2021–22 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey season

The 2021–22 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey season was the 98th season of play for the program, the 1st in Division I and the 1st season in the CCHA conference. The Tommies represented the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) and were coached by Enrico Blasi, in his 1st season.
==Season==
St. Thomas began its first season at the Division I level knowing that it wasn't expected to compete with many of its new opponents. While the roster was full of transfers from other D-I programs, few had been high-level players. The Tommie began their season with a bad if unsurprising 2–12 loss to the defending national runner-up, St. Cloud State. The second game, however, was much better; even though it was a loss, it was a much closer affair and demonstrated that St. Thomas could at least rise to the level of play.
While the Tommies stated the season 0–7, there were a few close games and the team finally broke through with its first D-I win in late October. After the victory, the St. Thomas offense went dormant for several months, scoring more than 2 goals on just one occasion until mid-January. The 15-game losing streak that resulted made it very difficult for St. Thomas to do anything but finish last in the CCHA standings.
The scoring picked up slightly in the later part of the season, and the Tommies were able to get two more wins before the season was out, but it was hardly a shock when St. Thomas was ranked as the worst team at the Division I level by season's end.
==Departures==
Tucker Bender 	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Jackson Bond 	Forward 		Transferred to Hamline
Chris Conway 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Lewis Crosby 	Forward 		Transferred to St. John's
Phil Fromberger	Defenseman		Graduation (retired)
Will Graves 	Goaltender		Left program (retired)
Kyle Gudme 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Sam Huff 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Charlie Kiefer 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Ian Mageau 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Josh Maucieri 	Forward 		Transferred to St. John's
Austin Nault 	Forward 		Transferred to Marian
Josh Norman 	Forward 		Transferred to Lake Forest
Max Osborne 	Defenseman		Transferred to St. John's
John Pesek 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Jake Peterson 	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Luke Radetic 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Zac Risteau 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
John Serafin 	Defenseman		Transferred to Endicott
Anthony Szurlej	Defenseman		Left program (retired)
Jack Vincent 	Forward 		Left program (retired)
Spencer Zwiener	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
==Recruiting==
Michael Ferrandino	Defenseman		21	Lisle, IL
Ethan Gauer 	Defenseman		21	Farmington, MN; transfer from Bemidji State
Kyler Grundy 	Forward 		21	Pleasant Prairie, WI
Matthew Jennings 	Forward 		24	Buford, GA; transfer from Ohio State
Trevor LeDonne 	Defenseman		18	Stoney Creek, ON
Tim Piechowski 	Forward 		20	Eden Prairie, MN
Cameron Recchi 	Forward 		20	Pittsburgh, PA
Sam Renlund 	Forward 		21	Verona, WI; transfer from Colorado College
Nolan Sawchuk 	Defenseman		23	Burnsville, MN; transfer from Massachusetts Lowell
Paul Schmid 	Forward 		21	Linz, AUT
John Schuldt 	Defenseman		24	Minnetonka, MN; transfer from Omaha
Peter Thome 	Goaltender		24	Minneapolis, MN; graduate transfer from North Dakota; selected 155th overall in 2016
Christiano Versich	Forward 		24	Saint Paul, MN; transfer from Colorado College
Blaine Warnert 	Forward 		21	Chaska, MN
Trevor Zins 	Defenseman		21	St. Michael, MN; transfer from St. Cloud State
==Roster==
As of September 9, 2021.
==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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|colspan=12|St. Thomas Lost Series 0–2
==Scoring statistics==
 	RW 	31	5 	11 	16 	8
 	C 	36	8 	7 	15 	12
 	C 	35	4 	11 	15 	24
 	C/LW	35	5 	8 	13 	14
 	F 	31	7 	5 	12 	14
 	C 	35	7 	5 	12 	18
 	D 	35	3 	8 	11 	18
 	RW 	32	5 	5 	10 	8
 	D 	36	1 	9 	10 	10
 	F 	24	3 	6 	9 	2
 	D 	23	2 	6 	8 	12
 	D 	32	2 	5 	7 	26
 	F 	26	2 	1 	3 	8
 	F 	7 	1 	2 	3 	10
 	F 	13	1 	2 	3 	4
 	D 	27	1 	2 	3 	26
 	D 	32	1 	2 	3 	51
 	F 	33	1 	2 	3 	10
 	F 	34	2 	0 	2 	43
 	F 	9 	0 	2 	2 	2
 	F 	18	0 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	21	0 	1 	1 	22
 	F 	25	0 	1 	1 	11
 	D 	26	0 	1 	1 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	0 	0 	8
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	29	0 	0 	0 	0
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	2
Total	 	 	61	101	162	367
==Goaltending statistics==
 	2 	3:13	0	0 	0	0 	1 	0	1.000	0.00
 	17	644 	0	8 	0	44 	293 	0	.869 	4.10
 	29	1522	3	24	1	115	811 	0	.876 	4.53
Empty Net	- 	18 	-	- 	-	9 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	36	2168	3	32	1	168	1107	0	.868 	4.65
==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==
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