# 2024–25 Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey season

The 2024–25 Colgate Raiders Men's ice hockey season will be the 95th season of play for the program and the 64th in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Raiders will represent Colgate University, play their home games at the Class of 1965 Arena and be coached by Mike Harder in his 2nd season.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Nick Anderson | Defenseman | United States | Graduate transfer to Massachusetts Lowell |
| Pierson Brandon | Defenseman | United States | Graduate transfer to Massachusetts Lowell |
| P. J. Garrett | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (retired) |
| Levi Glasman | Forward | Canada | Graduation (signed with Mechelen Golden Sharks) |
| Carter Gylander | Goaltender | Canada | Graduation (signed with Detroit Red Wings) |
| Ethan Manderville | Forward | United States | Graduation (signed with Indy Fuel) |
| Ryan McGuire | Forward | Canada | Transferred to Northeastern |
| Ross Mitton | Forward | United States | Graduate transfer to Maine |
| Niko Rexine | Forward | United States | Left program |
| Sebastian Tamburro | Forward | Canada | Left program (retired) |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Jack Brandt | Forward | United States | 20 | Columbus, OH |
| Simone Dadiè | Forward | Italy | 21 | Brunico, ITA |
| Antonio Fernandez | Defenseman | United States | 20 | San Jose, CA; transfer from Colorado College |
| Brett Merner | Defenseman | Canada | 20 | Nanaimo, BC |
| Max Nagel | Forward | United States | 20 | West St. Paul, MN |
| Jacob Napier | Defenseman | United States | 21 | Lancaster, NY; transfer from Western Michigan |
| Michael Neumeier | Defenseman | Canada | 21 | Kerrobert, SK |
| Jack Olson | Goaltender | United States | 21 | St. Louis Park, MN |
| Ryan Spinale | Forward | United States | 20 | Plymouth, MA |

## Roster

As of July 30, 2024.

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## Standings

2024–25 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 |
| #12 Quinnipiac † | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 79 | 42 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 124 | 75 |
| #18 Clarkson | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 74 | 47 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 109 | 77 |
| Colgate | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 80 | 65 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 113 | 109 |
| Union | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 67 | 61 | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 108 | 99 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 70 | 52 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 93 | 74 |
| Cornell | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 69 | 53 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 88 | 71 |
| Harvard | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 56 | 56 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 74 | 88 |
| Brown | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 53 | 63 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 75 | 75 |
| Princeton | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 55 | 73 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 69 | 83 |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 57 | 82 | 34 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 99 | 126 |
| Yale | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 52 | 80 | 29 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 66 | 116 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 43 | 81 | 34 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 69 | 115 |
| Championship: March 22, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: March 2, 2025 |||||||||||||||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Site | TV | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||||||
| October 5 | 7:30 pm | at Connecticut* | Toscano Family Ice Forum • Storrs, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Takacs | L 2–4 | 2,300 | 0–1–0 |
| October 6 | 7:30 pm | at Connecticut* | Toscano Family Ice Forum • Storrs, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Haas | L 2–6 | 2,275 | 0–2–0 |
| October 11 | 7:00 pm | Sacred Heart* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 6–5 $^{OT}$ | 805 | 1–2–0 |
| October 12 | 4:00 pm | Sacred Heart* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Haas | T 3–3 $^{OT}$ | 745 | 1–2–1 |
| October 18 | 7:00 pm | at Massachusetts Lowell* | Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Takacs | L 2–5 | 3,703 | 1–3–1 |
| October 19 | 4:00 pm | at Massachusetts Lowell* | Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Haas | L 1–2 | 3,027 | 1–4–1 |
| October 25 | 7:00 pm | at RIT* | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | FloHockey | Haas | W 5–4 | 3,170 | 2–4–1 |
| October 26 | 5:00 pm | at RIT* | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | FloHockey | Takacs | W 4–3 | 2,857 | 3–4–1 |
| November 8 | 7:00 pm | Brown | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 5–3 | 1,234 | 4–4–1 (1–0–0) |
| November 9 | 7:00 pm | Yale | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Haas | L 3–4 | 1,206 | 4–5–1 (1–1–0) |
| November 15 | 7:00 pm | at #20 Harvard | Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 4–2 | 2,238 | 5–5–1 (2–1–0) |
| November 16 | 7:00 pm | at #17 Dartmouth | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | ESPN+ | Takacs | T 4–4 $^{SOW}$ | 2,381 | 5–5–2 (2–1–1) |
| November 22 | 7:00 pm | Princeton | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 2–1 | 815 | 6–5–2 (3–1–1) |
| November 23 | 7:00 pm | #18 Quinnipiac | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 3–2 | 886 | 7–5–2 (4–1–1) |
| November 26 | 7:00 pm | at Penn State* | Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, Pennsylvania | | Takacs | L 2–3 | 5,165 | 7–6–2 |
| November 27 | 7:00 pm | at Penn State* | Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, Pennsylvania | | Takacs | L 1–7 | 5,376 | 7–7–2 |
| December 6 | 7:00 pm | at #12 Cornell | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York | ESPN+, SNY | Takacs | L 2–3 $^{OT}$ | 4,267 | 7–8–2 (4–2–1) |
| December 7 | 7:00 pm | #12 Cornell | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 6–3 | 2,222 | 8–8–2 (5–2–1) |
| January 4 | 4:00 pm | Concordia* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York (Exhibition) | ESPN+ | Haas | W 7–4 | — | |
| January 10 | 7:00 pm | Long Island* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 2–1 | 903 | 9–8–2 |
| January 11 | 4:00 pm | Long Island* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 3–1 | 612 | 10–8–2 |
| January 17 | 7:00 pm | at #16 Quinnipiac | M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Takacs | L 3–6 | 2,734 | 10–9–2 (5–3–1) |
| January 18 | 7:00 pm | at Princeton | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 6–4 | 2,050 | 11–9–2 (6–3–1) |
| January 24 | 7:00 pm | Dartmouth | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 3–2 | 1,237 | 12–9–2 (7–3–1) |
| January 25 | 7:00 pm | Harvard | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | L 1–4 | 1,243 | 12–10–2 (7–4–1) |
| January 31 | 7:00 pm | at Clarkson | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 2–0 | 2,064 | 13–10–2 (8–4–1) |
| February 1 | 7:00 pm | at St. Lawrence | Appleton Arena • Canton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 6–1 | 1,252 | 14–10–2 (9–4–1) |
| February 7 | 7:00 pm | Union | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | T 2–2 $^{SOL}$ | 921 | 14–10–3 (9–4–2) |
| February 8 | 7:00 pm | Rensselaer | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 4–0 | 820 | 15–10–3 (10–4–2) |
| February 14 | 7:00 pm | at Yale | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Takacs | L 4–5 $^{OT}$ | 1,542 | 15–11–3 (10–5–2) |
| February 15 | 7:00 pm | at Brown | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island | ESPN+ | Takacs | L 3–6 $^{OT}$ | 877 | 15–12–3 (10–6–2) |
| February 21 | 7:00 pm | St. Lawrence | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 5–4 | 974 | 16–12–3 (11–6–2) |
| February 22 | 7:00 pm | #19 Clarkson | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | L 3–5 | 1,374 | 16–13–3 (11–7–2) |
| February 28 | 7:00 pm | at Rensselaer | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 4–3 | 1,704 | 17–13–3 (12–7–2) |
| March 1 | 4:00 pm | at Union | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | ESPN+ | Takacs | W 5–1 | 2,296 | 18–13–3 (13–7–2) |
| ECAC Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| March 14 | 7:00 pm | Cornell* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York (ECAC Quarterfinal Game 1) | ESPN+ | Takacs | L 1–4 | 1,100 | 18–14–3 |
| March 15 | 7:00 pm | Cornell* | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York (ECAC Quarterfinal Game 2) | ESPN+ | Takacs | L 0–3 | 1,029 | 18–15–3 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source: ||||||||||

## 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RV | RV | NR | NR | RV | RV | NR | | |
| USA Hockey | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RV | 19 | NR | NR | RV | RV | NR | | |