At Harvard 11.8 & At Dartmouth 11.9 The 2013-14 Saint Season St. Lawrence (4-2-2, 0-0-2) at Harvard (2-1-1, 1-1-1) Ingalls Rink 7:00 4-2-2, 0-0-2 ECAC St. Lawrence (4-2-2, 0-0-2) at Dartmouth (0-4-0, 0-2-0) Thompson Arena 7:00. Oct. 5 CARLETON (exh) W, 4-2 Oct. 11 MAINE W, 3-1 Radio: WFLK 95.3 • Greg Lapinski and Wally Johnson Oct. 12 MAINE W, 5-2 Zeebs du Jour Oct. 18 at Ferris State W, 3-2 at Harvard: Bryan Hicks, Cameron Lynch: Lines: Landon Bathe, Michael Pleau Oct. 19 at Ferris State L, 5-3 at Dartmouth: Scott Wheeler, Andy O’Brien; Lines: Shane Belanger, Joe Testa Oct. 25 NORTHEASTERN L, 6-3 Oct. 26 NORTHEASTERN W, 6-4 THE TRIP CONTINUES: St. Lawrence continues a four-game road trip to open Nov. 1 at Yale* T, 3-3 ECAC play, visiting Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend after a pair of ties in Nov. 2 at Brown* T, 3-3 their league openers at Yale and Brown last weekend. The Saints will play their Nov. 8 at Harvard* 7:00 only home games in a nine-game stretch on Nov. 15-16 when they host Colgate Nov. 9 at Dartmouth* 7:00 and Cornell. SLU is coming off back-to-back 3-3 ties at Yale and Brown, the first Nov. 15 COLGATE* 7:00 time they have tied consecutive league games on a weekend since a 4-4 dead- Nov. 16 CORNELL* 7:00 lock at Yale followed by a 3-3 tie at Princeton on Feb. 14-15, 1997. The Saints Nov. 22 at RIT 7:05 opened the 2011-12 season with 1-1 and 5-5 ties at Minnesota State, which was the last time they tied both games in a weekend series, and played consecutive Nov. 23 at RIT 7:05 3-3 ties at Yale in the 1998 playoffs in New Haven. Nov. 29 at North Dakota 7:37 Nov. 30 at North Dakota 7:07 THE SAINT STAFF: Greg Carvel is in his second season as Saint head coach after Dec. 6 at Clarkson* 7:00 posting one of the best records for a first-year coach in program history a year Dec. 7 CLARKSON* 7:00 ago. The Saints 18-16-4 mark is the best for a first-year Saint coach since George Dec. 14 at Vermont 7:05 Menard went 18-5-0 in his first season, 1955-56. Carvel was named the second Jan. 7 VERMONT 7:00 Charles W. Appleton II Head Men’s Hockey Coach in the spring of 2012. A 1993 Jan. 17 BROWN* 7:00 graduate of St. Lawrence and a former Saint hockey captain, he joined the staff Jan. 18 YALE* 7:00 as an assistant coach in the fall of 2011. He is the 13th head coach in program Jan. 24 at Cornell* 7:00 history. Carvel came to the Saints after a 15-year professional hockey coach- Jan. 25 at Colgate* 7:00 ing career that included assisting coach duties with the Ottawa Senators and Jan. 31 UNION* 7:00 Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League, helping both teams reach the Feb. 1 RENSSELAER* 7:00 Stanley Cup finals. He began his professional career as director of hockey oper- Feb. 7 at Princeton* 7:00 ations for the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League and joined Feb. 8 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 Anaheim as scouting coordinator in 1999. He added video coaching duties to Feb. 14 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 his title in Anaheim in 2002 and was promoted to assistant coach in 2003. He Feb. 15 HARVARD* 7:00 joined the Senators in 2004. The winner of the ECAC’s Best Defensive Forward Feb. 21 at Rensselaer* 7:00 Award as a senior at St. Lawrence, Carvel graduated with a bachelor’s degree Feb. 22 at Union* 7:00 in political science and mathematics. He was an Academic All America and a Feb. 28 QUINNIPIAC* 7:00 three-time winner of the Brian McFarlane Award for academic and athletic Mar. 1 PRINCETON* 7:00 accomplishments. He is joined behind the Saint bench by Associate Head Coach Mar. 7 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 Mike Hurlbut ‘89, a former All America defenseman who was part of two ECAC Mar. 8 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 Championship teams at SLU and had a 14-year professional playing career and assistant coach Kris Mayotte, who played goal for Union and graduated in 2006. Mar. 9 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 Mayotte also has professional playing experience. Mar. 14 ECAC Quartefinals 7:00 Mar. 15 ECAC Quarterfinals 7:00 SAINT SUPPORT STAFF: Aisha Visram, a 2007 graduate of the University of Mar. 16 ECAC Quarterfinals 7:00 Guelph, is in her first season as athletic trainer for the Saint men’s hockey team. Mar. 21 ECAC Smeifinals TBA Mike Elberty, a 1979 St. Lawrence graduate is the strength and conditioning Mar. 22 ECAC Championship TBA coach and Brenden McHugh is the video coordinator for the 2012-13 Saints. Wally Johnson is the sports information contact and is in his 39th year of work- ing with the Saint program. He also works with the Saint radio broadcasts during games. The Tale of The Tape The Record When: Overall Record: 4-2-2 St. Lawrence Harvard Dartmouth At Home: 3-1-0 Record 4-2-2/0-0-2 2-1-1/1-1-1 0-4-0/0-2-0 On the Road: 1-1-2 Offense 3.62/3.00 2.50/2.33 2.00/1/.50 Neutral: 0-0-0 Defense 3.25/3.00 1.75/2.33 5.50/7.00 League: 0-0-2 Power Play 28.6/60.0 0.0/0.0 27.8/30.0 League Home: 0-0-0 League Away: 0-0-2 Penalty Kill 80.5/83.3 92.3/90.0 68.8/70.0 Non-League: 4-2-0 Comb. Spl. Teams 56.6/76.5 42.9/42.9 47.1/50.0 Non-League Home: 3-1-0 Special Teams Net +1/+1 -2/-2 0/0 Non-League Away: 1-1-0 Pen. Min. Gm. 12.5/14.0 8.0/8.0 8.5/11.0 Non-League Neutral: 0-0-0 Leading after One: 2-2-2 Trailing after One: 2-0-0 Tied after One: 0-0-0 THE BREAKDOWN: The 2013-14 Saint roster includes seven seniors, four juniors, five Leading after Two: 3-0-0 sophomores and 10 freshmen. The Saints return three of their top five scorers from last Trailing after Two: 0-0-0 season and seven of the top ten. Of the 15 returnees, 13 played at least 31 games a year Tied after Two: 1-2-2 ago. Graduation claimed two defensemen, three forwards and a goaltender. One of the In Overtime: 0-0-2 sophomores, Brian Ward (Dartmouth transfer) is a newcomer giving the Saints 11 new fac- Scoring First: 2-2-1 es on the roster. That is the largest rookie group since coach Greg Carvel’s rookie season of Opp. Scores First: 1-1-1 1989-90 and second only to the 1980-81 rookie class which included 15 players in coach Outshooting Opp.: 4-2-0 Mike McShane’s first season as SLU coach. Opp. Outshoots SLU: 0-0-2 Shots are Even: 0-0-0 THE SAINT CAPTAINS: Senior center Kyle Essery will be the Saint captain for 2013-14 with Scoring 3 or More: 4-2-2 seniors Jeremy Wick and Justin Baker and junior Gunnar Hughes wearing the “A”. Wick was Scoring 2 or Less: 0-0-0 promoted to assistant captain midway through last season while Gunnar Hughes follows in Scoring on the PP: 2-2-2 the footsteps of his brother George, who was a two-year assistant captain for the Saints. Allowing a PP Goal: 2-2-2 The Saints have had a junior as a captain or assistant captain in each of the last four years. In October: 4-2-0 Baker was named an assistant prior to the start of league play in November. In November: 0-0-2 In December: 0-0-0 THE HARVARD SERIES: The Saints swept Harvard a year ago, winning 4-3 in overtime In January: 0-0-0 in their last visit to the Bright Hockey Center and completing the sweep with a 4-2 win In February: 0-0-0 in Canton later in the year. Harvard leads the overall series, which started in 1954-55, In March: 0-0-0 49-40-6 and is 28-18-2 on home ice. The Saints have a slight 21-19-4 edge in games On Friday: 2-1-1 played in Canton and Harvard leads 2-1-0 in games played at neutral venues. On Saturday: 2-1-1 THE DARTMOUTH SERIES: The Saints and Dartmouth split a year ago, each winning on the other’s home ice. SLU won 4-2 in Hanover in its last visit while the Big Green prevailed 3-2 in Canton. The Saints lead the overall series 52-32-3 and are 29-10-2 on home ice. The se- ries is dead even at 21-21-1 in games played in Hanover and the Saints have a 2-1-0 edge in games contested on neutral ice. The two teams first met in 1949-50 and Dartmouth was the first opponent to play the Saints in Appleton Arena in January of 1951.