2022–23 Union Dutchmen ice hockey season

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2022–23 Union Dutchmen
ice hockey season
ConferenceT–7th ECAC Hockey
Home iceAchilles Center
Rankings
USCHONR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall14–19–2
Conference8–13–1
Home11–6–0
Road2–13–1
Neutral1–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachJosh Hauge
Assistant coachesJohn Ronan
Lennie Childs
Bryan McDonald
Union Dutchmen ice hockey seasons
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Union Dutchmen at Brown Bears, 13 January

The 2022–23 Union Dutchmen ice hockey season was the 82nd season of play for the program and the 31st in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Dutchmen represented Union College, played their home games at Achilles Center and were coached by Josh Hauge, in his first season.

Season[edit]

After John Ronan finished the previous years as interim head coach due to the resignation of Rick Bennett, Union began a search for a permanent replacement. In mid-April, the team chose former Clarkson assistant Josh Hauge as the 22nd head coach in program history.[1] John Ronan returned to his former post as an assistant while the rest of the staff was filled by new entries.

With a new coach came a new philosophy for the team and nearly half the roster changed in the offseason. While the Dutchmen retained their starting goaltender, the top 4 scorer all moved on. Several of the new faces filled in among the scoring leaders for the team but none were particularly outstanding. The result was that Union's offense was about as effective as it had been the year before; average. On defense, the team did well, allowing just over 30 shots per game, which was much better than they had the year before. Unfortunately, Connor Murphy was inconsistent throughout the year and the Dutchmen had a difficult time stringing wins together. Union's biggest problem was their performance on the road. The Dutchmen won just 2 out of 16 away games and more often than not had some lackluster results, including a 1–10 loss to Cornell.

Union finished the regular season in the bottom half of the ECAC standings but still managed to earn a home site for the first round of the postseason. The team faced a wounded Princeton squad and had a good opportunity to advance by scoring 4 times. Unfortunately, Murphy allowed 6 goals on just 27 shots and the Dutchmen's season ended with a thud.[2]

Departures[edit]

Player Position Nationality Cause
Dylan Anhorn Defenseman  Canada Transferred to St. Cloud State
Alex Cohen Forward  United States Signed professional contract (Birmingham Bulls)
Brandon Estes Defenseman  United States Graduation (signed with Tucson Roadrunners)
Fletcher Fineman Defenseman  United States Graduation (retired)
Collin Graf Forward  United States Transferred to (Quinnipiac)
Josh Kosack Forward  Canada Graduation (retired)
Gleb Murtazin Forward  Russia Left program (retired)
Garrett Nieto Goaltender  United States Left program (retired)
Josh Phillips Defenseman  United States Left program (retired)
Merek Pipes Goaltender  Canada Left program (retired)
Michael Ryan Defenseman  United States Graduation (retired)
Gabriel Seger Forward  Sweden Transferred to Cornell
Ryan Sidorski Defenseman  United States Graduate transfer to North Dakota

Recruiting[edit]

Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Ethan Benz Forward  United States 21 Shakopee, MN
Kyle Chauvette Goaltender  United States 20 Goffstown, NH
Nate Hanley Forward  Canada 20 Rocky Point, NY
Greg Japchen Defenseman  United States 20 Doylestown, PA
Carter Korpi Forward  United States 21 South Lyon, MI
Colby MacArthur Forward  Canada 20 Summerside, PEI
Cal Mell Defenseman  United States 21 Cumming, GA
Josh Nixon Forward  Canada 22 Mississauga, ON; transfer from Lake Superior State
John Prokop Forward/Defenseman  United States 21 Wausau, WI
Mason Snell Defenseman  Canada 22 Clarington, ON; transfer from Penn State
Chris Théodore Forward  Canada 24 Beaconsfield, QC; graduate transfer from American International
Benjamin Tupker Forward  Canada 22 Collingwood, ON; transfer from Cornell
Nick Young Defenseman  United States 21 Raleigh, NC

Roster[edit]

As of August 4, 2022.[3]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
2 Pennsylvania Greg Japchen Freshman D 6' 4" (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2001-12-17 Doylestown, Pennsylvania North Iowa (NAHL) —
3 Georgia (U.S. state) Cal Mell Freshman D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2011-01-30 Alpharetta, Georgia Janesville (NAHL) —
4 New York (state) Josh Phillips Sophomore D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-05-24 Getzville, New York Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) —
5 New Jersey Nic Petruolo Junior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-01-29 Neshanic Station, New Jersey Green Bay (USHL) —
6 Ontario Cullen Ferguson Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-02-16 Binbrook, Ontario Aberdeen (NAHL) —
7 North Carolina Nick Young Freshman D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001-09-12 Raleigh, North Carolina St. Cloud (NAHL) —
8 Minnesota Chaz Smedsrud Junior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1998-06-04 Luverne, Minnesota Madison (USHL) —
9 Connecticut Thomas Richter Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2000-06-06 Greenwich, Connecticut Penticton (BCHL) —
10 Quebec Chris Théodore Senior F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1997-10-15 Beaconsfield, Quebec American International (AHA) —
11 Prince Edward Island Colby MacArthur Freshman F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2001-11-02 Summerside, Prince Edward Island Summerside (MHL) —
12 Michigan Carter Korpi Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-07-28 South Lyon, Michigan Wichita Falls (NAHL) —
13 Minnesota Tyler Watkins Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-12-19 Hermantown, Minnesota Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) —
14 Illinois Andrew Seaman Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2000-04-21 Winnetka, Illinois Prince George (BCHL) —
15 Ontario Josh Nixon Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2000-05-09 Mississauga, Ontario Lake Superior State (CCHA) —
16 Minnesota Christian Sanda Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-03-13 Vadnais Heights, Minnesota Coquitlam (BCHL) —
17 Rhode Island Matt Allen Senior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-03-14 Smithfield, Rhode Island Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC) —
18 Finland Ville Immonen Junior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1999-06-18 Seinäjoki, Finland Minot (NAHL) —
19 Ontario Liam Robertson Junior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2000-05-14 Courtice, Ontario Youngstown (USHL) —
20 Ontario Mason Snell Junior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-06-18 Courtice, Ontario Penn State (Big Ten) —
21 Wisconsin John Prokop Freshman D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-05-13 Wausau, Wisconsin Des Moines (USHL) —
22 Minnesota Bram Scheerer Junior F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1999-06-03 Edina, Minnesota Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) —
23 Michigan Trevor Adams Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1999-08-19 Muskegon, Michigan Chilliwack (BCHL) —
24 New York (state) Nate Hanley Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2002-05-30 Rocky Point, New York Cedar Rapids (USHL) —
25 Texas Owen Farris Senior F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 2000-06-08 Dallas, Texas Muskegon (USHL) —
26 British Columbia Nathan Kelly Junior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-11-22 South Delta, British Columbia Chilliwack (BCHL) —
27 Ontario Ben Tupker Senior F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-12-23 Collingwood, Ontario Cornell (ECAC) —
28 Texas Caden Villegas Sophomore F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2001-02-19 Plano, Texas Tri-City (USHL) —
29 Alberta Michael Hodge Sophomore F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 157 lb (71 kg) 2000-05-30 Calgary, Alberta Fort McMurray (AJHL) —
31 New York (state) Connor Murphy Senior G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-09-01 Hudson Falls, New York Northeastern (HEA) —
32 Minnesota Ethan Benz Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-03-29 Shakopee, Minnesota St. Cloud (NAHL) —
33 British Columbia Merek Pipes Senior G 5' 11" (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1998-11-12 Cobble Hill, British Columbia Swan Valley (MJHL) —
35 Massachusetts Joe Sharib Sophomore G 5' 11" (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2001-08-16 Natick, Massachusetts Connecticut (NCDC) —
36 New Hampshire Kyle Chauvette Freshman G 6' 1" (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2001-10-05 Goffstown, New Hampshire Youngstown (USHL) —

Standings[edit]

2022–23 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Quinnipiac † 22 20 2 0 0 0 0 60 87 30 41 34 4 3 162 64
#10 Harvard 22 18 4 0 5 0 0 49 86 48 34 24 8 2 125 81
#9 Cornell 22 15 6 1 0 1 0 47 78 42 34 21 11 2 112 66
St. Lawrence 22 12 10 0 1 2 0 37 56 58 36 17 19 0 88 102
#18 Colgate * 22 11 8 3 4 1 3 36 71 58 40 19 16 5 113 109
Clarkson 22 9 10 3 0 1 0 31 60 60 37 16 17 4 102 98
Rensselaer 22 9 13 0 2 1 0 26 52 74 35 14 20 1 84 115
Union 22 8 13 1 0 0 1 26 45 68 35 14 19 2 86 117
Princeton 22 8 14 0 2 1 0 26 57 73 32 13 19 0 89 112
Yale 22 6 14 2 0 1 1 22 35 62 32 8 20 4 57 94
Brown 22 5 14 3 0 1 1 20 41 69 30 9 18 3 65 91
Dartmouth 22 4 17 1 0 2 1 16 44 70 30 5 24 1 64 106
Championship: March 18, 2023
† indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results[edit]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
October 1 7:00 PM RIT* Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy W 4–3  2,401 1–0–0
October 2 4:00 PM at Army* Tate Rink • West Point, New York FloHockey Murphy T 2–2 OT 1,463 1–0–1
October 7 7:05 PM at #20 Connecticut* XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut ESPN+ Murphy L 1–4  2,584 1–1–1
October 8 4:05 PM at #20 Connecticut* XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut ESPN+ Chauvette L 3–4 OT 2,442 1–2–1
October 13 7:00 PM Bentley* Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy W 5–1  1,455 2–2–1
October 15 7:00 PM at RIT* Blue Cross Arena • Rochester, New York FloHockey Chauvette L 5–8  8,766 2–3–1
October 21 7:00 PM at #6 Massachusetts* Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts ESPN+ Murphy L 1–7  3,721 2–4–1
October 22 7:00 PM at #6 Massachusetts* Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts ESPN+ Murphy L 0–7  3,737 2–5–1
October 28 7:00 PM at Rensselaer Houston Field House • Troy, New York (Rivalry) ESPN+ Murphy L 1–2  4,700 2–6–1 (0–1–0)
October 29 7:00 PM Rensselaer Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York (Rivalry) ESPN+ Murphy W 6–0  2,115 3–6–1 (1–1–0)
November 4 7:00 PM at Clarkson Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York ESPN+ Murphy W 3–2  2,246 4–6–1 (2–1–0)
November 5 7:00 PM at St. Lawrence Appleton Arena • Canton, New York ESPN+ Murphy L 2–4  1,886 4–7–1 (2–2–0)
November 11 7:00 PM at Dartmouth Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy W 4–1  1,676 5–7–1 (3–2–0)
November 12 7:00 PM at #13 Harvard Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy L 1–5  1,793 5–8–1 (3–3–0)
December 3 7:00 PM #18 Northeastern* Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy W 3–2  1,621 6–8–1
December 9 7:00 PM at Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey ESPN+ Murphy L 0–2  1,090 6–9–1 (3–4–0)
December 10 7:00 PM at #2 Quinnipiac M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut ESPN+ Murphy L 1–8  2,877 6–10–1 (3–5–0)
December 30 4:00 PM New Hampshire* Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy W 4–3  1,530 7–10–1
December 30 4:00 PM New Hampshire* Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Chauvette W 3–2  1,352 8–10–1
January 6 7:00 PM #18 Cornell Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy L 1–6  2,185 8–11–1 (3–6–0)
January 7 7:00 PM Colgate Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy L 1–2  1,904 8–12–1 (3–7–0)
January 13 7:00 PM at Brown Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island ESPN+ Murphy L 2–6  1,177 8–13–1 (3–8–0)
January 14 7:00 PM at Yale Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut ESPN+ Chauvette T 0–0 SOW 1,700 8–13–2 (3–8–1)
January 20 7:00 PM St. Lawrence Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Chauvette W 3–2  1,564 9–13–2 (4–8–1)
January 21 7:00 PM Clarkson Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy L 3–4  2,245 9–14–2 (4–9–1)
January 28 6:00 PM vs. Rensselaer* MVP Arena • Albany, New York (Mayor's Cup)   Murphy W 6–0  5,883 10–14–2
February 3 7:00 PM at Colgate Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Murphy W 3–1  831 11–14–2 (5–9–1)
February 4 7:00 PM at #11 Cornell Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York ESPN+ Murphy L 1–10  3,903 11–15–2 (5–10–1)
February 10 7:00 PM Yale Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy W 3–1  1,795 12–15–2 (6–10–1)
February 11 7:00 PM Brown Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy W 3–1  2,011 13–15–2 (7–10–1)
February 17 7:00 PM at #9 Harvard Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts ESPN+ Murphy L 3–5  2,172 13–16–2 (7–11–1)
February 18 5:00 PM at Dartmouth Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire ESPN+ Murphy L 0–1  1,837 13–17–2 (7–12–1)
February 24 7:00 PM #2 Quinnipiac Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy L 1–4  1,685 13–18–2 (7–13–1)
February 25 7:00 PM Princeton Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Murphy W 3–1  1,902 14–18–2 (8–13–1)
ECAC Hockey Tournament
March 4 4:00 PM Princeton* Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York (First Round) ESPN+ Murphy L 4–6  2,119 14–19–2
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
Source:[4]

Scoring statistics[edit]

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
John Prokop D/F 35 4 19 23 20
Nate Hanley C 35 5 16 21 2
Tyler Watkins F 35 9 10 19 10
Josh Nixon RW 34 11 5 16 45
Cal Mell D 34 3 12 15 8
Chaz Smedsrud LW 34 4 10 14 8
Liam Robertson C 35 9 4 13 52
Caden Villegas F 34 7 6 13 4
Chris Theodore LW 34 3 10 13 10
Owen Farris F 33 7 4 11 35
Carter Korpi F 31 6 4 10 14
Mason Snell D 31 3 6 9 16
Nick Young D 34 2 7 9 43
Ben Tupker LW 34 6 1 7 20
Cullen Ferguson D 34 2 5 7 34
Nicolas Petruolo D 28 0 7 7 20
Ville Immonen C 26 3 2 5 8
Bram Scheerer LW 12 1 2 3 10
Nathan Kelly D 22 0 3 3 0
Ethan Benz F 18 0 3 3 4
Matt Allen D 11 0 2 2 6
Colby MacArthur RW 11 0 2 2 0
Michael Hodge F 2 1 0 1 0
Andrew Seaman F 1 0 0 0 0
Thomas Richter F 1 0 0 0 0
Merek Pipes G 2 0 0 0 0
Greg Japchen D 8 0 0 0 4
Kyle Chauvette G 10 0 0 0 0
Christian Sanda F 12 0 0 0 4
Connor Murphy G 31 0 0 0 0
Total 86 140 226 392

[5]

Goaltending statistics[edit]

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Merek Pipes 2 00:39 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.00
Kyle Chauvette 10 417:44 2 2 1 20 202 1 .910 2.87
Connor Murphy 31 1673:03 12 17 1 93 736 2 .888 3.34
Empty Net - 20:23 - - - 4 - - - -
Total 35 2111:49 14 19 2 117 939 3 .889 3.32

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey 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 24 25 26 27 (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 NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.[6]

Awards and honors[edit]

Player Award Ref
John Prokop ECAC Hockey Rookie Team [7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hauge named Union men's hockey head coach". The Daily Gazette. April 15, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2023". College Hockey Inc. March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Roster". Union College. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "2022-23 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". Union Dutchmen. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  5. ^ "Union College 2022-2023 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces 2022-23 Men's All-League Teams". ECAC Hockey. March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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