The Harvard women’s hockey program is under intense scrutiny following an article from Katie Strang and Hailey Salvian of The Athletic which unearthed a seedy underbelly of mistreatment and abuse at the hands of head coach Katey Stone.
Following up on a January article from the Boston Globe detailing the toxic culture Stone introduced and allowed to fester amongst teammates, Strang and Salvian are reporting abusive, racist, and at times cult-like behaviour from the longtime Crimson bench boss
Among the incidents outlined in the Globe’s initial report, Stone reportedly berated her team during a practice in March 2022, most notably laying into her club over a supposed lack of respect and saying the team boasted “too many chiefs and not enough Indians.