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The 2020–21 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season was the inaugural season of play for the program at the Division I level. The Sharks represented Long Island University and were coached by Brett Riley, in his 1st season.

Season

Prior to the season, LIU entered into a scheduling partnership with Atlantic Hockey. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, LIU would schedule games against members of Atlantic Hockey but would not be eligible for the conference tournament. In August, the NCAA granted a blanket waiver for all winter sports, not counting the 2020–21 season against eligibility. This gave all LIU players an additional year of college hockey.

Recruiting

Due to LIU not possessing a club team the previous season, the entire varsity roster was assembled from scratch. Eleven transfers from other college programs were used as the framework for the inaugural team roster while 15 freshman were part of LIU's first recruiting class. At first, it was expected that the six non-graduate transfer players would not play for LIU in its first season. However, in December the NCAA changed its transfer rules, dropping the requirement that students had to sit out a year when changing schools.

Roster

As of October 8, 2020.

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 Utah Garrett Metcalf Graduate G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1996-03-05 Salt Lake City, Utah Mercyhurst (AHA) ANA, 179th overall 2015
2 Massachusetts Nolan McElhaney Sophomore D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-04-22 Natick, Massachusetts New Hampshire (HEA) —
3 Massachusetts Mat Harris Graduate D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1996-07-14 Sudbury, Massachusetts RPI (ECAC) —
5 Minnesota Garrett Worth Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-08-03 Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) —
6 British Columbia Tanner Hopps Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2000-01-02 Delta, British Columbia Drayton Valley (AJHL) —
7 Ontario Jordan DiCicco Freshman D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1999-03-17 London, Ontario Brooks (AJHL) —
8 Missouri Zack Bross Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1996-03-11 St. Louis, Missouri UMass Boston (NEHC) —
9 Ontario Christian Rajic Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1997-02-06 Oakville, Ontario Alabama Huntsville (WCHA) —
10 British Columbia Mitchell Meek Graduate D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1996-08-21 Victoria, British Columbia Michigan Tech (WCHA) —
11 Ontario Max Balinson Junior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1996-10-05 Ancaster, Ontario Arizona State (NCAA) —
12 Ontario Brett Humberstone Freshman D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2000-03-17 Napanee, Ontario Wellington (OJHL) —
13 Alberta Jacob Franczak Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-06-13 Edmonton, Alberta Sherwood Park (AJHL) —
14 Ohio Aaron White Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1999-06-03 Toledo, Ohio Amarillo (NAHL) —
15 Pennsylvania Carter Ekberg Junior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-05-14 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Air Force (AHA) —
16 British Columbia Marty Westhaver Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-03-15 Victoria, British Columbia Victoria (BCHL) —
17 British Columbia Nolan Welsh Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 1999-06-23 Burnaby, British Columbia Prince George (BCHL) —
18 Massachusetts Derek Osik Graduate F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-03-30 Shrewsbury, Massachusetts UMass Lowell (HEA) —
19 Massachusetts Jack Quinn Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1999-12-28 Lancaster, Massachusetts Kenai River (NAHL) —
20 Sweden Gustav Müller Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1999-04-23 Hudiksvall, Sweden Madison (USHL) —
21 Colorado Connor Szmul Freshman F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1999-09-08 Castle Rock, Colorado Chippewa (NAHL) —
22 Ontario Rob McCollum Freshman D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1999-11-04 Thunder Bay, Ontario Muskegon (USHL) —
23 Russia Arseni Smekhnov Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 2001-01-28 Kirov, Russia Janesville (NAHL) —
24 Alaska Tanner Schachle Junior F 6' 4" (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1997-06-20 Wasilla, Alaska Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) —
25 Saskatchewan Preston Brodziak Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-06-29 Estevan, Saskatchewan Prince George (BCHL) —
26 British Columbia Daine Dubois Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-09-11 Williams Lake, British Columbia Bonnyville (AJHL) —
27 Japan Madoka Suzuki Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 2000-01-14 Kanagawa, Japan Kemptville (CCHL) —
29 Illinois Vincent Purpura Junior G 6' 6" (1.98 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1998-10-29 Lemont, Illinois Boston University (HEA) —
33 New York (state) Stephen Mundinger Graduate G 6' 8" (2.03 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1995-04-26 Smithtown, New York Maine (HEA) —
New York (state) Brandon Perrone Sophomore G 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998-10-26 Hauppauge, New York Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) —

Standings

2020–21 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings
Overall record
GP W L T GF GA
Arizona State 26 7 16 3 68 106
Long Island 13 3 10 0 23 55
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results

Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
November 19 10:37 AM at Holy Cross* Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts   Metcalf W 3–2  0 1–0–0
November 22 4:00 PM at Holy Cross* Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts   Metcalf L 2–5  0 1–1–0
December 11 5:00 PM at RIT* MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts   Metcalf W 4–3  0 2–1–0
December 12 5:00 PM at RIT* MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts   Mundinger L 1–5  0 2–2–0
January 2 2:05 PM at #20 American International* MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts   Metcalf L 1–2  0 2–3–0
January 13 2:05 PM at #20 American International* MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts   Metcalf L 2–5  0 2–4–0
January 15 5:00 PM at Army* Tate Rink • West Point, New York   Metcalf L 2–5  0 2–5–0
January 16 7:00 PM at Army* Tate Rink • West Point, New York   Purpura W 3–2  0 3–5–0
January 22 7:00 PM at Liberty* Lahaye Ice Center • Lynchburg, Virginia (Exhibition)     L 1–2   
January 23 3:30 PM at Liberty* Lahaye Ice Center • Lynchburg, Virginia (Exhibition)     W 4–0   
February 4 7:00 PM at #19 Robert Morris* Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania   Purpura L 1–4  0 3–6–0
February 5 3:00 PM at #19 Robert Morris* Colonials Arena • Neville Township, Pennsylvania   Purpura L 0–4  0 3–7–0
February 22 6:00 PM at #12 Quinnipiac* People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut   Metcalf L 1–7  0 3–8–0
February 26 5:00 PM at Army* Tate Rink • West Point, New York   Metcalf L 0–5  24 3–9–0
February 27 7:00 PM at Army* Tate Rink • West Point, New York   Metcalf L 3–6  86 3–10–0
*Non-conference game. Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Scoring statistics

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Nolan Welsh F 12 3 4 7 4
Zack Bross F 11 4 2 6 31
Mitch Meek D 11 3 3 6 4
Christian Rajic C 10 2 3 5 24
Max Balinson D 11 1 4 5 8
Gustav Müller F 12 3 1 4 4
Jordan Di Cicco D 13 3 1 4 6
Jack Quinn F 13 1 3 4 2
Jacob Franczak C 12 2 0 2 4
Preston Brodziak F 8 1 1 2 4
Arseni Smekhnov C 10 0 2 2 4
Brett Humberstone D 11 0 2 2 19
Mat Harris D 13 0 2 2 6
Garrett Worth F 8 0 1 1 2
Madoka Suzuki LW 8 0 1 1 2
Tanner Schachle LW 9 0 1 1 24
Nolan McElhaney D 12 0 1 1 8
Derek Osik F 13 0 1 1 0
Stephen Mundinger G 1 0 0 0 0
Vincent Purpura G 4 0 0 0 0
Tanner Hopps F 6 0 0 0 2
Carter Ekberg D 7 0 0 0 8
Garrett Metcalf G 9 0 0 0 0
Aaron White F 9 0 0 0 0
Connor Szmul F 9 0 0 0 0
Rob McCollum D 10 0 0 0 10
Bench - - - - - 6
Total 23 33 56 182

Goaltending statistics

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Vincent Purpura 4 211 1 2 0 12 111 0 .902 3.40
Garrett Metcalf 9 537 2 7 0 36 329 0 .901 4.02
Stephen Mundinger 1 29 0 1 0 3 12 0 .800 6.08
Empty Net - 7 - - - 4 - - - -
Total 13 786 3 10 0 55 452 0 .892 4.20

Rankings

Main article: 2020–21 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 (Final)
USCHO.com 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

USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.

References

  1. "Men's Hockey Announced as Atlantic Hockey Scheduling Partner". LIU Sharks. October 15, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  2. "NCAA approves blanket waiver for 2020 fall sports athletes to retain year of eligibility". CBS Sports. August 21, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. "LIU Adds Two Hockey East Goalies From Transfer Portal". Neutral Zone. June 17, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  4. "DI Council grants waiver to allow transfer student-athletes to compete immediately". NCAA. December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  5. "2020-21 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". LIU Sharks. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  6. "Long Island University (Men) 2020-2021 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  7. "Long Island Univ. 2020-2021 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  8. "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
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