St. Lawrence Hockey 2017-18 ECAC HOCKEY PLAYOFF NOTES Beth Spadaccini, Assistant Director of Sports Information • [email protected] • 315-229-5566 / 315-323-0650 THE MAtchuP No. 12 St. Lawrence (7-25-2 Overall) at No. 5 Dartmouth (13-14-2 Overall) Thompson Arena in Hanover, N.H. Friday • 7 p.m. | Saturday • 7 p.m. | Sunday* • 5 p.m. *if necessary Live Stats: dartmouthsports.com | Video ($): dartmouthsports.com Radio: WQTK 92.7 FM, WLFK 95.3 FM - Talent: Carlos Verde (Play-by-Play) QUICK HITS SAINTS STAT LEADERS • St. Lawrence finished the regular season as the No. 12 seed with seven GOALS conference points, and is coming off a pair of one-goal losses at home last weekend. • Dartmouth enters the weekend as the No. 5 seed after finishing tied for fifth in the final regular season standings with Colgate with 23 points. The Big Green won the tiebreak with the Raiders. ALEX GILMOUR (10) MikE MARNELL (10) • The Saints and Big Green have faced off just four times in the ECAC Hockey *THREE PLAYERS TIED WITH EIGHT. postseason prior to this weekend’s series and have split those games 2-2-0. Assists • This will be the first first-round series for St. Lawrence since the 2013-14 season, as the Saints had earned a first-round bye in each of the last three with top-four finishes during the regular season. PLAYOFF HistORY AGAINst DARTMOUTH 2012--QUARTERFINALists (8TH SEED) NOLAN GLuchOWski (17) JAKE STEVENS (13) JACOB PRitchARD (11) QTR. 1: DARTMOUTH 6, ST. LAWRENCE 3 | QTR. 2: DARTMOUTH 4, ST. LAWRENCE 1 POINts 2007--THIRD PLACE (1st SEED) 3RD PLACE: ST. LAWRENCE 5, DARTMOUTH 3 2001--CHAMPIONS (2ND SEED) SEMIFINAL: ST. LAWRENCE 2, DARTMOUTH 0 • This is also the first time the Saints have traveled for a first-round series MikE MARNELL (20) JACOB PRitchARD (19) NOLAN GLuchOWski (19) since 2010-11 when they traveled to Princeton. They beat the Tigers 2-1 in that POWER PLAY GOALS series behind a pair of one-goal wins in games two and three. • The Saints struggled offensively throughout the regular season, but started to come alive in the second half scoring three or more goals in eight games since January. • Despite their losing record, the Saints were in a majority of the games they played in the second half of the year, suffering seven of their nine total one- JACOB PRitchARD (4) JOE SULLIVAN (3) ALEX GILMOUR (3) goal losses this season since January. Table of Contents Schedule & Results ....................... 2 T AWRENCE NIVERSITY NFORMATION S . L U I Situational Records ...................... 3 Location ................................................Canton, N.Y. 13617 Men’s Hockey Coach ........Mark Morris (Colgate ’81) Scoring by Class ........................... 4 Founded ........................................................................... 1856 Career Record, College .........................330-194-51 National Polls ................................ 4 Enrollment......................................................................2,528 Career Record, Professional .............338-224-66 ECAC Hockey Standings .............. 4 President................................................Dr. William L. Fox Associate Head Coach ......................Mike Hurlbut ’89 ECAC Tournament History .......... 5 Director of Athletics ............................... Bob Durocher Assistant Coach ..........Matt Deschamps (Maine ’05) “The Last Time” ............................ 6 Colors ...................................................Scarlet and Brown Student Assistant Coach ................. R.J. Gicewicz ’19 2017-18 Staff Info .......................... 7 Affiliation .......................................................NCAA DI/DIII Dir. of Hockey Operations.............................Kyle Pettit Numberical Roster ........................ 8 Conference ..................................................ECAC Hockey Strength & Conditioning Coach............ Mike Elberty Season Scoring Summary ......9-10 Rink (Capacity) .................... Appleton Arena (3,200) Athletic Trainer ..............................................Matt Salmen Saints Hockey Records .......... 11-12 2017-18 Record ..............7-25-2, 3-18-1 ECAC Hockey Equipment Manager .............................Ryan Dupuis ’21 Individual Player Scoring ......13-17 2016-17 Record .............17-13-7, 12-6-4 ECAC Hockey Captain ........................................................Joe Sullivan ’18 Stat Crew Reports .................18-22 First Intercollegiate Season ..............................1925-26 Assistant Captain ....................... Nolan Gluchowski ’18 ECAC Hockey Championships ..................................... 6 Assistant Captain ....................................Ryan Lough ’18 NCAA Tournament Appearances ...............................16 Assistant Captain .............................Michael Laidley ’19 2017-18 Saints Men’s Hockey Notes 2017-18 PLAYOFF POINTS AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS SCHEDULE & RESULts 7-25-2, 3-18-1 ECAC HOCKEY SEPTEMBER 30 McGILL (Exhib.) ................... L, 3-2 MikE MARNELL JOE SULLIVAN NOLAN GLuchOWski JACOB PRitchARD MichAEL EDERER RYAN LOugh CARSON GicEWicZ OCTOBER 7 Pts - 5G, 2A 6 Pts - 1G, 5A 4 Pts - 1G, 3A 3 Pts - 2G, 1A 2 Pts - 2G 2 Pts - 2A 1 PT - 1A 6 MICHIGAN ............................. L, 3-1 7 #10/11 PENN STATE .............L, 4-1 LAST WEEKEND RECAP 13 @ #8 North Dakota ....................L, 2-1 • Michael Laidley and Ryan Garvey each had a pair of goals, one in 14 @ #8 North Dakota ....................L, 6-1 each game, to lead the Saints. Ryan Lough added the other goal on 20 #9/10 PROVIDENCE ..L, 6-5 (OT) the weekend. 21 # 19 UMASS LOWELL .........L, 5-0 • Jake Stevens finished with three assists to bring his season total 27 @ #5 Wisconsin ......................... L, 4-2 to 13 thus far. He leads ECAC Hockey rookie defensemen in assists 28 @ #5 Wisconsin ........................W, 6-3 heading into the playoffs. • The Saints carried a 2-1 lead into the third period of Friday’s game NOVEMBER against Quinnipiac with goals from Michael Laidley and Ryan Garvey, 3 UNION* .................................. L, 3-1 but allowed two Bobcat goals in the final 10 minutes of play in the 4 RENSSELAER* ............T, 4-4 (OT) 10 @ Yale* ............................................L, 6-1 3-2 loss. 11 @ Brown* .......................................L, 3-1 • St. Lawrence scored three straight to erase an early 2-0 deficit to 17 @ #5/6 Cornell* ..........................L, 6-1 Princeton, but again gave up a pair of goals in the final 10 minutes, 18 @ #19 Colgate* ...........................L, 3-1 including a power play goal with 1:28 to play, in the loss. DECEMBER 8 @ #3 Clarkson* ............................L, 3-1 TALE OF THE TAPE 9 #3 CLARKSON* ................... L, 4-2 St. Lawrence Dartmouth 29 @ Vermont^................................W, 3-2 Overall Record (League): 7-25-2 (3-18-1) 13-14-2 (11-10-1) 30 vs. UMass Lowell ..................... W, 3-0 Goals Per Game: 2.18 2.41 JANUARY Assists Per Game: 3.68 4.21 5 CANISIUS ....................T, 4-4 (OT) Points Per Game: 5.85 6.62 6 CANISIUS ............................ W, 4-1 12 @ Rensselaer* ..................L, 2-1 (OT) Shots Per Game: 25.5 28.3 13 @ Union* .......................................L, 5-4 Opponent Goals Per Game: 3.41 3.07 19 DARTMOUTH* ...................... L, 3-2 Opponent Shots Per Game: 35.7 30.8 20 HARVARD* ..................L, 4-3 (OT) 26 BROWN* ..............................W, 3-2 Power Play Percentage: 15.3% 12.5% 27 YALE* ................................... W, 1-0 Penalty Kill: 73.7% 82.1% Combined Special Teams: 47.9% 45.7% FEBRUARY 2 @ Princeton* .................... L, 5-4 (OT) Penalty Minutes: 499 226 3 @ Quinnipiac* ..............................L, 5-2 Penalties Per Game: 5.9 3.5 9 COLGATE* ..........................W, 5-2. 10 #3/4 CORNELL* ...................L, 1-0. SECOND HALF NOTES (Since Dec. 29) 16 @ Harvard* ..................................L, 5-0 • St. Lawrence is 6-11-1 since coming back from Christmas break, 17 @ Dartmouth* ..............................L, 3-1 including a pair of wins to lead the Saints to the Catamount Cup in 23 QUINNIPIAC* ....................... L, 3-2 Vermont. 24 PRINCETON* ........................ L, 4-3 • Two of their three conference wins in the second half came with a weekend sweep of Brown and Yale on Jan. 26-27. MARCH • The Saints have outscored opponents 18-8 in the second period. 2-4 ECAC First Round+ • In his 14 games played since the break, goaltender Arthur Brey has 9-11 ECAC Quarterfinals+ 16 ECAC Semifinals% posted a .920 save percentage and 2.98 goals against average with 17 ECAC Championship% 460 total saves. • Mike Marnell and Carson Gicewicz lead the Saints with 15 points Home games in bold, CAPS apiece in the second half. Jake Stevens, Nolan Gluchowski and Ryan * ECAC Hockey Game Lough all hit double digits in scoring through the last 18 games. ^ Catamount Cup in Burlington, Vt. + At higher seed ABOUT DARTMOUTH % Played in Lake Placid, N.Y. • The Big Green went 9-6-0 in the second half of the season to All times Eastern. make their push towards clinching home ice. • They’re coming off a weekend split at Yale and Brown last week- THIS WEEKEND’S OFFICIALS end, beating Yale 6-4 before finishing the regular season with a 3-0 FRIDAY: shutout loss at Brown. BRAD LEBLANC (R), CJ HANAFIN (R) • Quin Foreman earned Rookie of the Week honors from ECAC JAMES SHEA (L), PHILIP KITCHEN (L) Hockey this week after leading freshmen in goals (3) and points (4) SAtuRDAY: over the weekend. CAMERON LYNCH (R), MARTY HUGHES (R)