St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey

The St. Lawrence Saints Men's Ice Hockey team, colloquially known as the "Skating Saints", is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents St. Lawrence University. The Saints are a member of the ECAC Hockey. They have played at Appleton Arena in Canton, New York, since 1951. Prior to the arena's construction, the men's team played outdoors at the current location of Whitman Hall.
==History==
Since the team's inception in 1925, the 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 boasts 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.Scholarships Will Continue For D-III 'Play Up' Schools 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 28 All-American players, seven ECAC tournament MVPs, six ECAC players of the year, four ECAC rookies of the year, and nine Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalists.
From 1985 until 2012, Joe Marsh was 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.
Following Marsh's retirement in 2012, former Ottawa Senators assistant coach, and Saints alumnus, Greg Carvel took over head coaching duties. In 2016, Carvel departed the program to take the same role at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Following the departure of Carvel, St. Lawrence named former Clarkson University head coach Mark Morris as the 14th head coach in program history.
Beginning with the 2019–20 season, the Saints announced Brent Brekke as the 15th head coach in program history.
St. Lawrence's biggest hockey rival is Clarkson University, located in Potsdam, ten miles from the St. Lawrence campus. For many years, the swing through the North Country has been considered to be one of the most grueling road trips in college hockey.
St. Lawrence plays its 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.
==Season-by-season results==
== Records vs. Current ECAC Hockey Teams ==
As of the completion of the 2018–19 season
School	Team	Away Arena	Overall Record	Win %	Last Result
 	 	 	48–30–13 	 	1-3 L
 	 	 	72–127–11 	 	0-3 L
 	 	 	80–72–5 	 	5-2 W
 	 	 	45–64–17 	 	2-4 L
 	 	 	61–42–4 	 	0-8 L
 	 	 	44–62–7 	 	2-3 L
 	 	 	70–25–11 	 	3-5 L
 	 	 	15–15–4 	 	2-7 L
 	 	 	83–60–7 	 	5-6 L
 	 	 	38–29–3 	 	3-4 L
 	 	 	64–41–11 	 	2-3 L
==Coaches==
As of completion of the 2019–20 season
Tenure 	Coach 	Years 	Record 	Pct.
2019–Present 	Brent Brekke 	1 	4–27–5 	
2016–2019 	Mark Morris 	3 	31–69–11 	
2012–2016 	Greg Carvel 	4 	72–63–15 	
1985–2012 	Joe Marsh 	26 	482–418–75 	
1980–1985 	Mike McShane 	5 	93–65–6 	
1979–1980 	Dale Henwood 	1† 	3–18–0 	
1976–1979 	Leon Abbott 	4† 	31–67–2 	
1967–1968, 1971–1976	Bernie McKinnon	6 	72–84–6 	
1955–1967, 1968–1971 	George Menard 	15 	204–137–14 	
1950–1955 	Olav Kollevoll 	5 	72–25–2 	
1947–1950 	Paul Patten 	3 	20–5–0	
1946–1947 	John Klemens 	1 	3–3–0 	.500
1938–1941 	Alfred Sheard 	3 	4–19–0	.174
1929–1930 	James Mallon 	1 	3–8–1 	.292
1926–1928 	Degre Formoza 	2 	5–6–0 	.455
1925–1926 	D. F. McCarthy 	1 	0–2–0 	
Totals 	15 coaches 	80 Seasons	11000–1020–137 	
† Leon Abbott resigned in December 1979 and Dale Henwood served as the interim coach for the remainder of the season.
== Uniforms ==
Traditionally, the 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 crest 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 50th 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. Beginning with the 2012–13 season, St. Lawrence retired the StL logo from the red road jerseys as well, and adopted a design that matched the home white sweaters.
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 ECAC Hockey 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. (The Men's team only wore the pink jerseys during warmups, as visiting team Harvard had forgotten to bring their home white jerseys.)
== Traditions ==
* Whenever a goal is scored, the crowd will sing "When the Saints Go Marching In" immediately after the goal is announced. A skating saint sign at each end of the arena flashes as well.
* When the final minute of the period is announced, fans respond by yelling "And Clarkson Still Sucks!" referring to St Lawrence's nearby rival school. This same cheer is often used by fans at Rensselaer, whose rivalry with Clarkson stems from being another engineering school in the ECAC Hockey, and not from geographic location.
* Due to St Lawrence's proximity to Canada, both the American and Canadian national anthems are played prior to home games. Many fans will shout the word "saints" over the final word of the American national anthem. This is a shared tradition among schools in the ECAC Hockey; notably Clarkson fans and Cornell fans will shout "knights" and "red," respectively, when those words appear in the anthem's lyrics.
* Since the fall of 1999, students have brought a school flag into the stands to wave when team takes the ice and when they score. Cowbells have also become popular among fans (possibly due to the large population of dairy farmers in the region), and are sold at the school's bookstore, with the St. Lawrence University crest printed on them.
==Statistical Leaders==
===Career points leaders===
Player	Years 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	1984–1988	131	85 	102	187	148
 	2010–2014	152	84 	101	185	123
 	1951–1955	73 	101	84 	185	
 	1975–1979	 	71 	112	183	
 	1994–1998	136	62 	119	181	230
 	1992–1996	130	99 	75 	174	172
 	1958–1961	76 	75 	92 	167	33
 	1987–1991	117	80 	82 	162	136
 	2002–2006	150	78 	76 	154	204
 	1986–1990	132	72 	81 	153	133
===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 played
Player	Years 	GP 	Min 	W 	L 	T 	GA 	SO	SV% 	GAA
 	2014–2017	104	6267	54	37	13	218	13	.934	2.09
 	2006–2010	86 	4967	45	29	10	209	4 	.913	2.52
 	1952–1956	85 	4838	65	18	2 	206	9 	.902	2.55
 	2006–2010	46 	2437	16	19	4 	104	2 	.907	2.56
 	1994–1998	79 	4249	32	29	8 	197	2 	.919	2.78
Statistics current through the start of the 2019–20 season.
==Roster==
Roster for the 2020–2021 season.
==Awards and honors==
===Hockey Hall of Fame===
*Bill Torrey (1995)
===US Hockey Hall of Fame===
*Ron Mason (2013)
===NCAA===
===Hobey Baker Award finalists===
Year	Player 	Position
2014	Greg Carey 	Forward
2013	Kyle FlanaganGreg Carey	ForwardForward
2007	Drew Bagnall 	Defense
2006	T. J. Trevelyan 	Forward
2001	Eric Anderson 	Forward
1999	Eric Heffler 	Goalie
1996	Burke Murphy 	Forward
1992	Daniel Laperriere 	Defense
1988	Peter Lappin 	Forward
====Individual Awards====
Spencer Penrose Award
* Joe Marsh: 1989, 2000
====All-Americans====
AHCA First Team All-Americans
*1954-55: Bill Sloan, G
*1956-57: Pat Presley, D
*1958-59: Pat Presley, D
*1959-60: Terry Slater, F
*1960-61: Arlie Parker, D; Terry Slater, F
*1961-62: Arlie Parker, D
*1962-63: Richie Broadbelt, G
*1963-64: Bob Perani, G
*1982-83: Gray Weicker, G
*1987-88: Brian McColgan, D; Pete Lappin, F
*1988-89: Mike Hurlbut, D
*1990-91: Les Kuntar, G
*1991-92: Daniel Laperrière, D
*1998-99: Eric Heffler, G
*1999-00: Justin Harney, D
*2000-01: Erik Anderson, F
*2005-06: T. J. Trevelyan, F
*2006-07: Drew Bagnall, D
*2008-09: Zach Miskovic, D
*2012-13: Kyle Flanagan, F
*2013-14: Greg Carey, F
AHCA Second Team All-Americans
*1953-54: Bill Sloan, G
*1955-56: Bill Sloan, G; Chuck Lundberg, D; Ed Zifcak, F
*1956-57: Joe McLean, F
*1986-87: Scott Yearwood, G; Pete Lappin, F
*1991-92: Mike Lappin, F
*1995-96: Burke Murphy, F
*1999-00: Brandon Dietrich, F
*2000-01: Matt Desrosiers, D
*2012-13: George Hughes, D; Greg Carey, F
*2015-16: Gavin Bayreuther, D
*2016-17: Kyle Hayton, G; Gavin Bayreuther, D
===ECAC Hockey===
====Individual Awards====
Player of the Year
* Pete Lappin: 1988
* Daniel Laperrière: 1992
* Eric Heffler: 1999
* Erik Anderson: 2001
* T. J. Trevelyan: 2006
* Drew Bagnall: 2007
* Greg Carey: 2014
Best Defensive Forward
* Greg Carvel: 1993
* Joel Prpic: 1997
* Mike Gellard: 2001
* Kyle Rank: 2007
* Travis Vermeulen: 2010
Best Defensive Defenseman
* Arlie Parker: 1962
* Jeff Kungle: 1996
* Justin Harney: 2000
* Mike Madill: 2006
* Drew Bagnall: 2007
* Matt Generous: 2009
Rookie of the Year
* Burke Murphy: 1993
* Paul DiFrancesco: 1995
* Brandon Dietrich: 1999
* Derek Gustafson: 2000
* Gavin Bayreuther: 2014
* Kyle Hayton: 2015
Ken Dryden Award
* Eric Heffler: 1999
* Kyle Hayton: 2017
Ken Dryden Award
* Joe Marsh: 1989, 1996, 1999, 2007
* Greg Carvel: 2015
Most Outstanding Player in Tournament
* Arlie Parker: 1962
* Bob Perani: 1964
* Pete Lappin: 1988
* Doug Murray: 1989
* Daniel Laperrière: 1992
* Derek Gustafson: 2000
* Jeremy Symington: 2001
====All-Conference====
First Team All-ECAC Hockey
* 1961-62: Arlie Parker, D; Ron Mason, F
* 1962-63: Richie Broadbelt, G; Ron Mason, F
* 1963-64: Bob Perani, G; Jim Salfi, D
* 1967-68: Gary Croteau, F
* 1987–88: Brian McColgan, D; Pete Lappin, F
* 1988–89: Mike Hurlbut, D
* 1990-91: Les Kuntar, G; Andy Pritchard, F
* 1991-92: Daniel Laperrière, D; Mike Lappin, F
* 1995-96: Burke Murphy, F
* 1998-99: Eric Heffler, G
* 1999-00: Brandon Dietrich, F
* 2000-01: Matt Desrosiers, D; Erik Anderson, F; Mike Gellard, F
* 2003-04: Ryan Glenn, D
* 2004-05: T. J. Trevelyan, F
* 2005-06: Mike Madill, D; T. J. Trevelyan, F
* 2006-07: Drew Bagnall, D; Kyle Rank, F
* 2008-09: Zach Miskovic, D
* 2012-13: George Hughes, D; Greg Carey, F; Kyle Flanagan, F
* 2013-14: Greg Carey, F
* 2015-16: Gavin Bayreuther, D
* 2016-17: Kyle Hayton, G; Gavin Bayreuther, D
Second Team All-ECAC Hockey
* 1961-62: Richie Broadbelt, G; Rollie Anderson, F
* 1963-64: Arnie O'Reilly, F; Dave Ross, F
* 1982-83: Gray Weicker, D; Kent Carlson, D
* 1984-85: Steve Tuite, D
* 1986-87: Scott Yearwood, G; Hank Lammens, D; Pete Lappin, F
* 1987-88: Hank Lammens, D
* 1988–89: Mike Bishop, D
* 1989–90: Joe Day, F
* 1990–91: Daniel Laperrière, D
* 1992–93: Ted Beattie, D
* 1994–95: Burke Murphy, F
* 1995–96: Jeff Kungle, D
* 1996–97: Paul DiFrancesco, F
* 1997–98: Paul DiFrancesco, F
* 1998–99: Bob Prier, F
* 1999–00: Derek Gustafson, G; Justin Harney, D; Erik Anderson, F
* 2006–07: Alex Petizian, G
* 2013–14: Gavin Bayreuther, D
* 2014–15: Kyle Hayton, G; Eric Sweetman, D
* 2015–16: Eric Sweetman, D
Third Team All-ECAC Hockey
* 2008–09: Brock McBride, F
* 2009–10: Derek Keller, D; Travis Vermeulen, F
* 2011–12: Kyle Flanagan, F
ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team
* 1988–89: Shawn Rivers, D
* 1989–90: Greg Carvel, F
* 1990–91: Mike McCourt, D; Eric Lacroix, F
* 1992–93: Jeff Kungle, D; Burke Murphy, F
* 1993–94: Troy Creurer, D
* 1994–95: Paul DiFrancesco, F
* 1995–96: John Poapst, D
* 1998–99: Ray DiLauro, D; Brandon Dietrich, F
* 1999–00: Derek Gustafson, G
* 2002–03: John Zeiler, F
* 2003–04: Kyle Rank, F
* 2005–06: Matt Generous, D
* 2006–07: Alex Petizian, G
* 2009–10: George Hughes, D
* 2010–11: Greg Carey, F
* 2011–12: Chris Martin, F
* 2013–14: Gavin Bayreuther, D; Matt Carey, F
* 2014–15: Kyle Hayton, G; Nolan Gluchowski, D
==Olympians==
This is a list of St. Lawrence alumni who have played on an Olympic team.
Name 	Position 	St. Lawrence Tenure	Team	Year	Finish
Richie Broadbelt	Goaltender	1960–1963 	CAN 	1964	4th
*Hank Lammens also participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in sailing.
==St. Lawrence Saints Hall of Fame==
The following is a list of people associated with the St. Lawrence men's ice hockey program who were elected into the St. Lawrence University Athletic Hall of Fame.
*Oliver Appleton (1982)
*Richie Broadbelt (2000)
*John M. Burger (2005)
*Gary Groteau (1990)
*Kevin Dougherty (1991)
*Jack Klemens (1980)
*Hank Lammens (2015)
*Daniel Laperrière (2013)
*Pete Lappin (2008)
*Al MacCormack (2002)
*Ron Mason (1999)
*Brian McColgan (2015)
*Brian Mcfarlane (1985)
*Bernie McKinnon (2000)
*Burke Murphy (2017)
*Arlie Parker (1988)
*Pat Presley (1987)
*Jesse Sammis (1985)
*Terry Slater (1986)
*Bill Sloan (1986)
*The Ottawa Connection (1993):Ron O'BrienJoe McLeanLee Fournier
*Bill Torrey (1996)
*Lawrence Traynor (1983)
==Saints in the NHL==
	= NHL All-Star Team		= NHL All-StarPlayers are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.			= NHL All-Star and NHL All-Star Team		= Hall of Famers
Player 	Position 	Team(s) 	Years 	
Drew Bagnall 	Defenseman	MIN 	2010–2011 	0
Jamie Baker 	Center 	QUE, OTT, SJS, TOR 	1989–1999 	0
Gavin Bayreuther	Defenseman	DAL 	2018–Present	0
Brandon Bollig 	Left Wing 	, CGY 	2011–2016 	1
Matt Carey 	Left Wing 	CHI 	2013–2014 	0
Kent Carlson 	Defenseman	MTL, STL, WSH 	1983–1989 	0
Dale Clarke 	Defenseman	STL 	2000–2001 	0
Gary Croteau 	Left Wing 	LAK, DET, CAL, KCS, COR	1968–1980 	0
Joe Day 	Center 	HFD, NYI 	1991–1994 	0
Michael Gaul 	Defenseman	COL, CBJ 	1998–2001 	0
Derek Gustafson 	Goaltender	MIN 	2000–2002 	0
Mike Hurlbut 	Center 	NYR, QUE, BUF 	1992–2000 	0
Les Kuntar 	Goaltender	MTL 	1993–1994 	0
Player 	Position 	Team(s) 	Years 	
Eric Lacroix 	Left Wing 	TOR, LAK, COL, NYR, OTT 	1993–2001	0
Hank Lammens 	Right Wing	OTT 	1993–1994	0
Daniel Laperrière	Defenseman	STL, OTT 	1992–1996	0
Pete Lappin 	Right Wing	MNS, SJS 	1989–1992	0
Gary Laskoski 	Goaltender	LAK 	1982–1984	0
Mike McKenna 	Goaltender	TBL, NJD, CBJ, ARI, DAL, OTT, PHI	2008–2019	0
Kevin O'Shea 	Forward 	BUF, STL 	1970–1973	0
Rich Peverley 	Center 	NSH, ATL, , DAL 	2006–2014	1
Joel Prpic 	Center 	BOS, COL 	1997–2001	0
Shawn Rivers 	Defenseman	TBL 	1992–1993	0
David Saunders 	Left Wing 	VAN 	1987–1988	0
John Zeiler 	Center 	LAK 	2006–2011	0
File:Brandon Bollig 2014-12-12.JPG|Brandon Bollig
File:Mikemckenna_lightning.JPG|Mike McKenna
File:Rich Peverley Bruin.jpg|Rich Peverley
==See also==
*St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey
== References ==
 
Category:Ice hockey teams in New York (state)