"We only had seven defensemen going into the year and now were at five," Mazzoleni said. "So that's a concern, no doubt about it."
Freshman defenseman Kenny Smith and junior defenseman Graham Morrell are currently sidelined with injuries. Smith should return for the team's second regular season game, but the date of Morrell's return is not yet known.
The team also lost four-year starting goalie J.R. Prestifilippo '00, the 1997 ECAC Rookie of the Year. Senior Oliver Jonas will start the season as the team's No. 1 goaltender.
Jonas has played well when called upon the past three seasons, but his performance is another big question mark the team will need to answer on defense.
Harvard, the defending Ivy League Champion, opens its season on the road against Brown tonight before it hosts Vermont and Dartmouth at home next weekend.
The Crimson will face an early season test in late November when it travels back to Ithaca to face No. 15 Cornell before games against No. 11 Boston University and No. 3 Boston College, all within an eight-day span.
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