2019–20 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season

2019–20 Bentley Falcons
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The 2019–20 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 43rd season of play for the program, the 21st at the Division I level, and the 17th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Falcons represented Bentley University and were coached by Ryan Soderquist, in his 18th season.

On March 12, 2020, Atlantic Hockey announced that the remainder of the conference tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1][2]

Roster

As of September 12, 2019.[3]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
3 Alberta Luke Orysiuk Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997-06-19 Edmonton, Alberta Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) —
4 Alberta Marcus Walter Freshman D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-06-14 St. Albert, Alberta Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL) —
5 Arizona Ethan Roswell Sophomore D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-07-30 Paradise Valley, Arizona Boston Junior Bruins (NCDC) —
6 Massachusetts Brendan Hamblet Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-11-05 Hopkinton, Massachusetts Rivers School (USHS–MA) —
7 Massachusetts Connor Brassard Senior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1995-04-04 Fitchburg, Massachusetts New Jersey Hitmen (USPHL) —
9 Pennsylvania Brendan Walkom Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-01-28 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Madison Capitols (USHL) —
10 Indiana Dylan Pitera Sophomore F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-07-04 Culver, Indiana Culver Academies (Midget AAA) —
11 Ontario Jakov Novak Sophomore F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1998-10-22 Windsor, Ontario Janesville Jets (NAHL) OTT, 188th overall 2018
12 Connecticut Matt Gosiewski Freshman F 6' 4" (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1998-05-10 Wilton, Connecticut Wenatchee Wild (BCHL) —
13 Minnesota Will Garin Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1997-10-30 Mound, Minnesota Brooks Bandits (AJHL) —
14 Massachusetts Matt Lombardozzi Junior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1997-06-27 Leominster, Massachusetts Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) —
15 British Columbia Luke Santerno Junior F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1996-06-24 Smithers, British Columbia Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL) —
16 Illinois Sam Kauppila Junior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1996-05-12 Gurnee, Illinois St. Lawrence Saints (ECAC) —
17 Illinois Michael Zuffante Junior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998-03-17 Bloomingdale, Illinois Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) —
18 Manitoba Brett Orr Senior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1996-04-04 Elkhorn, Manitoba Portage Terriers (MJHL) —
19 Illinois Jake Kauppila Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1995-01-19 Gurnee, Illinois Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL) —
20 Indiana Will Schlagenhauf Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998-10-12 Carmel, Indiana Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) —
21 Quebec Jonathan Desbiens Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1996-03-02 Montreal, Quebec West Kelowna Warriors (BCHL) —
22 Minnesota Ryner Gorowsky (C) Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1996-02-02 Lino Lakes, Minnesota Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) —
23 Michigan Matt Riggleman Senior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1996-11-11 Milford, Michigan Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) —
24 Missouri Joe Winkelmann Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-05-08 St. Louis, Missouri Odessa Jackalopes (NAHL) —
25 Florida Hunter Toale Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1999-11-21 Coral Springs, Florida Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL) —
26 Ontario Lucas Vanroboys Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-07-24 Thamesville, Ontario Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL) —
27 Pennsylvania Carter Dwyer Freshman D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1998-02-06 Exton, Pennsylvania Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL) —
28 Alberta Charlie Marchand Junior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-08-08 Calgary, Alberta Brooks Bandits (AJHL) —
30 Ontario Aidan Pelino Senior G 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1995-11-18 Oakville, Ontario Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) —
33 Pennsylvania Jason Grande Freshman G 6' 3" (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-02-07 West Chester, Pennsylvania Amarillo Bulls (NAHL) —
34 Ontario Fraser Kirk Sophomore G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1997-10-07 Burlington, Ontario Newmarket Hurricanes (OJHL) —

Standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#20 American International 28 21 6 1 0 64 96 46 34 21 12 1 103 68
Sacred Heart 28 18 8 2 0 56 104 63 34 21 10 3 127 82
RIT 28 15 9 4 1 50 86 73 36 19 13 4 108 98
Army 28 14 11 3 3 48 70 64 33 17 13 3 82 76
Niagara 28 12 12 4 2 42 64 65 34 12 18 4 72 87
Air Force 28 10 12 6 5 41 60 67 34 10 18 6 70 95
Robert Morris 28 11 12 5 3 41 65 65 34 11 18 5 75 90
Bentley 28 13 13 2 0 41 75 80 34 15 16 3 83 94
Canisius 28 9 13 6 3 36 71 83 34 10 18 6 80 109
Holy Cross 28 9 16 3 2 32 67 83 34 10 19 5 80 99
Mercyhurst 28 3 23 2 0 11 49 118 34 5 27 2 64 141
Championship: March 20, 2020
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2020

Schedule and Results

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
October 11 7:05 PM at Robert Morris Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania   Pelino L 0–3  501 0–1–0 (0–1–0–0)
October 12 5:05 PM at Robert Morris Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania   Pelino L 1–4  498 0–2–0 (0–2–0–0)
October 18 7:05 PM vs. New Hampshire* Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Pelino W 3–2 OT 1,821 1–2–0 (0–2–0–0)
October 25 7:05 PM vs. Army Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Pelino W 5–0  1,368 2–2–0 (1–2–0–0)
October 26 7:05 PM vs. St. Lawrence* Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Pelino L 0–3  1,094 2–3–0 (1–2–0–0)
November 1 7:05 PM vs. Mercyhurst Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Pelino L 3–4 OT 1,953 2–4–0 (1–3–0–0)
November 2 7:05 PM vs. Mercyhurst Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Kirk W 6–3  2,038 3–4–0 (2–3–0–0)
November 8 9:05 PM at Air Force Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Pelino L 2–4  1,921 3–5–0 (2–4–0–0)
November 9 9:05 PM at Air Force Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Grande L 2–3  1,711 3–6–0 (2–5–0–0)
November 15 7:05 PM vs. Robert Morris Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Pelino L 4–6  1,071 3–7–0 (2–6–0–0)
November 16 5:05 PM vs. Robert Morris Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Kirk W 2–4  1,193 3–8–0 (2–7–0–0)
November 26 4:05 PM vs. Brown* Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Kirk L 1–0  1,144 4–8–0 (2–7–0–0)
November 29 7:05 PM at Holy Cross Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts   Kirk W 3–2  637 5–8–0 (3–7–0–0)
November 30 4:05 PM at Holy Cross Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts   Kirk W 4–1  1,260 6–8–0 (4–7–0–0)
December 6 7:05 PM at Army Tate Rink • West Point, New York   Kirk L 3–4  1,419 6–9–0 (4–8–0–0)
December 7 7:05 PM at Army Tate Rink • West Point, New York   Pelino W 4–2  1,872 7–9–0 (5–8–0–0)
December 12 7:00 PM at Dartmouth* Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire NESN+ Pelino T 2–2 OT 1,175 7–9–1 (5–8–0–0)
December 28 1:05 PM at #20 Sacred Heart Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut   Pelino L 0–4  312 7–10–1 (5–9–0–0)
December 29 1:05 PM at #20 Sacred Heart Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut   Kirk W 3–2  311 8–10–1 (6–9–0–0)
January 6 7:00 PM at #11 Northeastern* Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts NESN Kirk L 2–4  2,201 8–11–1 (6–9–0–0)
January 10 7:05 PM vs. Canisius Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Pelino T 3–3 SOL 1,127 8–11–2 (6–9–1–0)
January 11 7:05 PM vs. Canisius Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Kirk T 4–4 3x3 OTL 959 8–11–3 (6–9–2–0)
January 17 7:05 PM vs. American International Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Grande L 1–4  1,425 8–12–3 (6–10–2–0)
January 18 4:05 PM vs. American International Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Pelino L 1–2  1,332 8–13–3 (6–11–2–0)
January 24 7:05 PM at Mercyhurst Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania   Pelino W 4–3  879 9–13–3 (7–11–2–0)
January 25 4:05 PM at Mercyhurst Mercyhurst Ice Center • Erie, Pennsylvania   Pelino W 7–4  767 10–13–3 (8–11–2–0)
January 31 7:05 PM vs. Niagara Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Kirk W 3–2 OT 1,166 11–13–3 (9–11–2–0)
February 1 7:05 PM vs. Niagara Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Kirk W 4–2  1,365 12–13–3 (10–11–2–0)
February 7 7:05 PM vs. Army Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Kirk W 4–1  1,239 13–13–3 (11–11–2–0)
February 8 7:05 PM vs. #11 Arizona State* Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Pelino L 0–3  1,866 13–14–3 (11–11–2–0)
February 14 7:05 PM at RIT Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York   Pelino L 1–4  2,294 13–15–3 (11–12–2–0)
February 15 5:05 PM at RIT Gene Polisseni Center • Henrietta, New York   Pelino L 1–5  3,357 13–16–3 (11–13–2–0)
February 28 7:05 PM vs. Holy Cross Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Pelino W 3–2  1,554 14–16–3 (12–13–2–0)
February 29 7:05 PM at Holy Cross Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts   Pelino W 6–2  540 15–16–3 (13–13–2–0)
Atlantic Hockey Tournament
March 6 7:05 PM vs. Canisius* Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts (Atlantic Hockey First Round game 1)   Pelino W 6–1  373 16–16–3 (13–13–2–0)
March 7 7:05 PM vs. Canisius* Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts (Atlantic Hockey First Round game 2)   Pelino W 5–3  288 17–16–3 (13–13–2–0)
Bentley Won Series 2–0
Remainder of Tournament Cancelled
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Scoring Statistics

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Jakov Novak LW/C 35 16 14 30 84
Jonathan Desbiens LW 35 13 17 30 20
Matt Gosiewski C 35 10 14 24 2
Luke Santerno F 36 6 17 23 39
Brendan Hamblet F 36 11 11 22 32
Connor Brassard D 35 5 15 20 20
Ryner Gorowsky RW 30 7 11 18 27
Michael Zuffante F 33 5 9 14 6
Brett Orr D 35 4 10 14 8
Matt Lombardozzi D 33 2 11 13 47
Will Garin RW 29 4 7 11 42
Dylan Pitera F 31 3 6 9 16
Charlie Marchand D 30 2 6 8 10
Lucas Vanroboys F 32 2 6 8 18
Brendan Walkom F 25 5 2 7 2
Marcus Walter D 28 1 4 5 14
Luke Orysiuk D 33 1 4 5 43
Will Schlagenhauf F 16 1 3 4 0
Jake Kauppila LW 25 0 4 4 31
Ethan Roswell D 26 2 1 3 4
Matt Riggleman F 29 2 1 3 14
Hunter Toale D 22 0 3 3 20
Joe Winkelmann C 13 1 1 2 2
Sam Kauppila F 2 0 0 0 0
Jason Grande G 6 0 0 0 0
Fraser Kirk G 15 0 0 0 0
Aidan Pelino G 22 0 0 0 0
Bench – – – – – 14
Total 103 177 280 515

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Goaltending statistics

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Fraser Kirk 15 754 8 3 1 28 274 1 .907 2.23
Jason Grande 6 182 0 2 0 8 65 0 .890 2.63
Aidan Pelino 22 1227 9 11 2 59 452 1 .885 2.88
Empty Net - 13 - - - 7 - - - -
Total 36 2178 17 16 3 102 791 2 .886 2.81

Rankings

Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 (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
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

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References

  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Remainder of 2020 Atlantic Hockey Tournament Cancelled". atlantichockeyonline.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "2018–19 Bentley University Hockey Roster". Bentley University. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  4. ^ "Bentley Falcons (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "Bentley Univ. 2019-2020 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  6. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
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