2023–24 Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey season

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2023–24 Colgate Raiders
men's ice hockey season
Conference3rd ECAC Hockey
Home iceClass of 1965 Arena
Rankings
USCHONR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall16–16–4
Conference13–7–2
Home9–8–2
Road7–8–2
Coaches and captains
Head coachMike Harder
Assistant coachesZach Badalamenti
Anthony Walsh
Captain(s)Pierson Brandon
Alternate captain(s)Reid Irwin
Ross Mitton
Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2023–24 Colgate Raiders Men's ice hockey season was the 94th season of play for the program and the 63rd in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Raiders represented Colgate University, played their home games at the Class of 1965 Arena and were coached by Mike Harder in his 1st season.

Season[edit]

After 30 seasons behind the bench for the Raiders, Don Vaughan retired following his first conference tournament championship.[1] A few months later, the school decided to bring back former assistant and team captain Mike Harder as the program's 15th head coach.[2] Harder began with a solid foundation as most of the team's roster returned, however, he would have to find a way to replace some missing offense. Three of the Raiders' top four scorers had departed, however, as Colgate was already one of the better offensive teams in the conference, they were well-positioned to handle that loss.

The team encountered difficulty early in the season but, surprisingly, it was the defense that appeared to be the culprit. Carter Gylander had an up-and-down start to his season and was unable to string together a consistent run of solid goaltending. With the offense still a work in progress, the team hovered around .500 for the first half of the season despite playing a relatively easy schedule.

After returning from the winter break, the layoff of more than a month didn't appear to help the Raiders and they went winless in their first four games in January. With the season starting to spiral out of control, Colgate recovered against defending national champions Quinnipiac with a surprising 2–1 win in the middle of the month. That proved to be the turning point of the season as Gylander began looking like the starting goaltender that he was and returned to his 2023 form for the remainder of the season. The offense began to function as a cohesive unit in the second half as well. Though the Raiders didn't have the same top-end scoring they did in '23, the team had greater depth to its offense and ended the year averaging nearly half a goal per game better than it had the year before.

Colgate nearly ran through their conference schedule in the latter half of the year, ending the regular season on a 10–3–1 run. As the wins piled up, the Raiders shot up the conference standings. Though hey barely missed out on a 2nd-place finish, the Raiders not only received a bye into the quarterfinal round, but they would kick of the defense of their conference championship at home. When Colgate got back on the ice, they hit the ground running against St. Lawrence. The Raiders were by far the more aggressive team in the first but the Larries were kept in the game by a stellar performance from their goaltender. SLU took advantage of a lull by Colgate in the second to score 2 goals in quick succession but the Raiders were able to recover in the third. Tommy Bergsland had a hand in 2 markers for Colgate to even the score and force overtime. The offense continued to assault the Saints' net in extra time but they could not find the winning goal. It took until the middle of the second overtime for the game to be decided, however, a seemingly harmless shot from the point was not be picked up by Gylander and found its way into the goal.[3] The rematch saw Colgate's offense provide a consistent barrage on the St. Lawrence cage but the opposing goaltender remained stout. Colgate opened the scoring but were again down when the third period began. Ryan McGuire's power play marker even the score but, less then three minutes later, SLU's surging offense netted the go-ahead goal and the Raiders were unable to respond. The final 10 minutes of the game passed without any further scoring and Colgate's season ended with a disappointing thud.

Departures[edit]

Player Position Nationality Cause
Jack Hoey Forward  United States Graduation (retired)
Anthony Stark Defenseman  United States Graduate transfer to Augustana
Arnaud Vachon Forward  Canada Graduate transfer to Augustana
Matthew Verboon Forward  Switzerland Graduation (signed with HC Lugano)
Liam Watson-Brawn Defenseman  Canada Graduation (retired)
Alex Young Forward  Canada Transferred to Arizona State
Colton Young Forward  Canada Graduation (signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits)

Recruiting[edit]

Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Brett Chorske Forward  United States 22 Edina, MN; transfer from Colorado College
Dominic Foglia Defenseman  United States 21 Tinton Falls, NJ
Robby Newton Forward  United States 22 Milwaukee, WI; transfer from Wisconsin
Niko Rexine Forward  United States 21 Syracuse, NY
Ryan Sullivan Forward  Canada 21 Calgary, AB
Sebastian Tamburro Forward  Canada 20 Toronto, ON

Roster[edit]

As of September 19, 2023.[4]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 Maryland Andrew Takacs Sophomore G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-02-27 Bowie, Maryland New Jersey (NAHL) —
2 New York (state) Pierson Brandon (C) Senior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-06-26 Irvington, New York Aberdeen (NAHL) —
4 British Columbia Reid Irwin Senior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1999-03-01 Victoria, British Columbia Denver (NCHC) —
6 Michigan Bobby Metz Sophomore D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 2001-08-20 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) —
7 Ontario Simon Labelle Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2002-09-03 Ottawa, Ontario Prince George (BCHL) —
8 Massachusetts P. J. Garrett Senior D 6' 4" (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2000-01-17 Duxbury, Massachusetts Powell River (BCHL) —
9 Illinois Nic Belpedio Junior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 2001-10-09 Skokie, Illinois Waterloo (USHL) —
11 New York (state) Niko Rexine Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2002-06-20 Syracuse, New York Muskegon (USHL) —
12 Ontario Daniel Panetta Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2001-05-20 Belleville, Ontario Salmon Arm (BCHL) —
13 Ontario Sebastian Tamburro Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2002-03-04 Toronto, Ontario Bonnyville (AJHL) —
14 Ontario Ethan Manderville Graduate F 6' 4" (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 2000-07-01 Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa (CCHL) —
15 New Jersey Dom Foglia Freshman D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2002-04-09 Tinton Falls, New Jersey Philadelphia (NAHL) —
16 Alberta Ryan Sullivan Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2002-05-15 Calgary, Alberta Camrose (AJHL) —
17 New York (state) Ross Mitton Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-07-05 Copiague Harbor, New York Omaha (USHL) —
18 Massachusetts Ben Raymond Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2001-08-22 Newton, Massachusetts Powell River (BCHL) —
19 Connecticut Ryan McGuire Junior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 2002-07-27 New Canaan, Connecticut Penticton (BCHL) —
20 Alberta Levi Glasman Senior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1999-07-31 Lacombe, Alberta Powell River (BCHL) —
22 Wisconsin Robby Newton Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-07-16 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Wisconsin (Big Ten) —
23 Minnesota Owen Neuharth Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 2001-10-25 Savage, Minnesota Fairbanks (NAHL) —
24 Minnesota Jake Schneider Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 2002-12-24 Plymouth, Minnesota Prince George (BCHL) —
25 Minnesota Tommy Bergsland Junior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-03-23 Minnetrista, Minnesota Bismarck (NAHL) —
27 Minnesota Nick Anderson Senior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1999-01-04 Independence, Minnesota Sioux Falls (USHL) —
28 Ontario Alex DiPaolo Junior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 2000-04-28 Oakville, Ontario Victoria (BCHL) —
29 Minnesota Brett Chorske Junior F 6' 6" (1.98 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 2001-05-24 Edina, Minnesota Colorado College (NCHC) —
35 New York (state) Nick Haas Sophomore G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2001-11-11 Buffalo, New York Chippewa (NAHL) —
37 Alberta Carter Gylander Senior G 6' 5" (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-06-05 Beaumont, Alberta Sherwood Park (AJHL) DET, 191st overall 2019

Standings[edit]

2023–24 ECAC Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#8 Quinnipiac † 22 17 4 1 0 2 0 54 99 39 39 27 10 2 159 79
#12 Cornell * 22 12 6 4 1 2 3 44 74 45 35 22 7 6 115 65
Colgate 22 13 7 2 2 2 2 43 85 68 36 16 16 4 120 112
Dartmouth 22 9 6 7 1 1 3 37 66 60 32 13 10 9 92 91
Clarkson 22 12 9 1 4 2 1 36 62 58 35 18 16 1 95 97
Union 22 9 10 3 1 1 2 32 75 75 37 16 18 3 123 121
St. Lawrence 22 8 10 4 1 1 1 29 49 64 39 14 19 6 90 118
Harvard 22 6 10 6 1 2 3 28 49 64 32 7 19 6 70 106
Princeton 22 8 11 3 4 0 2 25 70 90 30 10 16 4 89 114
Yale 22 7 13 2 1 2 1 25 46 57 30 10 18 2 63 91
Brown 22 6 14 2 2 3 1 22 43 69 30 8 19 3 61 98
Rensselaer 22 6 13 3 0 0 0 21 58 89 37 10 23 4 93 150
Championship: March 23, 2024
† 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 7 7:00 pm Connecticut* Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander L 2–4  923 0–1–0
October 8 3:00 pm Connecticut* Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander T 3–3 OT 792 0–1–1
October 13 7:00 pm at Sacred Heart* Martire Family Arena • Fairfield, Connecticut FloHockey, SNY Gylander W 3–2  4,165 1–1–1
October 14 7:00 pm at Sacred Heart* Martire Family Arena • Fairfield, Connecticut FloHockey, SNY Gylander W 6–1  3,703 2–1–1
October 20 7:00 pm Massachusetts Lowell* Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander L 2–4  847 2–2–1
October 21 7:00 pm Massachusetts Lowell* Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Takacs L 2–5  926 2–3–1
November 3 7:00 pm at Brown Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island ESPN+ Gylander L 1–3  577 2–4–1 (0–1–0)
November 4 7:00 pm at Yale Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut ESPN+ Gylander W 7–1  1,393 3–4–1 (1–1–0)
November 10 7:00 pm Harvard Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander T 2–2 SOW 1,241 3–4–2 (1–1–1)
November 11 7:00 pm Dartmouth Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander L 2–3  987 3–5–2 (1–2–1)
November 17 7:00 pm at Princeton Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey ESPN+ Gylander W 6–3  2,040 4–5–2 (2–2–1)
November 18 7:00 pm at #7 Quinnipiac M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut ESPN+ Gylander L 4–7  2,802 4–6–2 (2–3–1)
November 24 7:00 pm Niagara* Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander L 2–5  804 4–7–2
November 25 7:00 pm Niagara* Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Takacs W 2–1  603 5–7–2
December 1 7:00 pm #16 Cornell Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander L 2–4  2,198 5–8–2 (2–4–1)
December 2 7:00 pm at #16 Cornell Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York ESPN+ Gylander W 4–2  4,316 6–8–2 (3–4–1)
January 5 7:00 pm at #7 Maine* Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine ESPN+ Gylander L 1–3  4,785 6–9–2
January 6 7:00 pm at #7 Maine* Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine ESPN+ Gylander T 4–4 OT 5,043 6–9–3
January 12 7:00 pm at Long Island* Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York ESPN+ Gylander L 2–3 OT 650 6–10–3
January 13 2:00 pm at Long Island* Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York ESPN+ Haas L 2–3 OT 450 6–11–3
January 19 7:00 pm #3 Quinnipiac Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander W 2–1  1,008 7–11–3 (4–4–1)
January 20 7:00 pm Princeton Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander W 6–3  908 8–11–3 (5–4–1)
January 26 7:00 pm Dartmouth Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire ESPN+ Gylander W 4–3 OT 1,374 9–11–3 (6–4–1)
January 27 7:00 pm Harvard Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts ESPN+ Gylander L 3–6  3,095 9–12–3 (6–5–1)
February 2 7:00 pm Clarkson Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander W 4–2  1,531 10–12–3 (7–5–1)
February 3 7:00 pm St. Lawrence Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander W 3–2  1,087 11–12–3 (8–5–1)
February 9 7:00 pm at Union Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York ESPN+ Gylander L 3–5  1,992 11–13–3 (8–6–1)
February 10 7:00 pm at Rensselaer Houston Field House • Troy, New York ESPN+ Gylander T 5–5 SOW 4,290 11–13–4 (8–6–2)
February 16 7:00 pm Yale Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander W 5–2  897 12–13–4 (9–6–2)
February 17 7:00 pm Brown Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander W 4–2  1,059 13–13–4 (10–6–2)
February 23 7:00 pm at St. Lawrence Appleton Arena • Canton, New York ESPN+ Gylander L 3–4 OT 1,328 13–14–4 (10–7–2)
February 24 7:00 pm at Clarkson Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York ESPN+ Gylander W 4–3 OT 2,498 14–14–4 (11–7–2)
March 1 7:00 pm Rensselaer Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Takacs W 6–2  908 15–14–4 (12–7–2)
March 2 7:00 pm Union Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York ESPN+ Gylander W 4–3  1,100 16–14–4 (13–7–2)
ECAC Hockey Tournament
March 15 7:00 pm St. Lawrence* Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York (Quarterfinal Game 1) ESPN+ Gylander L 2–3 2OT 763 16–15–4
March 16 7:00 pm St. Lawrence* Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York (Quarterfinal Game 2) ESPN+ Gylander L 2–3  834 16–16–4
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
Source:[5]

Scoring statistics[edit]

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Ross Mitton F 34 11 19 30 14
Daniel Panetta C 36 13 16 29 6
Brett Chorske C/RW 35 7 20 27 6
Simon Labelle LW 36 7 20 27 17
Ryan McGuire C 34 14 12 26 31
Tommy Bergsland D 36 5 21 26 16
Alex DiPaolo LW 26 12 11 23 16
Nick Anderson D 36 2 19 21 35
Ethan Manderville C 36 9 10 19 10
Jake Schneider RW 35 9 9 18 12
Pierson Brandon D 34 5 10 15 37
Ryan Sullivan F 35 6 7 13 16
Reid Irwin D/C 36 3 10 13 24
Ben Raymond C/LW 35 4 7 11 6
Dom Foglia D 24 2 4 6 4
Levi Glasman LW 33 1 5 6 6
Nic Belpedio D 9 3 2 5 2
Sebastian Tamburro LW 13 1 4 5 4
Niko Rexine C 31 2 2 4 4
Bobby Metz D 36 2 2 4 2
Robby Newton F 36 2 1 3 25
Carter Gylander G 32 0 1 1 0
Nick Haas G 1 0 0 0 0
Andrew Takacs G 3 0 0 0 0
Owen Neuharth C 12 0 0 0 4
Total 120 212 332 303

[6]

Goaltending statistics[edit]

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Andrew Takacs 4 176:45 2 1 0 7 67 0 .905 2.38
Nick Haas 2 63:52 0 1 0 3 28 0 .903 2.82
Carter Gylander 32 1963:35 14 14 4 96 871 0 .901 2.93
Empty Net - 22:01 - - - 6 - - - -
Total 36 2226:13 16 16 4 112 966 0 .896 3.02

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 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 (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

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11 and 25.[7]
Note: USA Today did not release a poll in week 12.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Vaughan calls it a career, retires after 30 years coaching Colgate men's hockey team". USCHO. April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "Mike Harder '97 Named Head Men's Hockey Coach". Colgate Raiders. June 2, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "St. Lawrence 3, Colgate 2 (2OT - Game One ECAC Quarterfinals) (men's hockey)". YouTube. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  4. ^ "2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". Colgate Raiders. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". Colgate Raiders. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "Colgate Univ. 2023-2024 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
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