The 2017–18 Yale Bulldogs Men's ice hockey season was the 123rd season of play for the program and the 57th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Bulldogs represented Yale University and were coached by Keith Allain, in his 12th season.

Season Yale played up and down all season long, hovering around the .500 mark. Redshirt sophomore Corbin Kaczperski got some playing time in goal at the end of Yale's 5-game losing streak and the team began to rotate their goaltenders thereafter. The team showed modest improvement as the season went along and entered the conference tournament with a home date in the first round. Unfortunately, the team faltered against Quinnipiac and lost both of their postseason games.

Departures Player Position Nationality CauseFrank DiChiara Forward Graduation (signed with Worcester Railers)Michael Doherty Forward Graduation (signed with Manchester Monarchs)Henry Hart Forward Did Not Play (Retired)John Hayden Forward Graduation (signed with Chicago Blackhawks)Chris Izmirlian Forward Graduation (signed with Knoxville Ice Bears)Dan O'Keefe Defenseman Graduation (Retired)Patrick Spano Goaltender Graduation (signed with Knoxville Ice Bears)

Recruiting Player Position Nationality AgeBrett Jewell Forward 20Phil Kemp Defenseman 18Nicholas MacNab Goaltender 21Brian Matthews Defenseman 19Kevin O'Neil Forward 19Dante Palecco Forward 19Tyler Welsh Forward 20

Roster

Standings

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style="color:white; background:#00356B" | Regular season

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Yale Lost Series 0–2

Scoring statistics Name Position Games Goals Assists Points LW 31 19 17 36 18 C/LW 31 7 13 20 6 C/LW 31 10 7 17 60 C/RW 31 8 6 14 26 LW 30 7 6 13 4 LW 31 6 7 13 20 RW 31 7 4 11 14 LW 30 6 5 11 12 D 25 3 8 11 8 D 30 1 9 10 46 LW 30 3 6 9 16 D 26 3 5 8 8 D/F 31 1 7 8 28 D 31 1 6 7 10 F 27 2 3 5 16 F 28 0 5 5 8 D 16 0 4 4 22 C 12 1 1 2 0 RW 24 1 1 2 13 RW 4 0 2 2 0 G 12 0 2 2 0 D 21 0 2 2 10 D 6 1 0 1 4 F 1 0 0 0 0 G 20 0 0 0 0 Bench - 31 - - - 6 Total 87 126 213 355

Goaltending statistics Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals against Saves Shut outs 12 684 7 4 0 23 318 0 .933 2.02 20 1169 8 11 1 60 501 0 .893 3.08 Empty Net - 16 - - - 5 - - - - Total 31 1870 15 15 1 88 819 0 .903 2.82

Rankings

PollWeekPre123456789101112131415161718192021222324 (Final) USCHO.comNR–NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR *USCHO did not release a poll in week 1.

Awards and honors ECAC hockey Honor Player Position Ref All-ECAC Hockey Second Team Joe Snivley Forward

Players drafted into the NHL 2018 NHL entry draft Round Pick Player NHL team 4 112 Jack St. Ivany† Philadelphia Flyers 4 119 Curtis Hall† Boston Bruins † incoming freshman

References