2021–22 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season

2021–22 Bentley Falcons
men's ice hockey season
ConferenceT–8th Atlantic Hockey
Home iceBentley Arena
Rankings
USCHONR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall14–20–2
Conference10–14–2
Home8–7–2
Road6–13–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachRyan Soderquist
Assistant coachesJon Coleman
Stephen Needham
Cam Doomany
Captain(s)Ethan Roswell
Alternate captain(s)Brendan Walkom
Marcus Walter
Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2021–22 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 45th season of play for the program, the 23rd at the Division I level, and the 19th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Falcons represented Bentley University and were coached by Ryan Soderquist, in his 20th season.

Season

Bentley began its season in very good standing, defeating both Ohio State and Boston College in the first few weeks of the season. The Falcons cooled off a bit afterwards but still managed to win a few games as they tried to start out their goaltending situation. They began the year with Nicholas Grabko in goal but he never seemed to be able to put a string of good performances together. Unfortunately, the two other options (Evan Debrouwer and Jason Grande) didn't play any better.

In mid-November, Debrouwer got his second shot as the starter and made the most of his opportunity, winning five games in a row to put Bentley near the top of the Atlantic Hockey standings by the mid point of the season.

After the winter break, Bentley had to reschedule several games around an uptick in COVID-19 positive tests that were affecting all of college hockey but seemed to get out of the trouble by the end of January. That was only the beginning of their trouble, however, as goaltending issues sent the Falcons careening towards the bottom of the conference. Debrouwer was never able to regain the form he had shown in November and December and allowed fewer than 3 goals in just two of his next nine games. Neither Grabko nor Grande could provide better support for the team in goal and Bentley ended up stumbling towards the finish. Even when their goaltenders were able to limit teams to just a few goals, the Falcons' offense went missing and Bentley finished the regular season with and 11-game winless streak.

They opened the postseason on the road against Niagara and completely reversed course, winning two matches to both end their streak and move onto the conference quarterfinals. The team's low position, however, sent them into a match with top-seeded American International and the Falcons were routed in back-to-back games.

Departures

Player Position Nationality Cause
Christian Felton Defenseman  United States Transferred to Merrimack
Will Garin Forward  United States Left program (retired)
Charlie Marchand Defenseman  United States Graduation (retired)
Jakov Novak Forward  Canada Transferred to Northeastern
Zach Pellegrino Forward  United States Transferred to Albertus Magnus
Luke Santerno Forward  Canada Graduate transfer to Clarkson
Devon Tongue Forward  United States Transferred to Trinity

Recruiting

Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Cooper Connell Forward  Canada 20 West Vancouver, BC
Evan Debrouwer Goaltender  Canada 24 Blenheim, ON; transfer from Arizona State
Tucker Hodgson Defenseman  United States 20 Grand Forks, ND
Phil Knies Forward  Slovakia 23 Bratislava, SVK; graduate transfer from Miami
Eric Linell Forward  United States 23 Great Neck, NY; transfer from Connecticut
Tanner Main Defenseman  Canada 21 Welland, ON
Danny Pearson Forward  Canada 21 West Vancouver, BC
Collin Rutherford Forward  United States 23 Tonawanda, NY; graduate transfer from Dartmouth
Kohei Sato Forward  Japan 24 Nishitōkyō, JPN; graduate transfer from New Hampshire
Harrison Scott Forward  United States 21 San Jose, CA

Roster

As of August 23, 2021.[1]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
2 Pennsylvania Matt Clark Sophomore D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-05-10 Jamison, Pennsylvania Topeka) (NAHL) —
3 Alberta Luke Orysiuk Senior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997-06-19 Edmonton, Alberta Fairbanks (NAHL) —
4 Alberta Marcus Walter (A) Junior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-06-14 St. Albert, Alberta Alberni Valley (BCHL) —
5 Arizona Ethan Roswell (C) Senior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-07-30 Paradise Valley, Arizona Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC) —
6 Massachusetts Brendan Hamblet Graduate F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-11-05 Hopkinton, Massachusetts Rivers (USHS–MA) —
7 Texas Ethan Harrison Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2000-10-30 Plano, Texas Sioux City (USHL) —
9 Pennsylvania Brendan Walkom (A) Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-01-28 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Madison (USHL) —
10 Indiana Dylan Pitera Senior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-07-04 Culver, Indiana Culver (Midget AAA) —
11 New York (state) Eric Linell Junior F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1998-09-17 Great Neck, New York UConn (HEA) —
12 British Columbia Danny Pearson Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-06-01 Vancouver, British Columbia Coquitlam (BCHL) —
13 Connecticut Matt Gosiewski Junior F 6' 4" (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1998-05-10 Wilton, Connecticut Wenatchee (BCHL) —
14 Massachusetts Matt Lombardozzi Graduate D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1997-06-27 Leominster, Massachusetts Carleton Place (CCHL) —
15 British Columbia Cooper Connell Freshman F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-07-15 West Vancouver, British Columbia Grande Prairie (AJHL) —
16 California Harrison Scott Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-09-27 San Jose, California Amarillo (NAHL) —
17 Illinois Michael Zuffante Graduate F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998-03-17 Bloomingdale, Illinois Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL) —
18 Japan Kohei Sato Graduate F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1996-09-26 Nishitōkyō, Japan New Hampshire (HEA) —
19 New York (state) Collin Rutherford Graduate F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1997-12-29 Tonawanda, New York Dartmouth (ECAC) —
20 Indiana Will Schlagenhauf Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998-10-12 Carmel, Indiana Muskegon (USHL) —
21 Florida Cole Kodsi Sophomore F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2000-06-17 Boca Raton, Florida Omaha (USHL) —
22 Florida Drew Bavaro Sophomore D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-06-10 Bradenton, Florida Wenatchee (NAHL) —
23 North Dakota Tucker Hodgson Freshman D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2001-06-07 Grand Forks, North Dakota Fargo (USHL) —
24 Missouri Joe Winkelmann Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-05-08 St. Louis, Missouri Odessa (NAHL) —
25 Florida Hunter Toale Junior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1999-11-21 Coral Springs, Florida Johnstown (NAHL) —
26 Ontario Lucas Vanroboys Junior F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999-07-24 Thamesville, Ontario Prince George (BCHL) —
27 Florida A. J. Villella Senior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-01-26 Davie, Florida Northeastern (HEA) —
28 Ontario Tanner Main Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2000-04-03 Welland, Ontario Prince George (BCHL) —
29 Illinois Nicholas Grabko Sophomore G 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-02-06 Channahon, Illinois Green Bay (USHL) —
30 Ontario Evan DeBrouwer Graduate G 6' 3" (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-01-30 Blenheim, Ontario Arizona State (NCAA) —
33 Pennsylvania Jason Grande Junior G 6' 3" (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-02-07 West Chester, Pennsylvania Amarillo (NAHL) —
34 Ontario Fraser Kirk Senior G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1997-10-07 Burlington, Ontario Newmarket (OJHL) —
38 Arizona Phil Knies Graduate F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1998-06-04 Phoenix, Arizona Miami (NCHC) —

Standings

2021–22 Atlantic Hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OW OL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#18 American International †* 26 17 7 2 1 2 0 54 97 61 38 22 13 3 134 95
Canisius 26 13 11 2 2 1 1 43 76 67 35 16 16 3 99 97
Army 26 12 11 3 0 1 2 42 75 68 35 14 17 4 98 100
RIT 26 12 10 4 1 3 3 41 69 82 38 18 16 4 92 115
Sacred Heart 26 11 12 3 0 1 3 40 72 70 37 15 18 4 95 100
Air Force 26 11 12 3 3 2 2 37 76 80 36 16 17 3 99 127
Mercyhurst 26 10 12 4 0 1 1 36 75 79 39 16 19 4 114 129
Niagara 26 10 13 3 2 2 1 34 70 79 36 11 22 3 82 122
Bentley 26 10 14 2 1 2 1 34 70 78 36 14 20 2 94 117
Holy Cross 26 10 14 2 3 0 0 29 56 72 37 12 23 2 77 108
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
October 2 7:00 PM at Northeastern* Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts   Grabko L 0–4  4,208 0–1–0
October 8 7:05 PM Ohio State* Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Grabko W 2–1  1,585 1–1–0
October 9 6:05 PM Ohio State* Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer L 1–7  1,359 1–2–0
October 16 7:05 PM #6 Boston College* Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Grabko W 6–2  2,150 2–2–0
October 21 7:05 PM at Holy Cross Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts   Grabko W 4–2  537 3–2–0 (1–0–0)
October 22 4:05 PM Holy Cross Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Grabko L 2–3  1,761 3–3–0 (1–1–0)
October 30 8:00 PM at #15 Harvard* Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts   Grabko L 3–7  1,357 3–4–0
November 5 7:05 PM Canisius Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Grande W 2–1  1,262 4–4–0 (2–1–0)
November 6 4:05 PM Canisius Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Grande L 3–6  1,253 4–5–0 (2–2–0)
November 12 9:05 PM at Air Force Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Grabko L 1–2  1,968 4–6–0 (2–3–0)
November 13 7:05 PM at Air Force Cadet Ice Arena • Colorado Springs, Colorado   Grande W 5–4  1,895 5–6–0 (3–3–0)
November 19 1:05 PM at American International MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts   Grabko L 0–5  293 5–7–0 (3–4–0)
November 20 1:05 PM at American International MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer W 2–1  192 6–7–0 (4–4–0)
November 26 4:05 PM Army Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer W 3–1  1,275 7–7–0 (5–4–0)
November 27 4:05 PM Army Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer W 5–0  1,275 8–7–0 (6–4–0)
December 3 7:05 PM Mercyhurst Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer W 4–3  1,131 9–7–0 (7–4–0)
December 4 5:05 PM Mercyhurst Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer W 3–1  965 10–7–0 (8–4–0)
January 8 7:00 PM at Merrimack* J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Grabko L 1–4  1,093 10–8–0
January 14 7:05 PM Sacred Heart Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Kirk L 1–5  689 10–9–0 (8–5–0)
January 15 5:05 PM Sacred Heart Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer W 4–3  874 11–9–0 (9–5–0)
January 21 7:00 PM at Canisius LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York   DeBrouwer W 7–4  582 12–9–0 (10–5–0)
January 22 7:00 PM at Canisius LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York   Grabko L 1–2 OT 614 12–10–0 (10–6–0)
January 28 7:05 PM RIT Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer L 1–2  897 12–11–0 (10–7–0)
January 30 2:05 PM RIT Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer T 3–3 SOL 780 12–11–1 (10–7–1)
February 4 7:00 PM at Niagara Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York   DeBrouwer L 5–6  611 12–12–1 (10–8–1)
February 5 5:05 PM at Niagara Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York   Grabko L 2–3  585 12–13–1 (10–9–1)
February 10 7:05 PM at Sacred Heart Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut   DeBrouwer L 3–5  231 12–14–1 (10–10–1)
February 11 6:05 PM at Sacred Heart Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut   Grabko L 1–3  341 12–15–1 (10–11–1)
February 18 7:05 PM Air Force Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer L 1–4  1,498 12–16–1 (10–12–1)
February 19 4:05 PM Air Force Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   Grabko T 4–4 SOW 1,250 12–16–2 (10–12–2)
February 25 7:05 PM Holy Cross Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer L 2–3 OT 1,250 12–17–2 (10–13–2)
February 26 7:00 PM at Holy Cross Hart Center • Worcester, Massachusetts   DeBrouwer L 1–2  650 12–18–2 (10–14–2)
Atlantic Hockey Tournament
March 4 7:00 PM at Niagara* Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York (First Round game 1)   DeBrouwer W 3–2 OT 470 13–18–2
March 5 7:00 PM at Niagara* Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York (First Round game 2)   DeBrouwer W 4–1  447 14–18–2
Bentley Won Series 2–0
March 11 7:00 PM at American International* MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts (Quarterfinal game 1)   DeBrouwer L 2–5  410 14–19–2
March 12 7:00 PM at American International* MassMutual Center • Springfield, Massachusetts (Quarterfinal game 2)   DeBrouwer L 2–6  310 14–20–2
Bentley Lost Series 0–2
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
Source:[2]

Scoring statistics

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Drew Bavaro D 36 9 18 27 26
Cole Kodsi LW 33 10 13 23 10
Matt Gosiewski C 32 7 16 23 6
Dylan Pitera F 35 7 13 20 29
Matt Lombardozzi D 35 10 9 19 62
Collin Rutherford C 34 7 10 17 2
Lucas Vanroboys F 34 5 10 15 84
Danny Pearson F 27 6 6 12 17
Luke Orysiuk D 26 5 7 12 24
Kohei Sato LW 31 5 7 12 26
Harrison Scott F 33 4 7 11 22
Brendan Hamblet F 35 4 7 11 14
Phil Knies C/LW 10 2 6 8 2
Cooper Connell F 22 3 4 7 2
Michael Zuffante F 18 1 6 7 6
Ethan Roswell D 34 0 6 6 4
Eric Linell RW 34 4 1 5 8
Tanner Main D 32 1 4 5 14
Brendan Walkom F 31 0 5 5 6
Tucker Hodgson D 36 2 2 4 45
Ethan Harrison F 19 2 0 2 2
Will Schlagenhauf F 6 0 1 1 2
Hunter Toale D 9 0 1 1 8
Joe Winkelmann C 11 0 1 1 0
Fraser Kirk G 1 0 0 0 0
Jason Grande G 6 0 0 0 0
Marcus Walter D 12 0 0 0 10
Nicholas Grabko G 13 0 0 0 4
Matt Clark D 16 0 0 0 10
Evan Debrouwer G 20 0 0 0 0
Total 94 160 254 455

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Goaltending statistics

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Evan DeBrouwer 20 1139 9 9 1 52 512 1 .908 2.74
Nicholas Grabko 13 698 3 9 1 39 337 0 .896 3.35
Jason Grande 6 267 2 1 0 15 132 0 .898 3.37
Fraser Kirk 1 60 0 1 0 5 30 0 .857 5.00
Empty Net - 18 - - - 6 - - - -
Total 36 2183 14 20 2 117 1011 1 .896 3.22

Rankings

Main article: 2021–22 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 22 23 24 25 (Final)
USCHO.com NR NR NR NR 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 NR NR NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.[4]

Awards and honors

Player Award Ref
Drew Bavaro Atlantic Hockey First Team [5]

References

  1. ^ "2018–19 Bentley University Hockey Roster". Bentley University. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "Bentley 2021-22 Team Schedule". College Hockey Inc. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "Bentley Univ. 2021-2022 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ^ "Atlantic Hockey Announces 2021-22 All-Conference Teams". Atlantic Hockey. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.