2022–23 Union Dutchmen ice hockey season

The 2022–23 Union Dutchmen ice hockey season was the 82nd season of play for the program and the 31st in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Dutchmen represented Union College, played their home games at Achilles Center and were coached by Josh Hauge, in his first season.
==Season==
After John Ronan finished the previous years as interim head coach due to the resignation of Rick Bennett, Union began a search for a permanent replacement. In mid-April, the team chose former Clarkson assistant Josh Hauge as the 22nd head coach in program history. John Ronan returned to his former post as an assistant while the rest of the staff was filled by new entries.
With a new coach came a new philosophy for the team and nearly half the roster changed in the offseason. While the Dutchmen retained their starting goaltender, the top 4 scorer all moved on. Several of the new faces filled in among the scoring leaders for the team but none were particularly outstanding. The result was that Union's offense was about as effective as it had been the year before; average. On defense, the team did well, allowing just over 30 shots per game, which was much better than they had the year before. Unfortunately, Connor Murphy was inconsistent throughout the year and the Dutchmen had a difficult time stringing wins together. Union's biggest problem was their performance on the road. The Dutchmen won just 2 out of 16 away games and more often than not had some lackluster results, including a 1–10 loss to Cornell.
Union finished the regular season in the bottom half of the ECAC standings but still managed to earn a home site for the first round of the postseason. The team faced a wounded Princeton squad and had a good opportunity to advance by scoring 4 times. Unfortunately, Murphy allowed 6 goals on just 27 shots and the Dutchmen's season ended with a thud.
==Departures==
Dylan Anhorn 	Defenseman		Transferred to St. Cloud State
Alex Cohen 	Forward 		Signed professional contract (Birmingham Bulls)
Brandon Estes 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Tucson Roadrunners)
Fletcher Fineman	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Collin Graf 	Forward 		Transferred to (Quinnipiac)
Josh Kosack 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Gleb Murtazin 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Garrett Nieto 	Goaltender		Left program (retired)
Josh Phillips 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Merek Pipes 	Goaltender		Left program (retired)
Michael Ryan 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Gabriel Seger 	Forward 		Transferred to Cornell
Ryan Sidorski 	Defenseman		Graduate transfer to North Dakota
==Recruiting==
Ethan Benz 	Forward 		21	Shakopee, MN
Kyle Chauvette 	Goaltender 		20	Goffstown, NH
Nate Hanley 	Forward 		20	Rocky Point, NY
Greg Japchen 	Defenseman 		20	Doylestown, PA
Carter Korpi 	Forward 		21	South Lyon, MI
Colby MacArthur	Forward 		20	Summerside, PEI
Cal Mell 	Defenseman 		21	Cumming, GA
Josh Nixon 	Forward 		22	Mississauga, ON; transfer from Lake Superior State
John Prokop 	Forward/Defenseman		21	Wausau, WI
Mason Snell 	Defenseman 		22	Clarington, ON; transfer from Penn State
Chris Théodore 	Forward 		24	Beaconsfield, QC; graduate transfer from American International
Benjamin Tupker	Forward 		22	Collingwood, ON; transfer from Cornell
Nick Young 	Defenseman 		21	Raleigh, NC
==Roster==
As of August 4, 2022.
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==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	D/F	35	4 	19 	23 	20
 	C 	35	5 	16 	21 	2
 	F 	35	9 	10 	19 	10
 	RW 	34	11	5 	16 	45
 	D 	34	3 	12 	15 	8
 	LW 	34	4 	10 	14 	8
 	C 	35	9 	4 	13 	52
 	F 	34	7 	6 	13 	4
 	LW 	34	3 	10 	13 	10
 	F 	33	7 	4 	11 	35
 	F 	31	6 	4 	10 	14
 	D 	31	3 	6 	9 	16
 	D 	34	2 	7 	9 	43
 	LW 	34	6 	1 	7 	20
 	D 	34	2 	5 	7 	34
 	D 	28	0 	7 	7 	20
 	C 	26	3 	2 	5 	8
 	LW 	12	1 	2 	3 	10
 	D 	22	0 	3 	3 	0
 	F 	18	0 	3 	3 	4
 	D 	11	0 	2 	2 	6
 	RW 	11	0 	2 	2 	0
 	F 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	F 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	12	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	31	0 	0 	0 	0
Total	 	 	86	140	226	392
==Goaltending statistics==
 	2 	00:39 	0 	0 	0	0 	1 	0	1.000	0.00
 	10	417:44 	2 	2 	1	20 	202	1	.910 	2.87
 	31	1673:03	12	17	1	93 	736	2	.888 	3.34
Empty Net	- 	20:23 	- 	- 	-	4 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	35	2111:49	14	19	2	117	939	3	.889 	3.32
==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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