# 2024–25 Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey season

The 2024–25 Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey season will be the 46th season of play for the program and 3rd at the Division I level. The Skyhawks will represented Stonehill College in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, play their home games at the Bridgewater Ice Arena and be coached by David Berard in his 1st season.

## Season

After producing one of the worst seasons in college hockey history, there was nowhere to go but up for Stonehill. New head coach David Berard brought in a modest number of new players, however, he did address the team's biggest weakness. Connor Androlewicz and Linards Lipskis were both brought in to compete for the starting job in goal and, though the Skyhawks already had two netminders on the roster, neither Gavin FitzPatrick nor Dylan Ghaemi were likely to assume the primary role in the crease after their performances the previous season. With Frank Ireland, who had led the team in scoring in each of its first two Division I seasons, named team captain, Stonehill got off on the right foot by defeating Merrimack to earn the program's first road win against a D-I opponent.
Two weeks later, the Skyhawks got their second win of the season, equaling the total from all of 2024. Though Stonehill's offense was inconsistent for much of the season, the defense was vastly improved from what it had been the year before. Androlewicz, who had just 6 games of playing experience in four years at Maine, assumed control of the Skyhawks' net and helped the team nearly halve its goals allowed. Androlewicz was aided by a much better effort by the Stonehill defense which allowed 297 fewer shots on goal. The improved blueline allowed the team to be far more competitive throughout the season and sextuple win total.
Stonehill had several program first during the season, including the first shutout against a Division I opponent when they defeated St. Lawrence 4–0 on November 1. Additionally, the team also got its first win over a ranked D-I team when they dropped Massachusetts Lowell on January 18.
Though the Skyhawks finished the year 10 games under .500, the team's dramatic turnaround in just one season led some to believe that Berard should receive some consideration as the national coach of the year. Though unlikely, there's no denying that Stonehill had finally begun to like an actual Division I team in 2025.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Matt Allen | Forward | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| Cam Collins | Forward | United States | Transferred to Saint Anselm |
| Nolan FitzPatrick | Forward | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| Greg Japchen | Defenseman | United States | Transferred to Robert Morris |
| Ryan King | Forward | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| Michael Martignetti | Defenseman | United States | Left program (retired) |
| Dylan Meilun | Goaltender | Canada | Transferred to Robert Morris |
| Max Pineo | Forward | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| Carter Rapalje | Forward | United States | Transferred to Long Island |
| Jack Shemligian | Defenseman | United States | Left program (retired) |
| William Tripp | Defenseman | United States | Left program (retired) |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Zachary Aben | Forward | United States | 20 | Shavertown, PA |
| Connor Androlewicz | Goaltender | United States | 23 | St. Louis, MO; graduate transfer from Maine |
| Leo Chambers | Forward | Canada | 20 | Toronto, ON |
| Justin Gibson | Defenseman | United States | 21 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Brady Hunter | Forward | Canada | 22 | Enfield, NS; transfer from Merrimack |
| Teddy Lagerback | Forward | United States | 23 | Chanhassen, MN; transfer from Miami |
| Joel Lehtinen | Forward | United States | 20 | Dallas, TX |
| Linards Lipskis | Goaltender | Latvia | 21 | Riga, LAT |
| Cole Melady | Forward | Canada | 21 | Seaforth, ON |
| Zach Nicolas | Forward | Canada | 20 | Winnipeg, MB |
| Devlin O'Brien | Forward | Canada | 22 | Toronto, ON; transfer from Merrimack |
| Evan Orr | Defenseman | United States | 23 | Shelby Township, MI; transfer from Michigan Tech |

## Roster

As of September 17, 2024.

## Standings

2024–25 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standingsvte :
| | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Alaska | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 73 | 87 |
| Alaska Anchorage | 34 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 75 | 117 |
| Lindenwood | 32 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 65 | 86 |
| Long Island | 34 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 111 | 77 |
| Stonehill | 34 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 76 | 106 |
| Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ||||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Site | TV | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Exhibition ||||||||||
| October 5 | 1:00 pm | at New Hampshire* | Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire (Exhibition) | ESPN+ | | L 1–4 | 3,139 | |
| Regular Season ||||||||||
| October 6 | 6:00 pm | at Merrimack* | J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | W 3–2 $^{OT}$ | 1,989 | 1–0–0 |
| October 11 | 7:00 pm | Union* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Lipskis | L 2–4 | 337 | 1–1–0 |
| October 12 | 7:00 pm | at #18 Northeastern* | Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | L 1–5 | 2,976 | 1–2–0 |
| October 18 | 7:07 pm | at Lake Superior State* | Taffy Abel Arena • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | Midco Sports+ | Androlewicz | W 4–1 | 1,592 | 2–2–0 |
| October 19 | 6:07 pm | at Lake Superior State* | Taffy Abel Arena • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | Midco Sports+ | Androlewicz | L 0–3 | 1,838 | 2–3–0 |
| October 25 | 8:07 pm | at Minnesota Duluth* | AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, Minnesota | | Androlewicz | L 1–5 | 4,103 | 2–4–0 |
| October 26 | 7:07 pm | at Minnesota Duluth* | AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, Minnesota | | Lipskis | L 1–2 | 4,560 | 2–5–0 |
| November 1 | 7:00 pm | St. Lawrence* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Androlewicz | W 4–0 | 154 | 3–5–0 |
| November 3 | 3:00 pm | at Dartmouth* | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | ESPN+ | Lipskis | L 2–5 | 1,637 | 3–6–0 |
| November 9 | 7:00 pm | at Clarkson* | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | L 3–6 | 2,658 | 3–7–0 |
| November 12 | 7:00 pm | Merrimack* | Warrior Ice Arena • Brighton, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Androlewicz | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 483 | 4–7–0 |
| November 15 | 7:00 pm | Long Island* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Androlewicz | L 1–5 | 120 | 4–8–0 |
| November 16 | 7:00 pm | Long Island* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Androlewicz | L 2–4 | 248 | 4–9–0 |
| November 19 | 7:00 pm | at American International* | MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts | FloHockey | Lipskis | L 0–3 | 76 | 4–10–0 |
| November 22 | 8:30 pm | at Lindenwood* | Centene Community Ice Center • St. Charles, Missouri | | Androlewicz | L 0–5 | 607 | 4–11–0 |
| November 23 | 4:30 pm | at Lindenwood* | Centene Community Ice Center • St. Charles, Missouri | | Androlewicz | W 3–1 | 701 | 5–11–0 |
| November 26 | 7:00 pm | Army* | Warrior Ice Arena • Brighton, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Androlewicz | W 3–1 | 378 | 6–11–0 |
| December 4 | 7:00 pm | Alaska Anchorage* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Androlewicz | L 1–4 | 143 | 6–12–0 |
| December 7 | 7:00 pm | at #5 Maine* | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | L 2–5 | 4,518 | 6–13–0 |
| December 8 | 2:00 pm | at #5 Maine* | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | L 2–4 | 4,468 | 6–14–0 |
| December 13 | 7:30 pm | at Long Island* | Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | L 1–3 | 400 | 6–15–0 |
| December 14 | 7:30 pm | at Long Island* | Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | L 1–6 | 400 | 6–16–0 |
| January 3 | 7:00 pm | American International* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Androlewicz | L 1–3 | 107 | 6–17–0 |
| January 6 | 7:00 pm | at #20 Quinnipiac* | M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | L 1–6 | 1,505 | 6–18–0 |
| January 10 | 7:00 pm | Lindenwood* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Lipskis | L 0–3 | 105 | 6–19–0 |
| January 11 | 5:00 pm | Lindenwood* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Androlewicz | W 3–2 | 138 | 7–19–0 |
| January 18 | 6:00 pm | at #9 Massachusetts Lowell* | Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | W 3–2 $^{OT}$ | 4,308 | 8–19–0 |
| January 21 | 7:00 pm | Saint Anselm* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Lipskis | W 7–0 | 156 | 9–19–0 |
| January 26 | 2:00 pm | at Brown* | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | L 2–5 | 1,219 | 9–20–0 |
| January 31 | 2:00 pm | at Long Island* | Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | L 2–4 | 294 | 9–21–0 |
| February 1 | 2:00 pm | at Long Island* | Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York | ESPN+ | Androlewicz | W 2–0 | 374 | 10–21–0 |
| February 14 | 7:00 pm | Plymouth State* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Androlewicz | W 11–0 | 206 | 11–21–0 |
| February 21 | 7:00 pm | Long Island* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Androlewicz | L 1–3 | 204 | 11–22–0 |
| February 22 | 5:00 pm | Long Island* | Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts | NEC Front Row | Androlewicz | W 2–1 $^{OT}$ | 283 | 12–22–0 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source: ||||||||||

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Anthony Galante | F | 31 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 37 |
| Henri Schreifels | F | 33 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 25 |
| Evan Orr | D | 34 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 18 |
| Dominick Campione | D | 31 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 30 |
| Teddy Lagerbäck | LW | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| Frank Ireland | F | 34 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| J. J. Grainda | LW | 33 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| Zachary Aben | C/LW | 30 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 |
| Brady Hunter | C | 27 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| Charlie Banquier | D | 31 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| Zach Nicolas | F | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Joel Lehtinen | F | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| Cole Melady | F | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| Leo Chambers | C | 33 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Justin Gibson | D | 32 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Kyle Heath | F | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Devlin O'Brien | LW | 33 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 37 |
| Cam Gaudette | D | 33 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| Jake Cady | C | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Hunter Hastings | F | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Dean Schwenninger | C | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Conor Ronayne | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Devon Carlstrom | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Alexander Tertyshny | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Cam Mannion | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan Ghaemi | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake LaRusso | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Barker | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Riley Rosenthal | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Davies | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Linards Lipskis | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Androlewicz | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | | | 76 | 112 | 198 | 363 |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Linards Lipskis | 10 | 397:59 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 186 | 1 | .907 | 2.86 |
| Connor Androlewicz | 30 | 1641:30 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 85 | 761 | 2 | .900 | 3.11 |
| Empty Net | - | 9:50 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 34 | 2049:19 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 106 | 947 | 3 | .899 | 3.10 |

## 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 |
| 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 (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 Hockey | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | – | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | | | | | |
Note: Neither USCHO nor USA Hockey released a poll in week 12.