2023–24 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season

The 2023–24 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 47th season of play for the program, the 25th at the Division I level and the 21st in Atlantic Hockey. The Falcons represented Bentley University, played their home games at the Bentley Arena and were coached by Andy Jones in his 1st season.
==Season==
After More than 25 years with the program, Ryan Soderquist announced that he was stepping down as coach after the 2023 season. A few months later, the school hired Andy Jones as the program's 7th head coach.
Under their new coach, the Falcons had a solid season. The team lost most of their non-conference matches but several came against ranked teams, including an overtime contest with Boston University to kick off the season. The Falcons hovered around .500 for the entire season, and entered the postseason at exactly even. Bentley's 6th-place finish forced them to play in the conference First Round but game the team the best possible matchup.
The Falcons were set against Robert Morris, who were playing their first season after a two-year hiatus, and were expected to win the match. Unfortunately, the Falcons got into power play trouble and allowed RMU to take the lead on the strength of two man-advantage goals. Garrett Horsager came to the rescue in the third, scoring and then assisting on the game-tying goal to force sending the match into overtime. Neither team had much of an advantage in the extra session and, as the period progressed, the match seemed destined for a second overtime. With just 10 seconds left, Conner Hasley grabbed the puck behind his cage and tried to made a reverse-pass to Tucker Hodgson. The Colonial skater who was forechecking predicted the play, intercepted the pass, and wrapped the puck around the front before Hasley could get back into the net. The costly mistake ended the game and the season for the Falcons.
==Departures==
Matt Gosiewski 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Cole Kodsi 	Forward 		Transferred to Union
Nicholas Niemo 	Forward 		Transferred to Maine
Dylan Pitera 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Jordan Schulting	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Harrison Scott 	Forward 		Transferred to Maine
Hunter Toale 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Lucas Vanroboys 	Forward 		Graduate transfer to Massachusetts
Marcus Walter 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Joe Winkelmann 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Corsaires de Dunkerque)
==Recruiting==
Kolby Amici 	Forward 		20	Orchard Park, NY
Nik Armstrong-Kingcade	Forward 		24	Rostock, GER; transfer from Massachusetts Lowell
Jonathan Bendorf 	Forward 		24	Yardville, NJ; graduate transfer from Mercyhurst
Colton Cameron 	Defenseman		21	Surrey, BC
Chase Davis 	Forward 		21	Alpharetta, GA
Jimmy Doyle 	Forward 		21	Plainfield, IL
Sam Duerr 	Defenseman		21	Chicago, IL; transfer from Maine
Kellan Hjartarson 	Forward 		20	Calgary, AB
A. J. Hodges 	Forward 		22	Littleton, CO; transfer from Michigan State
Garrett Horsager 	Defenseman		21	Rosemount, MN
Peter Kramer 	Forward 		21	Bridgewater, MA
Ryan Mansfield 	Forward 		20	Burlington, ON
==Roster==
As of September 14, 2023.
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==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	35	13	16 	29 	34
 	F 	35	6 	21 	27 	37
 	D 	35	6 	18 	24 	20
 	LW	31	7 	11 	18 	2
 	F 	34	8 	9 	17 	16
 	F 	35	8 	8 	16 	18
 	LW	29	6 	9 	15 	2
 	D 	35	6 	7 	13 	12
 	F 	24	7 	5 	12 	25
 	F 	27	6 	6 	12 	8
 	C 	30	6 	6 	12 	4
 	D 	35	2 	9 	11 	12
 	F 	28	2 	8 	10 	25
 	D 	23	1 	6 	7 	12
 	D 	16	0 	6 	6 	4
 	LW	26	3 	3 	6 	14
 	RW	25	0 	5 	5 	16
 	D 	24	2 	3 	5 	10
 	D 	35	1 	4 	5 	22
 	LW	12	2 	2 	4 	8
 	D 	28	0 	4 	4 	29
 	F 	16	0 	3 	3 	13
 	F 	14	2 	0 	2 	6
 	F 	13	1 	0 	1 	2
 	D 	13	0 	1 	1 	10
 	G 	21	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	15	0 	0 	0 	4
 	F 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4
Total	 	 	95	170	265	371
==Goaltending statistics==
 	21	1269:02	10	9 	1	47	448	3	.905	2.22
 	15	850:19 	6 	8 	1	34	335	2	.908	2.40
Empty Net	- 	20:45 	- 	- 	-	1 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	35	2140:06	16	17	2	82	783	5	.905	2.30
==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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