The 2024–25 St. Lawrence Saints Men's ice hockey season was the 85th season of play for the program and the 64th in ECAC Hockey. The Saints represented St. Lawrence University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their home games at the Appleton Arena and were coached by Brent Brekke in his 6th season.
Season St. Lawrence began the season in decent order, winning four of their first six games. Though the Saints played an array of very poor opponents, the team's offense performed well, averaging more than 3 goals per game. Mason Kucenski backed up the team with a solid start in goal, posting a save percentage of .930 through the first three weeks. Unfortunately, very little went right for the Larries afterwards. Once they began to face stiffer opposition, the offense dried up and the Saints lost nine consecutive. The team was only able to score eight goals over that span and sunk towards the bottom of the national rankings. While the scoring would pick up slightly afterwards, it remained paltry for the remainder of the year. The situating got even worse when the Saints' then-leading scorer, Tomáš Mazura, left after the fall semester and signed a professional contract. While the club brought in Caden Casey as a replacement, that couldn't stop the Larries from finishing with the worst offense in the conference and third lowest in the country.
By the beginning of December, St. Lawrence was effectively out of the running for a playoff spot but the team could still play spoiler. The Saints did just that when they ended their losing streak by downing #13 Dartmouth and later, after the winter break, defeated long-time rival Clarkson and perennial power Cornell. The three upset performances by the Larries caused each of those three teams to fall short of the tournament bubble by the end of the season, preventing either of them from earning an at-large bid.
Though the Saints were able to post a few shining moments throughout the season, the team did finish last in the standings, posing its worst record since Brekke's inaugural season behind the bench. St. Lawrence entered the postseason having lost their previous four games and would have to first fight through Dartmouth if they wanted to reach double-digit wins. Unfortunately, the Big Green were looking for revenge after losing both of the regular season matches and hammered the Larries. St. Lawrence got just 18 shots on goal all night and, although they were able to score twice, were completely dominated by Dartmouth's speedy offense. Kucenski did what he could but ended up allowing 4 goals on 37 shots while 2 empty-netters ended both the match and their season.
Departures Grant Adams Goaltender Graduate transfer to St. Norbert Josh Boyer Forward Graduation (signed with Atlanta Gladiators) Cameron Buhl Forward Graduation (signed with Utah Grizzlies) Max Dorrington Forward Graduate transfer to Sacred Heart Luke Erickson Defenseman Graduation (retired) Ben Kraws Goaltender Graduation (signed with Dallas Stars) Tomáš Mazura Forward Left program mid-season (signed with BK Mladá Boleslav) Tucker McIntosh Defenseman Graduation (retired) Anthony Mollica Defenseman Transferred to Adrian Reilly Moran Forward Graduation (signed with Diables Rouges de Valenciennes) Justin Paul Forward Graduate transfer to Lakehead Logan Ritchie Forward Graduation (retired) Luc Salem Defenseman Graduation (signed with Utah Grizzlies) Nick Trela Forward Graduate transfer to Long Island
Recruiting Isack Bandu Defenseman 23 Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, QC; transfer from Northern Michigan Dominic Basse Goaltender 23 Alexandria, VA; graduate transfer from St. Cloud State; selected 167th overall in 2019 Spencer Bell Forward 20 Warman, SK Nicholas Beneteau Defenseman 21 Windsor, ON Jake Bernadet Forward 21 South Burlington, VT Caden Casey Forward 19 Elk River, MN; joined mid-season Reilly Connors Forward 24 Madison, CT; transfer from Yale Sam Hall Defenseman 19 Far Hills, NJ Evan Orloff Defenseman 21 Kensington, MD; transfer from Yale Isaac Tremblay Forward 19 Granby, QC Gabriel Westling Forward 20 Mora, SWE Jack Wieneke Goaltender 21 Plymouth, MN
Roster As of January 1, 2025.
Standings
Schedule and results
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Scoring statistics F 34 11 8 19 18 F 29 8 9 17 12 D 35 4 12 16 6 F 34 6 9 15 25 C 17 1 13 14 4 D 33 4 8 12 25 D 35 3 8 11 12 F 27 5 5 10 19 RW 35 2 7 9 24 C 30 1 8 9 6 C 33 5 3 8 8 D 32 2 5 7 6 D 32 2 5 7 27 D 35 2 5 7 14 RW 16 4 2 6 10 F 27 4 2 6 10 D 30 2 4 6 10 D 32 3 1 4 20 F 13 1 3 4 17 F 27 1 1 2 2 F 20 0 2 2 10 D 24 0 2 2 8 G 28 0 2 2 0 RW 4 0 0 0 0 D 6 0 0 0 0 G 10 0 0 0 0 F 24 0 0 0 2 Bench – – – – – 12 Total 71 124 195 301
Goaltending statistics 28 1568:54 8 19 1 78 705 2 .900 2.98 10 506:39 1 5 1 29 245 0 .894 3.43 Empty Net - 44:30 - - - 14 - - - - Total 35 2120:03 9 24 2 121 950 2 .887 3.42
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.
Awards and honors Mason Waite ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year
2025 NHL entry draft
3 95 † San Jose Sharks 5 154 † Pittsburgh Penguins † incoming freshman
References