2020–21 St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey season
2020–21 St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey season | |
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ECAC Tournament, Champion NCAA Tournament, Withdrawal | |
Conference | 3rd ECAC Hockey |
Home ice | Appleton Arena |
Rankings | |
USCHO.com | NR |
USA Today/ US Hockey Magazine | NR |
Record | |
Overall | 6–8–3 |
Conference | 4–8–2 |
Home | 1–5–2 |
Road | 5–3–1 |
Neutral | 0–0–0 |
Coaches and Captains | |
Head Coach | Brent Brekke |
Assistant Coaches | |
Captain(s) | Callum Cusinato Dylan Woolf |
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The 2020–21 St. Lawrence Saints Men's ice hockey season was the 81st season of play for the program and the 60th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Saints represented the St. Lawrence University and were coached by Brent Brekke, in his 2nd season.
Season[]
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of St. Lawrence's players would lose a season of play.[1] However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.[2]
After an abysmal season, St. Lawrence continued to see a great deal of roster turnover as the program recovered from Mark Morris's tenure. The Saints got a late start to the season, even after the delay due to COVID, but the team played surprisingly well once they got on the ice. buoyed by the play of junior netminder Emil Zetterquist, SLU gave opponents fits throughout the season, holding at least a .500 record until February when the team ran into league-leading Quinnipiac and lost four consecutive matches against the Bobcats. Even with the losses, however, St. Lawrence kept the score close and demonstrated great strides by a team that had finished last in the ECAC for three consecutive years.
St. Lawrence's final matchup of the regular season was cancelled when Clarkson ended their season due to COVID protocol violations.[3] The Saints ended in 3rd place, giving them a home game for the ECAC Tournament. Ordinarily this would have been seen as a positive for the team, but St. Lawrence hadn't won a single home game through 7 games. Despite the recent history, SLU produced its largest offensive output of the season and defeated Colgate 5–4 in overtime. The Saints found themselves playing for a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament despite a 5–8–3 record and got out to an early lead. Quinnipiac took over in the second and then tried to play in a defensive shell for the remainder of the contest but the Larries scored late and then David Jankowski scored the game-winner in the fourth minute of overtime.
The miraculous, albeit short, run for the Saints gave them their first league championship in 20 years and their first tournament berth since 2007. Unfortunately, everything came crashing to a halt a day later when Brent Brekke tested positive for COVID-19 and St. Lawrence was forced to withdraw from the tournament.[4] St. Lawrence was just the second ECAC Tournament champion to not play in the NCAA Tournament and the second time a team declined an automatic invitation to a national tournament, the previous time for both was by Harvard in 1963.[5]
Grant Adams and Luke Erickson sat out the season.
Departures[]
Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
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Carson Dimoff | Forward | ![]() |
Left program |
Ryan Garvey | Forward | ![]() |
Graduation |
Carson Gicewicz | Forward | ![]() |
Transferred to Massachusetts |
Alex Gilmour | Forward | ![]() |
Graduation (Signed with Birmingham Bulls) |
Cade Gleekel | Forward | ![]() |
Left program |
Bo Hanson | Defenseman | ![]() |
Transferred to Denver |
Michael Laidley | Forward | ![]() |
Graduation (Signed with Pensacola Ice Flyers) |
Daniel Mannella | Goaltender | ![]() |
Graduation |
Ted McGeen | Forward | ![]() |
Transferred to Guelph |
Andrew McIntyre | Forward | ![]() |
Left program |
Eddie Pavlini | Forward | ![]() |
Left program |
Zac Risteau | Forward | ![]() |
Transferred to St. Thomas |
Keenan Suthers | Forward | ![]() |
Transferred to Maine |
Recruiting[]
Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
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Grant Adams | Goaltender | ![]() |
20 | Niles, MI |
Max Dorrington | Forward | ![]() |
19 | North Reading, MA |
Luke Erickson | Defenseman | ![]() |
21 | Woodbury, MN |
Greg Lapointe | Forward | ![]() |
19 | Granby, QC |
Tucker McIntosh | Defenseman | ![]() |
19 | Toronto, ON |
Reilly Moran | Forward | ![]() |
20 | Hingham, MA |
Justin Paul | Forward | ![]() |
20 | Thunder Bay, ON |
Logan Ritchie | Forward | ![]() |
21 | O'Fallon, MO |
Luc Salem | Defenseman | ![]() |
21 | Los Angeles, CA |
Nick Trela | Forward | ![]() |
21 | Trenton, MI |
Roster[]
As of December 31, 2020.[6]
No. | S/P/C | Player | Class | Pos | Height | Weight | DoB | Hometown | Previous team | NHL rights |
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1 | ![]() |
Emil Zetterquist | Junior | G | 6' 1" (1.85 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 1998-09-21 | Stockholm, Sweden | Coulee Region (NAHL) | — |
2 | ![]() |
Dylan Woolf (C) | Senior | D | 6' 1" (1.85 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 1996-05-03 | Victoria, Minnesota | Lincoln (USHL) | — |
3 | ![]() |
Mark Mahoney | Junior | D | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 1999-05-08 | Canton, New York | Hotchkiss (USHS–CT) | — |
4 | ![]() |
Cameron White | Senior | D | 6' 3" (1.91 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | 1997-03-12 | Toronto, Ontario | Ottawa (CCHL) | — |
7 | ![]() |
Luc Salem | Freshman | D | 5' 10" (1.78 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | 1999-07-09 | Santa Monica, California | Topeka (NAHL) | — |
9 | ![]() |
Luke Erickson | Freshman | D | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | 1999-04-15 | Woodbury, Minnesota | Fairbanks (NAHL) | — |
10 | ![]() |
David Jankowski | Junior | F | 6' 1" (1.85 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | 1997-05-25 | Waterdown, Ontario | Hawkesbury (CCHL) | — |
12 | ![]() |
Greg Lapointe | Freshman | F | 5' 9" (1.75 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | 2001-01-01 | Granby, Quebec | Coquitlam (BCHL) | — |
13 | ![]() |
Aleksi Peltonen | Sophomore | F | 5' 10" (1.78 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 1998-06-08 | Helsinki, Finland | Omaha (USHL) | — |
14 | ![]() |
Justin Paul | Freshman | F | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 188 lb (85 kg) | 2000-04-10 | Thunder Bay, Ontario | Wellington (OJHL) | — |
15 | ![]() |
Jacob Nielsen | Senior | F | 6' 0" (1.83 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 1998-02-21 | New Berlin, Wisconsin | Lincoln (USHL) | — |
16 | ![]() |
Nicholas Wildgoose | Sophomore | F | 5' 10" (1.78 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 1999-12-07 | Cary, North Carolina | Rockland (CCHL) | — |
17 | ![]() |
Reilly Moran | Freshman | F | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 176 lb (80 kg) | 2000-04-24 | Hingham, Massachusetts | Powell River (BCHL) | — |
18 | ![]() |
Kaden Pickering | Junior | F | 5' 9" (1.75 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 1998-12-17 | Madrid, New York | Chilliwack (BCHL) | — |
19 | ![]() |
Max Dorrington | Freshman | F | 6' 3" (1.91 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 2001-08-30 | North Reading, Massachusetts | Cushing Academy (USHS–MA) | — |
20 | ![]() |
Nicholas Trela | Freshman | F | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 1999-08-26 | Trenton, Michigan | Amarillo (NAHL) | — |
21 | ![]() |
Cameron Buhl | Sophomore | F | 5' 10" (1.78 m) | 184 lb (83 kg) | 1998-12-03 | South St. Paul, Minnesota | Minnesota Magicians (NAHL) | — |
22 | ![]() |
Jeff Clarke | Junior | D | 6' 4" (1.93 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | 1999-04-15 | London, Ontario | Oakville (OJHL) | — |
23 | ![]() |
Ashton Fry | Sophomore | F | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 1998-07-16 | Highlands Ranch, Colorado | Kemptville (CCHL) | — |
24 | ![]() |
Tucker McIntosh | Freshman | D | 6' 1" (1.85 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | 2001-05-20 | Toronto, Ontario | Ottawa (CCHL) | — |
27 | ![]() |
Logan Ritchie | Freshman | F | 5' 11" (1.8 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 1999-07-27 | O'Fallon, Missouri | Kenai River (NAHL) | — |
28 | ![]() |
Callum Cusinato (C) | Senior | F | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 1998-09-29 | Toronto, Ontario | Toronto Jr. Canadiens (OJHL) | — |
29 | ![]() |
Jordan Steinmetz | Sophomore | F | 5' 8" (1.73 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | 1999-01-10 | Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin | Sioux City (USHL) | — |
31 | ![]() |
Francis Boisvert | Sophomore | G | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | 1999-03-11 | Blainville, Quebec | Ottawa (CCHL) | — |
32 | ![]() |
Philip Alftberg | Senior | D | 5' 8" (1.73 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 1997-01-19 | Märsta, Sweden | Fargo (USHL) | — |
33 | ![]() |
Tim Makowski | Sophomore | D | 6' 1" (1.85 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | 1998-11-14 | St. Louis, Missouri | Aberdeen (NAHL) | — |
35 | ![]() |
Grant Adams | Freshman | G | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | 2000-09-22 | South Bend, Indiana | Salmon Arm (BCHL) | — |
44 | ![]() |
Jake Stevens | Senior | D | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | 1996-12-06 | Naperville, Illinois | Victoria (BCHL) | — |
Standings[]
Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | PT% | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#11 Quinnipiac † | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | .685 | 54 | 34 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 100 | 59 | |
#20 Clarkson | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 25 | .595 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 52 | |
St. Lawrence * | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .357 | 30 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 45 | |
Colgate | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .352 | 34 | 51 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 48 | 66 | |
Brown | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Cornell | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Dartmouth | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Harvard | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Princeton | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Rensselaer | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Union | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Yale | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Championship: March 20, 2021 ![]() * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |
Schedule and results[]
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record | ||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
December 31 | 4:00 PM | vs. #12 Quinnipiac | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | Zetterquist | T 2–2 SOL | 0 | 0–0–1 (0–0–1) | ||||
January 3 | 1:00 PM | at #12 Quinnipiac | People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut | Zetterquist | W 4–2 | 0 | 1–0–1 (1–0–1) | ||||
January 7 | 5:00 PM | at Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Zetterquist | W 2–1 | 0 | 2–0–1 (2–0–1) | ||||
January 9 | 7:00 PM | vs. Colgate | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | Zetterquist | L 2–4 | 0 | 2–1–1 (2–1–1) | ||||
January 10 | 5:00 PM | vs. Colgate | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | Zetterquist | T 1–1 SOW | 0 | 2–1–2 (2–1–2) | ||||
January 15 | 5:00 PM | at #15 Clarkson | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | Zetterquist | W 2–1 OT | 0 | 3–1–2 (3–1–2) | ||||
January 17 | 4:00 PM | vs. #15 Clarkson | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | Zetterquist | L 1–2 | 0 | 3–2–2 (3–2–2) | ||||
January 21 | 5:00 PM | vs. Colgate | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | Zetterquist | L 3–4 OT | 0 | 3–3–2 (3–3–2) | ||||
January 23 | 6:00 PM | at Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Zetterquist | W 4–3 | 0 | 4–3–2 (4–3–2) | ||||
January 24 | 4:00 PM | at Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Boisvert | L 3–4 | 0 | 4–4–2 (4–4–2) | ||||
February 5 | 4:00 PM | at #12 Quinnipiac | People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut | Zetterquist | L 1–4 | 0 | 4–5–2 (4–5–2) | ||||
February 6 | 4:00 PM | at #12 Quinnipiac | People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut | Zetterquist | L 1–2 | 0 | 4–6–2 (4–6–2) | ||||
February 13 | 7:30 PM | at Sacred Heart* | Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut | Zetterquist | T 2–2 OT | 0 | 4–6–3 | ||||
February 26 | 4:00 PM | vs. #12 Quinnipiac | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | Zetterquist | L 2–4 | 0 | 4–7–3 (4–7–2) | ||||
February 27 | 4:00 PM | vs. #12 Quinnipiac | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | Zetterquist | L 2–3 | 0 | 4–8–3 (4–8–2) | ||||
ECAC Hockey Tournament | |||||||||||
March 18 | 5:00 PM | vs. Colgate* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York (ECAC Semifinal) | Zetterquist | W 5–4 OT | 0 | 5–8–3 | ||||
March 20 | 4:00 PM | vs. #10 Quinnipiac* | People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut (ECAC Championship) | Zetterquist | W 3–2 OT | 0 | 6–8–3 | ||||
St. Lawrence Withdrew due to COVID-19 positive | |||||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Scoring statistics[]
Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cameron Buhl | F | 17 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 19 |
David Jankowski | C | 15 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
Kaden Pickering | RW | 17 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
Luc Salem | D | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 |
Greg Lapointe | F | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
Nicholas Trela | F | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
Justin Paul | LW | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Philip Alftberg | D/RW | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
Tim Makowski | D | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Reilly Moran | RW | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Tucker McIntosh | D | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Ashton Fry | F | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
Jordan Steinmetz | F | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Dylan Woolf | D | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
Jake Stevens | D | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Aleksi Peltonen | F | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Callum Cusinato | C/LW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Jacob Nielsen | F | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
Jeff Clarke | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Max Dorrington | F | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Francis Boisvert | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nichlas Wildgoose | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cameron White | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Mahoney | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Logan Ritchie | F | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Emil Zetterquist | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bench | 36 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Total | 40 | 64 | 104 | 166 |
Goaltending statistics[]
Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
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Emil Zetterquist | 16 | 975 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 488 | 0 | .926 | 2.40 |
Francis Boisvert | 1 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | .810 | 4.09 |
Empty Net | - | 16 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Total | 17 | 1050 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 45 | 505 | 0 | .918 | 2.57 |
Rankings[]
Poll | Week | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 (Final) | ||||
USCHO.com | 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 |
USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.[9]
Awards and honors[]
Player | Award | Ref |
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David Jankowski | ECAC Hockey Most Outstanding Player in Tournament | [10] |
Cameron Buhl | ECAC Hockey First Team | [11] |
Luc Salem | ECAC Hockey Rookie Team | [12] |
Greg Lapointe |
References[]
- ^ "NCAA approves blanket waiver for 2020 fall sports athletes to retain year of eligibility". CBS Sports. August 21, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "DI Council grants waiver to allow transfer student-athletes to compete immediately". NCAA. December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ^ "College men's hockey: Clarkson's season called off due to school COVID-19 violations by team members". NNY 360. March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "St. Lawrence withdraws from NCAA men's hockey tournament after coach tests positive for COVID-19". ESPN. March 21, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ "Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "2020–21 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". St. Lawrence University Athletics.
- ^ "St. Lawrence Saints (Men) 2020–2021 Schedule and Results". collegehockeystats.net. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "St. Lawrence Univ. 2020–2021 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "St. Lawrence Wins First ECAC Hockey Championship in 20 Years". ECAC Hockey. March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces First Team All-League". ecachockey.com. March 17, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces 2021 All-Rookie Team". ecachockey.com. March 17, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
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