The 2024–25 Lindenwood Lions men's ice hockey season was the 3rd season of varsity play for the program. The Lions represented Lindenwood University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their games at the Centene Community Ice Center and were coached by Bill Muckalt in his 1st season.
Season Lindenwood began its first season under Bill Muckalt by earning the first win over a ranked team in program history. While the team had posted decent offensive numbers in their first two varsity seasons, Lindenwood seemed to have finally figured out how to play defense, or at the very least keep the puck out of the net. The win was secured as much by the four goals scored as the penalty kill stopping four out of five badgers opportunities with Minnesota transfer Owen Bartoszkiewicz making 34 stops on the evening.
The Lions' defense would put up a solid effort throughout the season, ending the year with 86 goals allowed for an average of 2.69 per game. For comparison, in 2024 Lindenwood surrendered 121 goals against in just 28 games, an average of 4.32. Unfortunately, while the defense showed a marked improvement, the offense could not say the same. team co-captain Dave Gagnon was the only Lion to reach double digits in goals and/or hit the 20 point mark. He posted a respectable total of 28 points on the year but, with the club averaging just over 2 goals per game, that meant that Gagnon had a hand in more than 40% of Lindenwood's goals for the year. The team struggled mightily to score for most of the season and ended up with a very stark statistic at its conclusion. When Lindenwood scored 3 goals in a game they won, whenever they failed to reach that mark, they didn't. With Bartoszkiewicz' consistent goalkeeping throughout the year, the team was competitive in the vast majority of its games but the lack of offense prevented the Lions from capitalizing on their chances. Lindenwood lost eleven 1-goal decisions throughout the year, demonstrating that just a slight increase in offensive production could have completely changed the complexion of the year for the team.
Departures Zach Aughe Forward Graduation (retired) Ethan Barwick Goaltender Transferred to Northern Michigan Trent Burnham Goaltender Transferred to RIT Adam Conquest Defenseman Graduation (retired) Cade DeStefani Forward Transferred to Salve Regina Kabore Dunn Forward Graduation (signed with Utah Grizzlies) Austin Fraser Forward Transferred to Simon Fraser Kyle Jeffers Forward Graduation (signed with Savannah Ghost Pirates) Adam Johnson Goaltender Left program (retired) Shane LaVelle Forward Transferred to Bethel Caleb Price Defenseman Transferred to Mercyhurst Brenden Rons Defenseman Graduation (signed with Rapid City Rush) Kieran Ruscheinski Defenseman Transferred to Waterloo Caige Sterzer Forward Transferred to St. Thomas Matthew Syverson Goaltender Transferred to Minnesota State Cole Teleki Defenseman Transferred to Wisconsin-River Falls
Recruiting Alexandros Aslanidis Goaltender 23 Moorestown, NJ; graduate transfer from American International Owen Bartoszkiewicz Goaltender 21 Northville, MI; transfer from Minnesota Artyom Borshyov Defenseman 24 Vitebsk, BLR; graduate transfer from Lake Superior State John Evans Forward 22 South Surrey, BC; transfer from Renssealer Ryan Forberg Forward 21 Thornhill, ON Henry Graham Goaltender 24 Manhattan, NY; graduate transfer from Boston University Ty Hipkin Forward 21 High River, AB Noah Houle Defenseman 20 Montreal, QC Thomas Jarman Defenseman 23 Pittsburgh, PA; graduate transfer from Boston University Tyler Loughman Forward 20 St. Louis, MO Alexander Lundman Forward 23 Norrköping, SWE; transfer from Bemidji State Brody Mortensen Defenseman 20 Humboldt, SK Kristóf Papp Forward 23 Budapest, HUN; graduate transfer from Northern Michigan Shawn Ramsey Defenseman 20 Mississauga, ON Adam Raesler Forward 21 Edmonton, AB Colin Ronan Goaltender 21 Saugus, MA Jacob Vockler Forward 21 Sioux Falls, SD Brady Yakesh Defenseman 21 Delano, MN
Roster As of August 21, 2024.
Standings
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=";" | Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season
Scoring statistics LW 32 11 17 28 23 D 32 4 12 16 26 C 30 5 7 12 10 F 28 4 8 12 6 F 30 8 3 11 4 C 29 4 7 11 2 F 28 4 6 10 4 D 32 1 9 10 14 C 14 5 4 9 4 F 29 4 3 7 14 F 30 4 3 7 12 F 32 2 4 6 19 D 24 3 2 5 10 LW 32 1 4 5 33 D 27 0 5 5 16 D 32 2 2 4 14 D 32 1 3 4 24 LW/RW 17 2 1 3 6 D 8 0 2 2 2 C/RW 9 0 2 2 2 D/F 6 0 1 1 0 F 19 0 1 1 4 D 32 0 1 1 4 G 1 0 0 0 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 F 7 0 0 0 4 D 18 0 0 0 10 G 29 0 0 0 4 Total 65 107 172 283
Goaltending statistics 1 65:00 0 0 1 2 19 0 .905 1.85 29 1729:12 8 20 1 74 845 2 .919 2.57 2 117:28 0 2 0 6 42 0 .875 3.06 Empty Net - 26:12 - - - 4 - - - - Total 32 1937:52 8 22 2 86 906 2 .906 2.66
Rankings
PollWeekPre 1 23456789101112131415161718192021222324252627 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–NR USA HockeyNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 12 or 26.Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.
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