No. 16 Saints Open Regular Season with Pair Against the Nittany Lions

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1 St. Lawrence Men s Hockey Game Notes -The Penn State Series Regular Season Schedule & Results October 2 UQTR W, 4-1 Penn State 7 p.m. Penn State 7 p.m. 14 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7 p.m. 15 MERRIMACK 7 p.m. UMass-Lowell 7 p.m. Providence 7 p.m. 28 WISCONSIN 7 p.m. 29 MINNESOTA 7 p.m. November 4 PRINCETON* 7 p.m. 5 QUINNIPIAC* 7 p.m. Union 7 p.m. RPI* 7 p.m. 18 YALE* 7 p.m. 19 BROWN* 7 p.m. 25 Friendship Four (Belfast) TBA 26 Friendship Four (Belfast) TBA December 2 HARVARD* 7 p.m. 3 DARTMOUTH* 7 p.m. 9 CLARKSON* 7 p.m. January Vermont 7 p.m. Canisius 7:30 p.m. Canisius 7:30 p.m. Brown* 7 p.m. Yale* 7 p.m. Colgate* 7 p.m. Cornell* 7 p.m. 27 RPI* 7 p.m. 28 UNION* 7 p.m. February Clarkson* 7 p.m. Princeton* 7 p.m. 17 CORNELL* 7 p.m. 18 COLGATE* 7 p.m. Dartmouth* 7 p.m. Harvard* 7 p.m. Home games in bold, CAPS * ECAC Hockey Game Thursday, Oct. 6, p.m. Pegula Ice Arena State College, Pa. Friday, Oct. 7, p.m. Pegula Ice Arena State College, Pa. No. 16 Saints Open Regular Season with Pair Against the Nittany Lions After beginning the Mark Morris era with a 4-1 win over UQTR in the season-opening exhibition game at Appleton Arena, the Saints head to Penn State to begin their season. About the Saints The Saints come into the weekend in State College, Pa. ranked No. 16 in the USCHO.com preseason poll released last week. They also finished second in both the ECAC Hockey coaches and media preseason polls. Twenty members of the team that advanced to its second straight ECAC Hockey tournament return to the lineup for St. Lawrence this season, and the Saints add seven first-year players for St. Lawrence returns three of its top-five scorers from a year ago in Gavin Bayreuther, Drew Smolcynski and Jacob Pritchard. In Sunday s exhibition against UQTR, four veteran forwards (Drew Smolcynski, Jacob Pritchard, Alexander Dahl and Mike Marnell) tallied goals while eight players recorded points. Junior netminder Kyle Hayton - a staple between the pipes for the Saints the last two seasons, finished with 24 saves in the win. About the Nittany Lions Penn State is also opening its regular season schedule against the Saints this weekend, after posting an 8-0 win in its exhibition game against Queen s (Ontario). The Nittany Lions played their first collegiate season in and became a full Division I member of the BIG 10 in Under the direction of former Princeton head coach Guy Gadowsky, Penn State has recorded winning seasons in two of their first three years. Penn State also returns three of its five leading scorers, including David Goodwin who led the team in with 11 goals and 27 assists for 38 points. The Series with Penn State The Saints are against Penn State after the teams first series in program history last season. After playing to a 2-2 tie on Oct. 29, St. Lawrence doubled up the Nittany Lions for a 4-2 win on Oct. 30. St. Lawrece blocked a season-high 26 shots in the tie and got goals from Brian Ward and Mike Marnell. Goaltender Arthur Brey made 50 saves in his first collegiate start. Location...Canton, N.Y Founded Enrollment...2,528 President... William L. Fox Director of Athletics... Bob Durocher Colors... Scarlet and Brown Affiliation...NCAA DI/DIII Conference... ECAC Hockey Rink (Capacity)...Appleton Arena (3,200) St. Lawrence Quick Facts Coaching Information Men s Hockey Coach... Mark Morris (Colgate 81) Career Record, College Career Record, Professional Associate Head Coach... Mike Hulbut 89 Assistant Coach...Matt Deschamps (Maine 05) Dir. of Hockey Operations...Ryan Durocher Strength & Conditioning Coach... Mike Elberty Athletic Trainer...Aisha Visram Equipment Manager... Nick Bayruns Team Information Captain... Alexander Dahl 17 Assistant Captain... Gavin Bayreuther 17 Assistant Captain...Ben Masella 17 Assistant Captain...Eric Sweetman Record ECAC Hockey Record First Intercollegiate Season ECAC Hockey Championships...6 NCAA Tournament Appearances Saints Men s Hockey Notes

2 Men s Hockey Staff Charles W. Appleton Men s Hockey Head Coach Mark Morris Mark Morris was named the Charles W. Appleton II Head Men s Ice Hockey Coach at St. Lawrence in May of 2016, returning to the Saint program after a highly successful career as a collegiate and professional head coach. Morris, who served as an assistant coach to Joe Marsh from and was part of the 1988 national runner-up team, returned to the North Country after a year as head coach of the Charlotte Checkers in the American Hockey League. He holds the distinction of being the only coach to have won 300 college games and over 300 professional games. He was the seventh all-time winningest coach in the AHL and had the third highest win total among AHL coaches when he left Charlotte to take over at St. Lawrence. A Massena native and a 1981 graduate of Colgate University, Morris played defense for the Raiders and went on to a three year professional playing career which included stints with the Dallas Black Hawks and the New Haven Nighthawks before entering the coaching profession as an assistant coach at Union College in Morris spent 13 seasons as the head coach at Clarkson following his SLU tenure and compiled a collegiate career record of He broke into the professional coaching ranks as a coach with Manchester of the American Hockey League in 2006 where he spent eight years as head coach, compiling a record of with seven playoff appearances. He joined the Checkers in July of 2015 after serving the previous season as an assistant coach with the Florida Panthers in the NHL. He has also served as a special assistant coach and strength and conditioning coach with the Vancouver Canucks, an assistant coach with the Ontario Hockey League s Saginaw Spirit and coached at the Northwood School in Lake Placid. Associate Head Coach Mike Hurlbut Hurlbut returned to his alma mater as a volunteer assistant coach to start the season, became a full-time assistant in and was named Associate Head Coach in the spring of A first team All-America, a first team All-ECAC selection for the Saints in 1989 and a member of the two winning-est teams in Saints hockey history in 1988 and 1989, Mike is a 1989 graduate of St. Lawrence and had a long and successful professional hockey career. He spent 14 years in the International and American hockey leagues and played 29 games, scoring one goal and assisting on eight others, in the National Hockey League. He was inducted into the Rochester Amerks Hall of Fame in He was selected to play in three American Hockey League All-Star Games, was named a second team AHL All-Star in and was the longest serving captain in Rochester Americans franchise history, wearing the C for five seasons. He was a team captain in eight of his 13 pro seasons. Among the teams he played for were the Houston Aeros, Minnesota Moose, Binghamton Rangers and the Rochester Americans. He played 23 games with the New York Rangers in and also had NHL appearances with the Quebec Nordique and the Buffalo Sabres. Assistant Coach Matt Deschamps Matt Deschamps joined the St. Lawrence staff as an assistant coach for the season. He spent the last two years in Austria with EC Red Bull Salzburg Hockey Club as the head coach of RBS U18 team and served the club in director and development coordinator roles. Matt led the Red Bulls to two of its most successful seasons at the U18 level winning an EBJL Championship in 2015 and in 2016 led all EC Red Bull Teams with the highest winning percentage of 75% playing against Swiss U20 and U18 teams from Finnish, Czech, USA and Canada. Deschamps played for the University of Maine, graduating in 2005 with a bachelor s degree in public policy, management. He notched an assist on the goal in triple-overtime to win the 2004 Hockey East Championship, made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament and two trips to the NCAA Finals. As a senior, Deschamps was an assistant captain, recipient of the First Annual Shawn Walsh Memorial Scholarship, and was presented with the Richard Britt Award for Perseverance. After college, Deschamps attended training camp with the San Jose Sharks in During a five-year professional career, Deschamps had stops playing in the American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League. Mike Elberty Alex Petizian Ryan Durocher Aisha Visram Nick Bayruns Saints Men s Hockey Notes

3 The Series, Continued... In the win, St. Lawrence scored a pair of special teams goals - one on the power play and one shorthanded - from Class of 2016 members Alex Hagen and Sean McGovern. The game-winning tally coming off the stick of Smolcynski and Marnell adding his second of the weekend. Kyle Hayton made 38 saves in Review The Saints finished last season with a overall record, fourth in the regular season ECAC Hockey standings and made their second straight trip to the conference tournament semifinal. They posted an record in conference, had a mark at home and went on the road with a 0-1 record in neutral site games. The most notable of St. Lawrence s 19 wins a year ago include two overtime victories in the ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series against Clarkson at home, a 4-3 win over then-no. 1 Quinnipiac, also at home. Preseason All-ECAC Defenseman Gavin Bayreuther and goaltender Kyle Hayton were named to the ECAC Hockey preseason All- League team in September, as voted on by league coaches. The Saints and defending champion Quinnipiac were the only two league schools with multiple players on the list. The Bobcats were picked to finish first in the league, while the Saints were second in preseason voting. Returning All-American Gavin Bayreuther became the 35th All-American in Saints Hockey history last season after becoming the first defenseman to ever lead the team in scoring. The Caanan, N.H. native led the Saints with 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points. It was Bayreuther who scored the double-overtime game winner in the quarterfinal series against rival Clarkson to send the Saints to Lake Placid and into the conference tournament for the second year in a row. The Saints Captains For the season the Saints named senior center and Eau Claire, Wis. native Alexander Dahl as the lone captain. Dahl served as an assistant during the season. Assistants for are a trio of senior blueliners in Gavin Bayreuther, Ben Masella and Eric Sweetman. Together, the four seniors accounted for 58 points last year, including 40 assists and blocked a total of 159 shots. Away From Appleton Also under Greg Carvel, the Saints were on the road dating back to the season. Tale of the Tape * season statistics* The Madhouse on Miner In their own barn, which the team has affectionately referred to as the Madhouse on Miner, under former head coach Greg Carvel from to the Saints went Between the Pipes Junior netminder Kyle Hayton - an ECAC Hockey preseason All-Conference team member and former finalist for college hockey s Mike Richter Award returns for the Saints this season as does sophomore Arthur Brey who was solid as a backup for St. Lawrence in The goaltending tandem is joined by first-year Daniel Mannella out of Whitby in the OJHL. Career Numbers Watch With 82 career points heading into the regular season, Gavin Bayreuther is well within reach of the 100-point plateau for his career. Kyle Hayton has already made his way into the Saints record book for career wins (38), saves (2061) and St. Lawrence Penn State Overall Record (League): (11-8-3) (10-9-1) Goals Per Game: Shots Per Game: Opponent Goals Per Game: Opponent Shots Per Game: Power Play Percentage: (11.8%) (23.4%) Penalty Kill: (84.9%) (80.4%) Combined Special Teams: (50%) (52.1%) Penalty Minutes: minutes minutes Saints Men s Hockey Notes

4 St. Lawrence Men s Hockey Numerical Roster No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last Team 2 Eric Sweetman Sr. D Woodbine, Md./Youngstown (USHL) 3 Ben Masella Sr. D Montreal, Quebec/Chilliwack (BCHL) 4 Mike Graham Sr. D Toronto, Ontario/Kent School 7 Gavin Bayreuther Sr. D Canaan, N.H./Fargo (USHL) 8 Will Harrison FY F Springfield, Va./Des Moines (USHL) 9 Ryan Garvey FY D Oakville, Ontario/Oakville (OJHL) 10 Ryan Lough Jr. F Manotick, Ontario/Green Bay (USHL) 11 Carson Gicewicz FY F Orchard Park, N.Y. /Sioux Falls (USHL) 12 Sam Kauppila FY F Gurnee, Ill./Lincoln (USHL) 13 Woody Hudson Sr. F Greece, N.Y. /Chicago (USHL) 14 Alexander Dahl Sr. F Eau Claire, Wis./Youngstown (USHL) 15 Matt Purmal Jr. D Merrill, Wis./Green Bay (USHL) 16 Michael Ederer So. F Lancaster, N.Y./Merritt (BCHL) 17 Drew Smolcynski Sr. F Hatfield, Pa./Chicago (USHL) 18 Jacob Pritchard So. F Macomb, Mich./Powell River (BCHL) 19 Mitch Eden Jr. D Bracebridge, Ontario/Prince George (BCHL) 20 Joe Sullivan Jr. F Las Vegas, Nev./Indiana(USHL) 21 Nolan Gluchowski Jr. D Wixom, Mich./Sioux Falls (USHL) 22 Ben Finkelstein FY D Burlington, Vt./Kimball Union Academy 23 Patrick Steinhauser Jr. F Plymouth, Minn./Aberdeen (NAHL) 24 Taggart Corriveau FY F New Britain, Conn./Westminster School 25 Michael Laidley So. F Little Current, Ontario/Aurora (OJHL) 26 Mike Marnell Jr. F South Huntington, N.Y./Des Moines (USHL) 27 Kyle Hayton Jr. G Denver, Colo./Sioux City (USHL) 28 R.J. Gicewicz So. D Orchard Park, N.Y. /Green Bay (USHL) 30 Daniel Mannella FY G Woodbridge, Ontario/Whitby (OJHL) 31 Arthur Brey So. G Yorba Linda, Calif./Sioux Falls (USHL) Pronunciation Guide 10 Ryan Lough LAW 11 Carson Gicewicz gi-shev-itz 12 Sam Kauppila co-pill-uh 17 Drew Smolcynski smol-sin-ski 21 Nolan Gluchowski glu-cow-ski 24 Taggart Corriveau CORE-vo 28 R.J. Gicewicz gi-shev-itz Matt Deschamps di-shomp Follow Saints Athletics on Social Media! Facebook: facebook.com/saintsathletics YouTube: St. Lawrence University Athletics Men s Hockey Media Contact Beth Spadaccini Assistant Director of Media Relations bspadaccini@stlawu.edu (315) /(315) Numbers Watch, Continued appearances (69) through just two seasons with the Saints. He also has a program-best 1.99 career goals against average heading into his junior year. Finkelstein in Florida As the 195th overall pick of the Florida Panthers in the seventh round of the 2016 NHL draft, Ben Finkelstein became the first drafted player to wear the Scarlet and Brown since defenseman Matt Generous 09 was drafted in He is the 52nd draft pick in program history. Finkelstein comes to St. Lawrence from Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire. Game-winning Touch Gavin Bayreuther and Drew Smolcynski were tied for the team lead in game-winning goals in with three each, while returning forwards Joe Sullivan and Ryan Lough each added two of their own. Mike Marnell was the only other returning forward to net a game-winning goal last season. Special Teams Scoring Bayreuther was also among team leaders in power play goals last season, finishing with two along with Jacob Pritchard and Mike Marnell. Drew Smolcynski and Woody Hudson each finished with one PPG to their credit. Meanwhile, Michael Laidley is the only returning foward Saints Men s Hockey Notes

5 Special Teams, Continued to have scored a shorthanded goal. The Saints finished with an 11.8% efficiency rate on the power play and 84.9% efficiency rate on the penalty kill. Sweet Block Senior defenseman Eric Sweetman has led the Saints in blocked shots two of the past three seasons, with 82 blocks in the season. The Newcomers The Saints added seven first-years to the roster for the season: Will Harrison, Ryan Garvey, Carson Gicewicz, Sam Kauppila, Ben Finkelstein, Taggart Corriveau and Daniel Mannella. Three rookies (Harrison, Garvey, Gicewicz) came to St. Lawrence via the USHL, two (Finkelstein and Corriveau) are straight out of U.S. prep schools in and Ontario natives Garvey and Mannella played int he OJHL prior to beginning their collegiate careers. National Polls USCHO.COM Preseason Poll Sept. 26, 2016 R record Points Last Poll 1. North Dakota (43) Quinnipiac (1) Denver Boston University (5) Boston College (1) Minnesota-Duluth St. Cloud State Massachusetts-Lowell Notre Dame Providence Michigan Harvard Minnesota NR 14. Bowling Green NR 15. Northeastern St. Lawrence Michigan Tech Yale Minnesota State Ferris State Others receiving votes: Cornell 92, Nebraska-Omaha 85, Penn State 63, Clarkson 62, Rochester Institute of Technology 62, Ohio State 33, Air Force 17, Vermont 16, Miami 11, Wisconsin 10, Dartmouth 6, Robert Morris 6, Michigan State 5. The Breakdown The current St. Lawrence roster is composed of seven seniors, eight juniors, five sophomores and seven first-years. Seven of the team s 27 rostered players are Canadian, representing two provinces in Ontario and Quebec. The 20 Americans playing for the Saints this season represent 14 states: California, Connecticut, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin. Sixteen players list a USHL team as their last team, while four played in the BCHL, three in the OJHL, one in the NAHL and three came from U.S. prep schools. Up Next The Saints will host their first regular season series with the University of New Hampshire and Merrimack College traveling to Appleton Arena for games on Oct. 14 and 15. Saints Career Scoring Leaders Goals - 1. Brian McFarlane Burke Murphy Pete Lappin Greg Carey Andy Pritchard T.J. Trevelyan Mike Lappin Terry Slater Joe McLean Joe Day Assists - 1. Paul DiFrancesco Doug Crawford Mike Lappin Daniel Laperriere Pete Lappin Erik Anderson Kyle Flanagan Greg Carey Derek Ladouceur Terry Slater Points - 1. Pete Lappin Greg Carey Brian McFarlane Mike Lappin Doug Crawford Paul DiFrancesco Burke Muprhy Terry Slater Andy Pritchard T.J. Trevelyan Saints Men s Hockey Notes

6 The Last Time St. Lawrence... SLU won in overtime at home 3-2 vs. Clarkson(3/12/16) (3:14 2nd Overtime) SLU won in overtime on the road 3-2 at UNH (10/16/15) (2:27) Lost in overtime at Home 4-3 vs. RPI 11/7/15 (1:00) Lost in overtime on the road 2-1 vs. Harvard - Lake Placid 3/18/16 (2:18) Tied at home 2-2 vs. Clarkson 10/31/14 Tied on the road 2-2 at Brown 2/20/16 Recorded a shutout at home 3-0 vs. Clarkson 11/13/15 Recorded a shutout on the road 3-0 at Rensselaer 2/5/16 Were shutout at home 3-0 Northeastern 1/8/16 Were shutout on the road 4-0 at Vermont 12/11/15 Swept a series at home Clarkson ECAC Quarterfinals, March 11-12, 2016 Swept a series on the road at Dartmouth and Harvard Jan , 2015 Were swept at home Northeastern Jan. 8-9, 2016 Were swept on the road at Dartmouth and Harvard Jan , 2016 Scored 8 or more goals 10-2 at Niagara 10/11/14 Allowed 8 or more goals 8-0 Quinnipiac 2/28/15 Scored 3 or more power play goals in a game 4 vs. Niagara 10/11/14 Allowed 3 power play goals in a game Colgate 12/5/15 Scored a shorthanded goal Tommy Thompson vs. Princeton 2/13/16 (GW) Allowed a shorthanded goal Travis St. Denis, Quinnipiac 2/12/16 Scored a hat trick Jeremy Wick vs. Princeton 3/1/14 Opponent hat trick Jimmy Vesey 1/15/16 One Player had 3 assists in a game Greg Carey at RPI 2/21/14 One player had 4 assists in a game Drew Smolcynski at Niagara 10/11/14 40-plus saves in a game Kyle Hayton vs. Clarkson 3/12/16 (50 in 83:14)* 40-plus opponent saves in a game Greg Lewis, Clarkson 3/12/16 (40 in 82:47) *-Arthur Brey also had a 50-save game in a 2-2 overtime tie at Penn State (65:00) Overall Record: At Home: On the Road: Neutral: League: League Home: League Away: Non-League: Non League Home: Non-League Away Non-League Neutral: Leading After One: The Saints Record When ( )... Trailing After One: Tied After One: Leading After Two: Trailing After Two: Tied After Two: In Overtime: Scoring First: Opp. Scores First: Outshooting Opp.: Opp. Outshoots SLU: Shots Are Even: Scoring 3 or More: Scoring 2 or Less: Scoring on the PP: Allowing a PP Goal: In October: In November: In December: In January: In Feburary: In March: On Thursday: On Friday: On Saturday: Saints Men s Hockey Notes