The 2024–25 Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey season was the 46th season of play for the program and 3rd at the Division I level. The Skyhawks represented Stonehill College in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their home games at the Bridgewater Ice Arena and were coached by David Berard in his 1st season.
Season After producing one of the worst seasons in college hockey history, there was nowhere to go but up for Stonehill. New head coach David Berard brought in a modest number of new players, however, he did address the team's biggest weakness. Connor Androlewicz and Linards Lipskis were both brought in to compete for the starting job in goal and, though the Skyhawks already had two netminders on the roster, neither Gavin FitzPatrick nor Dylan Ghaemi were likely to assume the primary role in the crease after their performances the previous season. With Frank Ireland, who had led the team in scoring in each of its first two Division I seasons, named team captain, Stonehill got off on the right foot by defeating Merrimack to earn the program's first road win against a D-I opponent.
Two weeks later, the Skyhawks got their second win of the season, equaling the total from all of 2024. Though Stonehill's offense was inconsistent for much of the season, the defense was vastly improved from what it had been the year before. Androlewicz, who had just 6 games of playing experience in four years at Maine, assumed control of the Skyhawks' net and helped the team nearly halve its goals allowed. Androlewicz was aided by a much better effort by the Stonehill defense which allowed 297 fewer shots on goal. The improved blueline allowed the team to be far more competitive throughout the season and sextuple win total.
Stonehill had several program first during the season, including the first shutout against a Division I opponent when they defeated St. Lawrence 4–0 on November 1. Additionally, the team also got its first win over a ranked D-I team when they dropped Massachusetts Lowell on January 18.
Though the Skyhawks finished the year 10 games under .500, the team's dramatic turnaround in just one season led some to believe that Berard should receive some consideration as the national coach of the year. Though unlikely, there's no denying that Stonehill had finally begun to like an actual Division I team in 2025.
Departures Matt Allen Forward Graduation (retired) Cam Collins Forward Transferred to Saint Anselm Nolan FitzPatrick Forward Graduation (retired) Greg Japchen Defenseman Transferred to Robert Morris Ryan King Forward Graduation (retired) Michael Martignetti Defenseman Transferred to Saint Anselm Dylan Meilun Goaltender Transferred to Robert Morris Max Pineo Forward Graduate transfer to Wentworth Carter Rapalje Forward Transferred to Long Island Jack Shemligian Defenseman Left program (retired) Dean Schwenninger Forward Left mid-season (signed with EHC Visp) William Tripp Defenseman Transferred to Connecticut College
Recruiting Zachary Aben Forward 20 Shavertown, PA Connor Androlewicz Goaltender 23 St. Louis, MO; graduate transfer from Maine Leo Chambers Forward 20 Toronto, ON Justin Gibson Defenseman 21 Pittsburgh, PA Brady Hunter Forward 22 Enfield, NS; transfer from Merrimack Teddy Lagerback Forward 23 Chanhassen, MN; transfer from Miami Joel Lehtinen Forward 20 Dallas, TX Linards Lipskis Goaltender 21 Riga, LAT Cole Melady Forward 21 Seaforth, ON Zach Nicolas Forward 20 Winnipeg, MB Devlin O'Brien Forward 22 Toronto, ON; transfer from Merrimack Evan Orr Defenseman 23 Shelby Township, MI; transfer from Michigan Tech
Roster As of September 17, 2024.
Standings
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=";" | Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season
Scoring statistics F 31 13 9 22 37 F 33 6 12 18 25 D 34 8 7 15 18 D 31 3 10 13 30 LW 19 6 6 12 4 F 34 6 6 12 26 LW 33 5 6 11 15 C/LW 30 4 7 11 10 C 27 3 7 10 8 D 31 2 8 10 26 F 20 3 5 8 2 F 27 3 5 8 12 F 29 3 4 7 14 C 33 2 5 7 10 D 32 1 6 7 0 F 21 2 4 6 2 LW 33 2 3 5 37 D 33 1 4 5 21 C 20 0 3 3 23 F 16 1 1 2 4 C 16 0 2 2 10 C 9 1 0 1 0 D 17 1 0 1 4 D 9 0 1 1 7 D 20 0 1 1 2 G 1 0 0 0 0 F 1 0 0 0 0 F 2 0 0 0 2 D 3 0 0 0 0 D 6 0 0 0 2 G 8 0 0 0 0 G 29 0 0 0 0 Total 76 112 198 363
Goaltending statistics 10 397:59 1 5 0 19 186 1 .907 2.86 30 1641:30 11 17 0 85 761 2 .900 3.11 Empty Net - 9:50 - - - 2 - - - - Total 34 2049:19 12 22 0 106 947 3 .899 3.10
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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