Named to the All-ECAC first team in 1987 and 1989, Lane MacDonald was a two-time first team All-America selection and an NCAA All-Tournament selection when the Crimson captured the school’s first NCAA Championship in 1989. He was named Most Valuable Player of the 1987 ECAC Championship Tournament and was 1989 ECAC Player of the Year when he tallied 31 goals and 60 points in just 32 games. He set the Harvard career goal mark with 111 tallies, finished second in career points with 225. Raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, MacDonald played for Team USA during the 1987-88 season and participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. He was picked by the Calgary Flames in the third round of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. After graduating from Harvard in 1989 with a degree in economics, he turned down a contract offer from the Hartford Whalers in order to play professional hockey in Switzerland. He returned to the U.S. in 1990-91 and spent a season as an assistant coach at Harvard. MacDonald received an MBA from Stanford University and lives in Boston, where he works in the venture capital industry.
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Player Stats
| Type | Season | Team Name | League | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Season | 1989-1990 | HC Lugano | NLA | 15 | 13 | 28 | 4 | |
| Hobey Winning Season | 1988-1989 | Harvard Univ. | NCAA | 31 | 29 | 60 | 42 |
1989 Runner Up
Robb Stauber was a collegiate hockey trailblazer as the dominant goaltender for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1986 to 1989. Stauber made history during his sophomore year when he became the first-ever goaltender to win the Hobey Baker Award in 1988, recognizing him as the nation’s best college hockey player. He followed that achievement with another sensational season, leading the Gophers to a WCHA championship and an NCAA runner-up finish, which culminated in his being named a Hobey Baker Finalist (top-ten nominee) again in 1989. During his three years, the two-time WCHA Goaltender of the Year posted an outstanding 73-23-0 record, and he still holds numerous Minnesota goaltending records, including career records for wins and minutes played.
After his storied collegiate career, Stauber began a ten-year professional journey in the NHL, primarily with the Los Angeles Kings, who had drafted him in 1986. He appeared in 62 NHL games for the Kings and the Buffalo Sabres between 1989 and 1995, and notably served as a backup goalie for the Kings during their run to the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals. Most of his professional tenure was spent in the minor leagues, including the AHL and IHL, where he was highly regarded. Following his retirement from playing, Stauber found great success in coaching, notably leading the U.S. Women’s National Team to a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.