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Harvard women's hockey team facing new, disturbing allegations of hazing and abuse

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.