The 2023–24 Lindenwood Lions men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of varsity play for the program. The Lions represented Lindenwood University and were coached by Rick Zombo in his 14th season.

Season Lindenwood got off to a decent start, earning a road split with Air Force and then holding #14 Ohio State to a tie in their first two weeks. Afterwards, however, the Lions offense struggled to get on track. Over a three month span, from mid-October to mid-January, Lindenwood was able to score at least 3 goals in just four of fourteen games. With the defense still not quite up to Division I standards, that left the Lions uncompetitive in most of their games. While the team was able to get a fairly surprising tie against tournament-bound Wisconsin, the only wins the Lions could earn in the second half of the season came against Stonehill, the worst time in college hockey. To make matters worse, Lindenwood was on the wrong side of the ledger in the last game against the Skyhawks, giving Stonehill their only D-I win on the year.

After the disappointing season, Lindenwood announced that head coach Rick Zombo would not be returning and they immediately began a search for his replacement.

Departures Adisen Brueck Forward Left program (retired) Ryan Finnegan Forward Graduation (signed with Reading Royals) Hunter Johannes Forward Graduate transfer to North Dakota Mason Kruger Defenseman Left program (retired) Matt Ladd Goaltender Graduation (retired) Max Neill Forward Left program (retired) Roni Salmenkangas Goaltender Graduation (retired) Sam Watson Forward Left program (retired) Andy Willis Forward Graduation (signed with Fort Wayne Komets) Jackson Wozniak Forward Left program (retired)

Recruiting Ethan Barwick Goaltender 21 St. Albert, AB Austin Fraser Forward 20 West Vancouver, BC Adam Johnson Goaltender 20 Chicago, IL Jaeden Mercier Forward 21 Saskatoon, SK Brenden Rons Defenseman 25 Farmington Hills, MI; graduate transfer from Ferris State Patrick Schmiedlin Forward 21 Culver, IN Jake Southgate Forward 20 North Battleford, SK Jake Southgate Forward 20 North Battleford, SK Matthew Syverson Goaltender 20 Apple Valley, MN Ethan Zielke Forward 20 Calgary, AB

Roster As of September 20, 2023.

Standings

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season

Scoring statistics F 28 8 14 22 35 F 26 9 8 17 4 LW 28 8 8 16 25 C 28 7 9 16 6 F 28 7 8 15 18 F 28 3 8 11 6 D 22 0 11 11 20 D 16 5 5 10 6 F 25 4 6 10 43 D 27 4 6 10 6 C 28 3 7 10 39 RW 27 3 5 8 28 LW 27 3 4 7 39 D 28 0 6 6 75 C 24 2 3 5 4 D 28 1 4 5 40 C 9 2 2 4 6 F 24 2 2 4 30 D 17 1 3 4 15 D 17 1 3 4 24 D 27 0 3 3 18 F 7 1 0 1 2 G 7 0 0 0 0 G 27 0 0 0 2 Total 74 125 199 491

Goaltending statistics 27 1532:37 6 17 4 100 958 1 .905 3.91 7 167:17 0 1 0 17 99 0 .853 6.10 Empty Net - 5:51 - - - 4 - - - - Total 28 1705:45 6 18 4 121 1057 1 .897 4.26

Rankings

PollWeekPre 1 234567891011121314151617181920212223242526 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–NR USA HockeyNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 11 and 25.Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.

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