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Before Jonas registered one of the best single seasons in school history, he spent three years on the bench behind J.R. Prestifilippo ’00, who holds second place on Harvard’s all-time saves list...
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 Jonas ’01, turned in one of the best single seasons in Harvard history last year, winning the Ken Dryden Award as the ECAC’s best netminder in the process...
...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 hockey in Canada with the Aurora Tigers, where he was teammates with Harvard forward Dominic Moore—was a highly-touted young backstop...
...hand, the same goaltending questions were asked last year about Oliver Jonas after Harvard lost four-year starter J.R. Prestifilippo ’00 to graduation...
...ultimate equalizer was the surprise stardom of senior goaltender Oliver Jonas. A German native, Jonas dutifully served as a back-up to J.R. Prestifilippo '00 for his first three years. Given the chance to start this year, Jonas dominated from the first game of the season, blanking Brown, 3-0. He would go on to become the team's MVP and set the school record for most saves in a single season, shattering Prestifilippo's mark of 844 with...