2023–24 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season

The 2023–24 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season is the 4th season of play for the program. The Sharks represent Long Island University and are coached by Brett Riley, in his 4th season.
==Season==
While LIU was hoping to take the next step in their fourth season, the team was still largely unable to move forward. Long Island's start to the season looked promising as they played two close games against ranked opponents (both losses) and produced some good offense against Stonehill, that pattern didn't change throughout the year. The Sharks got a solid effort from starter Brandon Perrone throughout the season but it wasn't quite good enough to overcome decent teams. Similarly, the offense produced consistently; Josh Zary became the first LIU player to hit 20 goals for a season and the Sharks had five skaters with at least 30 points. However, the team came up just shy too often, losing eight games by 1 goal. LIU's numbers were offset by the eight games the team had against Stonehill, the worst team in college hockey. In those matches, Long Island went 8–0 and scored 48 goals while allowing just 12. The season series with the Skyhawks enabled LIU to set a program record with 16 wins but still left them sitting near the bottom of the PairWise rankings.
==Departures==
Spencer Cox 	Defenseman/Forward		Transferred to Miami
Adam Goodsir 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Worcester Railers)
Santeri Hartikainen 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Kiekko-Vantaa)
Tyler Kostelecky 	Forward 		Transferred to Bethel
Patriks Marcinkēvičs	Forward 		Transferred to Michigan Tech
Ethan Martini 	Defenseman 		Transferred to Dalhousie
Gustav Müller 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Vinnie Purpura 	Goaltender 		Graduation (signed with Adirondack Thunder)
Austin Rook 	Defenseman 		Graduation (signed with Adirondack Thunder)
Dylan Schuett 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Jan Škorpík 	Goaltender 		Left program (retired)
Anthony Vincent 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with San Jose Barracuda)
==Recruiting==
Heath Armstrong 	Forward 		21	Calgary, AB
Grayson Constable	Forward 		25	Lethbridge, AB; graduate transfer from Holy Cross
Rico DiMatteo 	Goaltender		22	Brasher Falls, NY; transfer from Northern Michigan
Aaron Grounds 	Forward 		21	Jamestown, ND; transfer from American International
Atte Lehikoinen 	Defenseman		20	Joensuu, FIN
Onni Leppänen 	Forward 		19	Helsinki, FIN
Peter Muzyka 	Defenseman		23	Toronto, ON; graduate transfer from Cornell
Remy Parker 	Forward 		25	Montclair, NJ; graduate transfer from Union
Kade Peterson 	Forward 		20	West Fargo, ND
Adam Pitters 	Forward 		24	Grosse Pointe, MI; graduate transfer from Bowling Green
Noah Rupprecht 	Goaltender		21	Thief River Falls, MN
Luke Strickland 	Forward 		20	Keswick, ON
Garrett Valk 	Defenseman		20	North Vancouver, BC
==Roster==
As of September 20, 2023.
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==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season
==Scoring statistics==
 	F 	35	20 	14 	34 	21
 	F 	37	14 	20 	34 	66
 	C 	34	11 	20 	31 	10
 	C 	33	8 	22 	30 	48
 	D 	34	2 	28 	30 	8
 	F 	35	13 	6 	19 	6
 	F 	37	9 	9 	18 	29
 	RW	32	7 	8 	15 	12
 	F 	32	6 	9 	15 	21
 	D 	31	3 	9 	12 	18
 	LW	19	3 	9 	12 	4
 	F 	31	4 	5 	9 	10
 	F 	34	2 	6 	8 	31
 	F 	29	3 	4 	7 	10
 	D 	33	2 	5 	7 	4
 	F 	13	2 	2 	4 	18
 	F 	30	2 	2 	4 	8
 	D 	37	1 	3 	4 	61
 	D 	36	2 	1 	3 	14
 	D 	35	0 	3 	3 	70
 	D 	13	1 	2 	3 	36
 	D 	12	0 	1 	1 	2
 	F 	9 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	G 	25	0 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	9 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	9 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Total	 	 	115	190	305	519
==Goaltending statistics==
 	10	421:40 	5 	2 	0	15 	135	1	.900	2.13
 	25	1375:43	8 	14	1	63 	535	3	.895	2.75
 	11	403:14 	3 	4 	0	20 	139	0	.874	2.98
Empty Net	- 	31:59 	- 	- 	-	5 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	37	2232:36	16	20	1	103	809	4	.887	2.77
==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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Category:2023–24 Division I Independent men's ice hockey season
Category:2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by team