2023–24 Canisius Golden Griffins men's ice hockey season

The 2023–24 Canisius Golden Griffins men's ice hockey season was the 44th season of play for the program, the 26th at the Division I level, and the 21st in Atlantic Hockey. The Golden Griffins represented Canisius College, played their home games at the LECOM Harborcenter and were coached by Trevor Large in his 7th season.
==Season==
Canisius entered the year looking for new leaders both on the offensive side of the puck and in goal. Graduate transfer David Fessenden ended up earning the lion's share of the starts for the Griffins but, as the season progressed, freshman Ethan Robertson was given more and more opportunities to get up to speed at the college level. Fessenden and Robertson played about even with one another, however, neither was particularly outstanding. The goaltending tandem saw the team's goals against average increase by more then half a point. The offense quickly found its new leader in Matteo Giampa and the freshmen ended the year leading the team in scoring by a wide margin.
The Golden Griffins started out the year with a 4-game losing streak and never seemed to recover completely. The team was able to produce some bright moments during the season, including a win over a ranked RIT squad, but they were never able to put a consistent stretch of good hockey together. Fortunately, the team ended the regular season in eighth place and managed to earn a home site in the opening round of the conference tournament.
The team opened their postseason with one of their best games of the year, scoring the first four goals of the match to knock out Mercyhurst with relative ease. The Griffins then built a 2-goal lead in their quarterfinal match with Holy Cross to give them a chance at a deep run. However, after that their goaltending troubles cropped up again and the team surrendered three goals in the second half of the match to lose 3–4. Robertson got the nod for game 2 and he showed out, stopping 40 shots in the game. Unfortunately, the team's offense was stymied by an equally impressive game from the opposing netminder and the match was sent into overtime. Canisius held on until the start of the second extra session when a defensive lapse allowed an unguarded Holy Cross player to score the winning goal.
Due to a snowstorm, the game against RIT scheduled on January 13 was postponed to a later date.
==Departures==
Jake Barczewski 	Goaltender		Graduate transfer to Michigan
Markus Boguslavsky 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Nick Bowman 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Tyrell Buckley 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with EHF Passau Black Hawks)
Danny DiGrande 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Lincoln Erne 	Defenseman		Graduation (signed with Tulsa Oilers)
Simon Gravel 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
John Hawthorne 	Goaltender		Graduation (retired)
Grant Loven 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Fayetteville Marksmen)
Keaton Mastrodonato	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Texas Stars)
Ryan Miotto 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Vermont
J. D. Pogue 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
==Recruiting==
Jack Budd 	Defenseman		20	Toronto, ON
Powell Connor 	Defenseman		23	Chilliwack, BC; transfer from Michigan State
Luke Farthing 	Defenseman		24	Stoutsville, OH; transfer from Ferris State
David Fessenden 	Goaltender		25	Parker, CO; graduate transfer from New Hampshire
Trey Funk 	Forward 		21	Redwood Meadows, AB
Matteo Giampa 	Forward 		20	Virgil, ON
Kyle Haskins 	Forward 		23	Huntington, VT; transfer from Michigan State
Killian Kiecker-Olson	Forward 		22	Andover, MN; transfer from Maine
Robert Kincaid 	Defenseman		21	Barrhead, AB; transfer from Maine
Griffin Loughran 	Forward 		24	Orchard Park, NY; graduate transfer from Michigan State
Jackson Nieuwendyk 	Forward 		21	Dallas, TX
Grant Porter 	Forward 		21	Weston, MA; transfer from Providence
Ethan Robertson 	Goaltender		21	Courtice, ON
==Roster==
As of September 14, 2023.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	36	18 	17 	35 	8
 	C/LW 	36	8 	15 	23 	39
 	RW 	37	8 	14 	22 	4
 	D 	35	7 	10 	17 	28
 	F 	35	4 	11 	15 	10
 	RW 	37	7 	8 	15 	23
 	F 	21	6 	9 	15 	78
 	D 	32	2 	11 	13 	16
 	RW 	34	4 	9 	13 	37
 	F 	34	7 	6 	13 	6
 	F 	30	7 	5 	12 	20
 	LW/RW	23	4 	6 	10 	10
 	D 	35	1 	8 	9 	30
 	D 	28	3 	5 	8 	21
 	F 	34	2 	5 	7 	16
 	F 	16	4 	3 	7 	4
 	D 	35	1 	6 	7 	39
 	LW 	25	1 	5 	6 	16
 	F 	21	2 	3 	5 	15
 	D 	15	2 	2 	4 	6
 	D 	15	0 	4 	4 	6
 	D 	13	1 	2 	3 	6
 	D 	18	2 	1 	3 	4
 	G 	22	0 	3 	3 	8
 	D 	26	1 	1 	2 	10
 	F 	7 	1 	0 	1 	4
 	F 	16	0 	0 	0 	4
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	0
Total	 	 	118	204	322	539
==Goaltending statistics==
 	5 	0:13 	0 	0 	0	0 	1 	0	1.000	0.00
 	20	979:29 	5 	10	0	53 	498 	0	.904 	3.25
 	22	1254:42	7 	11	4	70 	610 	0	.897 	3.35
Empty Net	- 	32:16 	- 	- 	-	3 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	37	2266:40	12	21	4	126	1109	0	.898 	3.34
==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 (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 	
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11 and 25.Note: USA Today did not release a poll in week 12.
==References==
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