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2022–23 St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey season

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2022–23 St. Lawrence Saints
men's ice hockey season
Conference4th ECAC Hockey
Home iceAppleton Arena
Rankings
USCHONR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall17–19–0
Conference11–9–0
Home11–7–0
Road6–12–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachBrent Brekke
Assistant coachesTommy Hill
Captain(s)Tim Makowski
Aleksi Peltonen
Jordan Steinmetz
St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey seasons
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The Saints celebrate a shutout over the Brown Bears on February 3

The 2022–23 St. Lawrence Saints Men's ice hockey season was the 83rd season of play for the program and the 62nd in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Saints represented St. Lawrence University and were coached by Brent Brekke, in his fourth season.

Season

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Backstopped by Emil Zetterquist for a third season as the team's starting goaltender, the Saints began the season playing up and down hockey. St. Lawrence went 3–4 in October, however, they didn't have a single 1-goal game in any of those matches. The team stopped that wild inconsistency come November, however, they found wins harder to come by and posted a 4-game losing streak. The offense, which had been bad in 2022, was only marginally better in '23. The team's scoring did increase as the season went along but would still end up averaging less than two and a half goals per game.

Due to expected heavy snowfall in the Buffalo area, the game against Niagara was moved from November 19 to January 5.[1]

After matching the losing skid with a 4-game winning streak, St. Lawrence entered the winter break as a .500 team but, with ECAC Hockey in a 3-team race, there was room for the Larries to earn the last bye into the conference quarterfinals. As they were rounding out their non-conference slate, the Saints finally found someone who could lead the offense. Surprisingly, it was junior defenseman Luc Salem. After scoring 8 points in the first 18 games, Salem took off in the second half and recorded 18 points in the final 12 games to end the regular season. The added offense was needed as it allowed the Larries to catch and pass a fading Colgate towards the end of the year. At the end, St. Lawrence finished 1 point ahead of Colgate and earned a home site for the quarterfinals.

As they entered the postseason, St. Lawrence was sitting in a good position; The team was 11–5 at home and would play host to the Raiders, who had won just 3 of their previous 11 games. The Larries got off to a tremendous start by scoring 3 goals in the first and looked primed to take a 1-game lead. The team fired 17 shots on goal in the second, looking to increase their advantage, unfortunately, Carter Gylander stopped everything in the middle frame and enabled Colgate to close the gap with a pair of markers. The surging Raiders erased the Saints 3–0 advantage midway through the third and then scored in overtime to take the first game. Perhaps still feeling the effects of the previous game, St. Lawrence was slow to start in the rematch and surrendered the first three markers. After falling behind, the Larries charged back, outshooting Colgate 27–6 over the final two periods. However, despite their efforts, the Saints could only manage to score twice and were swept out of the playoffs.[2]

Departures

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Player Position Nationality Cause
Jeff Clarke Defenseman  Canada Graduation (retired)
David Jankowski Forward  Canada Graduate transfer to Michigan Tech
Chris Pappas Forward  Canada Transferred to Long Island
Kaden Pickering Forward  United States Graduate transfer to Bemidji State

Recruiting

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Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Tyler Cristall Forward  Canada 20 North Vancouver, BC
Fēlikss Gavars Forward  Latvia 20 Riga, LAT
Ján Lašák Forward  Slovakia 20 Banska Stiavnica, SVK
Tomáš Mazura Forward  Czech Republic 22 Pardubice, CZE; selected 162nd overall in 2019; transfer from Providence
Anthony Mollica Defenseman  United States 21 Jenison, MI

Roster

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As of September 19, 2022.[3]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 Sweden Emil Zetterquist Graduate G 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-09-21 Stockholm, Sweden Coulee Region (NAHL)
2 Michigan Anthony Mollica Freshman D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001-06-07 Hudsonville, Michigan New Jersey (NAHL)
3 Minnesota Luke Erickson Junior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1999-04-15 Woodbury, Minnesota Fairbanks (NAHL)
4 Manitoba Mason Waite Sophomore D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2000-04-04 Winnipeg, Manitoba Prince George (BCHL)
7 California Luc Salem Junior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1999-07-09 Santa Monica, California Topeka (NAHL)
8 Ontario Oak MacLeod Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2002-04-04 Caledonia, Ontario Jersey (NCDC)
9 Quebec Philippe Chapleau Sophomore D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-07-06 Longueuil, Quebec Penticton (BCHL)
10 Czech Republic Tomáš Mazura Sophomore F 6' 4" (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2000-09-23 Sezemice, Czech Republic Providence (HEA) EDM, 162nd overall 2019
11 New York (state) Will Arquiett Sophomore F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2000-06-25 Brasher Falls, New York Aberdeen (NAHL)
12 Quebec Greg Lapointe Sophomore (RS) F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2001-01-01 Granby, Quebec Coquitlam (BCHL)
13 Finland Aleksi Peltonen (C) Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-06-08 Helsinki, Finland Omaha (USHL)
14 Ontario Justin Paul Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 2000-04-10 Thunder Bay, Ontario Wellington (OJHL)
16 Manitoba Drake Burgin Sophomore D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-10-22 Winnipeg, Manitoba Cranbrook (BCHL)
17 Massachusetts Reilly Moran Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 2000-04-24 Hingham, Massachusetts Powell River (BCHL)
18 British Columbia Tyler Cristall Freshman F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2002-05-13 Vancouver, British Columbia West Kelowna (NAHL)
19 Massachusetts Max Dorrington Junior F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2001-08-30 North Reading, Massachusetts Cushing (USHS–MA)
20 Michigan Nicholas Trela Junior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-08-26 Trenton, Michigan Amarillo (NAHL)
21 Minnesota Cameron Buhl Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1998-12-03 South St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota Magicians (NAHL)
22 Manitoba Ty Naaykens Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-01-27 Winnipeg, Manitoba Fairbanks (NAHL)
23 Colorado Ashton Fry Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-07-16 Highlands Ranch, Colorado Kemptville (CCHL)
24 Ontario Tucker McIntosh Junior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-05-20 Toronto, Ontario Ottawa (CCHL)
25 Latvia Fēlikss Gavars Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 184 lb (83 kg) 2002-05-15 Riga, Latvia Fargo (USHL)
27 Missouri Logan Ritchie Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1999-07-27 O'Fallon, Missouri Kenai River (NAHL)
28 Alaska Josh Boyer Senior F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1999-10-07 Wasilla, Alaska Omaha (NCHC)
29 Wisconsin Jordan Steinmetz (C) Senior F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1999-01-10 Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Sioux City (USHL)
31 Quebec Francis Boisvert Senior G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-03-11 Blainville, Quebec Ottawa (CCHL)
33 Missouri Tim Makowski (C) Senior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1998-11-14 St. Louis, Missouri Aberdeen (NAHL)
34 Slovakia Ján Lašák Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2002-08-11 Šurany, Slovakia Janesville (NAHL)
35 Indiana Grant Adams Junior G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-09-22 South Bend, Indiana Salmon Arm (BCHL)

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Quinnipiac 22 20 2 0 0 0 0 60 87 30 41 34 4 3 162 64
#10 Harvard 22 18 4 0 5 0 0 49 86 48 34 24 8 2 125 81
#9 Cornell 22 15 6 1 0 1 0 47 78 42 34 21 11 2 112 66
St. Lawrence 22 12 10 0 1 2 0 37 56 58 36 17 19 0 88 102
#18 Colgate * 22 11 8 3 4 1 3 36 71 58 40 19 16 5 113 109
Clarkson 22 9 10 3 0 1 0 31 60 60 37 16 17 4 102 98
Rensselaer 22 9 13 0 2 1 0 26 52 74 35 14 20 1 84 115
Union 22 8 13 1 0 0 1 26 45 68 35 14 19 2 86 117
Princeton 22 8 14 0 2 1 0 26 57 73 32 13 19 0 89 112
Yale 22 6 14 2 0 1 1 22 35 62 32 8 20 4 57 94
Brown 22 5 14 3 0 1 1 20 41 69 30 9 18 3 65 91
Dartmouth 22 4 17 1 0 2 1 16 44 70 30 5 24 1 64 106
Championship: March 18, 2023
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results

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Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
October 2 7:00 PM at #17 Massachusetts Lowell* Tsongas CenterLowell, Massachusetts ESPN+ Zetterquist L 0–4  5,580 0–1–0
October 7 7:00 PM Merrimack* Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist W 3–1  1,426 1–1–0
October 8 7:00 PM New Hampshire* Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist L 1–4  2,048 1–2–0
October 14 7:00 PM Colorado College* Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist W 5–1  893 2–2–0
October 15 7:00 PM Colorado College* Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist W 4–1  923 3–2–0
October 28 7:07 PM at Michigan Tech* MacInnes Student Ice ArenaHoughton, Michigan FloHockey Zetterquist L 0–6  2,661 3–3–0
October 29 6:07 PM at Michigan Tech* MacInnes Student Ice ArenaHoughton, Michigan FloHockey Zetterquist L 0–3  2,963 3–4–0
November 4 7:00 PM Rensselaer Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist W 3–2  1,732 4–4–0 (1–0–0)
November 5 7:30 PM Union Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist W 4–2  1,886 5–4–0 (2–0–0)
November 11 7:00 PM Cornell Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist L 1–5  1,395 5–5–0 (2–1–0)
November 12 7:00 PM Colgate Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist L 1–4  1,611 5–6–0 (2–2–0)
November 25 7:00 PM at #8 Providence* Schneider ArenaProvidence, Rhode Island ESPN+ Zetterquist L 3–4  1,885 5–7–0
December 2 7:00 PM at #2 Quinnipiac M&T Bank ArenaHamden, Connecticut ESPN+ Zetterquist L 1–2  3,410 5–8–0 (2–3–0)
December 3 7:00 PM at Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial RinkPrinceton, New Jersey ESPN+ Zetterquist W 5–4  1,773 6–8–0 (3–3–0)
December 9 7:00 PM Yale Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist W 2–1  1,121 7–8–0 (4–3–0)
December 10 7:00 PM Brown Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist W 4–0  1,100 8–8–0 (5–3–0)
December 30 8:07 PM at Omaha* Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska   Zetterquist W 2–1  7,347 9–8–0
December 31 8:07 PM at Omaha* Baxter ArenaOmaha, Nebraska   Zetterquist L 2–5  5,817 9–9–0
January 5 7:00 PM at Niagara* Dwyer ArenaLewiston, New York FloHockey Zetterquist L 3–4  437 9–10–0
January 7 7:00 PM Niagara* Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist W 4–3 OT 1,216 10–10–0
January 13 7:00 PM at Dartmouth Thompson ArenaHanover, New Hampshire ESPN+ Zetterquist W 3–2 OT 1,437 11–10–0 (6–3–0)
January 14 7:00 PM at #9 Harvard Bright-Landry Hockey CenterBoston, Massachusetts NESN+, ESPN+ Zetterquist L 0–5  3,095 11–11–0 (6–4–0)
January 20 7:00 PM at Union Achilles RinkSchenectady, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist L 2–3  1,564 11–12–0 (6–5–0)
January 21 4:00 PM at Rensselaer Houston Field HouseTroy, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist L 3–4  1,989 11–13–0 (6–6–0)
January 27 7:00 PM Clarkson Appleton ArenaCanton, New York (Rivalry) ESPN+ Zetterquist W 4–2  2,524 12–13–0 (7–6–0)
January 28 7:00 PM at Clarkson Cheel ArenaPotsdam, New York (Rivalry) ESPN+ Zetterquist W 4–2  - 13–13–0 (8–6–0)
February 3 7:00 PM at Brown Meehan AuditoriumProvidence, Rhode Island ESPN+ Zetterquist W 6–0  502 14–13–0 (9–6–0)
February 4 7:00 PM at Yale Ingalls RinkNew Haven, Connecticut ESPN+ Zetterquist L 0–4  1,451 14–14–0 (9–7–0)
February 10 7:00 PM Princeton Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist W 6–2  1,054 15–14–0 (10–7–0)
February 11 7:00 PM #2 Quinnipiac Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist L 0–5  1,283 15–15–0 (10–8–0)
February 17 7:00 PM at Colgate Class of 1965 ArenaHamilton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist L 2–3 OT 914 15–16–0 (10–9–0)
February 18 7:00 PM at #11 Cornell Lynah RinkIthaca, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist W 1–0  4,267 16–16–0 (11–9–0)
February 24 7:00 PM #7 Harvard Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist L 2–6  1,352 16–17–0 (11–10–0)
February 25 7:00 PM Dartmouth Appleton ArenaCanton, New York ESPN+ Zetterquist W 2–0  1,484 17–17–0 (12–10–0)
ECAC Hockey Tournament
March 10 7:00 PM Colgate* Appleton ArenaCanton, New York (Quarterfinal Game 1) ESPN+ Zetterquist L 3–4 OT 2,848 17–18–0
March 11 7:00 PM Colgate* Appleton ArenaCanton, New York (Quarterfinal Game 2) ESPN+ Zetterquist L 2–3  2,318 17–19–0
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
Source:[4]

Scoring statistics

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Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Luc Salem D 36 10 17 27 28
Cameron Buhl F 35 9 9 18 18
Ty Naaykens F 31 3 13 16 6
Mason Waite D 35 3 13 16 14
Ján Lašák RW 34 4 11 15 2
Max Dorrington F 36 7 7 14 36
Philippe Chapleau D 35 1 13 14 11
Tyler Cristall F 32 2 11 13 8
Aleksi Peltonen F 29 6 6 12 8
Greg Lapointe F 30 6 6 12 13
Tomáš Mazura C 28 3 9 12 8
Fēlikss Gavars F 36 3 9 12 8
Jordan Steinmetz F 35 4 6 10 70
Tim Makowski D 32 2 7 9 60
Drake Burgin D 32 4 4 8 16
Josh Boyer C 36 5 2 7 24
Reilly Moran F 27 4 3 7 8
Tucker McIntosh D 24 3 3 6 14
Justin Paul LW 16 4 1 5 6
Will Arquiett F 13 2 2 4 2
Emil Zetterquist G 36 0 2 2 0
Nick Trela F 15 1 1 2 2
Luke Erickson D 11 1 0 1 10
Anthony Mollica D 12 0 1 1 2
Ashton Fry F 20 1 0 1 40
Grant Adams G 1 0 0 0 0
Francis Boisvert G 1 0 0 0 0
Oak MacLeod RW 3 0 0 0 0
Logan Ritchie F 5 0 0 0 0
Total 88 156 244 410

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Goaltending statistics

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Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Grant Adams 1 39:15 0 0 0 1 16 0 .941 1.53
Emil Zetterquist 36 2111:47 17 19 0 93 824 4 .899 2.64
Francis Boisvert 1 16:14 0 0 0 1 15 0 .938 3.70
Empty Net - 27:11 - - - 7 - - - -
Total 36 2190:25 17 19 0 102 855 4 .893 2.79

Rankings

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Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 (Final)
USCHO.com NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR
USA Today NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.[6]

Awards and honors

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Player Award Ref
Luc Salem ECAC Hockey Second Team [7]

References

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  1. ^ "St. Lawrence-Niagara men's hockey game scheduled for Nov. 19 postponed due to weather, rescheduled for Jan. 5, 2023". USCHO. November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2023". USCHO. March 11, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "2012-23 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". St. Lawrence University Athletics.
  4. ^ "2022-23 Men's Hockey Schedule". St. Lawrence Saints. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "St. Lawrence Univ. 2022–2023 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces 2022-23 Men's All-League Teams". ECAC Hockey. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.