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2021–22 New Hampshire Wildcats
men's ice hockey season
Conference9th Hockey East
Home iceWhittemore Center
Rankings
USCHONR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall14–19–1
Conference8–15–1
Home9–6–1
Road4–13–0
Neutral1–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachMike Souza
Assistant coachesGlenn Stewart
Jeff Giuliano
Ty Conklin
Captain(s)Will MacKinnon
Alternate captain(s)Eric MacAdams
Jackson Pierson
Ryan Verrier
New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2021–22 New Hampshire Wildcats Men's ice hockey season was the 96th season of play for the program and the 38th season in the Hockey East conference. The Wildcats represented the University of New Hampshire and were coached by Mike Souza, in his 4th season.

Season

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For much of the season, New Hampshire's attempt at rebuilding the program were hampered by a lack of offense. The Wildcats finished almost as many games being shut out (four) as scoring more than 3 goals (five). A majority of the team's victories came as a result of strong defensive play.

UNH had their moments during the year, defeating several ranked teams, but they couldn't sustain their success for long. In the first half of the season the wildcats hovered around the .500 mark. After returning from the winter break, the team went on a 5-game winning streak to get their head above water. After that good stretch, however, the team stumbled down the stretch and lost eight of their final ten games. The offense was about as strong as it had been earlier in the year but the defense faltered, allowing almost 4 goals per game over that span.

The result of their poor finish was that New Hampshire slid down the Hockey East standings and had to open the conference playoffs on the road. They travelled south to play Boston College and vastly outshot the Eagles in the match, 47–27. Unfortunately, the defense was again an issue and the team needed a hat-trick from Tyler Ward just to get the game into overtime. It was not the Wildcat's night, unfortunately, and BC netted the game-winner. The loss capped off the season which, though it was an improvement over the previous campaign, was the 8th consecutive year that UNH did not possess a winning record.

Departures

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Player Position Nationality Cause
Angus Crookshank Forward  Canada Signed professional contract (Ottawa Senators)
Patrick Grasso Forward  United States Graduation (signed with Utica Comets)
Charlie Kelleher Forward  United States Graduation (retired)
Benton Maass Defenseman  United States Graduate transfer to Minnesota State
Joe Nagle Defenseman  United States Transferred to Norwich
Kohei Sato Forward  Japan Graduate transfer to Bentley
Ty Taylor Goaltender  Canada Transferred to MacEwan

Recruiting

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Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Harrison Blaisdell Forward  United Kingdom 20 Sheffield, GBR; transfer from North Dakota; selected 134th overall in 2019
Robert Cronin Forward  United States 21 Plymouth, MA
Liam Devlin Forward  United States 20 Needham, MA
David Fessenden Goaltender  United States 23 Parker, CO; transfer from Alabama–Huntsville
Alex Gagne Defenseman  United States 19 Bedford, NH; selected 192nd overall in 2021
Rafe Gaughan Goaltender  United States 21 Somersworth, NH; joined mid-season
Colton Huard Defenseman  Canada 20 Welland, ON
Will Margel Forward  United States 20 Potomac, MD
Connor Sweeney Forward  United States 21 North Andover, MA

Roster

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As of August 19, 2021.[1]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 Illinois Jeremy Forman Sophomore G 5' 10" (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1999-09-22 Northbrook, Illinois Corpus Christi (NAHL) —
2 Connecticut Drew Hickey Senior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1997-10-28 New Canaan, Connecticut Connecticut (NCDC) —
3 Massachusetts Ryan Verrier (A) Senior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1998-11-19 Reading, Massachusetts Green Bay (USHL) —
5 Michigan Will MacKinnon (C) Senior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 2000-04-13 Plymouth, Michigan Des Moines (USHL) —
6 New York (state) Lucas Herrmann Junior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2000-08-01 Lancaster, New York Madison (USHL) —
7 Wisconsin Alec Semandel Senior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1998-05-23 Waunakee, Wisconsin Lake Superior State (WCHA) —
8 Minnesota Nikolai Jenson Sophomore D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 2000-07-28 Cold Spring, Minnesota Youngstown (USHL) —
9 Massachusetts Connor Sweeney Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2000-05-05 North Andover, Massachusetts Islanders (NCDC) —
10 Sweden Kalle Eriksson Junior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1999-09-15 Leksand, Sweden Madison (USHL) —
11 Indiana Jackson Pierson (A) Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 171 lb (78 kg) 1999-09-10 Zionsville, Indiana Culver (Midget AAA) —
12 Connecticut Eric Esposito Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1998-08-24 West Haven, Connecticut Youngstown (USHL) —
13 Massachusetts Nick Cafarelli Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 2001-12-31 Middleton, Massachusetts Wenatchee (BCHL) —
14 British Columbia Tyler Ward Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1999-08-19 Kamloops, British Columbia Denver (NCHC) —
15 British Columbia Chase Stevenson Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1999-01-13 West Kelowna, British Columbia Trail (BCHL) —
16 Sweden Filip Engarås Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 199 lb (90 kg) 1999-05-16 Stockholm, Sweden Skellefteå (J20 SuperElit) EDM, 169th overall 2020
17 Minnesota Carsen Richels Sophomore F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2001-10-03 Ham Lake, Minnesota Blaine (USHS–MN) —
18 Saskatchewan Harrison Blaisdell Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-03-18 Regina, Saskatchewan North Dakota (NCHC) WPG, 134th overall 2019
19 Massachusetts Eric MacAdams (A) Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1997-04-29 Salem, Massachusetts Dubuque (USHL) —
20 California Colton Huard Freshman D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2000-11-27 Foothill Ranch, California Chicago (USHL) —
21 New Hampshire Cam Gendron Sophomore D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1999-02-05 Hampstead, New Hampshire New Jersey (NAHL) —
22 Minnesota Joe Hankinson Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1999-06-15 Hopkins, Minnesota Cedar Rapids (USHL) —
24 Massachusetts Robert Cronin Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 2000-08-15 Plymouth, Massachusetts Dubuque (USHL) —
25 Maryland Will Margel Freshman F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2001-03-16 Potomac, Maryland Johnstown (NAHL) —
25 Massachusetts Liam Devlin Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 2001-01-07 Needham, Massachusetts Omaha (USHL) —
27 Saskatchewan Luke Reid Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 2001-09-26 Warman, Saskatchewan Chicago (USHL) NSH, 166th overall 2020
28 New Hampshire Alex Gagne Freshman D 6' 4" (1.93 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 2002-08-12 Bedford, New Hampshire Muskegon (USHL) TBL, 192nd overall 2021
29 New York (state) Joseph Cipollone Senior F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1997-03-29 Purchase, New York Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC) —
31 New Hampshire Mike Robinson Senior G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1997-03-27 Bedford, New Hampshire Springfield (NAHL) SJS, 86th overall 2015
35 New Hampshire Rafe Gaughan Freshman G 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-02-11 Somersworth, New Hampshire Northeast (NA3HL) —
41 Colorado David Fessenden Junior G 6' 6" (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1998-04-30 Parker, Colorado Alabama–Huntsville (WCHA) —

Standings

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2021–22 Hockey East Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12 Northeastern † 24 15 8 1 1 1 1 47 68 46 39 25 13 1 99 68
#10 Massachusetts * 24 14 8 2 2 3 1 46 77 54 37 22 13 2 117 88
#13 Massachusetts Lowell 24 15 8 1 1 0 1 46 62 48 35 21 11 3 102 74
#19 Connecticut 24 14 10 0 2 1 0 41 73 61 36 20 16 0 109 89
Boston University 24 13 8 3 3 2 0 41 69 58 35 19 13 3 107 89
Merrimack 24 13 11 0 1 3 0 41 70 70 35 19 15 1 109 99
#20 Providence 24 12 11 1 1 1 1 38 61 52 38 22 14 2 118 82
Boston College 24 9 12 3 0 1 1 32 67 77 38 15 18 5 114 123
New Hampshire 24 8 15 1 2 2 0 25 47 71 34 14 19 1 76 95
Vermont 24 6 16 2 3 1 2 20 41 72 35 8 25 2 59 101
Maine 24 5 17 2 2 3 1 19 54 80 33 7 22 4 74 111
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
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 8 7:00 PM Union* Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Robinson W 4–1  3,409 1–0–0
October 9 7:00 PM Union* Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Robinson W 3–2  3,273 2–0–0
October 15 9:05 PM at Arizona State* Oceanside Ice Arena • Tempe, Arizona   Forman L 1–5  698 2–1–0
October 16 6:05 PM at Arizona State* Oceanside Ice Arena • Tempe, Arizona   Robinson L 1–5  915 2–2–0
October 24 5:00 PM #12 Providence Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Robinson L 0–2  3,458 2–3–0 (0–1–0)
October 29 7:00 PM at #8 Providence Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island NESN+ Robinson L 1–6  2,227 2–4–0 (0–2–0)
October 30 7:00 PM #8 Providence Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Fessenden W 2–1 OT 3,134 3–4–0 (1–2–0)
November 5 7:00 PM Northeastern Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire NESN+ Fessenden L 1–4  4,063 3–5–0 (1–3–0)
November 6 7:00 PM at Northeastern Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts   Robinson L 1–4  2,352 3–6–0 (1–4–0)
November 12 7:00 PM Vermont Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire NESN Fessenden W 2–1  3,537 4–6–0 (2–4–0)
November 13 7:00 PM Vermont Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Fessenden T 3–3 SOL 3,606 4–6–1 (2–4–1)
November 19 7:00 PM at #8 Massachusetts Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts NESN Fessenden L 0–3  4,363 4–7–1 (2–5–1)
November 20 7:00 PM #8 Massachusetts Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Robinson W 2–1 OT 4,316 5–7–1 (3–5–1)
November 26 7:00 PM at Harvard* Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts NESN Robinson W 1–0  2,042 6–7–1
November 27 7:00 PM Holy Cross* Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire NESN Robinson W 3–2 OT 2,919 7–7–1
December 3 7:30 PM at Boston University Agganis Arena • Boston, Massachusetts   Robinson L 1–3  3,123 7–8–1 (3–6–1)
December 4 7:00 PM Boston University Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Robinson L 1–2 OT 5,021 7–9–1 (3–7–1)
Ledyard Bank Classic
December 30 7:30 PM at Dartmouth* Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire (Ledyard Bank Semifinal) NESN Fessenden L 1–3  178 7–10–1
December 31 4:00 PM vs. Mercyhurst* Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire (Ledyard Bank Consolation Game)   Robinson W 7–1  48 8–10–1
January 8 7:00 PM Clarkson* Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Robinson W 5–1  3,213 9–10–1
January 14 7:00 PM #20 Boston College Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire NESN Robinson W 3–2  4,873 10–10–1 (4–7–1)
January 15 7:00 PM at #20 Boston College Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts   Robinson W 5–2  3,408 11–10–1 (5–7–1)
January 21 7:05 PM at Connecticut XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut   Robinson W 3–1  2,928 12–10–1 (6–7–1)
January 22 4:05 PM at Connecticut XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut NESN+ Robinson L 2–3 OT 3,855 12–11–1 (6–8–1)
February 4 7:00 PM at Merrimack J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Robinson L 2–5  2,177 12–12–1 (6–9–1)
February 5 7:30 PM at Connecticut Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Robinson L 1–6  5,574 12–13–1 (6–10–1)
February 11 7:00 PM at Vermont Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont   Robinson L 0–3  2,672 12–14–1 (6–11–1)
February 13 2:00 PM #13 Massachusetts Lowell Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Robinson W 3–0  3,870 13–14–1 (7–11–1)
February 18 7:30 PM at Maine Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine NESN Robinson L 3–6  4,670 13–15–1 (7–12–1)
February 19 7:00 PM at Maine Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine   Robinson W 5–2  4,985 14–15–1 (8–12–1)
February 26 7:00 PM Merrimack Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Robinson L 3–4  5,348 14–16–1 (8–13–1)
March 4 7:00 PM #16 Massachusetts Lowell Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Robinson L 3–6  6,003 14–17–1 (8–14–1)
March 5 6:00 PM at #16 Massachusetts Lowell Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts   Fessenden L 0–1  6,234 14–18–1 (8–16–1)
Hockey East Tournament
March 9 7:00 PM at Boston College* Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Opening Round)   Robinson L 3–4 OT 1,125 14–19–1
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
Source:[2]

Scoring statistics

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Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Tyler Ward LW 34 11 16 27 4
Jackson Pierson F 34 12 12 24 8
Filip Engarås C 33 7 14 21 16
Liam Devlin F 34 9 7 16 35
Colton Huard D 28 6 10 16 6
Robert Cronin F 30 7 5 12 16
Kalle Eriksson D 32 0 12 12 12
Luke Reid D 34 3 5 8 18
Harrison Blaisdell C 25 2 6 8 6
Joe Cipollone C 30 2 6 8 0
Eric MacAdams RW 33 1 7 8 42
Alex Gagne D 33 1 7 8 16
Nick Cafarelli F 15 3 4 7 6
Ryan Verrier D 24 1 6 7 28
Will MacKinnon D 27 1 5 6 12
Nikolai Jenson D 30 1 5 6 18
Chase Stevenson F 33 4 1 5 16
Will Margel C/W 18 1 3 4 6
Eric Esposito LW 30 3 0 3 14
Cam Gendron F 19 1 1 2 14
Lucas Herrmann F 24 0 1 1 8
Jeremy Forman G 1 0 0 0 0
Alec Semandel D 1 0 0 0 0
Raphael Gaughan G 1 0 0 0 0
Jake Moniz G 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Hankinson F 1 0 0 0 0
Drew Hickey D 7 0 0 0 0
David Fessenden G 9 0 0 0 0
Carsen Richels LW 13 0 0 0 0
Connor Sweeney F 22 0 0 0 2
Mike Robinson G 27 0 0 0 15
Total 76 133 209 318

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Goaltending statistics

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Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Raphael Gaughan 1 0:53 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.00
Jake Moniz 1 0:36 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.00
David Fessenden 9 492 2 4 1 18 180 0 .909 2.19
Mike Robinson 27 1513 12 14 0 66 618 2 .904 2.62
Jeremy Forman 1 34 0 1 0 4 13 0 .765 7.08
Empty Net - 21 - - - 7 - - - -
Total 34 2064 14 19 1 95 814 2 .895 2.76

Rankings

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Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings
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 (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

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.[4]

Players drafted into the NHL

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2022 NHL Entry Draft

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Round Pick Player NHL team
6 189 Tyler Muszelik† Florida Panthers

† incoming freshman [5]

Awards and honors

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Player Award Ref
Jackson Pierson Len Ceglarski Award

References

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  1. ^ "2020–21 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". UNH Wildcats. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "New Hampshire 2021-22 Team Schedule". College Hockey Inc. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "Univ. of New Hampshire 2021-2022 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2022 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
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