Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey

The Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Falcons are an original member of Atlantic Hockey, The Falcons play their home games at the Coach DeFelice Ice Rink on the school's campus in Waltham, Massachusetts, having moved into the new, on-campus arena in February 2018. The Falcons are coached by former Falcon forward Ryan Soderquist ('00), the program's all-time scoring leader.
==History==
Hockey at Bentley began as a modest club team organized by students in the mid 1960s. Bentley Hall of Famer Reg Pearless was the first captain. The team gained official varsity status beginning with the 1977-78 season, and claimed consecutive ECAC 3 championships in 1980 and 1981.
The program made a provisional move to Division I for the 1998-99 season, and became a full Division I member for the following season, being a member of the MAAC. The Falcons then became one of the founding members of Atlantic Hockey when the league was founded for the 2003-04 season.
The team played its home games at the John A. Ryan Arena in Watertown from 1977-2018, before they moved into their new, on-campus home, Coach DeFelice Ice Rink in February 2018.BentleyFalcons.com
==Season-by-season results==
==All-time coaching records==
As of the completion of 2019–20 season
Tenure 	Coach 	Years 	Record 	Pct.
1977–1980 	Joe Quinn 	3 	32–26–0 	
1980–1984 	Tim Flynn 	4 	56–32–2 	
1984–1985 	Mark Canavan 	1 	5–15–0 	
1985–1993 	Tom Aprille 	8 	69–107–8 	
1993–2002 	Jim McAdam 	9 	101–134–16 	
2002–Present	Ryan Soderquist	18 	247–325–81 	
Totals 	6 coaches 	43 seasons	510–639–107	
==Statistical Leaders==
===Career points leaders===
Player	Years 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	1996–2000	99 	84	89	173	
 	2010–2014	145	73	94	167	
 	2012–2016	144	72	81	153	
 	1980–1984	 	58	91	149	
 	2013–2017	138	67	76	143	
 	1979–1983	 	52	89	141	
 	2011–2015	139	55	73	128	
 	2005–2009	145	60	66	126	
 	1995–1999	 	52	74	126	
 	1997–2000	 	56	65	121	
 	1977–1981	 	65	56	121	
===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 40 games
Player	Years 	GP 	Min 	W 	L 	T 	GA 	SO	SV% 	GAA
 	2010–2014	115	6658	47	50	13	296	5 	.919	2.67
 	2016–2020	99 	5544	39	43	10	251	4 	.905	2.72
 	2014–2018	80 	4517	24	36	15	210	2 	.913	2.79
 	2012–2016	43 	2184	17	17	5 	105	1 	.911	2.88
 	2007–2011	81 	4588	25	39	9 	240	4 	.901	3.14
Statistics current through the start of the 2020-21 season.
==Roster==
As of October 14, 2020.
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==Uniform==
The Falcons have undergone a couple of uniform changes since the start of the 2010–2011 season. In accordance with the new Bentley brand, the Falcon's moved away from the white, navy and gold color scheme. The first switch made was to their road uniform. They moved from navy blue, with gold "Bentley" lettering, and white trim to a black uniform with a navy blue B in the middle and white trim. The new home uniforms were unveiled in the 2013–2014 season, and are still their current home uniforms. They are white with the Bentley back and grey B in the middle, navy blue and black trim, and black numbers/names on jerseys on the back. The new home jerseys were unveiled at Frozen Fenway on 12/28/2014. To start the 2014–2015 season, the Falcon's unveiled another new road uniform. This, their current road jersey, is black with navy blue "Bentley" lettering across the front, using white and navy trim with the Bentley crest on the shoulder. Both uniforms use black helmets, and black pants with a navy blue and white trim.
==Home arena==
The Falcons play at Coach DeFelice Ice Rink, the program's new, on-campus arena. Ground was broken on the new arena in the summer of 2016, and completed in February 2018. The Falcons played their first game in the new Arena on February 16th, against Army West Point. 
The 76,000 square foot arena was designed by Architectural Resources Cambridge and built by Suffolk Construction. It has a capacity of 2,207 for hockey games.
==Notable alumni==
* Ryan Soderquist (2000): Soderquist graduated in 2000 with the most career goals (84) and career points (173) in program history. Soderquist also holds the record for most goals in a season, with 33. He has been Bentley's head coach since 2002, leading the team to a 243–300–78 record. 
* Brett Gensler (2014): Gensler graduated in 2014 as the program's all-time points leader at the Division I level, behind only Coach Ryan Soderquist. He was responsible for two of the three 50-point seasons in Bentley history, Gensler earned first-team All-Atlantic Hockey honors each of his last three years and was the recipient of the 2012 Walter Brown Award as the top American-born player in New England. He concluded his career with 73 goals (a Bentley Division I record), a school-record 94 assists and 167 points, second most in program history. After completing his Bentley career, Gensler signed with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. 
* Max French (2017): French graduated in 2017, finishing his career as the Falcons' all-time 5th best point scorer and 4th best goal scorer. French was an assistant captain to Andrew Gladiuk in 2015-2016 as a junior and was named captain of the Falcons in his final season. French also earned All-Atlantic Hockey First Team honors in both his junior and senior seasons. During his time at Bentley, French racked up 143 points (67 goals, 76 assists) in 138 career games to join Gensler and Gladiuk as the only Falcons to average over a point per game at the Division I level. Upon completion of his senior season, French was invited to an ATO with the Utica Comets of the AHL, but never found the starting lineup in his short few weeks with the team. On July 12, 2017, the Texas Stars, AHL affiliate of the NHL's Dallas Stars, signed French for the 2017-2018 season. This signing marked the first time a Bentley alum had been signed to a professional contract at the AHL level or above.
*Tanner Jago (2019): Jago finished his Bentley career with the second-most games played in program history, as well as third-most points for a defenseman in program history. In July 2019, he signed with the Texas Stars of the AHL. 
*Alexey Solovyev (2019): Solovyev signed with the Providence Bruins of the AHL in July 2019.
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==References==
==External links==
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*Link to history of program
 
Category:Ice hockey teams in Massachusetts