2022–23 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season was the 3rd season of play for the program. The Sharks represented Long Island University and were coached by Brett Riley, in his 3rd season.
==Season==
LIU entered the season hoping to continue its upward trend, however, they would first have to contend with a major obstacle. More than half of the roster changed in the offseason, including most of the leading scorers. 18 new players were brought in to fill in the gaps with about a third transferring from other programs. The lack of familiarity showed early in the year when the offense had trouble getting on track. In its first 10 games, the Sharks scored just 23 goals and lost 8 of those contests. Excluding the game against Stonehill, who were playing their first game as an equal Division I member, Long Island could barely generate any offense and well out of it just a month into the season. Evan a surprise tie with Quinnipiac didn't do much to improve the team's outlook.
The situation in goal was better, but not by much. Starter Vinnie Purpura was inconsistent during the year but did provide some highlight for the team. His brightest performance came against Ohio State by making 32 saves in the program's first win over a ranked team. That victory came during a 5–2 run, however, because the Sharks were still having to schedule Division II opponents to fill out their schedule, only two of those wins were counted for the national rankings.
The lack of stability on the back end caused LIU to miss several more chances at wins. It got to the point where coach Riley turned to backup Brandon Perrone for help in goal. After changing to goaltender rotation, the Sharks started winning more, however they also began playing some of the worst teams in college hockey. A 5-game winning streak that the team put together in January and February came with four of those games being played against the two newest Division I teams, Stonehill and Lindenwood. The Sharks were able to post a win over tournament hopeful Alaska, but the team ended up stumbling to the finish with a 2–7 skid.
==Departures==
Max Balinson 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Cincinnati Cyclones)
Zack Bross 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Worcester Railers)
Kristofer Carlson	Goaltender		Graduation (retired)
Daine Dubois 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Carter Ekberg 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Jacob Franczak 	Forward 		Transferred to Skidmore
Tanner Hopps 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Billy Jerry 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Adirondack Thunder)
P. J. Marrocco 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Robert McCollum 	Defenseman		Transferred to UNLV
Nolan McElhaney 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Carson Musser 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Norfolk Admirals)
Derek Osik 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Evansville Thunderbolts)
Jake Stevens 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Iowa Heartlanders)
Justin Thompson 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Jordan Timmons 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Idaho Steelheads)
Tyler Welsh 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Newfoundland Growlers)
Marty Westhaver 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Aaron White 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
==Recruiting==
Daniel Baldassarra 	Forward 		20	Vaughan, ON
Austin Brimmer 	Forward 		20	Markham, ON
A. J. Casperson 	Defenseman		21	Flower Mound, TX
Jackson Glassford 	Goaltender		21	Nanoose Bay, BC
Adam Goodsir 	Forward 		24	Okemos, MI; graduate transfer from Michigan State
Xan Gurney 	Defenseman		22	Grosse Ile, MI; transfer from Western Michigan
Santeri Hartikainen 	Forward 		23	Edmonton, AB; transfer from American International
Noah Kane 	Forward 		22	Buffalo, NY; transfer from Mercyhurst
Tyler Kostelecky 	Forward 		21	Maple Grove, MN
Patriks Marcinkēvičs	Forward 		21	Riga, LAT
Cade Mason 	Defenseman		21	Red Deer, AB
Chris Pappas 	Forward 		21	Etobicoke, ON; transfer from St. Lawrence
Valtteri Piironen 	Defenseman		21	Pyhäselkä, FIN
Austin Rook 	Defenseman		25	Shrewsbury, MA; graduate transfer from Skidmore
Jan Škorpík 	Goaltender		21	Brandys nad Labem, CZE
Anthony Vincent 	Forward 		25	Wilton, CT; graduate transfer from Holy Cross
Riley Wallack 	Forward 		21	South Surrey, BC
Josh Zary 	Forward 		20	Nanaimo, BC
==Roster==
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==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season
==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	36	17 	20 	37 	78
 	F 	35	15 	19 	34 	64
 	D 	26	7 	25 	32 	8
 	LW 	24	6 	21 	27 	23
 	F 	35	11 	9 	20 	20
 	F 	28	12 	5 	17 	0
 	C 	34	8 	9 	17 	14
 	RW 	32	6 	11 	17 	27
 	D 	34	6 	11 	17 	10
 	F 	32	5 	12 	17 	12
 	F 	36	6 	8 	14 	6
 	C/D 	34	1 	12 	13 	10
 	F 	24	9 	1 	10 	26
 	D 	32	1 	9 	10 	26
 	F 	28	1 	8 	9 	12
 	C 	23	3 	3 	6 	8
 	D 	33	2 	4 	6 	10
 	D 	36	1 	5 	6 	30
 	LW 	17	1 	4 	5 	6
 	C 	17	1 	2 	3 	2
 	C/RW	22	0 	3 	3 	4
 	F 	11	1 	1 	2 	2
 	C 	16	1 	1 	2 	10
 	D 	8 	0 	2 	2 	10
 	G 	14	0 	2 	2 	0
 	F 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	14	0 	1 	1 	8
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	21
 	G 	26	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	0
Total	 	 	121	209	330	435
==Goaltending statistics==
 	14	675:02 	7 	3 	0	32 	255	0	.889	2.84
 	1 	20:00 	0 	0 	0	1 	7 	0	.875	3.00
 	26	1464:47	6 	19	1	83 	690	0	.893	3.40
Empty Net	- 	21:12 	- 	- 	-	7 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	36	2181:01	13	22	1	123	952	0	.886	3.38
==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	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 	26 	27 (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 	NR 	NR
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.
==References==
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