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

2022–23 St. Lawrence Saints
men's ice hockey season
2022–23 St. Lawrence Saints; men's ice hockey season
Conference	4th ECAC Hockey
Home ice	Appleton Arena
Rankings
USCHO	NR
USA Today	NR
Record
Overall	17–19–0
Conference	11–9–0
Home	11–7–0
Road	6–12–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Brent Brekke
Assistant coaches	Tommy Hill
Captain(s)	Tim Makowski; Aleksi Peltonen; Jordan Steinmetz
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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

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

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

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

As of September 19, 2022.^[3]

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

Standings

2022–23 ECAC Hockey Standings v t e
	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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Regular Season
October 2	7:00 PM	at #17 Massachusetts Lowell*	Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 0–4	5,580	0–1–0
October 7	7:00 PM	Merrimack*	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 3–1	1,426	1–1–0
October 8	7:00 PM	New Hampshire*	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 1–4	2,048	1–2–0
October 14	7:00 PM	Colorado College*	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 5–1	893	2–2–0
October 15	7:00 PM	Colorado College*	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 4–1	923	3–2–0
October 28	7:07 PM	at Michigan Tech*	MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan	FloHockey	Zetterquist	L 0–6	2,661	3–3–0
October 29	6:07 PM	at Michigan Tech*	MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan	FloHockey	Zetterquist	L 0–3	2,963	3–4–0
November 4	7:00 PM	Rensselaer	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 3–2	1,732	4–4–0 (1–0–0)
November 5	7:30 PM	Union	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 4–2	1,886	5–4–0 (2–0–0)
November 11	7:00 PM	Cornell	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 1–5	1,395	5–5–0 (2–1–0)
November 12	7:00 PM	Colgate	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 1–4	1,611	5–6–0 (2–2–0)
November 25	7:00 PM	at #8 Providence*	Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 3–4	1,885	5–7–0
December 2	7:00 PM	at #2 Quinnipiac	M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 1–2	3,410	5–8–0 (2–3–0)
December 3	7:00 PM	at Princeton	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 5–4	1,773	6–8–0 (3–3–0)
December 9	7:00 PM	Yale	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 2–1	1,121	7–8–0 (4–3–0)
December 10	7:00 PM	Brown	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 4–0	1,100	8–8–0 (5–3–0)
December 30	8:07 PM	at Omaha*	Baxter Arena • Omaha, Nebraska		Zetterquist	W 2–1	7,347	9–8–0
December 31	8:07 PM	at Omaha*	Baxter Arena • Omaha, Nebraska		Zetterquist	L 2–5	5,817	9–9–0
January 5	7:00 PM	at Niagara*	Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York	FloHockey	Zetterquist	L 3–4	437	9–10–0
January 7	7:00 PM	Niagara*	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 4–3 ^OT	1,216	10–10–0
January 13	7:00 PM	at Dartmouth	Thompson Arena • Hanover, 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 Center • Boston, Massachusetts	NESN+, ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 0–5	3,095	11–11–0 (6–4–0)
January 20	7:00 PM	at Union	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 2–3	1,564	11–12–0 (6–5–0)
January 21	4:00 PM	at Rensselaer	Houston Field House • Troy, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 3–4	1,989	11–13–0 (6–6–0)
January 27	7:00 PM	Clarkson	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York (Rivalry)	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 4–2	2,524	12–13–0 (7–6–0)
January 28	7:00 PM	at Clarkson	Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York (Rivalry)	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 4–2	-	13–13–0 (8–6–0)
February 3	7:00 PM	at Brown	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 6–0	502	14–13–0 (9–6–0)
February 4	7:00 PM	at Yale	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 0–4	1,451	14–14–0 (9–7–0)
February 10	7:00 PM	Princeton	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 6–2	1,054	15–14–0 (10–7–0)
February 11	7:00 PM	#2 Quinnipiac	Appleton Arena • Canton, 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 Arena • Hamilton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 2–3 ^OT	914	15–16–0 (10–9–0)
February 18	7:00 PM	at #11 Cornell	Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	W 1–0	4,267	16–16–0 (11–9–0)
February 24	7:00 PM	#7 Harvard	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 2–6	1,352	16–17–0 (11–10–0)
February 25	7:00 PM	Dartmouth	Appleton Arena • Canton, 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 Arena • Canton, New York (Quarterfinal Game 1)	ESPN+	Zetterquist	L 3–4 ^OT	2,848	17–18–0
March 11	7:00 PM	Colgate*	Appleton Arena • Canton, 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

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

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

Poll	Week
Poll	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

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

References

^ "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.
^ "SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2023". USCHO. March 11, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
^ "2012-23 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". St. Lawrence University Athletics.
^ "2022-23 Men's Hockey Schedule". St. Lawrence Saints. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
^ "St. Lawrence Univ. 2022–2023 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
^ "ECAC Hockey Announces 2022-23 Men's All-League Teams". ECAC Hockey. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

[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.

[ECAC-7] "ECAC Hockey Announces 2022-23 Men's All-League Teams". ECAC Hockey. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

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v t e St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Weeks Field Rink (1925–1929) Brewer Field Rink (1929–1930) Appleton Arena (1951–present)
Head coaches	D. F. McCarthy (1925–1926) Formoza Degre (1926–1928) James Mallon (1929–1930) Alfred Sheard (1938–1941) Jack Klemens (1946–1947) Paul Patten (1947–1950) Olav Kollevoll (1950–1955) George Menard (1955–1967, 1968–1971) Bernie McKinnon (1967–1968, 1971–1976) Leon Abbott (1976–1979) Dale Henwood (1979–1980) Mike McShane (1980–1985) Joe Marsh (1985–2012) Greg Carvel (2012–2016) Mark Morris (2016–2019) Brent Brekke (2019–present)
Seasons	1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1942–43 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Tri-State League (1950–1972) ECAC Hockey (1961–present)
Rivalries	Clarkson Golden Knights
Culture & lore	North Country Thanksgiving Festival
All-time leaders	Pete Lappin (187 Points) Brian McFarlane (101 Goals) Bill Sloan (65 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1952 1955 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1988 2000
NCAA Tournament appearances	1952 1955 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1983 1987 1988 1989 1992 1999 2000 2001 2007 2021*
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC: 1962 1988 1989 1992 2000 2001 2021
St. Lawrence University Canton, NY