St. Lawrence Men’s Hockey Game Notes -The Penn State Series-

Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 • 7 p.m. • Pegula Ice Arena • State College, Pa. Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 • 7 p.m. • Pegula Ice Arena • State College, Pa. 16-17 Regular Season Schedule & Results No. 16 Saints Open Regular Season with Pair Against the Nittany Lions

October After beginning the era About the Nittany Lions 2 UQTR W, 4-1 6 @ Penn State 7 p.m. with a 4-1 win over UQTR in the sea- Penn State is also opening its regular 7 @ Penn State 7 p.m. son-opening exhibition game at Apple- season schedule against the Saints this 14 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7 p.m. 15 MERRIMACK 7 p.m. ton Arena, the Saints head to Penn State weekend, after posting an 8-0 win in its 21 @ UMass-Lowell 7 p.m. to begin their 2016-17 season. exhibition game against Queen’s (On- 22 @ Providence 7 p.m. 28 WISCONSIN 7 p.m. tario). 29 MINNESOTA 7 p.m. About the Saints The Nittany Lions played their first col- November The Saints come into the weekend in 4 PRINCETON* 7 p.m. State College, Pa. ranked No. 16 in the legiate season in 2012-13 and became a 5 QUINNIPIAC* 7 p.m. full Division I member of the BIG 10 in 11 @ Union 7 p.m. USCHO.com preseason poll released 12 @ RPI* 7 p.m. last week. They also finished second in 2013-14. Under the direction of former 18 YALE* 7 p.m. both the ECAC Hockey coaches and Princeton head coach Guy Gadowsky, 19 BROWN* 7 p.m. 25 Friendship Four (Belfast) TBA media preseason polls. Penn State has recorded winning seasons 26 Friendship Four (Belfast) TBA in two of their first three years. Twenty members of the 2015-16 team December 2 HARVARD* 7 p.m. that advanced to its second straight Penn State also returns three of its five 3 DARTMOUTH* 7 p.m. ECAC Hockey tournament return to leading scorers, including David Good- 9 CLARKSON* 7 p.m. the lineup for St. Lawrence this season, win who led the team in 2015-16 with January and the Saints add seven first-year play- 11 goals and 27 assists for 38 points. 3 @ Vermont 7 p.m. 6 @ Canisius 7:30 p.m. ers for 2016-17. St. Lawrence returns 7 @ Canisius 7:30 p.m. three of its top-five scorers from a year The Series with Penn State 13 @ Brown* 7 p.m. The Saints are 1-0-1 against Penn State 14 @ Yale* 7 p.m. ago in Gavin Bayreuther, Drew Smol- 20 @ Colgate* 7 p.m. cynski and Jacob Pritchard. after the teams’ first series in program 21 @ Cornell* 7 p.m. history last season. After playing to a 2-2 27 RPI* 7 p.m. In Sunday’s exhibition against UQTR, 28 UNION* 7 p.m. tie on Oct. 29, St. Lawrence doubled up four veteran forwards (Drew Smolcyns- the Nittany Lions for a 4-2 win on Oct. February ki, Jacob Pritchard, Alexander Dahl and 4 @ Clarkson* 7 p.m. 30. 10 @ Princeton* 7 p.m. Mike Marnell) tallied goals while eight 17 CORNELL* 7 p.m. players recorded points. Junior netmind- St. Lawrece blocked a season-high 26 18 COLGATE* 7 p.m. 24 @ Dartmouth* 7 p.m. er Kyle Hayton - a staple between the shots in the tie and got goals from Brian 25 @ Harvard* 7 p.m. pipes for the Saints the last two seasons, Ward and Mike Marnell. Goaltender Home games in bold, CAPS Arthur Brey made 50 saves in his first * ECAC Hockey Game finished with 24 saves in the win. collegiate start. St. Lawrence Quick Facts Location...... Canton, N.Y. 13617 Coaching Information 2016-17 Team Information Founded...... 1856 Men’s Hockey Coach..... Mark Morris (Colgate ’81) Captain...... Alexander Dahl ’17 Enrollment...... 2,528 Career Record, College...... 306-156-42 Assistant Captain...... Gavin Bayreuther ’17 President...... William L. Fox Career Record, Professional...... 338-224-66 Assistant Captain...... Ben Masella ’17 Director of Athletics...... Bob Durocher Associate Head Coach...... Mike Hulbut ’89 Assistant Captain...... Eric Sweetman ’17 Colors...... Scarlet and Brown Assistant Coach...... Matt Deschamps (Maine ’05) 2015-16 Record...... 19-4-4 Affiliation...... NCAA DI/DIII Dir. of Hockey Operations...... Ryan Durocher 2015-16 ECAC Hockey Record...... 11-8-3 Conference...... ECAC Hockey Strength & Conditioning Coach...... Mike Elberty First Intercollegiate Season...... 1925-26 Rink (Capacity)...... (3,200) Athletic Trainer...... Aisha Visram ECAC Hockey Championships...... 6 Equipment Manager...... Nick Bayruns NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 16 www.SaintsAthletics.com 1 2016-17 Saints Men’s Hockey Notes 2016-17 Men’s Hockey Staff

Mark Morris was named the Charles W. Appleton II Head Men’s Coach at St. Lawrence in May of 2016, returning to the Saint program after a highly successful career as a collegiate and professional head coach. Morris, who served as an assistant coach to from 1985-88 and was part of the 1988 national runner-up team, returned to the North Country after a year as head coach of the Charlotte Checkers in the . He holds the distinction of being the only coach to have won 300 college games and over 300 professional games. He was the seventh all-time winningest coach in the AHL and had the third highest win total among AHL coaches when he left Charlotte to take over at St. Lawrence. A Massena native and a 1981 graduate of Colgate University, Morris played defense for the Raiders and went on to a three year professional playing career which included stints with the Dallas Black Hawks and the New Haven Nighthawks before entering the coaching profession as an assistant coach at Union College in 1984-85. Morris spent 13 seasons as the head coach at Clarkson following his SLU tenure and compiled a collegiate career record of 306-156-42. Charles W. Appleton He broke into the professional coaching ranks as a coach with Manchester of the Men’s Hockey Head Coach American Hockey League in 2006 where he spent eight years as head coach, compil- Mark Morris ing a record of 338-224-66 with seven playoff appearances. He joined the Checkers in July of 2015 after serving the previous season as an assistant coach with the in the NHL. He has also served as a special assistant coach and strength and conditioning coach with the , an assistant coach with the Ontario Hockey League’s Saginaw Spirit and coached at the Northwood School in Lake Placid.

Associate Head Coach Mike Hurlbut Assistant Coach Matt Deschamps Hurlbut returned to his alma mater as a volunteer Matt Deschamps joined the St. Lawrence staff as assistant coach to start the 2002-2003 season, an assistant coach for the 2016-2017 season. He became a full-time assistant in 2008-09 and was spent the last two years in Austria with EC Red named Associate Head Coach in the spring of Bull Salzburg Hockey Club as the head coach of 2011. RBS U18 team and served the club in director and development coordinator roles. Matt led the A first team All-America, a first team All-ECAC Red Bulls to two of its most successful seasons at selection for the Saints in 1989 and a member of the U18 level winning an EBJL Championship in the two winning-est teams in Saints hockey his- 2015 and in 2016 led all EC Red Bull Teams with tory in 1988 and 1989, Mike is a 1989 graduate of St. Lawrence and had the highest winning percentage of 75% playing against Swiss U20 and a long and successful professional hockey career. He spent 14 years in the U18 teams from Finnish, Czech, USA and Canada. International and American hockey leagues and played 29 games, scoring one and assisting on eight others, in the . He Deschamps played for the University of Maine, graduating in 2005 with was inducted into the Rochester Amerks Hall of Fame in 2015. a bachelor’s degree in public policy, management. He notched an assist on the goal in triple-overtime to win the 2004 Championship, He was selected to play in three American Hockey League All-Star Games, made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament and two trips to the was named a second team AHL All-Star in 1994-95 and was the longest NCAA Finals. As a senior, Deschamps was an assistant captain, recipient of serving captain in ’ franchise history, wearing the “C” the First Annual Shawn Walsh Memorial Scholarship, and was presented for five seasons. He was a team captain in eight of his 13 pro seasons. with the Richard Britt Award for Perseverance. Among the teams he played for were the Houston Aeros, Minnesota After college, Deschamps attended training camp with the San Jose Sharks Moose, Binghamton Rangers and the Rochester Americans. He played 23 in 2005. During a five-year professional career, Deschamps had stops play- games with the in 1992-93 and also had NHL appear- ing in the American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League. ances with the Quebec Nordique and the .

Mike Elberty Alex Petizian Ryan Durocher Aisha Visram Nick Bayruns www.SaintsAthletics.com 2 2016-17 Saints Men’s Hockey Notes The Series, Continued... native led the Saints with 12 goals The “Madhouse on Miner” In the win, St. Lawrence scored a and 17 assists for 29 points. It In their own barn, which the team pair of special teams goals - one on was Bayreuther who scored the has affectionately referred to as the power play and one shorthand- double-overtime game winner in the “Madhouse on Miner”, under ed - from Class of 2016 members the quarterfinal series against rival former head coach from Alex Hagen and Sean McGovern. Clarkson to send the Saints to Lake 2012-13 to 2015-16 the Saints went The game-winning tally coming off Placid and into the conference tour- 41-28-4. the stick of Smolcynski and Marnell nament for the second year in a row. adding his second of the weekend. Between the Pipes The Saints Captains Kyle Hayton made 38 saves. Junior netminder Kyle Hayton - an For the 2016-17 season the Saints ECAC Hockey preseason All-Con- named senior center and Eau Claire, 2015-16 in Review ference team member and former The Saints finished last season with a Wis. native Alexander Dahl as the finalist for college hockey’s Mike 19-14-4 overall record, fourth in the lone captain. Dahl served as an Richter Award returns for the Saints regular season ECAC Hockey stand- assistant during the 2015-16 sea- this season as does sophomore Ar- ings and made their second straight son. Assistants for 2016-17 are a thur Brey who was solid as a backup trip to the conference tournament trio of senior blueliners in Gavin for St. Lawrence in 2015-16. The semifinal. They posted an 11-8-3 Bayreuther, Ben Masella and Eric goaltending tandem is joined by record in conference, had a 14-6-0 Sweetman. Together, the four seniors first-year Daniel Mannella out of mark at home and went 5-7-4 on accounted for 58 points last year, Whitby in the OJHL. the road with a 0-1 record in neutral including 40 assists and blocked a site games. total of 159 shots. Career Numbers Watch With 82 career points heading into Away From Appleton The most notable of St. Lawrence’s the regular season, Gavin Bayreuther Also under Greg Carvel, the Saints 19 wins a year ago include two over- is well within reach of the 100-point were 31-32-11 on the road dating time victories in the ECAC Hockey plateau for his career. quarterfinal series against Clarkson back to the 2012-13 season. at home, a 4-3 win over then-No. 1 Kyle Hayton has already made his Quinnipiac, also at home. way into the Saints record book for career wins (38), saves (2061) and Preseason All-ECAC Defenseman Gavin Bayreuther and Tale of the Tape goaltender Kyle Hayton were named *2015-16 season statistics* to the ECAC Hockey preseason All- League team in September, as voted St. Lawrence Penn State on by league coaches. The Saints and Overall Record (League): 19-14-4 (11-8-3) 21-13-4 (10-9-1) Goals Per Game: 2.9 3.7 defending champion Quinnipiac Shots Per Game: 31.9 41.6 were the only two league schools Opponent Goals Per Game: 2.3 3.2 with multiple players on the list. The Opponent Shots Per Game: 32.6 33.8 Bobcats were picked to finish first Power Play Percentage: 15-127 (11.8%) 33-141 (23.4%) in the league, while the Saints were Penalty Kill: 118-139 (84.9%) 115-143 (80.4%) second in preseason voting. Combined Special Teams: 133-266 (50%) 148-284 (52.1%) Penalty Minutes: 156-356 minutes 174-395 minutes Returning All-American Gavin Bayreuther became the 35th All-American in Saints Hockey history last season after becoming the first defenseman to ever lead the team in scoring. The Caanan, N.H. www.SaintsAthletics.com 3 2016-17 Saints Men’s Hockey Notes 2016-17 St. Lawrence Men’s Hockey Numerical Roster No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last Team 2 Eric Sweetman Sr. D 5-11 175 Woodbine, Md./Youngstown (USHL) 3 Ben Masella Sr. D 6-1 215 Montreal, Quebec/Chilliwack (BCHL) 4 Mike Graham Sr. D 5-11 185 Toronto, Ontario/Kent School 7 Gavin Bayreuther Sr. D 6-1 195 Canaan, N.H./Fargo (USHL) 8 Will Harrison FY F 6-0 198 Springfield, Va./Des Moines (USHL) 9 Ryan Garvey FY D 6-0 185 Oakville, Ontario/Oakville (OJHL) 10 Ryan Lough Jr. F 6-0 185 Manotick, Ontario/Green Bay (USHL) 11 Carson Gicewicz FY F 6-3 213 Orchard Park, N.Y. /Sioux Falls (USHL) 12 Sam Kauppila FY F 6-1 180 Gurnee, Ill./Lincoln (USHL) 13 Woody Hudson Sr. F 6-3 220 Greece, N.Y. /Chicago (USHL) 14 Alexander Dahl Sr. F 6-0 180 Eau Claire, Wis./Youngstown (USHL) 15 Matt Purmal Jr. D 6-3 205 Merrill, Wis./Green Bay (USHL) 16 Michael Ederer So. F 5-11 180 Lancaster, N.Y./Merritt (BCHL) 17 Drew Smolcynski Sr. F 5-9 173 Hatfield, Pa./Chicago (USHL) 18 Jacob Pritchard So. F 6-0 185 Macomb, Mich./Powell River (BCHL) 19 Mitch Eden Jr. D 5-10 185 Bracebridge, Ontario/Prince George (BCHL) 20 Joe Sullivan Jr. F 5-10 190 Las Vegas, Nev./Indiana(USHL) 21 Nolan Gluchowski Jr. D 6-0 196 Wixom, Mich./Sioux Falls (USHL) 22 Ben Finkelstein FY D 5-9 185 Burlington, Vt./Kimball Union Academy 23 Patrick Steinhauser Jr. F 5-8 170 Plymouth, Minn./Aberdeen (NAHL) 24 Taggart Corriveau FY F 6-1 170 New Britain, Conn./Westminster School 25 Michael Laidley So. F 5-11 192 Little Current, Ontario/Aurora (OJHL) 26 Mike Marnell Jr. F 5-10 180 South Huntington, N.Y./Des Moines (USHL) 27 Kyle Hayton Jr. G 6-0 160 Denver, Colo./Sioux City (USHL) 28 R.J. Gicewicz So. D 6-1 190 Orchard Park, N.Y. /Green Bay (USHL) 30 Daniel Mannella FY G 6-1 180 Woodbridge, Ontario/Whitby (OJHL) 31 Arthur Brey So. G 6-0 165 Yorba Linda, Calif./Sioux Falls (USHL)

Pronunciation Guide Numbers Watch, Continued Game-winning Touch appearances (69) through just two Gavin Bayreuther and Drew Smol- 10 Ryan Lough LAW seasons with the Saints. He also has cynski were tied for the team lead 11 Carson Gicewicz gi-SHEV-itz a program-best 1.99 career goals in game-winning goals in 2015-16 12 Sam Kauppila co-Pill-uh 17 Drew Smolcynski smol-SIN-ski against average heading into his with three each, while returning for- 21 Nolan Gluchowski glu-COW-ski junior year. wards Joe Sullivan and Ryan Lough 24 Taggart Corriveau core-vo each added two of their own. Mike 28 R.J. Gicewicz gi-SHEV-itz Finkelstein in Florida Marnell was the only other returning Matt Deschamps di-SHOMP As the 195th overall pick of the forward to net a game-winning goal Florida Panthers in the seventh last season. Follow Saints Athletics on Social Media! round of the 2016 NHL draft, Ben Twitter: @SLUSaints Facebook: facebook.com/SaintsAthletics Finkelstein became the first drafted Special Teams Scoring YouTube: St. Lawrence University Athletics player to wear the Scarlet and Brown Bayreuther was also among team since defenseman Matt Generous leaders in power play goals last sea- ’09 was drafted in 2005. He is the son, finishing with two along with 52nd draft pick in program history. Jacob Pritchard and Mike Marnell. Men’s Hockey Media Contact Drew Smolcynski and Woody Finkelstein comes to St. Lawrence Beth Spadaccini Hudson each finished with one PPG from Kimball Union Academy in Assistant Director of Media Relations to their credit. Meanwhile, Michael [email protected] New Hampshire. (315) 229-5566/(315) 323-0650 Laidley is the only returning foward www.SaintsAthletics.com 4 2016-17 Saints Men’s Hockey Notes National Polls Saints Career USCHO.COM Preseason Poll Scoring Leaders Sept. 26, 2016

R record Points Last Poll Goals - 1. North Dakota (43) 34- 6-4 993 1 2. Quinnipiac (1) 32- 4-7 856 2 1. Brian McFarlane ’55 101 3. Denver 25-10-6 848 4 2. Burke Murphy ’96 99 4. Boston University (5) 21-13-5 774 14 5. Boston College (1) 28- 8-5 641 3 3. Pete Lappin ’88 85 6. Minnesota-Duluth 19-16-5 621 9 reg arey 7. St. Cloud State 31- 9-1 569 5 4. G C ’14 84 8. Massachusetts-Lowell 26-10-5 535 7 5. Andy Pritchard ’91 80 9. Notre Dame 19-11-7 502 13 10. Providence 27- 7-4 476 7 6. T.J. Trevelyan ’06 78 11. Michigan 25- 8-5 470 6 7. Mike Lappin ’92 75 12. Harvard 19-11-4 422 10 13. Minnesota 20-17-0 404 nr Terry Slater ’61 75 14. Bowling Green 22-14-6 370 nr oe c ean 15. Northeastern 22-15-5 361 12 9. J M L ’57 72 16. St. Lawrence 19-14-4 336 18 Joe Day ’90 72 17. Michigan Tech 23- 9-5 285 16 18. Yale 19- 9-4 283 11 19. Minnesota State 21-13-7 153 17 Assists - 20. Ferris State 20-15-6 126 15 1. Paul DiFrancesco ’98 119 Others receiving votes: Cornell 92, Nebraska-Omaha 85, Penn State 63, Clarkson 62, Rochester Institute of Technology 62, Ohio State 33, Air Force 17, Vermont 16, Miami 11, 2. Doug Crawford ’79 112 Wisconsin 10, Dartmouth 6, Robert Morris 6, Michigan State 5. 3. Mike Lappin ’92 110 Special Teams, Continued The Breakdown 4. Daniel Laperriere ’92 106 to have scored a shorthanded goal. The current St. Lawrence roster is 5. Pete Lappin ’88 102 The Saints finished with an 11.8% composed of seven seniors, eight Erik Anderson ’01 102 efficiency rate on the power play and juniors, five sophomores and seven 7. Kyle Flanagan ’13 101 84.9% efficiency rate on the penalty first-years. Seven of the team’s 27 Greg Carey ’14 101 kill. rostered players are Canadian, rep- 9. Derek Ladouceur ’98 95 resenting two provinces in Ontario 10. Terry Slater ’61 92 Sweet Block and Quebec. The 20 Americans Senior defenseman Eric Sweetman playing for the Saints this season Points - has led the Saints in blocked shots represent 14 states: California, Con- two of the past three seasons, with necticut, Colorado, Illinois, Mary- 1. Pete Lappin ’88 187 82 blocks in the 2015-16 season. land, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, 2. Greg Carey ’14 185 New Hampshire, New York, Penn- Brian McFarlane ’55 185 The Newcomers sylvania, Vermont, Virginia and Mike Lappin ’92 185 The Saints added seven first-years Wisconsin. 5. Doug Crawford ’79 183 to the roster for the 2016-17 sea- Sixteen players list a USHL team as 6. Paul DiFrancesco ’98 181 son: Will Harrison, Ryan Garvey, their last team, while four played in 7. Burke Muprhy ’96 174 Carson Gicewicz, Sam Kauppila, the BCHL, three in the OJHL, one 8. Terry Slater ’61 167 Ben Finkelstein, Taggart Corriveau in the NAHL and three came from 9. Andy Pritchard ’91 162 and Daniel Mannella. Three rookies U.S. prep schools. (Harrison, Garvey, Gicewicz) came 10. T.J. Trevelyan ’06 154 to St. Lawrence via the USHL, two Up Next (Finkelstein and Corriveau) are The Saints will host their first regular straight out of U.S. prep schools season series with the University of in and Ontario natives Garvey and New Hampshire and Merrimack Mannella played int he OJHL prior College traveling to Appleton Arena to beginning their collegiate careers. for games on Oct. 14 and 15. www.SaintsAthletics.com 5 2016-17 Saints Men’s Hockey Notes The Last Time St. Lawrence...

SLU won in overtime at home 3-2 vs. Clarkson(3/12/16) (3:14 2nd Overtime) SLU won in overtime on the road 3-2 at UNH (10/16/15) (2:27) Lost in overtime at Home 4-3 vs. RPI 11/7/15 (1:00) Lost in overtime on the road 2-1 vs. Harvard - Lake Placid 3/18/16 (2:18) Tied at home 2-2 vs. Clarkson 10/31/14 Tied on the road 2-2 at Brown 2/20/16 Recorded a shutout at home 3-0 vs. Clarkson 11/13/15 Recorded a shutout on the road 3-0 at Rensselaer 2/5/16 Were shutout at home 3-0 Northeastern 1/8/16 Were shutout on the road 4-0 at Vermont 12/11/15 Swept a series at home Clarkson ECAC Quarterfinals, March 11-12, 2016 Swept a series on the road at Dartmouth and Harvard Jan. 16-17, 2015 Were swept at home Northeastern Jan. 8-9, 2016 Were swept on the road at Dartmouth and Harvard Jan. 15-16, 2016 Scored 8 or more goals 10-2 at Niagara 10/11/14 Allowed 8 or more goals 8-0 Quinnipiac 2/28/15 Scored 3 or more power play goals in a game 4 vs. Niagara 10/11/14 Allowed 3 power play goals in a game Colgate 12/5/15 Scored a shorthanded goal Tommy Thompson vs. Princeton 2/13/16 (GW) Allowed a shorthanded goal Travis St. Denis, Quinnipiac 2/12/16 Scored a hat trick Jeremy Wick vs. Princeton 3/1/14 Opponent hat trick 1/15/16 One Player had 3 assists in a game Greg Carey at RPI 2/21/14 One player had 4 assists in a game Drew Smolcynski at Niagara 10/11/14 40-plus saves in a game Kyle Hayton vs. Clarkson 3/12/16 (50 in 83:14)* 40-plus opponent saves in a game Greg Lewis, Clarkson 3/12/16 (40 in 82:47) *-Arthur Brey also had a 50-save game in a 2-2 overtime tie at Penn State (65:00)

The Saints’ Record When (2015-16)... Overall Record: 19-13-4 Trailing After One: 1-5-0 Scoring 2 or Less: 1-12-3 At Home: 14-6-0 Tied After One: 6-6-3 Scoring on the PP: 8-3-2 On the Road: 5-7-4 Leading After Two: 14-2-1 Allowing a PP Goal: 8-5-1 Neutral: 0-0-0 Trailing After Two: 2-9-0 In October: 5-2-1 League: 11-8-3 Tied After Two: 3-3-3 In November: 3-1-1 League Home: 8-3-0 In Overtime: 5-2-4 In December: 2-2-0 League Away: 3-5-3 Scoring First: 16-4-2 In January: 3-6-0 Non-League: 8-5-1 Opp. Scores First: 3-10-2 In Feburary: 4-2-2 Non League Home: 6-3-0 Outshooting Opp.: 9-4-1 In March: 2-1-0 Non-League Away 2-2-1 Opp. Outshoots SLU: 9-9-3 On Thursday: 0-0-1 Non-League Neutral: 0-0-0 Shots Are Even: 1-1-0 On Friday: 12-7-0 Leading After One: 11-2-1 Scoring 3 or More: 18-2-1 On Saturday: 7-6-3 www.SaintsAthletics.com 6 2016-17 Saints Men’s Hockey Notes