2024-25 Saint Michael's College Men's Ice Hockey Outlook

COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Damian DiGiulian (13th Year)
Assistant Coaches: Lilly Holmes (3rd Year), Brent Truchon (13th Year)
Director of Hockey Operations: Dakota Woodworth (3rd Year)

LAST YEAR
2023-24 Overall Record: 15-14
2023-24 Northeast-10 Conference Record: 13-7

THIS YEAR
Returners: 22
First-Years: 7

FAST FACTS
Seven of the Purple Knights' top eight scorers in 2023-24, including the top four, are among the veterans ... five regular defensemen are back, headlined by senior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), the 2023-24 NE10 Co-Defensive Player of the Year ... with junior Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers) assuming the starting goaltending job, Saint Michael's went 6-1 to finish the regular season ... the Purple Knights went 6-1 in overtime games ... five losses came by two goals or fewer ... all 23 skaters who saw the ice last year had points, with 20 scoring goals.

KEY DATES
The Purple Knights open the season by hosting Vermont State University Castleton for an exhibition game on Friday ... the regular season begins with a weekend set versus Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts on Nov. 1-2, and NE10 play gets underway at Post University on Nov. 8-9 ... each NE10 squad plays four times ... Saint Michael's breaks from league action for six straight games between late November and early January. A meeting with Middlebury caps non-conference play on Jan. 14 ... the final 10 regular-season contests are against NE10 teams ... all six NE10 teams qualify for the postseason, which begins on Feb. 18.

SENIORS (7)

Jack Bavis (West Roxbury, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors), forward
David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), defenseman | 2nd-year captain | 2023-24 NEHWA Division II/III All-Star | 2023-24 NE10 Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award | 2023-24 NE10 Co-Defensive Player of the Year | 2023-24 NE10 All-Conference (1st Team) | 29 games | 8 goals | 11 assists | 6 power-play goals | 68 blocked shots
Ryland Dukes (Nashville, Tenn./Walpole Express), forward | 26 games | 3 goals | 15 assists
Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), defenseman | captain | 2023-24 NE10 All-Conference (2nd Team) | 29 games | 13 goals | 10 assists | 5 power-play goals | 3 game-winners | 33 blocked shots
Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), forward | captain | 28 games | 4 goals | 6 assists | 226 faceoff wins
Brennan McFarland (Greeley, Colo./Northern Colorado Eagles), forward | 2023-24 Joe Concannon Award Semifinalist | 2023-24 NE10 All-Conference (1st Team) | 29 games | 13 goals | 21 assists | +5 | 4 power-play goals | 3 game-winners
Moseley Schwartz (Philadelphia, Pa./Phillips Academy), defenseman | 28 games | 2 goals | 3 assists

JUNIORS (10)

Ashton Allain (Brentwood, Tenn./Walpole Express), defenseman | 29 games | 3 goals | 4 assists | 41 blocked shots
Jackson Cole (Newark, Del./Vernal Oilers), goalie | did not make any appearances
Jake Leale (Suffern, N.Y./Connecticut RoughRiders), forward | 27 games | 1 goal | 3 assists | 33 blocked shots | 34-for-63 on faceoffs (54.0%)
Kyle Lee (Buffalo, N.Y./Finlandia), defenseman | 10 games in 1st season at SMC | 1 goal
Jake Lincourt (Smithfield, R.I./Walpole Express), forward | 20 games | 2 assists | 118-for-214 on faceoffs (55.1%)
Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), goalie | 13 games | 10 starts | 2.55 GAA | .935 SV% | 5-5 record | 1 shutout
Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School), forward | 27 games | 10 goals | 19 assists | 4 power-play goals
Silas Recica-Sullivan (Bakersfield, Vt./Twin City Thunder), goalie | missed season due to injury
Matti Tauriainen (Grapevine, Texas/Valley Jr. Warriors), forward | 23 games | 1 goal | 1 assist | 46 faceoff wins
Nick Wracker (Columbia, S.C./Northeast Generals), forward | 26 games | 2 goals | 6 assists

SOPHOMORES (5)

Ben Baxter (Hyannis, Mass./Seahawks Hockey Club), forward | 18 games | 1 goal | 2 assists
Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), forward | 2023-24 NE10 All-Rookie Team | 28 games | 6 goals | 8 assists | 136-for-247 on faceoffs (55.1%)
Hans Forselius (Guilford, Conn./Seahawks Hockey Club), forward | 25 games | 3 goals | 10 assists
Danny Keegan (Braintree, Mass./Williston Northampton School), defenseman | 13 games | 1 assists
Brayden Naumann (Boston, Mass./Dexter Southfield School), forward | 19 games | 2 goals | 1 assist