Killorn Earns Honorable Mention for National Rookie of the Month

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Harvard freshman forward Alex Killorn was ECAC Hockey’s nominee for National Rookie of the Month in February and has earned honorable mention for the award from the Hockey Commisioners’ Association.

Killorn scored three goals and added an assist in eight February games, helping the team put together a 4-0-2 regular-season. Two of the goals came against highly ranked teams. He scored to give the Crimson a 2-0 lead against No. 1 Boston University Feb. 2 in the opening round of the Beanpot and scored the first goal in Harvard’s 4-2 win against No. 6 Cornell Feb. 14.

The Montreal native also netted the tying goal to complete a comeback from two goals down in a 3-3 tie Feb. 21 at Clarkson. Killorn assisted on the tying tally in an eventual 2-1 win Feb. 27 against Quinnipac that clinched a home playoff series for Harvard.

Killorn finished the season tied for third on the Crimson with six goals and tied for fourth with 14 points.