2023–24 Lindenwood Lions men's ice hockey season

The 2023–24 Lindenwood Lions men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of varsity play for the program. The Lions represented Lindenwood University and were coached by Rick Zombo in his 14th season.
==Season==
Lindenwood got off to a decent start, earning a road split with Air Force and then holding #14 Ohio State to a tie in their first two weeks. Afterwards, however, the Lions offense struggled to get on track. Over a three month span, from mid-October to mid-January, Lindenwood was able to score at least 3 goals in just four of fourteen games. With the defense still not quite up to Division I standards, that left the Lions uncompetitive in most of their games. While the team was able to get a fairly surprising tie against tournament-bound Wisconsin, the only wins the Lions could earn in the second half of the season came against Stonehill, the worst time in college hockey. To make matters worse, Lindenwood was on the wrong side of the ledger in the last game against the Skyhawks, giving Stonehill their only D-I win on the year.
After the disappointing season, Lindenwood announced that head coach Rick Zombo would not be returning and they immediately began a search for his replacement.
==Departures==
Adisen Brueck 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Ryan Finnegan 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Reading Royals)
Hunter Johannes 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to North Dakota
Mason Kruger 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Matt Ladd 	Goaltender		Graduation (retired)
Max Neill 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Roni Salmenkangas	Goaltender		Graduation (retired)
Sam Watson 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Andy Willis 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Fort Wayne Komets)
Jackson Wozniak 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
==Recruiting==
Ethan Barwick 	Goaltender		21	St. Albert, AB
Austin Fraser 	Forward 		20	West Vancouver, BC
Adam Johnson 	Goaltender		20	Chicago, IL
Jaeden Mercier 	Forward 		21	Saskatoon, SK
Brenden Rons 	Defenseman		25	Farmington Hills, MI; graduate transfer from Ferris State
Patrick Schmiedlin	Forward 		21	Culver, IN
Jake Southgate 	Forward 		20	North Battleford, SK
Cole Teleki 	Defenseman		21	Dallas, TX
Ethan Zielke 	Forward 		20	Calgary, AB
==Roster==
As of September 20, 2023.
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==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	28	8 	14 	22 	35
 	F 	26	9 	8 	17 	4
 	LW	28	8 	8 	16 	25
 	C 	28	7 	9 	16 	6
 	F 	28	7 	8 	15 	18
 	F 	28	3 	8 	11 	6
 	D 	22	0 	11 	11 	20
 	D 	16	5 	5 	10 	6
 	F 	25	4 	6 	10 	43
 	D 	27	4 	6 	10 	6
 	C 	28	3 	7 	10 	39
 	RW	27	3 	5 	8 	28
 	LW	27	3 	4 	7 	39
 	D 	28	0 	6 	6 	75
 	C 	24	2 	3 	5 	4
 	D 	28	1 	4 	5 	40
 	C 	9 	2 	2 	4 	6
 	F 	24	2 	2 	4 	30
 	D 	17	1 	3 	4 	15
 	D 	17	1 	3 	4 	24
 	D 	27	0 	3 	3 	18
 	F 	7 	1 	0 	1 	2
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	27	0 	0 	0 	2
Total	 	 	74	125	199	491
==Goaltending statistics==
 	27	1532:37	6	17	4	100	958 	1	.905	3.91
 	7 	167:17 	0	1 	0	17 	99 	0	.853	6.10
Empty Net	- 	5:51 	-	- 	-	4 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	28	1705:45	6	18	4	121	1057	1	.897	4.26
==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==
2023-24
Category:2023–24 Division I Independent men's ice hockey season
Category:2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by team