COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Damian DiGiulian (13th Year)
Assistant Coaches:Â
Lilly Holmes (3rd Year),
Brent Truchon (13th Year)
Director of Hockey Operations:Â
Dakota Woodworth (3rd Year)
LAST YEAR
2023-24 Overall Record: 15-14
2023-24 Northeast-10 Conference Record: 13-7
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THIS YEAR
Returners: 22
First-Years: 7
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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.
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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.
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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
FIRST-YEARS (7)
- Cole Douglas (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shady Side Academy), defenseman
- Patrick Last (Derry, N.H./Twin City Thunder), forward
- Sj LeComte (Port Monmouth, N.J./Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings), forward
- Evan Plunkett (Charlotte, N.C./Holderness School), goalie
- Jack Tuite (Shrub Oak, N.Y./Springfield Jr. Pics), forward
- Roman Winicki (Setauket, N.Y./Philadelphia Hockey Club), forward
- Ian Wolanin (Pomfret, Conn./HC Rhode Island), defenseman