St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey


The St. Lawrence Saints Men's Ice Hockey team, colloquially known as the "Skating Saints", is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents St. Lawrence University. The Saints are a member of the ECAC Hockey. They have played at Appleton Arena in Canton, New York, since 1951. Prior to the arena's construction, the men's team played outdoors at the current location of Whitman Hall.

History

Since the team's inception in 1925, the Saints men's hockey program has been a competitive team at the top ranks of American college hockey. Due to World War II, there were no teams during the 1941–42 season, or the 1943–44 through 1945–46 seasons.
The team plays in the ECAC Hockey League, one of six Division I leagues. This league currently boasts six Ivy League teams, including perennial powers Cornell and Harvard as well as six colleges from upstate New York and Connecticut. Since the inception of the ECAC in 1961, SLU has won six ECAC tournament titles and two ECAC regular season titles.
Since the 1951–52 season, SLU has made sixteen NCAA tournament appearances. St. Lawrence has been to the Frozen Four and its antecedent the four team NCAA Championships a total of nine times, playing in the title games in 1961 and 1988. St. Lawrence has accomplished this despite being, at approximately 2,000 students, one of the smallest colleges to play at the Division I level. A Division III school in all other sports, St. Lawrence has maintained Division I "play-up" status in hockey thanks to a 2004 NCAA resolution, allowing it to offer Division I scholarships in only one sport. St. Lawrence did not offer grant-in-aid hockey scholarships until the mid-1990s.
In 1988, the Saints played in the NCAA national championship game at the Olympic Arena in Lake Placid, NY, losing to Lake Superior State University 4–3 in overtime. The 1987-88 season was the most successful in team history, with an overall record of 29–9–0. In 2000, the Saints played in the longest NCAA tournament game on record; a 3–2, quadruple overtime victory over Boston University. The win advanced the Saints to the Frozen Four, where the team eventually lost to Boston College in the National Semifinals. The Men's program has produced 28 All-American players, seven ECAC tournament MVPs, six ECAC players of the year, four ECAC rookies of the year, and nine Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalists.
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From 1985 until 2012, Joe Marsh was the head coach at St. Lawrence. In 2007, he won his 400th Division I game placing him in 6th place among active NCAA Division I coaches in career wins. Marsh is a two time winner of the Spencer Penrose Award given to the best college coach of the year.
Following Marsh's retirement in 2012, former Ottawa Senators assistant coach, and Saints alumnus, Greg Carvel took over head coaching duties. In 2016, Carvel departed the program to take the same role at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Following the departure of Carvel, St. Lawrence named former Clarkson University head coach Mark Morris as the 14th head coach in program history.
Beginning with the 2019-20 season, the Saints announced Brent Brekke as the 15th head coach in program history.
St. Lawrence's biggest hockey rival is Clarkson University, located in Potsdam, ten miles from the St. Lawrence campus. For many years, the swing through the North Country has been considered to be one of the most grueling road trips in college hockey.
St. Lawrence plays its home hockey games at Appleton Arena, a classic old time hockey barn which has seen many upgrades since opening in 1950 with a 4–2 St. Lawrence win over Dartmouth College.

Season-by-season results

Records vs. Current ECAC Hockey Teams

As of the completion of the 2018–19 season

Coaches

As of completion of the 2019–20 season
† Leon Abbott resigned in December 1979 and Dale Henwood served as the interim coach for the remainder of the season.

Uniforms

Traditionally, the Saints home jersey is white with scarlet shoulders and brown trim. The end of the sleeves and bottom of the sweater feature scarlet and brown stripes. The school's crest and the player's name and number all appear in scarlet with brown trim. The road jersey are identically designed, but with the white and scarlet portions reversed. In 2002, a lace-up neck was adopted by the men's team.
In 2001, in honor of Appleton Arena's 50th anniversary, an alternate "throw-back" jersey was introduced for the men's team. The alternate jersey is white but does not feature colored shoulders. The StL logo is significantly smaller, and "St. Lawrence" is spelled out across the chest. The school seal also appears on both shoulders of the sweater. This jersey continued to be used occasionally until gaining popularity during the 2006–07 season, when the men's team exhibited frequent success when wearing the alternate jerseys on home ice. As a result, the alternate jersey quickly became the staple home jersey. Beginning with the 2012–13 season, St. Lawrence retired the StL logo from the red road jerseys as well, and adopted a design that matched the home white sweaters.
Originally, the women's program wore jerseys that were identical to the men's jerseys. However, in fall 2005, the women's jerseys were designed to be unique from the men's jerseys. The scarlet and brown on the shoulders of the home jersey was extended down the arms until it met with the trim at the end of the sleeve. The player's number appears within the scarlet portion and is white with brown trim. The road jerseys feature a similar pattern, but the shoulders and sleeves are brown with white trim on a red background.
In tribute to Mike Pelletier and Rich Stewart, teammates on the 1988 NCAA finalist team who were among the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the 2001–02 men's team wore a patch on the shoulder of their jerseys with both players' initials. Pelletier and Stewart had both been employees of Cantor Fitzgerald working in the World Trade Center.
In the 2008–09 season, St. Lawrence, along with all other ECAC Hockey teams, participated in Coaches vs. Cancer's "Pink at the Rink" fundraiser. The Men's team wore black sweaters with pink and white trim while the Women's team wore pink uniforms with white trim. The jerseys, along with pink ties worn by the coaches and pink sticks were then auctioned off to raise funds for breast cancer research.

Traditions

Career points leaders

PlayerYearsGPGAPtsPIM
1984–198813185102187148
2010–201415284101185123
1951–19557310184185
1975–197971112183
1994–199813662119181230
1992–19961309975174172
1958–196176759216733
1987–19911178082162136
2002–20061507876154204
1986–19901327281153133

Career Goaltending Leaders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Minimum 30 games played
PlayerYearsGPMinWLTGASOSV%GAA
2014–2017104626754371321813.9342.09
2006–20108649674529102094.9132.52
1952–1956854838651822069.9022.55
2006–2010462437161941042.9072.56
1994–1998794249322981972.9192.78

Statistics current through the start of the 2019-20 season.

Roster

Roster for the 2019-2020 season.

Awards and honors

[Hockey Hall of Fame]

Hobey Baker Award finalists

YearPlayerPosition
2014Greg CareyForward
2013Kyle Flanagan
Greg Carey		Forward
Forward
2007Drew BagnallDefense
2006T. J. TrevelyanForward
2001Eric AndersonForward
1999Eric HefflerGoalie
1996Burke MurphyForward
1992Daniel LaperriereDefense
1988Peter LappinForward

Individual Awards

Spencer Penrose Award
AHCA First Team All-Americans
AHCA Second Team All-Americans

Individual Awards

Player of the Year
Best Defensive Forward
Best Defensive Defenseman
Rookie of the Year
Ken Dryden Award
Ken Dryden Award
Most Outstanding Player in Tournament
First Team All-ECAC Hockey
Second Team All-ECAC Hockey
Third Team All-ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team
This is a list of St. Lawrence alumni who have played on an Olympic team.
The following is a list of people associated with the St. Lawrence men's ice hockey program who were elected into the St. Lawrence University Athletic Hall of Fame.
Ron O'Brien
Joe McLean
Lee Fournier
PlayerPositionTeamYearsStanley Cup|
Drew BagnallDefensemanMIN2010–20110
Jamie BakerCenterQUE, OTT, SJS, TOR1989–19990
Gavin BayreutherDefensemanSAL2018–Present0
Brandon BolligLeft Wing', CGY2011–20161
Matt CareyLeft WingCHI2013–20140
Kent CarlsonDefensemanMTL, STL, WSH1983–19890
Dale ClarkeDefensemanSTL2000–20010
Gary CroteauLeft WingLAK, DET, CAL, KCS, COR1968–19800
Joe DayCenterHFD, NYI1991–19940
Michael GaulDefensemanCOL, CBJ1998–20010
Derek GustafsonGoaltenderMIN2000–20020
Mike HurlbutCenterNYR, QUE, BUF1992–20000
Les KuntarGoaltenderMTL1993–19940

PlayerPositionTeamYearsStanley Cup|
Eric LacroixLeft WingTOR, LAK, COL, NYR, OTT1993–20010
Hank LammensRight WingOTT1993–19940
Daniel LaperrièreDefensemanSTL, OTT1992–19960
Pete LappinRight WingMNS, SJS1989–19920
Gary LaskoskiGoaltenderLAK1982–19840
Mike McKennaGoaltenderTBL, NJD, CBJ, ARI, DAL, OTT, PHI2008–20190
Kevin O'SheaForwardBUF, STL1970–19730
Rich PeverleyCenterNSH, ATL, ', DAL2006–20141
Joel PrpicCenterBOS, COL1997–20010
Shawn RiversDefensemanTBL1992–19930
David SaundersLeft WingVAN1987–19880
John ZeilerCenterLAK2006–20110