited two top-flight, upperclass goaltenders. The first, J.R. Prestifilippo ’00, was a four-year starter who finished his career second on Harvard’s all-time saves list. The second, Olivar...
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When Mazzoleni brought Crothers in last year, he expected to play him right away. After sitting on the bench for three years behind Prestifilippo, Jonas was a bit of a question mark himself. And Crothers— who played junior...
“We expected to play Will a third to a quarter of the games last year to get his feet wet,” Mazzoleni said. “But Oliver Jonas shot out of the blocks like a cannon. From day one, he played so well for...
Crothers is one of the most athletic and explosive players on the team. He was a highly-touted prospect out of the Canadian junior leagues whom Mazzoleni recruited as the team’s goaltender of the future. Mazzoleni hopes Crothers’s year of experience watching Jonas and...
Crothers was expected to see significant ice time last year, but Jonas was so dominant that Mazzoleni found it difficult to bench Jonas. In all, Crothers played only four periods of hockey, although he did record an early-season 5-3 win over Brown.