# 2020–21 Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey season

The 2020–21 Colgate Raiders Men's ice hockey season was the 91st season of play for the program and the 60th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Raiders represented the Colgate University and played their home games at Class of 1965 Arena, and were coached by Don Vaughan, in his 28th season as their head coach.

## 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 Colgate's players would lose a season of play. 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.
The start to Colgate's season was a bit rough as the team won 1 of their first six games. They recovered afterwards and nearly reached a .500 record by early February but the team flagged afterwards and ended the season last in the conference. The Raiders met St. Lawrence in the ECAC Tournament and outplayed the Saints but still managed to lose 4–5 in overtime. The poor finish should be taken with a grain of salt, however, as eight of the twelve ECAC teams had cancelled their seasons. This resulted in Colgate playing 21 out of 22 games against Clarkson, Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence, two of which were ranked throughout the season. The only real takeaway from the season for Colgate was that the team has some work to do if they want to compete against Clarkson and Quinnipiac.
Mitchel Benson, William Friend, and Henry Marshall sat out the season.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Jared Cockrell | Forward | United States | Graduate transfer to St. Cloud State |
| Ross Craig | Defenseman | Canada | Graduation |
| Bobby McMann | Forward | Canada | Graduation (Signed with Wichita Thunder) |
| Paul Meyer | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (Signed with Orlando Solar Bears) |
| Jacob Panetta | Defenseman | Canada | Graduation (Signed with Jacksonville Icemen) |
| Tyler Penner | Forward | Canada | Graduation (Signed with Birmingham Bulls) |
| Nick Quillan | Defenseman | Canada | Left program |
| Ben Sharf | Forward | United States | Graduation |
| John Snodgrass | Forward | United States | Graduation |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Nick Anderson | Defenseman | United States | 21 | Wayzata, MN |
| Pierson Brandon | Defenseman | United States | 20 | Irvington, NY |
| P. J. Garrett | Defenseman | United States | 20 | Duxbury, MA |
| Levi Glasman | Forward | Canada | 21 | Lacombe, AB |
| Carter Gylander | Goaltender | United States | 19 | Beaumont, AB; Selected 191st overall in 2019 |
| Elliott McDermott | Defenseman | Canada | 20 | Kingston, ON |
| Ross Mitton | Forward | United States | 20 | Copiague, NY |
| Alex Young | Forward | Canada | 19 | Calgary, AB; Selected 196th overall in 2020 |

## Roster

As of December 17, 2020.

## Standings

2020–21 ECAC Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | 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 | 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 regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||||||

## Schedule and Results

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Site | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||||||
| November 22 | 4:00 PM | vs. #8 Clarkson* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Gylander | L 1–2 | 0 | 0–1–0 |
| December 23 | 4:00 PM | at #8 Clarkson* | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | Gylander | W 5–4 $^{OT}$ | 0 | 1–1–0 |
| December 29 | 4:00 PM | vs. RIT* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Gylander | T 4–4 $^{OT}$ | 0 | 1–1–1 |
| January 1 | 6:45 PM | vs. #10 Clarkson* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Gylander | L 1–4 | 0 | 1–2–1 (0–1–0) |
| January 3 | 4:00 PM | at #10 Clarkson* | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | Farrier | T 1–1 $^{SOW}$ | 0 | 1–2–2 (0–1–1) |
| January 7 | 5:00 PM | vs. St. Lawrence* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Farrier | L 1–2 | 0 | 1–3–2 (0–2–1) |
| January 9 | 7:00 PM | at St. Lawrence* | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | Gylander | W 4–2 | 0 | 2–3–2 (1–2–1) |
| January 10 | 5:00 PM | at St. Lawrence* | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | Gylander | T 1–1 $^{SOW}$ | 0 | 2–3–3 (1–2–2) |
| January 15 | 5:00 PM | vs. #11 Quinnipiac* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Gylander | L 0–3 | 0 | 2–4–3 (1–3–2) |
| January 17 | 4:00 PM | at #11 Quinnipiac* | People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut | Gylander | L 0–3 | 0 | 2–5–3 (1–4–2) |
| January 21 | 5:00 PM | at St. Lawrence* | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | Gylander | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 0 | 3–5–3 (2–4–2) |
| January 23 | 6:00 PM | vs. St. Lawrence* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Farrier | L 3–4 | 0 | 3–6–3 (2–5–2) |
| January 24 | 4:00 PM | vs. St. Lawrence* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Gylander | W 4–3 | 0 | 4–6–3 (3–5–2) |
| February 4 | 5:00 PM | at #13 Clarkson* | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | Gylander | W 2–0 | 0 | 5–6–3 (4–5–2) |
| February 6 | 4:00 PM | at #13 Clarkson* | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | Gylander | T 1–1 $^{SOL}$ | 0 | 5–6–4 (4–5–3) |
| February 12 | 5:00 PM | vs. #11 Quinnipiac* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Gylander | T 2–2 $^{SOL}$ | 0 | 5–6–5 (4–5–4) |
| February 13 | 4:00 PM | vs. #11 Quinnipiac* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Gylander | L 0–9 | 0 | 5–7–5 (4–6–4) |
| February 26 | 5:00 PM | at #15 Clarkson* | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | Gylander | L 2–3 | 0 | 5–8–5 (4–7–4) |
| February 27 | 4:00 PM | at #15 Clarkson* | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | Gylander | L 2–3 | 0 | 5–9–5 (4–8–4) |
| March 5 | 6:00 PM | at #11 Quinnipiac* | People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut | Gylander | L 2–4 | 0 | 5–10–5 (4–9–4) |
| March 6 | 4:00 PM | at #11 Quinnipiac* | People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut | Gylander | W 4–3 | 0 | 6–10–5 (5–9–4) |
| ECAC Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| March 18 | 5:00 PM | at St. Lawrence* | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York (ECAC Quarterfinal) | Gylander | L 4–5 $^{OT}$ | 0 | 6–11–5 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||||||

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Josh McKechney | F | 22 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 |
| Alex Young | C | 21 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 17 |
| Matt Verboon | C/RW | 22 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 |
| Griffin Lunn | F | 22 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 |
| Pierson Brandon | D | 22 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 16 |
| Jeff Stewart | LW | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Arnaud Vachon | C | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| Nick Anderson | D | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| Ethan Manderville | C | 22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Evan Tschumi | C/W | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Elliott McDermott | D | 22 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Nick Austin | F/D | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Paul McAvoy | F | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Tyler Jeanson | C | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Trevor Cosgrove | D | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Levi Glasman | LW | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Colton Young | F | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 38 |
| Ross Mitton | F | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Anthony Stark | D | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Liam Watson-Brawn | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hoey | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Farrier | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. J. Garrett | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Carter Gylander | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Total | | | 48 | 82 | 130 | 219 |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Carter Gylander | 19 | 1048 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 47 | 428 | 1 | .901 | 2.69 |
| Andrew Farrier | 8 | 296 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 113 | 0 | .863 | 3.64 |
| Empty Net | - | 13 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 22 | 1358 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 66 | 541 | 1 | .891 | 2.91 |

## Rankings

| Poll | 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 (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.

## Awards and honors

| Player | Award |
| Pierson Brandon | ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman |
| Josh McKechney | ECAC Hockey First Team |
| Pierson Brandon | ECAC Hockey Rookie Team |
| Alex Young | ECAC Hockey Rookie Team |