St . Lawrence Saints The St . Lawrence Saints are a team in the ECAC Hockey League in Men ' s Division I and Women ' s Division I . Men ' s program . Since the team ' s inception in 1925 , the Skating Saints men ' s hockey program has been a competitive team at the top ranks of American college hockey . Due to World War II , there were no teams during the 1941 - 42 season , or the 1943 - 44 through 1945 - 46 seasons . The team plays in the ECAC Hockey League , one of six Division I leagues . This league currently includes six Ivy League teams , including perennial powers Cornell and Harvard as well as six colleges from upstate New York and Connecticut . Since the inception of the ECAC in 1961 , SLU has won six ECAC tournament titles and two ECAC regular season titles . Since the 1951 - 52 season , SLU has made sixteen NCAA tournament appearances . St . Lawrence has been to the Frozen Four and its antecedent the four team NCAA Championships a total of nine times , playing in the title games in 1961 and 1988 . St . Lawrence has accomplished this despite being , at approximately 2 , 000 students , one of the smallest colleges to play at the Division I level . A Division III school in all other sports , St . Lawrence has maintained Division I " play - up " status in hockey thanks to a 2004 NCAA resolution , allowing it ( along with 11 other schools ) to offer Division I scholarships in only one sport . St . Lawrence did not offer grant - in - aid hockey scholarships until the mid - 1990s . In 1988 , the Saints played in the NCAA national championship game at the Olympic Arena in Lake Placid , NY , losing to Lake Superior State University 4 - 3 in overtime . The 1987 - 88 season was the most successful in team history , with an overall record of 29 - 9 - 0 . In 2000 , the Saints played in the longest NCAA tournament game on record ; a 3 - 2 , quadruple overtime victory over Boston University . The win advanced the Saints to the Frozen Four , where the team eventually lost to Boston College in the National Semifinals . The Men ' s program has produced twenty - eight All - American players , seven ECAC tournament MVPs , six ECAC players of the year , four ECAC rookies of the year , and seven Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalists . Since 1985 , Joe Marsh has been the head coach at St . Lawrence . In 2007 , he won his 400th Division I game ( all at St . Lawrence ) placing him in 6th place among active NCAA Division I coaches in career wins . Marsh is a two time winner of the Spencer Penrose award given to the best college coach of the year . St . Lawrence ' s biggest hockey rival is Clarkson University , located ten miles from the St . Lawrence campus . For many years , the road trip by opponents to play these two North Country teams has been considered to be one of the most grueling weekends on any college hockey schedule . St . Lawrence plays it ' s home hockey games at Appleton Arena , a classic old time hockey barn which has seen many upgrades since opening in 1950 with a 4 - 2 St . Lawrence win over Dartmouth College . Uniforms . Traditionally , the Skating Saints home jersey is white with scarlet shoulders and brown trim . The end of the sleeves and bottom of the sweater feature scarlet and brown stripes . The school ’ s StL logo and the player ’ s name and number all appear in scarlet with brown trim . The road jersey are identically designed , but with the white and scarlet portions reversed . In 2002 , a lace - up neck was adopted by the men ’ s team . In 2001 , in honor of Appleton Arena ’ s fiftieth anniversary , an alternate “ throw - back ” jersey was introduced for the men ’ s team . The alternate jersey is white but does not feature colored shoulders . The StL logo is significantly smaller , and “ St . Lawrence ” is spelled out across the chest . The school seal also appears on both shoulders of the sweater . This jersey continued to be used occasionally until gaining popularity during the 2006 - 07 season , when the men ’ s team exhibited frequent success when wearing the alternate jerseys on home ice . As a result , the alternate jersey quickly became the staple home jersey . Originally , the women ’ s program wore jerseys that were identical to the men ’ s jerseys . However , in fall 2005 , the women ’ s jerseys were designed to be unique from the men ’ s jerseys . The scarlet and brown on the shoulders of the home jersey was extended down the arms until it met with the trim at the end of the sleeve . The player ’ s number appears within the scarlet portion and is white with brown trim . The road jerseys feature a similar pattern , but the shoulders and sleeves are brown with white trim ( a reverse of the traditional road - jersey scheme ) on a red background . In tribute to Mike Pelletier and Rich Stewart , teammates on the 1988 NCAA finalist team who were among the victims of the September 11 , 2001 , terrorist attacks , the 2001 - 02 men ' s team wore a patch on the shoulder of their jerseys with both players ' initials . Pelletier and Stewart had both been employees of Cantor Fitzgerald working in the World Trade Center . In the 2008 - 09 season , St . Lawrence , along with all other ECACHL teams , participated in Coaches vs . Cancer ' s " Pink at the Rink " fundraiser . The Men ' s team wore black sweaters with pink and white trim while the Women ' s team wore pink uniforms with white trim . The jerseys , along with pink ties worn by the coaches and pink sticks were then auctioned off to raise funds for breast cancer research . ( It should be noted that the Men ' s team only wore the pink jerseys during warmups , as Harvard ( the visiting team that evening ) had forgotten to bring their home white jerseys ) Traditions . Max Taylor skates with the St . Lawrence flag in March 2007 . * Whenever the Skating Saints are introduced or score a goal on home ice , a siren sounds and " When the Saints go Marching in " plays . A skating saint logo in the corner of the arena lights up as well . Since NCAA rules limit the time for a stoppage of play to 18 seconds and amplified music ceases when the puck is dropped , Saints fans will continue to sing " When the Saints go Marching in " a cappella after the puck drops .