2021–22 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program. The Sharks represented Long Island University and were coached by Brett Riley, in his 2nd season.
==Season==
After the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed the program's first season, LIU was able to pay its first full campaign in 2022. Partly due to the recent addition of the team to the Division I ranks, Long Island scheduled several games against Division II teams during the season. While none of these games helped the Sharks in improving their standing (only games against D-I teams are included in PairWise rankings), they won each match comfortably. Against their contemporaries, the Sharks were less successful but the team did show some flashes of potential throughout the year.
During the first half of the season, LIU played 14 games against D-I opponents and the team won once against lowly Miami. While this was hardly surprising as the team was just two years old, the Sharks compounded their difficulty by scheduling many ranked opponents, several of whom would make the NCAA tournament. The schedule didn't get much easier in the second half but LIU was able to earn a season split with fellow independent Alaska to give some heft to their win total.
==Departures==
Mathew Harris 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Brett Humberstone	Defenseman		Transferred to Wisconsin–Stevens Point
Mitch Meek 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Garrett Metcalf 	Goaltender		Graduation (signed with Knoxville Ice Bears)
Stephen Mundinger	Goaltender		Graduation (signed with Maine Mariners)
Christian Rajic 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Arseni Smekhnov 	Forward 		Returned to juniors (Janesville Jets)
Madoka Suzuki 	Forward 		Transferred to Carleton
Connor Szmul 	Forward 		Transferred to Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Garrett Worth 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
==Recruiting==
Kristofer Carlson	Goaltender		24	Centreville, VA; graduate transfer from Alaska Anchorage
Spencer Cox 	Defenseman		20	West Chester, PA
Isaiah Fox 	Forward 		21	Pierrefonds, QC
John Gormley 	Defenseman		21	Bronx, NY
Billy Jerry 	Forward 		23	River Falls, WI; graduate transfer from Rensselaer
P. J. Marrocco 	Forward 		24	Edmonton, AB; transfer from Arizona State
Ethan Martini 	Defenseman		20	Trail, BC
Carson Musser 	Defenseman		24	Grand Rapids, MI; graduate transfer from Bowling Green
Zack Nazzarett 	Forward 		21	Cheektowaga, NY; transfer from Alaska Anchorage
Dylan Schuett 	Forward 		20	Medicine Hat, AB
Jake Stevens 	Defenseman		24	Naperville, IL; graduate transfer from St. Lawrence
Justin Thompson 	Forward 		21	Maplewood, MN
Jordan Timmons 	Forward 		22	Bridgeville, PA; transfer from Robert Morris
Tyler Welsh 	Forward 		24	Whistler, BC; graduate transfer from Yale
==Roster==
As of September 21, 2021.
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==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season
==Scoring statistics==
 	C 	34	14	17 	31 	10
 	F 	27	7 	18 	25 	26
 	D 	34	7 	13 	20 	47
 	D 	34	4 	13 	17 	19
 	F 	29	8 	8 	16 	33
 	F 	33	5 	8 	13 	12
 	F 	32	7 	4 	11 	19
 	D 	31	4 	7 	11 	36
 	F 	28	4 	5 	9 	21
 	F 	31	4 	5 	9 	14
 	D 	29	1 	8 	9 	12
 	D 	17	4 	4 	8 	19
 	F 	28	4 	4 	8 	58
 	F 	24	2 	6 	8 	6
 	F 	23	3 	3 	6 	19
 	LW	22	2 	3 	5 	12
 	F 	26	2 	3 	5 	8
 	LW	14	1 	4 	5 	4
 	D 	27	0 	5 	5 	14
 	F 	14	2 	1 	3 	2
 	D 	21	0 	3 	3 	6
 	D 	4 	1 	1 	2 	2
 	C 	21	1 	1 	2 	25
 	C 	6 	0 	2 	2 	4
 	D 	23	0 	2 	2 	48
 	F 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	1 	1 	16
 	LW	5 	0 	0 	0 	19
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	10	0 	0 	0 	21
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	0 	0 	12
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	10
Total	 	 	87	150	237	554
==Goaltending statistics==
 	5 	129 	1 	1 	0	7 	43 	0	.860	3.25
 	17	866 	5 	9 	0	47 	389	1	.892	3.26
 	18	1049	4 	11	3	62 	485	2	.887	3.55
Empty Net	- 	10 	- 	- 	-	4 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	35	2054	10	21	3	120	917	3	.884	3.51
==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
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 (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 	- 	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 	NR 	NR
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
==References==
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