2023–24 St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey season

2023–24 St. Lawrence Saints
men's ice hockey season
2023–24 St. Lawrence Saints; men's ice hockey season
Conference	ECAC Hockey
Home ice	Appleton Arena
Record
Overall	5–10–2
Conference	3–3–0
Home	4–4–1
Road	1–6–1
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Brent Brekke
Assistant coaches	Tommy Hill; Mike Aikens; Cam Doomany
Captain(s)	Josh Boyer; Justin Paul; Luc Salem;
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The 2023–24 St. Lawrence Saints Men's ice hockey season is the 84th season of play for the program and the 63rd in ECAC Hockey. The Saints represent St. Lawrence University, play their home games at the Appleton Arena and are coached by Brent Brekke in his 5th season.

Season

Departures

Player	Position	Nationality	Cause
Francis Boisvert	Goaltender	Canada	Graduate transfer to Robert Morris
Ashton Fry	Forward	United States	Graduation (retired)
Tim Makowski	Defenseman	United States	Graduation (retired)
Aleksi Peltonen	Forward	Finland	Graduation (signed with HC Davos)
Jordan Steinmetz	Forward	United States	Graduate transfer to Minnesota State
Emil Zetterquist	Goaltender	Sweden	Graduation (signed with Västerviks IK)

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Age	Notes
Ben Kraws	Goaltender	United States	23	Cranbury, NJ; graduate transfer from Arizona State
Mason Kucenski	Goaltender	United States	21	Gill, MA
Jake Lammens	Defenseman	United States	20	Norwalk, CT
Evan Mitchell	Defenseman	Canada	21	Kanata, ON
Jan Olenginski	Defenseman	United States	20	Philadelphia, PA
Cameron Smith	Goaltender	United States	21	Westchester, NY
Gunnar Thoreson	Forward	United States	21	Andover, MN

Roster

As of September 19, 2023.^[1]

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1	Cameron Smith	Freshman	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1998-09-21	Westchester, New York	P.A.L. Junior Islanders (USPHL)	—
2	Anthony Mollica	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2001-06-07	Hudsonville, Michigan	New Jersey (NAHL)	—
3	Luke Erickson	Senior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1999-04-15	Woodbury, Minnesota	Fairbanks (NAHL)	—
4	Mason Waite	Junior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2000-04-04	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Prince George (BCHL)	—
7	Luc Salem (C)	Senior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-07-09	Santa Monica, California	Topeka (NAHL)	—
8	Oak MacLeod	Junior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2002-04-04	Caledonia, Ontario	Jersey (NCDC)	—
9	Philippe Chapleau	Junior	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-07-06	Longueuil, Quebec	Penticton (BCHL)	—
10	Tomáš Mazura	Junior	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	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2000-06-25	Brasher Falls, New York	Aberdeen (NAHL)	—
12	Greg Lapointe	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2001-01-01	Granby, Quebec	Coquitlam (BCHL)	—
14	Justin Paul (C)	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	2000-04-10	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Wellington (OJHL)	—
15	Evan Mitchell	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-02-13	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Cranbrook (BCHL)	—
16	Drake Burgin	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-10-22	Kanata, Ontario	Blackfalds (AJHL)	—
17	Reilly Moran	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	2000-04-24	Hingham, Massachusetts	Powell River (BCHL)	—
18	Tyler Cristall	Sophomore	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2002-05-13	Vancouver, British Columbia	West Kelowna (NAHL)	—
19	Max Dorrington	Senior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2001-08-30	North Reading, Massachusetts	Cushing (USHS–MA)	—
20	Nicholas Trela	Senior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-08-26	Trenton, Michigan	Amarillo (NAHL)	—
21	Cameron Buhl	Graduate	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1998-12-03	South St. Paul, Minnesota	Minnesota Magicians (NAHL)	—
22	Ty Naaykens	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-01-27	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Fairbanks (NAHL)	—
23	Jan Olenginski	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2003-03-23	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Madison (USHL)	—
24	Tucker McIntosh	Senior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-05-20	Toronto, Ontario	Ottawa (CCHL)	—
25	Fēlikss Gavars	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	2002-05-15	Riga, Latvia	Fargo (USHL)	—
26	Jake Lammens	Freshman	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-10-03	Norwalk, Connecticut	Salmon Arm (BCHL)	—
27	Logan Ritchie	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-07-27	O'Fallon, Missouri	Kenai River (NAHL)	—
28	Josh Boyer (C)	Graduate	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1999-10-07	Wasilla, Alaska	Omaha (NCHC)	—
29	Gunnar Thoreson	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-03-19	Andover, Minnesota	Minnesota (NAHL)	—
32	Mason Kucenski	Freshman	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2002-04-08	Gill, Massachusetts	Madison (USHL)	—
33	Ben Kraws	Graduate	G	6' 5" (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-08-02	Cranbury, New Jersey	Arizona State (NCAA)	—
34	Ján Lašák	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2002-08-11	Šurany, Slovakia	Janesville (NAHL)	—
35	Grant Adams	Senior	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-09-22	South Bend, Indiana	Salmon Arm (BCHL)	—

Standings

2023–24 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
#6 Quinnipiac †	22	17	4	1	0	2	0	54	99	39	39	27	10	2	160	79
#9 Cornell *	22	12	6	4	1	2	3	44	74	45	35	22	7	6	115	65
Colgate	22	13	7	2	2	2	2	43	85	68	36	16	16	4	120	112
Dartmouth	22	9	6	7	1	1	3	37	66	60	32	13	10	9	92	91
Clarkson	22	12	9	1	4	2	1	36	62	58	35	18	16	1	95	97
Union	22	9	10	3	1	1	2	32	75	75	37	16	18	3	123	121
St. Lawrence	22	8	10	4	1	1	1	29	49	64	39	14	19	6	90	118
Harvard	22	6	10	6	1	2	3	28	49	64	32	7	19	6	70	106
Princeton	22	8	11	3	4	0	2	25	70	90	30	10	16	4	89	114
Yale	22	7	13	2	1	2	1	25	46	57	30	10	18	2	63	91
Brown	22	6	14	2	2	3	1	22	43	69	30	8	19	3	61	98
Rensselaer	22	6	13	3	0	0	0	21	58	89	37	10	23	4	93	150
Championship: March 23, 2024 † 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 7	6:00 pm	RIT*	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Kraws	W 4–3	2,053	1–0–0
October 13	7:00 pm	Vermont*	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Adams	L 1–3	1,076	1–1–0
October 14	7:00 pm	#18 Penn State*	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Kraws	L 1–4	1,223	1–2–0
October 22	2:00 pm	at Merrimack*	J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts	ESPN+	Kraws	L 2–5	2,087	1–3–0
October 27	7:00 pm	Michigan Tech*	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Kraws	T 2–2 ^OT	1,073	1–3–1
October 28	7:00 pm	Lake Superior State*	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Kraws	L 2–5	—	1–4–1
November 3	7:00 pm	at Ferris State*	Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan	FloHockey	Kraws	W 5–2	1,640	2–4–1
November 4	7:00 pm	at Ferris State*	Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan	FloHockey	Kraws	L 1–2 ^OT	1,712	2–5–1
November 10	7:00 pm	Union	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Kraws	L 3–4	1,150	2–5–1 (0–1–0)
November 11	7:00 pm	Rensselaer	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Kraws	W 6–3	1,386	3–5–1 (1–1–0)
November 17	7:00 pm	at Yale	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	ESPN+	Kraws	L 0–5	1,368	3–6–1 (1–2–0)
November 18	7:00 pm	at Brown	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Kraws	L 1–2	673	3–7–1 (1–3–0)
November 24	7:00 pm	at #15 Western Michigan*	Lawson Arena • Kalamazoo, Michigan		Kraws	L 1–5	2,340	3–8–1
November 25	7:00 pm	at #15 Western Michigan*	Lawson Arena • Kalamazoo, Michigan		Kraws	L 0–4	2,245	3–9–1
December 1	7:00 pm	Dartmouth	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Kraws	W 3–1	1,012	4–9–1 (2–3–0)
December 2	7:00 pm	Harvard	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+	Kraws	W 2–0	1,110	5–9–1 (3–3–0)
December 8	7:00 pm	USNTDP	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York (Exhibition)	ESPN+	Kucenski	L 4–8	1,154
December 30	7:00 pm	Ottawa*	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York (Exhibition)	ESPN+	Kucenski	W 5–2	830
January 5	7:00 pm	at Canisius*	LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York	FloHockey	Kraws	L 1–5	792	5–10–1
January 6	5:05 pm	at #18 RIT*	Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York	FloHockey	Kraws	T 1–1 ^OT	2,816	5–10–2
January 12	7:00 pm	at Rensselaer	Houston Field House • Troy, New York	ESPN+
January 13	4:00 pm	at Union	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+
January 19	7:00 pm	Brown	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+
January 20	7:00 pm	Yale	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+
January 26	7:00 pm	at Clarkson	Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York (Rivalry)	ESPN+
January 27	7:00 pm	Clarkson	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York (Rivalry)	ESPN+
February 2	7:00 pm	at Cornell	Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York	ESPN+
February 3	7:00 pm	at Colgate	Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York	ESPN+
February 9	7:00 pm	Quinnipiac	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+
February 10	7:00 pm	Princeton	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+
February 16	7:00 pm	at Harvard	Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts	ESPN+
February 17	7:00 pm	at Dartmouth	Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire	ESPN+
February 23	7:00 pm	Cornell	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+
February 24	7:00 pm	Colgate	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+
March 1	7:00 pm	at Princeton	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	ESPN+
March 2	7:00 pm	at Quinnipiac	M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut	ESPN+
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:^[2]

Scoring statistics

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
USA Today

References

^ "2023-24 Men's Hockey Roster". St. Lawrence Saints. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
^ "2023-24 Men's Hockey Schedule". St. Lawrence Saints. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

[1] "2023-24 Men's Hockey Roster". St. Lawrence Saints. Retrieved September 19, 2023.

[2] "2023-24 Men's Hockey Schedule". St. Lawrence Saints. Retrieved September 5, 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
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