The 2021–22 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey season was the 29th season of play for the program, the 24th at the Division I level, and the 19th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Pioneers represented Sacred Heart University and were coached by C. J. Marottolo, in his 13th season.
Season Sacred Heart spent the entire season hovering around the .500 mark. The team was effectively average in all aspects of the game; neither their offense nor defense were particularly strong, but both couldn't be called weaknesses either. Over the course of the season, Sacred Heart's longest losing streak was just three games but they weren't able to put together any long stretches of winning hockey. The Pioneers got mostly reliable goaltending from junior Justin Robbins but also buoyed his efforts with stints from both Josh Benson and Luke Lush.
Probably the best performance from the team came in the Connecticut Ice semifinal when they lost to #2 Quinnipiac into overtime. The Pioneers had led late, only to see the Bobcats tie the score after pulling their goalie.
The Pioneers' 5th-place finish in Atlantic Hockey earned them an automatic bid into the conference quarterfinals. Despite outplaying RIT for a majority of the three-game series, Sacred Heart's offense was lacking and scored just once in their two losses.
Departures Josh Allan Defenseman Graduation (retired) Derek Contessa Forward Transferred to Endicott Carson Gallagher Forward Transferred to Plattsburgh State Michael Gilroy Defenseman Graduation (retired) Marcel Godbout Forward Graduation (signed with Pensacola Ice Flyers) Marc Johnstone Forward Graduation (signed with South Carolina Stingrays) Marcus Joseph Defenseman Graduation (retired) Max Luukko Defenseman Graduation (retired) Emil Öhrvall Forward Signed professional contract (BIK Karlskoga) David Tomeo Goaltender Signed professional contract (Utica Comets) Evan Wisocky Forward Graduation (retired)
Recruiting Logan Britt Defenseman 22 Crystal Lake, IL; transfer from Quinnipiac Troy Conzo Forward 24 Nesconset, NY; graduate transfer from Colorado College Daniel Ebrahim Forward 21 Brooklin, ON Dante Fantauzzi Defenseman 21 Woodbridge, ON; transfer from Alaska Anchorage Conner Hutchison Defenseman 20 Hicksville, NY; transfer from Vermont Dante Palecco Forward 23 Whippany, NJ; graduate transfer from Yale Dakota Raabe Forward 24 Capistrano Beach, CA; graduate transfer from Michigan Justin Robbins Goaltender 22 Alpine, NJ; transfer from Arizona State Rourke Russell Defenseman 23 Long Beach, CA; graduate transfer from Miami Hunter Sansbury Defenseman 20 Lomita, CA Neil Shea Forward 22 Marshfield, MA; transfer from Northeastern
Roster .
Standings
Schedule and results
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" |colspan=12|Sacred Heart Lost Series 1–2
Scoring statistics F 37 11 20 31 10 F 35 12 15 27 2 C 30 10 14 24 25 F 34 10 11 21 29 D 37 3 18 21 30 F 37 9 8 17 13 D 35 6 10 16 17 F 34 3 10 13 2 F 36 9 3 12 10 RW 18 5 6 11 6 F 33 3 7 10 10 D 36 0 10 10 18 D 25 3 6 9 8 D 36 2 7 9 26 LW 34 3 5 8 2 F 34 2 6 8 2 C 27 2 5 7 4 D 37 2 3 5 35 D 19 0 2 2 0 D 5 0 1 1 0 F 9 0 1 1 2 D 15 0 1 1 12 C 21 0 1 1 4 G 28 0 1 1 0 D 2 0 0 0 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 F 5 0 0 0 0 G 6 0 0 0 0 D 9 0 0 0 0 G 11 0 0 0 0 LW 21 0 0 0 21 Bench - - - - - 0 Total 95 171 266 288
Goaltending statistics 6 202 1 3 0 8 99 0 .925 2.37 29 1539 10 12 3 61 609 1 .909 2.38 13 491 4 3 1 25 196 0 .887 3.05 Empty Net - 25 - - - 2 - - - - Total 37 2258 15 18 4 100 904 1 .900 2.66
Rankings
PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.
Awards and honors Neil Shea Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Scoring Trophy Logan Britt Atlantic Hockey Second Team Neil Shea Braeden Tuck Atlantic Hockey Third Team
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