2021–22 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey season was the 29th season of play for the program, the 24th at the Division I level, and the 19th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Pioneers represented Sacred Heart University and were coached by C. J. Marottolo, in his 13th season.
==Season==
Sacred Heart spent the entire season hovering around the .500 mark. The team was effectively average in all aspects of the game; neither their offense nor defense were particularly strong, but both couldn't be called weaknesses either. Over the course of the season, Sacred Heart's longest losing streak was just three games but they weren't able to put together any long stretches of winning hockey. The Pioneers got mostly reliable goaltending from junior Justin Robbins but also buoyed his efforts with stints from both Josh Benson and Luke Lush.
Probably the best performance from the team came in the Connecticut Ice semifinal when they lost to #2 Quinnipiac into overtime. The Pioneers had led late, only to see the Bobcats tie the score after pulling their goalie.
The Pioneers' 5th-place finish in Atlantic Hockey earned them an automatic bid into the conference quarterfinals. Despite outplaying RIT for a majority of the three-game series, Sacred Heart's offense was lacking and scored just once in their two losses.
==Departures==
Josh Allan 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Derek Contessa 	Forward 		Transferred to Endicott
Carson Gallagher	Forward 		Transferred to Plattsburgh State
Michael Gilroy 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Marcel Godbout 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Pensacola Ice Flyers)
Marc Johnstone 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with South Carolina Stingrays)
Marcus Joseph 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Max Luukko 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Emil Öhrvall 	Forward 		Signed professional contract (BIK Karlskoga)
David Tomeo 	Goaltender		Signed professional contract (Utica Comets)
Evan Wisocky 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
==Recruiting==
Logan Britt 	Defenseman		22	Crystal Lake, IL; transfer from Quinnipiac
Troy Conzo 	Forward 		24	Nesconset, NY; graduate transfer from Colorado College
Daniel Ebrahim 	Forward 		21	Brooklin, ON
Dante Fantauzzi 	Defenseman		21	Woodbridge, ON; transfer from Alaska Anchorage
Conner Hutchison	Defenseman		20	Hicksville, NY; transfer from Vermont
Dante Palecco 	Forward 		23	Whippany, NJ; graduate transfer from Yale
Dakota Raabe 	Forward 		24	Capistrano Beach, CA; graduate transfer from Michigan
Justin Robbins 	Goaltender		22	Alpine, NJ; transfer from Arizona State
Rourke Russell 	Defenseman		23	Long Beach, CA; graduate transfer from Miami
Hunter Sansbury 	Defenseman		20	Lomita, CA
Neil Shea 	Forward 		22	Marshfield, MA; transfer from Northeastern
==Roster==
As of August 23, 2021.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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|colspan=12|Sacred Heart Lost Series 1–2
==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	37	11	20 	31 	10
 	F 	35	12	15 	27 	2
 	C 	30	10	14 	24 	25
 	F 	34	10	11 	21 	29
 	D 	37	3 	18 	21 	30
 	F 	37	9 	8 	17 	13
 	D 	35	6 	10 	16 	17
 	F 	34	3 	10 	13 	2
 	F 	36	9 	3 	12 	10
 	RW	18	5 	6 	11 	6
 	F 	33	3 	7 	10 	10
 	D 	36	0 	10 	10 	18
 	D 	25	3 	6 	9 	8
 	D 	36	2 	7 	9 	26
 	LW	34	3 	5 	8 	2
 	F 	34	2 	6 	8 	2
 	C 	27	2 	5 	7 	4
 	D 	37	2 	3 	5 	35
 	D 	19	0 	2 	2 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	F 	9 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	15	0 	1 	1 	12
 	C 	21	0 	1 	1 	4
 	G 	28	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW	21	0 	0 	0 	21
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	0
Total	 	 	95	171	266	288
==Goaltending statistics==
 	6 	202 	1 	3 	0	8 	99 	0	.925	2.37
 	29	1539	10	12	3	61 	609	1	.909	2.38
 	13	491 	4 	3 	1	25 	196	0	.887	3.05
Empty Net	- 	25 	- 	- 	-	2 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	37	2258	15	18	4	100	904	1	.900	2.66
==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
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 (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 week 24.
==References==
2021-22
Category:2021–22 Atlantic Hockey men's ice hockey season
Category:2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by team