Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey

Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey
Current season

University	Stonehill College
Conference	Independent
First season	1978–79
Head coach	David Berard 1st season
Arena	Bridgewater Ice Arena Easton, Massachusetts
Colors	Purple and white^[1]

The Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey team represents Stonehill College in NCAA Division I ice hockey. On April 5, 2022, the school announced that they were promoting all of their varsity programs to Division I for the 2022–23 academic year.^[2]

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History

Stonehill began playing varsity hockey in 1978 joining ECAC 3, the lowest level of college hockey at the time. They remained with the conference through its various rebrandings and member changes for over 30 years. During that time the team was not successful, posting just 4 winning seasons in its first 22 campaigns and never making a single postseason appearance.^[3]

The program's fortunes began to change in 2000 when former NHL player Scott Harlow was hired to coach the team. During his seven-year tenure, the club recorded three winning seasons, its first postseason victories, and captured its first conference championship. While Harlow was in charge, the program was also going through a transitional phase. After the Division II level of college hockey collapsed in 1984, there was no place for nominally D-II programs to play. When the NCAA began offering automatic bids to the Division III Tournament in 1999, it came with a caveat; programs could not participate in postseason play if their school participated at a higher level. Because Stonehill was a D-II school, they were frozen out of the reformatted ECAC Northeast tournament. However, since they were not alone in their plight, Stonehill banded together with four other programs and began holding a separate D-II tournament at the end of the season. This arrangement continued until 2009 when all of the active Division II programs founded the ice hockey division of the Northeast-10.

Stonehill fell on hard times after Harlow left in 2007. Six years later, upon the arrival of David Borges, the team suddenly shot up the standings and won three consecutive regular season titles. While the Skyhawks weren't able to sustain that pace forever, Borges help steer the program though the lost 2021 season and was behind the bench when the school announced that they were promoting all of their varsity programs to D-I in April 2022.

Season-by-season results

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Coaches

As of the completion of 2023–24 season

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1978–1980	Bob Higgins	2	23–19–2	.545
1980–1984	Chuck Callan	4	36–49–1	.424
1984–1989	Dennis Chighisola	5	39–82–1	.324
1989–1990	Dante Muzzioli	1	14–12–0	.538
1990–1991	Fred Allard	1	6–22–0	.214
1991–1995	Peter Powers	4	34–56–5	.214
1995–2000	Greg Simeone	5	37–69–4	.355
2000–2007	Scott Harlow	7	81–83–3	.494
2007–2010	Garry Hebert	3	32–40–4	.447
2010–2013	Pat Leahy	3	25–45–4	.365
2013–2024	David Borges	10	106–142–24	.434
Totals	11 coaches	45 seasons	433–619–48	.415

Statistical leaders

Career points leaders

Player	Years	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rob Pascale	2000–2004	89	79	81	160	30
Brendan O'Brien	2005–2009	95	37	110	147	68
Brendan Flemming	1999–2003	91	75	63	138	70
Tim Quill	1988–1992		57	75	132
Butch Santosuosso	1986–1990		64	67	131
Dan Finn	1990–1994		73	56	129
Tom Stover	1990–1994		61	66	127
Mike Ryan	1999–2003	90	55	58	113	110
Kevin Joyce	1986–1990		54	52	106
Matt Curran	2004–2008	95	61	44	105	296

Career goaltending leaders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Minimum 30 games

Player	Years	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Chris Tasiopoulos	2011–2015	78	4476	42	31	4	209	7	.916	2.80
Matthew Schoen	2016–2020	30	1692	14	12	3	81	1	.927	2.87
William Palmer	2015–2019	82	4749	29	43	9	255	2	.909	3.22
Tyler Jackson	2008–2012	31	1736	11	16	2	97	2	.896	3.35
Mike Manna	2007–2010	45	2512	15	22	3	144	2	.899	3.44

Statistics current through the start of the 2022–23 season.

Roster

As of September 20, 2023.^[5]

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2	Greg Japchen	Sophomore	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2001-12-17	Doylestown, Pennsylvania	Union (ECAC)	—
3	Alexander Tertyshny	Sophomore (RS)	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-01-03	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Northeast (NAHL)	—
4	Charles Banquier	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2002-10-06	Oakville, Ontario	Prince George (BCHL)	—
5	Ryan Davies	Sophomore	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	2001-03-27	Arlington, Massachusetts	Valley (EHL)	—
7	Cam Gaudette	Junior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2000-06-01	Braintree, Massachusetts	Northeastern (HEA)	—
8	Cam Mannion	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	2001-10-31	Dorchester, Massachusetts	South Shore (NCDC)	—
9	Carter Rapalje (A)	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-08-10	Colorado Springs, Colorado	North Iowa (NAHL)	—
10	Joseph Grainda	Freshman	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2002-08-01	Carmel, Indiana	Chippewa (NAHL)	—
11	Hunter Hastings	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2002-02-07	Scottsdale, Arizona	New Mexico (NAHL)	—
12	Conor Ronayne	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	2002-07-29	Plymouth, Michigan	Smiths Falls (CCHL)	—
13	Michael Martignetti	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-03-13	Winchester, Massachusetts	Railers (EHL)	—
14	Max Pineo (C)	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-08-07	North Reading, Massachusetts	Tilton (USHS–NH)	—
16	Jack Shemligian	Sophomore	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2003-04-22	Southborough, Massachusetts	East Coast (EHL)	—
18	Nolan FitzPatrick	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-06-25	Bridgewater, Massachusetts	Thayer (USHS–MA)	—
19	Frank Ireland (A)	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-02-06	South Easton, Massachusetts	Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC)	—
20	Henri Schreifels	Senior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-07-01	Newbury Park, California	Rensselaer (ECAC)	—
21	Devon Carlstorm	Freshman	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-03-05	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida	Aberdeen (NAHL)	—
22	Jake Cady	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-07-04	Raynham, Massachusetts	South Shore (NCDC)	—
23	Justin Barker	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-11-07	Calgary, Alberta	Calgary (AJHL)	—
24	Anthony Galante	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2002-04-18	Morganville, New Jersey	Johnstown (NAHL)	—
25	Dean Schwenninger	Sophomore	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-03-05	Zürich, Switzerland	Minot (NAHL)	—
27	Cameron Collins	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2002-09-04	Raynham, Massachusetts	East Coast (EHL)	—
30	Dylan Ghaemi	Sophomore	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2001-12-30	Fairport, New York	Järvso (Division 3)	—
31	Dylan Meilun	Sophomore	G	6' 5" (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2001-11-21	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Wisconsin–Superior (WIAC)	—
35	Gavin FitzPatrick	Junior	G	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-01-09	Bridgewater, Massachusetts	South Shore (NCDC)	—
37	Kyle Heath	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	2002-04-28	West Bridgewater, Massachusetts	Middlesex (USHS–MA)	—
44	William Tripp	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	2002-05-17	Lakeville, Massachusetts	South Shore (NCDC)	—
55	Dominick Campione	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	154 lb (70 kg)	2002-11-25	Kohler, Wisconsin	Brooks (AJHL)	—

References

^ "Stonehill College Skyhawks". Retrieved September 17, 2022.
^ "Stonehill men's hockey moving from NCAA D-II Northeast-10 to NCAA Division I for 2022-23 season; women's hockey to join NEWHA in '22-23". USCHO (Press release). April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
^ "Stonehill men's Hockey 1999-2000 Media Guide" (PDF). Stonehill Skyhawks. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
^ "Stonehill Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
^ "2023-24 Roster". Stonehill Skyhawks. Retrieved September 20, 2023.

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v t e Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey
Formerly the Stonehill Chieftains
Venues	Bridgewater Ice Arena (1995–Present)
Coaches	Bob Higgins (1978–1980) Chuck Callan (1980–1984) Dennis Chighisola (1984–1989) Dante Muzzioli (1989–1990) Fred Allard (1990–1991) Peter Powers (1991–1995) Greg Simeone (1995–2000) Scott Harlow (2000–2007) Garry Hebert (2007–2010) Pat Leahy (2010–2013) David Borges (2013–2024) David Berard (2024–Present)
Seasons	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	ECAC 3 (1978–1985) ECAC North/South (1985–1992) ECAC Central (1992–1998) ECAC Northeast (1998–2009) Northeast-10 (2009–2022)
All-time leaders	Rob Pascale (160 Points) Rob Pascale (79 Goals) Chris Tasiopoulos (42 Wins)
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Men's Teams (arenas)	Alaska (Carlson Center) Alaska–Anchorage (Avis Alaska Sports Complex) Arizona State (Mullett Arena) – joining NCHC in 2024 Lindenwood (Centene Community Ice Center) Long Island (Northwell Health Ice Center) Stonehill (Bridgewater Ice Arena)
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