# 2019–20 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season

The 2019–20 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 43rd season of play for the program, the 21st at the Division I level, and the 17th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Falcons represented Bentley University and were coached by Ryan Soderquist, in his 18th season.
On March 12, 2020, Atlantic Hockey announced that the remainder of the conference tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

## Roster

As of September 12, 2019.

## Standings

2019–20 Atlantic Hockey Standingsvte :
| | 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 | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #20 American International | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 96 | 46 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 103 | 68 |
| Sacred Heart | 28 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 104 | 63 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 127 | 82 |
| RIT | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 86 | 73 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 108 | 98 |
| Army | 28 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 70 | 64 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 82 | 76 |
| Niagara | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 64 | 65 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 72 | 87 |
| Air Force | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 60 | 67 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 70 | 95 |
| Robert Morris | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 65 | 65 | 34 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 75 | 90 |
| Bentley | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 75 | 80 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 83 | 94 |
| Canisius | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 71 | 83 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 80 | 109 |
| Holy Cross | 28 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 67 | 83 | 34 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 80 | 99 |
| Mercyhurst | 28 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 49 | 118 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 64 | 141 |
| Championship: March 20, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2020 ||||||||||||||||

## Schedule and Results

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Site | TV | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||||||
| October 11 | 7:05 PM | at Robert Morris | Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania | | Pelino | L 0–3 | 501 | 0–1–0 (0–1–0–0) |
| October 12 | 5:05 PM | at Robert Morris | Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania | | Pelino | L 1–4 | 498 | 0–2–0 (0–2–0–0) |
| October 18 | 7:05 PM | vs. New Hampshire* | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Pelino | W 3–2 $^{OT}$ | 1,821 | 1–2–0 (0–2–0–0) |
| October 25 | 7:05 PM | vs. Army | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Pelino | W 5–0 | 1,368 | 2–2–0 (1–2–0–0) |
| October 26 | 7:05 PM | vs. St. Lawrence* | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Pelino | L 0–3 | 1,094 | 2–3–0 (1–2–0–0) |
| November 1 | 7:05 PM | vs. Mercyhurst | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Pelino | L 3–4 $^{OT}$ | 1,953 | 2–4–0 (1–3–0–0) |
| November 2 | 7:05 PM | vs. Mercyhurst | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Kirk | W 6–3 | 2,038 | 3–4–0 (2–3–0–0) |
| November 8 | 9:05 PM | at Air Force | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Pelino | L 2–4 | 1,921 | 3–5–0 (2–4–0–0) |
| November 9 | 9:05 PM | at Air Force | Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado | | Grande | L 2–3 | 1,711 | 3–6–0 (2–5–0–0) |
| November 15 | 7:05 PM | vs. Robert Morris | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Pelino | L 4–6 | 1,071 | 3–7–0 (2–6–0–0) |
| November 16 | 5:05 PM | vs. Robert Morris | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Kirk | W 2–4 | 1,193 | 3–8–0 (2–7–0–0) |
| November 26 | 4:05 PM | vs. Brown* | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Kirk | L 1–0 | 1,144 | 4–8–0 (2–7–0–0) |
| November 29 | 7:05 PM | at Holy Cross | Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts | | Kirk | W 3–2 | 637 | 5–8–0 (3–7–0–0) |
| November 30 | 4:05 PM | at Holy Cross | Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts | | Kirk | W 4–1 | 1,260 | 6–8–0 (4–7–0–0) |
| December 6 | 7:05 PM | at Army | Tate Rink • West Point, New York | | Kirk | L 3–4 | 1,419 | 6–9–0 (4–8–0–0) |
| December 7 | 7:05 PM | at Army | Tate Rink • West Point, New York | | Pelino | W 4–2 | 1,872 | 7–9–0 (5–8–0–0) |
| December 12 | 7:00 PM | at Dartmouth* | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | NESN+ | Pelino | T 2–2 $^{OT}$ | 1,175 | 7–9–1 (5–8–0–0) |
| December 28 | 1:05 PM | at #20 Sacred Heart | Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut | | Pelino | L 0–4 | 312 | 7–10–1 (5–9–0–0) |
| December 29 | 1:05 PM | at #20 Sacred Heart | Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut | | Kirk | W 3–2 | 311 | 8–10–1 (6–9–0–0) |
| January 6 | 7:00 PM | at #11 Northeastern* | Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | NESN | Kirk | L 2–4 | 2,201 | 8–11–1 (6–9–0–0) |
| January 10 | 7:05 PM | vs. Canisius | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Pelino | T 3–3 $^{SOL}$ | 1,127 | 8–11–2 (6–9–1–0) |
| January 11 | 7:05 PM | vs. Canisius | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Kirk | T 4–4 $^{3x3OTL}$ | 959 | 8–11–3 (6–9–2–0) |
| January 17 | 7:05 PM | vs. American International | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Grande | L 1–4 | 1,425 | 8–12–3 (6–10–2–0) |
| January 18 | 4:05 PM | vs. American International | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Pelino | L 1–2 | 1,332 | 8–13–3 (6–11–2–0) |
| January 24 | 7:05 PM | at Mercyhurst | Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania | | Pelino | W 4–3 | 879 | 9–13–3 (7–11–2–0) |
| January 25 | 4:05 PM | at Mercyhurst | Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania | | Pelino | W 7–4 | 767 | 10–13–3 (8–11–2–0) |
| January 31 | 7:05 PM | vs. Niagara | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Kirk | W 3–2 $^{OT}$ | 1,166 | 11–13–3 (9–11–2–0) |
| February 1 | 7:05 PM | vs. Niagara | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Kirk | W 4–2 | 1,365 | 12–13–3 (10–11–2–0) |
| February 7 | 7:05 PM | vs. Army | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Kirk | W 4–1 | 1,239 | 13–13–3 (11–11–2–0) |
| February 8 | 7:05 PM | vs. #11 Arizona State* | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Pelino | L 0–3 | 1,866 | 13–14–3 (11–11–2–0) |
| February 14 | 7:05 PM | at RIT | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | | Pelino | L 1–4 | 2,294 | 13–15–3 (11–12–2–0) |
| February 15 | 5:05 PM | at RIT | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | | Pelino | L 1–5 | 3,357 | 13–16–3 (11–13–2–0) |
| February 28 | 7:05 PM | vs. Holy Cross | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts | | Pelino | W 3–2 | 1,554 | 14–16–3 (12–13–2–0) |
| February 29 | 7:05 PM | at Holy Cross | Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts | | Pelino | W 6–2 | 540 | 15–16–3 (13–13–2–0) |
| Atlantic Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| March 6 | 7:05 PM | vs. Canisius* | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts (Atlantic Hockey First Round game 1) | | Pelino | W 6–1 | 373 | 16–16–3 (13–13–2–0) |
| March 7 | 7:05 PM | vs. Canisius* | Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts (Atlantic Hockey First Round game 2) | | Pelino | W 5–3 | 288 | 17–16–3 (13–13–2–0) |
| Bentley Won Series 2–0 ||||||||||
| Remainder of Tournament Cancelled ||||||||||
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||||||

## Scoring Statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Jakov Novak | LW/C | 35 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 84 |
| Jonathan Desbiens | LW | 35 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 20 |
| Matt Gosiewski | C | 35 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 2 |
| Luke Santerno | F | 36 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 39 |
| Brendan Hamblet | F | 36 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 32 |
| Connor Brassard | D | 35 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 20 |
| Ryner Gorowsky | RW | 30 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 27 |
| Michael Zuffante | F | 33 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| Brett Orr | D | 35 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 |
| Matt Lombardozzi | D | 33 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 47 |
| Will Garin | RW | 29 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 42 |
| Dylan Pitera | F | 31 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| Charlie Marchand | D | 30 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| Lucas Vanroboys | F | 32 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| Brendan Walkom | F | 25 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Marcus Walter | D | 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| Luke Orysiuk | D | 33 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 43 |
| Will Schlagenhauf | F | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jake Kauppila | LW | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 31 |
| Ethan Roswell | D | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Matt Riggleman | F | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| Hunter Toale | D | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Joe Winkelmann | C | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Sam Kauppila | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Grande | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraser Kirk | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan Pelino | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| Total | | | 103 | 177 | 280 | 515 |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Fraser Kirk | 15 | 754 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 274 | 1 | .907 | 2.23 |
| Jason Grande | 6 | 182 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 65 | 0 | .890 | 2.63 |
| Aidan Pelino | 22 | 1227 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 59 | 452 | 1 | .885 | 2.88 |
| Empty Net | - | 13 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 36 | 2178 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 102 | 791 | 2 | .886 | 2.81 |

## 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 |
| 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 (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 |
| 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 |