# 2022–23 Union Dutchmen ice hockey season

The 2022–23 Union Dutchmen ice hockey season was the 82nd season of play for the program and the 31st in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Dutchmen represented Union College, played their home games at Achilles Center and were coached by Josh Hauge, in his first season.

## Season

After John Ronan finished the previous years as interim head coach due to the resignation of Rick Bennett, Union began a search for a permanent replacement. In mid-April, the team chose former Clarkson assistant Josh Hauge as the 22nd head coach in program history. John Ronan returned to his former post as an assistant while the rest of the staff was filled by new entries.
With a new coach came a new philosophy for the team and nearly half the roster changed in the offseason. While the Dutchmen retained their starting goaltender, the top 4 scorer all moved on. Several of the new faces filled in among the scoring leaders for the team but none were particularly outstanding. The result was that Union's offense was about as effective as it had been the year before; average. On defense, the team did well, allowing just over 30 shots per game, which was much better than they had the year before. Unfortunately, Connor Murphy was inconsistent throughout the year and the Dutchmen had a difficult time stringing wins together. Union's biggest problem was their performance on the road. The Dutchmen won just 2 out of 16 away games and more often than not had some lackluster results, including a 1–10 loss to Cornell.
Union finished the regular season in the bottom half of the ECAC standings but still managed to earn a home site for the first round of the postseason. The team faced a wounded Princeton squad and had a good opportunity to advance by scoring 4 times. Unfortunately, Murphy allowed 6 goals on just 27 shots and the Dutchmen's season ended with a thud.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Dylan Anhorn | Defenseman | Canada | Transferred to St. Cloud State |
| Alex Cohen | Forward | United States | Signed professional contract (Birmingham Bulls) |
| Brandon Estes | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (signed with Tucson Roadrunners) |
| Fletcher Fineman | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| Collin Graf | Forward | United States | Transferred to (Quinnipiac) |
| Josh Kosack | Forward | Canada | Graduation (retired) |
| Gleb Murtazin | Forward | Russia | Left program (retired) |
| Garrett Nieto | Goaltender | United States | Left program (retired) |
| Josh Phillips | Defenseman | United States | Left program (retired) |
| Merek Pipes | Goaltender | Canada | Left program (retired) |
| Michael Ryan | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| Gabriel Seger | Forward | Sweden | Transferred to Cornell |
| Ryan Sidorski | Defenseman | United States | Graduate transfer to North Dakota |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Ethan Benz | Forward | United States | 21 | Shakopee, MN |
| Kyle Chauvette | Goaltender | United States | 20 | Goffstown, NH |
| Nate Hanley | Forward | Canada | 20 | Rocky Point, NY |
| Greg Japchen | Defenseman | United States | 20 | Doylestown, PA |
| Carter Korpi | Forward | United States | 21 | South Lyon, MI |
| Colby MacArthur | Forward | Canada | 20 | Summerside, PEI |
| Cal Mell | Defenseman | United States | 21 | Cumming, GA |
| Josh Nixon | Forward | Canada | 22 | Mississauga, ON; transfer from Lake Superior State |
| John Prokop | Forward/Defenseman | United States | 21 | Wausau, WI |
| Mason Snell | Defenseman | Canada | 22 | Clarington, ON; transfer from Penn State |
| Chris Théodore | Forward | Canada | 24 | Beaconsfield, QC; graduate transfer from American International |
| Benjamin Tupker | Forward | Canada | 22 | Collingwood, ON; transfer from Cornell |
| Nick Young | Defenseman | United States | 21 | Raleigh, NC |

## Roster

As of August 4, 2022.

## Standings

2022–23 ECAC Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall 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 1 | 7:00 PM | RIT* | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | W 4–3 | 2,401 | 1–0–0 |
| October 2 | 4:00 PM | at Army* | Tate Rink • West Point, New York | FloHockey | Murphy | T 2–2 $^{OT}$ | 1,463 | 1–0–1 |
| October 7 | 7:05 PM | at #20 Connecticut* | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 1–4 | 2,584 | 1–1–1 |
| October 8 | 4:05 PM | at #20 Connecticut* | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Chauvette | L 3–4 $^{OT}$ | 2,442 | 1–2–1 |
| October 13 | 7:00 PM | Bentley* | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | W 5–1 | 1,455 | 2–2–1 |
| October 15 | 7:00 PM | at RIT* | Blue Cross Arena • Rochester, New York | FloHockey | Chauvette | L 5–8 | 8,766 | 2–3–1 |
| October 21 | 7:00 PM | at #6 Massachusetts* | Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 1–7 | 3,721 | 2–4–1 |
| October 22 | 7:00 PM | at #6 Massachusetts* | Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 0–7 | 3,737 | 2–5–1 |
| October 28 | 7:00 PM | at Rensselaer | Houston Field House • Troy, New York (Rivalry) | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 1–2 | 4,700 | 2–6–1 (0–1–0) |
| October 29 | 7:00 PM | Rensselaer | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York (Rivalry) | ESPN+ | Murphy | W 6–0 | 2,115 | 3–6–1 (1–1–0) |
| November 4 | 7:00 PM | at Clarkson | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | W 3–2 | 2,246 | 4–6–1 (2–1–0) |
| November 5 | 7:00 PM | at St. Lawrence | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 2–4 | 1,886 | 4–7–1 (2–2–0) |
| November 11 | 7:00 PM | at Dartmouth | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | W 4–1 | 1,676 | 5–7–1 (3–2–0) |
| November 12 | 7:00 PM | at #13 Harvard | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 1–5 | 1,793 | 5–8–1 (3–3–0) |
| December 3 | 7:00 PM | #18 Northeastern* | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | W 3–2 | 1,621 | 6–8–1 |
| December 9 | 7:00 PM | at Princeton | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 0–2 | 1,090 | 6–9–1 (3–4–0) |
| December 10 | 7:00 PM | at #2 Quinnipiac | M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 1–8 | 2,877 | 6–10–1 (3–5–0) |
| December 30 | 4:00 PM | New Hampshire* | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | W 4–3 | 1,530 | 7–10–1 |
| December 30 | 4:00 PM | New Hampshire* | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Chauvette | W 3–2 | 1,352 | 8–10–1 |
| January 6 | 7:00 PM | #18 Cornell | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 1–6 | 2,185 | 8–11–1 (3–6–0) |
| January 7 | 7:00 PM | Colgate | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 1–2 | 1,904 | 8–12–1 (3–7–0) |
| January 13 | 7:00 PM | at Brown | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 2–6 | 1,177 | 8–13–1 (3–8–0) |
| January 14 | 7:00 PM | at Yale | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Chauvette | T 0–0 $^{SOW}$ | 1,700 | 8–13–2 (3–8–1) |
| January 20 | 7:00 PM | St. Lawrence | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Chauvette | W 3–2 | 1,564 | 9–13–2 (4–8–1) |
| January 21 | 7:00 PM | Clarkson | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 3–4 | 2,245 | 9–14–2 (4–9–1) |
| January 28 | 6:00 PM | vs. Rensselaer* | MVP Arena • Albany, New York (Mayor's Cup) | | Murphy | W 6–0 | 5,883 | 10–14–2 |
| February 3 | 7:00 PM | at Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | W 3–1 | 831 | 11–14–2 (5–9–1) |
| February 4 | 7:00 PM | at #11 Cornell | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 1–10 | 3,903 | 11–15–2 (5–10–1) |
| February 10 | 7:00 PM | Yale | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | W 3–1 | 1,795 | 12–15–2 (6–10–1) |
| February 11 | 7:00 PM | Brown | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | W 3–1 | 2,011 | 13–15–2 (7–10–1) |
| February 17 | 7:00 PM | at #9 Harvard | Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 3–5 | 2,172 | 13–16–2 (7–11–1) |
| February 18 | 5:00 PM | at Dartmouth | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 0–1 | 1,837 | 13–17–2 (7–12–1) |
| February 24 | 7:00 PM | #2 Quinnipiac | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 1–4 | 1,685 | 13–18–2 (7–13–1) |
| February 25 | 7:00 PM | Princeton | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Murphy | W 3–1 | 1,902 | 14–18–2 (8–13–1) |
| ECAC Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| March 4 | 4:00 PM | Princeton* | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York (First Round) | ESPN+ | Murphy | L 4–6 | 2,119 | 14–19–2 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source: ||||||||||

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| John Prokop | D/F | 35 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 20 |
| Nate Hanley | C | 35 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 2 |
| Tyler Watkins | F | 35 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 10 |
| Josh Nixon | RW | 34 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 45 |
| Cal Mell | D | 34 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 |
| Chaz Smedsrud | LW | 34 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 |
| Liam Robertson | C | 35 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 52 |
| Caden Villegas | F | 34 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| Chris Theodore | LW | 34 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
| Owen Farris | F | 33 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 35 |
| Carter Korpi | F | 31 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Mason Snell | D | 31 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| Nick Young | D | 34 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 43 |
| Ben Tupker | LW | 34 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| Cullen Ferguson | D | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 34 |
| Nicolas Petruolo | D | 28 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Ville Immonen | C | 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Bram Scheerer | LW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Nathan Kelly | D | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ethan Benz | F | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Matt Allen | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Colby MacArthur | RW | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Hodge | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Seaman | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Richter | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merek Pipes | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Japchen | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kyle Chauvette | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Sanda | F | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Connor Murphy | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | | | 86 | 140 | 226 | 392 |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Merek Pipes | 2 | 00:39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 |
| Kyle Chauvette | 10 | 417:44 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 202 | 1 | .910 | 2.87 |
| Connor Murphy | 31 | 1673:03 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 93 | 736 | 2 | .888 | 3.34 |
| Empty Net | - | 20:23 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 35 | 2111:49 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 117 | 939 | 3 | .889 | 3.32 |

## Rankings

| Poll | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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.

## Awards and honors

| Player | Award | Ref |
| John Prokop | ECAC Hockey Rookie Team | |