# 2022–23 St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 St. Lawrence Saints Men's ice hockey season was the 83rd season of play for the program and the 62nd in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Saints represented St. Lawrence University and were coached by Brent Brekke, in his fourth season.

## Season

Backstopped by Emil Zetterquist for a third season as the team's starting goaltender, the Saints began the season playing up and down hockey. St. Lawrence went 3–4 in October, however, they didn't have a single 1-goal game in any of those matches. The team stopped that wild inconsistency come November, however, they found wins harder to come by and posted a 4-game losing streak. The offense, which had been bad in 2022, was only marginally better in '23. The team's scoring did increase as the season went along but would still end up averaging less than two and a half goals per game.
Due to expected heavy snowfall in the Buffalo area, the game against Niagara was moved from November 19 to January 5.
After matching the losing skid with a 4-game winning streak, St. Lawrence entered the winter break as a .500 team but, with ECAC Hockey in a 3-team race, there was room for the Larries to earn the last bye into the conference quarterfinals. As they were rounding out their non-conference slate, the Saints finally found someone who could lead the offense. Surprisingly, it was junior defenseman Luc Salem. After scoring 8 points in the first 18 games, Salem took off in the second half and recorded 18 points in the final 12 games to end the regular season. The added offense was needed as it allowed the Larries to catch and pass a fading Colgate towards the end of the year. At the end, St. Lawrence finished 1 point ahead of Colgate and earned a home site for the quarterfinals.
As they entered the postseason, St. Lawrence was sitting in a good position; The team was 11–5 at home and would play host to the Raiders, who had won just 3 of their previous 11 games. The Larries got off to a tremendous start by scoring 3 goals in the first and looked primed to take a 1-game lead. The team fired 17 shots on goal in the second, looking to increase their advantage, unfortunately, Carter Gylander stopped everything in the middle frame and enabled Colgate to close the gap with a pair of markers. The surging Raiders erased the Saints 3–0 advantage midway through the third and then scored in overtime to take the first game. Perhaps still feeling the effects of the previous game, St. Lawrence was slow to start in the rematch and surrendered the first three markers. After falling behind, the Larries charged back, outshooting Colgate 27–6 over the final two periods. However, despite their efforts, the Saints could only manage to score twice and were swept out of the playoffs.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Jeff Clarke | Defenseman | Canada | Graduation (retired) |
| David Jankowski | Forward | Canada | Graduate transfer to Michigan Tech |
| Chris Pappas | Forward | Canada | Transferred to Long Island |
| Kaden Pickering | Forward | United States | Graduate transfer to Bemidji State |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Tyler Cristall | Forward | Canada | 20 | North Vancouver, BC |
| Fēlikss Gavars | Forward | Latvia | 20 | Riga, LAT |
| Ján Lašák | Forward | Slovakia | 20 | Banska Stiavnica, SVK |
| Tomáš Mazura | Forward | Czech Republic | 22 | Pardubice, CZE; selected 162nd overall in 2019; transfer from Providence |
| Anthony Mollica | Defenseman | United States | 21 | Jenison, MI |

## Roster

As of September 19, 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 2 | 7:00 PM | at #17 Massachusetts Lowell* | Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 0–4 | 5,580 | 0–1–0 |
| October 7 | 7:00 PM | Merrimack* | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 3–1 | 1,426 | 1–1–0 |
| October 8 | 7:00 PM | New Hampshire* | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 1–4 | 2,048 | 1–2–0 |
| October 14 | 7:00 PM | Colorado College* | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 5–1 | 893 | 2–2–0 |
| October 15 | 7:00 PM | Colorado College* | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 4–1 | 923 | 3–2–0 |
| October 28 | 7:07 PM | at Michigan Tech* | MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan | FloHockey | Zetterquist | L 0–6 | 2,661 | 3–3–0 |
| October 29 | 6:07 PM | at Michigan Tech* | MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan | FloHockey | Zetterquist | L 0–3 | 2,963 | 3–4–0 |
| November 4 | 7:00 PM | Rensselaer | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 3–2 | 1,732 | 4–4–0 (1–0–0) |
| November 5 | 7:30 PM | Union | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 4–2 | 1,886 | 5–4–0 (2–0–0) |
| November 11 | 7:00 PM | Cornell | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 1–5 | 1,395 | 5–5–0 (2–1–0) |
| November 12 | 7:00 PM | Colgate | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 1–4 | 1,611 | 5–6–0 (2–2–0) |
| November 25 | 7:00 PM | at #8 Providence* | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 3–4 | 1,885 | 5–7–0 |
| December 2 | 7:00 PM | at #2 Quinnipiac | M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 1–2 | 3,410 | 5–8–0 (2–3–0) |
| December 3 | 7:00 PM | at Princeton | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 5–4 | 1,773 | 6–8–0 (3–3–0) |
| December 9 | 7:00 PM | Yale | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 2–1 | 1,121 | 7–8–0 (4–3–0) |
| December 10 | 7:00 PM | Brown | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 4–0 | 1,100 | 8–8–0 (5–3–0) |
| December 30 | 8:07 PM | at Omaha* | Baxter Arena • Omaha, Nebraska | | Zetterquist | W 2–1 | 7,347 | 9–8–0 |
| December 31 | 8:07 PM | at Omaha* | Baxter Arena • Omaha, Nebraska | | Zetterquist | L 2–5 | 5,817 | 9–9–0 |
| January 5 | 7:00 PM | at Niagara* | Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York | FloHockey | Zetterquist | L 3–4 | 437 | 9–10–0 |
| January 7 | 7:00 PM | Niagara* | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 1,216 | 10–10–0 |
| January 13 | 7:00 PM | at Dartmouth | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 3–2 $^{OT}$ | 1,437 | 11–10–0 (6–3–0) |
| January 14 | 7:00 PM | at #9 Harvard | Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts | NESN+, ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 0–5 | 3,095 | 11–11–0 (6–4–0) |
| January 20 | 7:00 PM | at Union | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 2–3 | 1,564 | 11–12–0 (6–5–0) |
| January 21 | 4:00 PM | at Rensselaer | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 3–4 | 1,989 | 11–13–0 (6–6–0) |
| January 27 | 7:00 PM | Clarkson | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York (Rivalry) | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 4–2 | 2,524 | 12–13–0 (7–6–0) |
| January 28 | 7:00 PM | at Clarkson | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York (Rivalry) | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 4–2 | - | 13–13–0 (8–6–0) |
| February 3 | 7:00 PM | at Brown | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 6–0 | 502 | 14–13–0 (9–6–0) |
| February 4 | 7:00 PM | at Yale | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 0–4 | 1,451 | 14–14–0 (9–7–0) |
| February 10 | 7:00 PM | Princeton | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 6–2 | 1,054 | 15–14–0 (10–7–0) |
| February 11 | 7:00 PM | #2 Quinnipiac | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 0–5 | 1,283 | 15–15–0 (10–8–0) |
| February 17 | 7:00 PM | at Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 2–3 $^{OT}$ | 914 | 15–16–0 (10–9–0) |
| February 18 | 7:00 PM | at #11 Cornell | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 1–0 | 4,267 | 16–16–0 (11–9–0) |
| February 24 | 7:00 PM | #7 Harvard | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 2–6 | 1,352 | 16–17–0 (11–10–0) |
| February 25 | 7:00 PM | Dartmouth | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | W 2–0 | 1,484 | 17–17–0 (12–10–0) |
| ECAC Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| March 10 | 7:00 PM | Colgate* | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York (Quarterfinal Game 1) | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 3–4 $^{OT}$ | 2,848 | 17–18–0 |
| March 11 | 7:00 PM | Colgate* | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York (Quarterfinal Game 2) | ESPN+ | Zetterquist | L 2–3 | 2,318 | 17–19–0 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source: ||||||||||

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Luc Salem | D | 36 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 28 |
| Cameron Buhl | F | 35 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 18 |
| Ty Naaykens | F | 31 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 6 |
| Mason Waite | D | 35 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 14 |
| Ján Lašák | RW | 34 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 2 |
| Max Dorrington | F | 36 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 36 |
| Philippe Chapleau | D | 35 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
| Tyler Cristall | F | 32 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 8 |
| Aleksi Peltonen | F | 29 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
| Greg Lapointe | F | 30 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 |
| Tomáš Mazura | C | 28 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| Fēlikss Gavars | F | 36 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| Jordan Steinmetz | F | 35 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 70 |
| Tim Makowski | D | 32 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 60 |
| Drake Burgin | D | 32 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| Josh Boyer | C | 36 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 |
| Reilly Moran | F | 27 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| Tucker McIntosh | D | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| Justin Paul | LW | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Will Arquiett | F | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Emil Zetterquist | G | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Trela | F | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Luke Erickson | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Anthony Mollica | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ashton Fry | F | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| Grant Adams | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Francis Boisvert | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oak MacLeod | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Ritchie | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | | | 88 | 156 | 244 | 410 |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Grant Adams | 1 | 39:15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .941 | 1.53 |
| Emil Zetterquist | 36 | 2111:47 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 93 | 824 | 4 | .899 | 2.64 |
| Francis Boisvert | 1 | 16:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .938 | 3.70 |
| Empty Net | - | 27:11 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 36 | 2190:25 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 102 | 855 | 4 | .893 | 2.79 |

## 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 |
| Luc Salem | ECAC Hockey Second Team | |