The 2023–24 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season was the 4th season of play for the program. The Sharks represented Long Island University and were coached by Brett Riley, in his 4th season.
Season While LIU was hoping to take the next step in their fourth season, the team was still largely unable to move forward. Long Island's start to the season looked promising as they played two close games against ranked opponents (both losses) and produced some good offense against Stonehill, that pattern didn't change throughout the year. The Sharks got a solid effort from starter Brandon Perrone throughout the season but it wasn't quite good enough to overcome decent teams. Similarly, the offense produced consistently; Josh Zary became the first LIU player to hit 20 goals for a season and the Sharks had five skaters with at least 30 points. However, the team came up just shy too often, losing eight games by 1 goal. LIU's numbers were offset by the eight games the team had against Stonehill, the worst team in college hockey. In those matches, Long Island went 8–0 and scored 48 goals while allowing just 12. The season series with the Skyhawks enabled LIU to set a program record with 16 wins but still left them sitting near the bottom of the PairWise rankings.
Departures Spencer Cox Defenseman/Forward Transferred to Miami Adam Goodsir Forward Graduation (signed with Worcester Railers) Santeri Hartikainen Forward Graduation (signed with Kiekko-Vantaa) Tyler Kostelecky Forward Transferred to Bethel Patriks Marcinkēvičs Forward Transferred to Michigan Tech Ethan Martini Defenseman Transferred to Dalhousie Gustav Müller Forward Left program (retired) Vinnie Purpura Goaltender Graduation (signed with Adirondack Thunder) Austin Rook Defenseman Graduation (signed with Adirondack Thunder) Dylan Schuett Forward Left program (retired) Jan Škorpík Goaltender Left program (retired) Anthony Vincent Forward Graduation (signed with San Jose Barracuda)
Recruiting Heath Armstrong Forward 21 Calgary, AB Grayson Constable Forward 25 Lethbridge, AB; graduate transfer from Holy Cross Rico DiMatteo Goaltender 22 Brasher Falls, NY; transfer from Northern Michigan Aaron Grounds Forward 21 Jamestown, ND; transfer from American International Atte Lehikoinen Defenseman 20 Joensuu, FIN Onni Leppänen Forward 19 Helsinki, FIN Peter Muzyka Defenseman 23 Toronto, ON; graduate transfer from Cornell Remy Parker Forward 25 Montclair, NJ; graduate transfer from Union Kade Peterson Forward 20 West Fargo, ND Adam Pitters Forward 24 Grosse Pointe, MI; graduate transfer from Bowling Green Noah Rupprecht Goaltender 21 Thief River Falls, MN Luke Strickland Forward 20 Keswick, ON Garrett Valk Defenseman 20 North Vancouver, BC
Roster As of September 20, 2023.
Standings
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season
Scoring statistics F 35 20 14 34 21 F 37 14 20 34 66 C 34 11 20 31 10 C 33 8 22 30 48 D 34 2 28 30 8 F 35 13 6 19 6 F 37 9 9 18 29 RW 32 7 8 15 12 F 32 6 9 15 21 D 31 3 9 12 18 LW 19 3 9 12 4 F 31 4 5 9 10 F 34 2 6 8 31 F 29 3 4 7 10 D 33 2 5 7 4 F 13 2 2 4 18 F 30 2 2 4 8 D 37 1 3 4 61 D 36 2 1 3 14 D 35 0 3 3 70 D 13 1 2 3 36 D 12 0 1 1 2 F 9 0 1 1 0 G 25 0 1 1 2 D 7 0 0 0 2 C 9 0 0 0 4 G 8 0 0 0 0 F 9 0 0 0 4 G 9 0 0 0 0 LW 1 0 0 0 0 Total 115 190 305 519
Goaltending statistics 10 421:40 5 2 0 15 135 1 .900 2.13 25 1375:43 8 14 1 63 535 3 .895 2.75 11 403:14 3 4 0 20 139 0 .874 2.98 Empty Net - 31:59 - - - 5 - - - - Total 37 2232:36 16 20 1 103 809 4 .887 2.77
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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