Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey

The Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey team represents Stonehill College in NCAA Division I ice hockey. On April 5, 2022, the school announced that they were promoting all of their varsity programs to Division I for the 2022–23 academic year.
==History==
Stonehill began playing varsity hockey in 1978 joining ECAC 3, the lowest level of college hockey at the time. They remained with the conference through its various rebrandings and member changes for over 30 years. During that time the team was not successful, posting just 4 winning seasons in its first 22 campaigns and never making a single postseason appearance.
The program's fortunes began to change in 2000 when former NHL player Scott Harlow was hired to coach the team. During his seven-year tenure, the club recorded three winning seasons, its first postseason victories, and captured its first conference championship. While Harlow was in charge, the program was also going through a transitional phase. After the Division II level of college hockey collapsed in 1984, there was no place for nominally D-II programs to play. When the NCAA began offering automatic bids to the Division III Tournament in 1999, it came with a caveat; programs could not participate in postseason play if their school participated at a higher level. Because Stonehill was a D-II school, they were frozen out of the reformatted ECAC Northeast tournament. However, since they were not alone in their plight, Stonehill banded together with four other programs and began holding a separate D-II tournament at the end of the season. This arrangement continued until 2009 when all of the active Division II programs founded the ice hockey division of the Northeast-10.
Stonehill fell on hard times after Harlow left in 2007. Six years later, upon the arrival of David Borges, the team suddenly shot up the standings and won three consecutive regular season titles. While the Skyhawks weren't able to sustain that pace forever, Borges help steer the program though the lost 2021 season and was behind the bench when the school announced that they were promoting all of their varsity programs to D-I in April 2022.
==Season-by-season results==
==Coaches==
As of the completion of 2023–24 season
Tenure 	Coach 	Years 	Record 	Pct.
1978–1980	Bob Higgins 	2 	23–19–2 	
1980–1984	Chuck Callan 	4 	36–49–1 	
1984–1989	Dennis Chighisola	5 	39–82–1 	
1989–1990	Dante Muzzioli 	1 	14–12–0 	
1990–1991	Fred Allard 	1 	6–22–0 	
1991–1995	Peter Powers 	4 	34–56–5 	
1995–2000	Greg Simeone 	5 	37–69–4 	
2000–2007	Scott Harlow 	7 	81–83–3 	
2007–2010	Garry Hebert 	3 	32–40–4 	
2010–2013	Pat Leahy 	3 	25–45–4 	
2013–2024	David Borges 	10 	106–142–24	
Totals 	11 coaches 	45 seasons	433–619–48	
==Statistical leaders==
===Career points leaders===
Player	Years 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	2000–2004	89	79	81 	160	30
 	2005–2009	95	37	110	147	68
 	1999–2003	91	75	63 	138	70
 	1988–1992	 	57	75 	132	
 	1986–1990	 	64	67 	131	
 	1990–1994	 	73	56 	129	
 	1990–1994	 	61	66 	127	
 	1999–2003	90	55	58 	113	110
 	1986–1990	 	54	52 	106	
 	2004–2008	95	61	44 	105	296
===Career goaltending leaders===
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Minimum 30 games
Player	Years 	GP	Min 	W 	L 	T	GA 	SO	SV% 	GAA
 	2011–2015	78	4476	42	31	4	209	7 	.916	2.80
 	2016–2020	30	1692	14	12	3	81 	1 	.927	2.87
 	2015–2019	82	4749	29	43	9	255	2 	.909	3.22
 	2008–2012	31	1736	11	16	2	97 	2 	.896	3.35
 	2007–2010	45	2512	15	22	3	144	2 	.899	3.44
Statistics current through the start of the 2022–23 season.
==Roster==
As of September 20, 2023.
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==See also==
*Stonehill Skyhawks
==References==
==External links==
 
Category:College ice hockey teams in Massachusetts
Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1978
Category:NCAA Division II Teams
Category:Northeast 10 Conference teams
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:NCAA Division I teams