# 2020–21 RIT Tigers men's ice hockey season

The 2020–21 RIT Tigers men's ice hockey season was the 57th season of play for the program, the 16th at the Division I level, and the 15th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Tigers represented the Rochester Institute of Technology and were coached by Wayne Wilson, in his 22nd season.

## 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 RIT'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.
Throughout the entire season, RIT was a Jekyll and Hyde team, playing far better at home than they did on the road. Despite having no home fans for the entire season, as a result of COVID protocols, RIT won 7 of their 9 home games, including a sweep of then-ranked Robert Morris. Once the team hit the road the offense quieted down and the defense turned into a sieve. Their only two road wins came early in the season, both against a lowly Niagara team, and the resulting imbalance in play caused the Tigers to hover around the .500 mark for most of the season. RIT finished 5th in the conference and caused the team to travel for their quarterfinal meeting with Canisius. The result was nearly predictable and the Tigers were outscored 4–11 in the two games, ending their abbreviated season.
Daniel Chenard sat out the season.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Darren Brady | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (Signed with Macon Mayhem) |
| Adam Brubacher | Defenseman | Canada | Graduation (Signed with Bridgeport Sound Tigers) |
| Shawn Cameron | Forward | Canada | Graduation (Signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits) |
| Ryan Kruper | Forward | Canada | Graduation |
| Thomas Maia | Forward | Canada | Returned to juniors (Nanaimo Clippers) |
| Chris McKay | Defenseman | Canada | Graduation (Signed with Pensacola Ice Flyers) |
| Jordan Peacock | Forward | Canada | Graduation |
| Zach Salloum | Defenseman | Canada | Left program |
| Brody Valette | Defenseman | Canada | Graduation |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Calvon Boots | Defenseman | United States | 22 | Fairbanks, AK; transfer from American International |
| Daniel Chenard | Goaltender | Canada | 20 | Waterloo, ON |
| Diarmad DiMurro | Defenseman | United States | 21 | Highland Mills, NY |
| Aiden Hansen-Bukata | Defenseman | Canada | 21 | Delta, BC |
| Cody Laskosky | Forward | Canada | 21 | New Norway, AB |
| Dimitri Mikrogiannakis | Defenseman | Canada | 21 | Aurora, ON |

## Roster

As of September 15, 2020.

## Standings

2020–21 Atlantic 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 | OW | OL | SW | PTS | PT% | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #15 American International †* | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .889 | 47 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 40 |
| Army | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 30 | .667 | 42 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 71 | 48 |
| Robert Morris | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | .644 | 58 | 48 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 85 | 69 |
| Canisius | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .615 | 42 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 59 | 46 |
| RIT | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .590 | 43 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 68 | 70 |
| Sacred Heart | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | .513 | 35 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 43 | 59 |
| Mercyhurst | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .479 | 54 | 50 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 64 | 67 |
| Bentley | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | .356 | 35 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 51 |
| Niagara | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | .333 | 39 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 57 | 70 |
| Air Force | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .231 | 32 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 56 |
| Holy Cross | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .194 | 22 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 52 |
| Championship: March 20, 2021 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||||||

## Schedule and Results

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Site | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||||||
| November 27 | 5:00 PM | vs. #9 Clarkson* | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | Drackett | W 8–5 | 0 | 1–0–0 |
| November 29 | 5:00 PM | at #9 Clarkson* | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | Andriano | L 1–5 | 0 | 1–1–0 |
| December 5 | 5:05 PM | vs. Niagara | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | Drackett | T 3–3 $^{SOW}$ | 0 | 1–1–1 (0–0–1) |
| December 6 | 5:05 PM | at Niagara | Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York | Drackett | W 5–1 | 0 | 2–1–1 (1–0–1) |
| December 11 | 5:00 PM | vs. Long Island* | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | Drackett | L 3–4 | 0 | 2–2–1 |
| December 12 | 5:00 PM | vs. Long Island* | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | Andriano | W 5–1 | 0 | 3–2–1 |
| December 22 | 3:00 PM | at Niagara | Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York | Drackett | W 5–4 | 0 | 4–2–1 (2–0–1) |
| December 29 | 4:00 PM | at Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | Drackett | T 4–4 $^{OT}$ | 0 | 4–2–2 |
| January 2 | 7:30 PM | at Robert Morris | Clearview Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania | Drackett | L 1–3 | 0 | 4–3–2 (2–1–1) |
| January 3 | 4:00 PM | at Robert Morris | Clearview Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania | Drackett | L 3–4 | 0 | 4–4–2 (2–2–1) |
| January 28 | 5:00 PM | vs. Mercyhurst | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | Drackett | W 6–4 | 0 | 5–4–2 (3–2–1) |
| January 30 | 5:00 PM | vs. Canisius | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | Drackett | W 3–2 | 0 | 6–4–2 (4–2–1) |
| February 5 | 5:00 PM | vs. Mercyhurst | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | Matthews | W 2–1 | 0 | 7–4–2 (5–2–1) |
| February 6 | 5:05 PM | at Mercyhurst | Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania | Drackett | L 2–6 | 0 | 7–5–2 (5–3–1) |
| February 12 | 7:05 PM | at Canisius | LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York | Matthews | L 3–5 | 0 | 7–6–2 (5–4–1) |
| February 13 | 7:05 PM | at Canisius | LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York | Andriano | L 0–3 | 0 | 7–7–2 (5–5–1) |
| February 20 | 7:05 PM | vs. #19 Robert Morris | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | Andriano | W 6–1 | 0 | 8–7–2 (6–5–1) |
| February 21 | 5:00 PM | vs. #19 Robert Morris | Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York | Andriano | W 4–3 | 0 | 9–7–2 (7–5–1) |
| Atlantic Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| March 12 | 7:05 PM | at Canisius* | LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York (Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals game 1) | Andriano | L 2–5 | 89 | 9–8–2 |
| March 13 | 7:05 PM | at Canisius* | LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York (Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals game 2) | Drackett | L 2–6 | 109 | 9–9–2 |
| RIT Lost Series 0–2 ||||||||||
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||||||

## Scoring Statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Will Calverley | C | 18 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 25 |
| Elijah Gonsalves | C/RW | 20 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 22 |
| Jake Hamacher | LW | 20 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 4 |
| Dan Willett | D | 20 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 8 |
| Nick Bruce | F | 18 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 14 |
| Kobe Walker | F | 17 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| Alden Dupuis | F | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| Caleb Moretz | C/RW | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| Jake Joffe | RW | 20 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Regan Seiferling | D | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| Spencer Berry | D | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Bryson Traptow | F | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 28 |
| Cody Laskosky | F | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Andrew Petrucci | C | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Ryan Nicholson | D | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Diarmad DiMurro | D | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Dimitri Mikrogiannakis | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Aiden Hansen-Bukata | D | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Calvon Boots | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Kolby Matthews | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Andriano | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colton Trumbla | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Rinaldi | LW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Logan Drackett | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Merritt Oszytko | F | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bench | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Total | | | 68 | 114 | 182 | 173 |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Ian Andriano | 6 | 328 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 160 | 0 | .909 | 2.92 |
| Kolby Matthews | 2 | 119 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 61 | 0 | .910 | 3.01 |
| Logan Drackett | 13 | 748 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 286 | 0 | .869 | 3.45 |
| Empty Net | - | 13 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 20 | 1210 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 70 | 577 | 0 | .879 | 3.47 |

## 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 |
| Will Calverley | AHCA East Second Team All-American |
| Will Calverley | Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year |
| Will Calverley | Atlantic Hockey Best Defensive Forward |
| Will Calverley | Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Scoring Trophy |
| Dan Willett | Atlantic Hockey First Team |
| Will Calverley | Atlantic Hockey First Team |