2020–21 St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey season

The 2020–21 St. Lawrence Saints Men's ice hockey season was the 81st season of play for the program and the 60th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Saints represented the St. Lawrence University and were coached by Brent Brekke, in his 2nd season.
==Season==
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of St. Lawrence's players would lose a season of play. However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.
After an abysmal season, St. Lawrence continued to see a great deal of roster turnover as the program recovered from Mark Morris's tenure. The Saints got a late start to the season, even after the delay due to COVID, but the team played surprisingly well once they got on the ice. buoyed by the play of junior netminder Emil Zetterquist, SLU gave opponents fits throughout the season, holding at least a .500 record until February when the team ran into league-leading Quinnipiac and lost four consecutive matches against the Bobcats. Even with the losses, however, St. Lawrence kept the score close and demonstrated great strides by a team that had finished last in the ECAC for three consecutive years.
St. Lawrence's final matchup of the regular season was cancelled when Clarkson ended their season due to COVID protocol violations. The Saints ended in 3rd place, giving them a home game for the ECAC Tournament. Ordinarily this would have been seen as a positive for the team, but St. Lawrence hadn't won a single home game through 7 games. Despite the recent history, SLU produced its largest offensive output of the season and defeated Colgate 5–4 in overtime. The Saints found themselves playing for a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament despite a 5–8–3 record and got out to an early lead. Quinnipiac took over in the second and then tried to play in a defensive shell for the remainder of the contest but the Larries scored late and then David Jankowski scored the game-winner in the fourth minute of overtime.
The miraculous, albeit short, run for the Saints gave them their first league championship in 20 years and their first tournament berth since 2007. Unfortunately, everything came crashing to a halt a day later when Brent Brekke tested positive for COVID-19 and St. Lawrence was forced to withdraw from the tournament. St. Lawrence was just the second ECAC Tournament champion to not play in the NCAA Tournament and the second time a team declined an automatic invitation to a national tournament, the previous time for both was by Harvard in 1963.
Grant Adams and Luke Erickson sat out the season.
==Departures==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Cause
Carson Dimoff 	Forward 	 	Left program
Ryan Garvey 	Forward 	 	Graduation
Carson Gicewicz	Forward 	 	Transferred to Massachusetts
Alex Gilmour 	Forward 	 	Graduation (Signed with Birmingham Bulls)
Cade Gleekel 	Forward 	 	Left program
Bo Hanson 	Defenseman	 	Transferred to Denver
Michael Laidley	Forward 	 	Graduation (Signed with Pensacola Ice Flyers)
Daniel Mannella	Goaltender	 	Graduation
Ted McGeen 	Forward 	 	Transferred to Guelph
Andrew McIntyre	Forward 	 	Left program
Zac Risteau 	Forward 	 	Transferred to St. Thomas
Keenan Suthers 	Forward 	 	Transferred to Maine
==Recruiting==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Age	Notes
Grant Adams 	Goaltender	 	20 	Niles, MI
Max Dorrington 	Forward 	 	19 	North Reading, MA
Luke Erickson 	Defenseman	 	21 	Woodbury, MN
Greg Lapointe 	Forward 	 	19 	Granby, QC
Tucker McIntosh	Defenseman	 	19 	Toronto, ON
Reilly Moran 	Forward 	 	20 	Hingham, MA
Justin Paul 	Forward 	 	20 	Thunder Bay, ON
Logan Ritchie 	Forward 	 	21 	O'Fallon, MO
Luc Salem 	Defenseman	 	21 	Los Angeles, CA
Nick Trela 	Forward 	 	21 	Trenton, MI
==Roster==
As of December 31, 2020.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
Name 	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	
 	F 	17 	5 	10 	15 	19
 	C 	15 	4 	8 	12 	0
 	RW 	17 	7 	4 	11 	6
 	D 	17 	3 	7 	10 	14
 	F 	17 	4 	5 	9 	6
 	F 	17 	4 	4 	8 	6
 	LW 	14 	3 	2 	5 	6
 	D/RW 	17 	1 	4 	5 	12
 	D 	17 	1 	4 	5 	6
 	RW 	16 	1 	3 	4 	4
 	D 	6 	2 	1 	3 	6
 	F 	16 	2 	1 	3 	14
 	F 	17 	2 	1 	3 	8
 	D 	12 	1 	2 	3 	16
 	D 	16 	0 	2 	2 	12
 	F 	16 	0 	2 	2 	2
 	C/LW 	10 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	F 	11 	0 	1 	1 	15
 	D 	11 	0 	1 	1 	4
 	F 	14 	0 	1 	1 	6
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	15 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	36 	- 	- 	- 	- 	2
Total	 	 	40 	64 	104 	166
==Goaltending statistics==
Name 	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	 	
 	16 	975 	6 	7 	3 	39 	488 	0 	.926	2.40
 	1 	58 	0 	1 	0 	4 	17 	0 	.810	4.09
Empty Net	- 	16 	- 	- 	- 	2 	- 	- 	- 	-
Total 	17 	1050 	6 	8 	3 	45 	505 	0 	.918	2.57
==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
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 (Final)	 	 	
USCHO.com	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 	 	 	
USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.
==Awards and honors==
Player 	Award 	Ref
David Jankowski	ECAC Hockey Most Outstanding Player in Tournament	
Cameron Buhl 	ECAC Hockey First Team 	
Luc Salem 	ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 	
Greg Lapointe 	ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 	
==References==
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