2024–25 Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey season

College ice hockey team season

2024–25 Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey season


Conference	ECAC Hockey
Home ice	Achilles Center
Record
Overall	9–7–1
Conference	3–3–0
Home	5–4–1
Road	4–3–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Josh Hauge
Assistant coaches	John Ronan Mike Zannella Bryan McDonald
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The 2024–25 Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey season will be the 84th season of play for the program, the 33rd at the Division I level and the 33rd in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Garnet Chargers will represent Union College in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, play their home games at Achilles Center and be coached by Josh Hauge in his 3rd season.

Season

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Departures

Player	Position	Nationality	Cause
Ville Immonen	Forward	Finland	Graduate transfer to (Bowling Green)
Nathan Kelly	Defenseman	Canada	Graduation (signed with Norfolk Admirals)
Cole Kodsi	Forward	United States	Graduate transfer to (Canisius)
Joey Potter	Defenseman	United States	Transferred to (Alaska Anchorage)
Aksel Reid	Goaltender	United States	Transferred to (Hamilton)
Liam Robertson	Forward	Canada	Graduation (signed with Wichita Thunder)
Chaz Smedsrud	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Allen Americans)
Ben Tupker	Forward	Canada	Graduation (signed with Trois-Rivières Lions)
Tyler Watkins	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák)

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Age	Notes
Riley Brueck	Forward	United States	21	Chesterfield, MO
Lucas Buzziol	Forward	Canada	20	Mississauga, ON
David Côté	Defenseman	Canada	20	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC
Parker Lindauer	Forward	United States	23	Madison, WI; transfer from Maine
Lucas Massie	Goaltender	United States	21	Claremont, CA
Brendan Miles	Defenseman	United States	22	Farmington Hills, MI; transfer from Michigan
Ben Muthersbaugh	Forward	United States	20	Gilford, NH
Connor Smith	Forward	United States	21	Hugo, MN
Drew Sutton	Forward	United States	21	Hortonville, WI

Roster

As of September 21, 2024.

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2	D. J. Hart	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2002-02-23	Stamford, Connecticut	Lincoln Stars (USHL)	—
3	Cal Mell	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2011-01-30	Alpharetta, Georgia	Janesville Jets (NAHL)	—
4	Josh Phillips	Senior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-05-24	Getzville, New York	Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL)	—
5	David Côté	Freshman	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	2003-10-08	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec	Steinbach Pistons (MJHL)	—
6	Cullen Ferguson	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-02-16	Binbrook, Ontario	Aberdeen Wings (NAHL)	—
7	Nick Young	Junior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2001-09-12	Raleigh, North Carolina	St. Cloud Norsemen (NAHL)	—
8	Connor Smith	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	2003-06-06	Hugo, Minnesota	Oklahoma Warriors (NAHL)	—
9	Thomas Richter	Senior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-06-06	Greenwich, Connecticut	Penticton Vees (BCHL)	—
10	Ethan Benz	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-03-29	Shakopee, Minnesota	St. Cloud Norsemen (NAHL)	—
11	Colby MacArthur	Junior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-11-02	Summerside, Prince Edward Island	Summerside Western Capitals (MHL)	—
12	Carter Korpi	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-07-28	South Lyon, Michigan	Wichita Falls Warriors (NAHL)	—
14	Brandon Buhr	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2002-07-07	North Vancouver, British Columbia	Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL)	—
15	Josh Nixon	Senior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-05-09	Mississauga, Ontario	Lake Superior State (CCHA)	—
16	Lucas Buzziol	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	2004-04-05	Mississauga, Ontario	Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL)	—
17	Parker Lindauer	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	2001-05-17	Madison, Wisconsin	Maine (HEA)	—
18	Ben Muthersbaugh	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	2004-02-15	Gilford, New Hampshire	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)	—
19	Drew Sutton	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2003-02-10	Hortonville, Wisconsin	Oklahoma Warriors (NAHL)	—
20	Eli Pilosof	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2002-06-10	Toronto, Ontario	Pickering Panthers (OJHL)	—
21	John Prokop	Junior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-05-13	Wausau, Wisconsin	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)	—
22	Jacob Jeannette	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2002-12-13	Duluth, Minnesota	Tri-City Storm (USHL)	—
23	Joseph Messina	Sophomore	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-02-01	Woodbridge, Ontario	Langley Rivermen (BCHL)	—
24	Nate Hanley	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-05-30	Rocky Point, New York	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)	—
26	Brendan Miles	Junior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2001-12-12	Farmington Hills, Michigan	Michigan (Big Ten)	—
27	Riley Brueck	Freshman	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2003-05-07	Chesterfield, Missouri	Oklahoma Warriors (NAHL)	—
28	Caden Villegas	Senior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	2001-02-19	Plano, Texas	Tri-City Storm (USHL)	—
31	Lucas Massie	Freshman	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2003-04-11	Claremont, California	Lincoln Stars (USHL)	—
35	Joe Sharib	Senior	G	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-08-16	Natick, Massachusetts	Connecticut Jr. Rangers (NCDC)	—
36	Kyle Chauvette	Junior	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-10-05	Goffstown, New Hampshire	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)	—

Standings

2024–25 ECAC Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Colgate	6	4	1	1	0	0	1	14	21	16	16	7	7	2	49	58
#17 Dartmouth	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	13	19	11	8	6	1	1	30	19
#18 Quinnipiac	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	9	14	14	13	6	6	1	39	32
#20 Clarkson	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	11	3	16	9	5	2	46	33
Union	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	15	10	13	9	3	1	49	37
#16 Cornell	6	2	2	2	0	0	1	9	16	12	9	4	2	3	28	19
Yale	6	2	3	1	0	0	1	8	13	18	10	2	7	1	16	35
Brown	6	2	3	1	1	0	1	7	10	13	8	3	3	2	16	16
Harvard	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	6	12	11	8	3	4	1	21	23
Princeton	6	1	4	1	0	1	0	5	10	18	8	3	4	1	16	20
Rensselaer	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	10	15	12	5	6	1	38	44
St. Lawrence	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	4	14	15	4	11	0	29	40
Championship: March 21, 2025 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: December 2, 2024

Schedule and results

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Exhibition
October 5	1:00 pm	#13 Providence*	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York (Exhibition)	ESPN+		L 1–4
Regular Season
October 6	4:00 pm	Army*	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+	Chauvette	W 4–3	1,553	1–0–0
October 11	7:00 pm	at Stonehill*	Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts	NEC Front Row	Chauvette	W 4–2	337	2–0–0
October 12	7:00 pm	at #3 Boston University*	Agganis Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	ESPN+	Chauvette	L 1–4	4,954	2–1–0
October 18	7:00 pm	Mercyhurst*	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+	Chauvette	W 6–2	1,605	3–1–0
October 19	5:00 pm	Mercyhurst*	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+	Chauvette	W 3–2	1,983	4–1–0
October 25	7:00 pm	at Rensselaer	Houston Field House • Troy, New York (Rivalry)	ESPN+	Chauvette	W 6–3	2,931	5–1–0 (1–0–0)
October 26	7:00 pm	Rensselaer	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York (Rivalry)	ESPN+	Chauvette	W 4–3	2,076	6–1–0 (2–0–0)
November 8	7:00 pm	Alaska*	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+	Chauvette	T 3–3	1,267	6–1–1
November 9	4:00 pm	Alaska*	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+	Massie	L 4–6	1,681	6–2–1
November 15	7:00 pm	St. Lawrence	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+	Chauvette	W 4–0	1,724	7–2–1 (3–0–0)
November 16	4:00 pm	Clarkson	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+	Chauvette	L 1–4	2,061	7–3–1 (3–1–0)
November 29	6:00 pm	at Niagara*	Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York	FloHockey	Chauvette	W 4–2	769	8–3–1
November 30	5:00 pm	at Niagara*	Dwyer Arena • Lewiston, New York	FloHockey	Chauvette	W 5–3	628	9–3–1
December 6	7:00 pm	at Princeton	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	ESPN+	Chauvette	L 1–2	1,384	9–4–1 (3–2–0)
December 7	4:00 pm	at #18 Quinnipiac	M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut	ESPN+	Chauvette	L 1–3	3,008	9–5–1 (3–3–0)
December 13	7:00 pm	Vermont*	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+	Chauvette	L 2–6	1,328	9–6–1
December 14	4:00 pm	Vermont*	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+	Chauvette	L 2–3	1,746	9–7–1
January 3	7:00 pm	at Brown	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+
January 4	7:00 pm	at Yale	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	ESPN+
January 10	7:00 pm	at Clarkson	Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York	ESPN+
January 11	7:00 pm	at St. Lawrence	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	ESPN+
January 17	7:00 pm	Dartmouth	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+
January 18	4:00 pm	Harvard	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+
January 25	6:00 pm	vs. Rensselaer*	MVP Arena • Albany, New York (Mayor's Cup)
January 31	7:00 pm	Yale	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+
February 1	4:00 pm	Brown	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+
February 7	7:00 pm	at Colgate	Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York	ESPN+
February 8	7:00 pm	at Cornell	Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York	ESPN+
February 14	7:00 pm	Quinnipiac	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+
February 15	4:00 pm	Princeton	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+
February 21	7:00 pm	at Harvard	Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts	ESPN+
February 22	4:00 pm	at Dartmouth	Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire	ESPN+
February 28	7:00 pm	Cornell	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+
March 1	4:00 pm	Colgate	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	ESPN+
*Non-conference game. Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:

Scoring statistics

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Rankings

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

Poll	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26 (Final)
USCHO.com
USA Hockey						20	NR	RV	RV	RV

References

"Men's Ice Hockey Roster". Union Garnet Chargers. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
"2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". Union Garnet Chargers. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

v t e Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey
Formerly the Union Skating Dutchmen and Union Dutchmen
Playing venues	Achilles Rink (1975–2025) Mohawk Harbor Event Center (2025–Future)
Head coaches	Ambrose Clark (1919–1920, 1921–1922, 1923–1924) Elmer Oliphant (1922–1923) Henry Gardner (1924–1925) Harold A. Larrabee (1925–1930) William Harkness (1930–1933) Henry L. Achilles (1933–1935) Arthur C. Lawrence (1935–1936, 1939–1942, 1947–1949) Duke Nelson (1936–1939) Ned Harkness (1975–1977) Bob Driscoll (1978) Charles Morrison (1978–1988) Bruce Delventhal (1988–1996) Stan Moore (1996–1998) Kevin Sneddon (1998–2003) Nate Leaman (2003–2011) Rick Bennett (2011–2022) John Ronan (2022) Josh Hauge (2022–Present)
Seasons	1903–04 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1919–20 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1947–48 1948–49 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC 2 (1975–1984) ECAC West (1984–1991) ECAC Hockey (1991–present)
Rivalries	RPI Engineers
All-time leaders	Mike Vecchione (176 Points) Gil Egan (83 Goals) Colin Stevens (53 Wins)
National championships	2014
Frozen Four appearances	1984 1985 2012 2014
NCAA Tournament appearances	1984 1985 1986 1989 2011 2012 2013 2014 2017
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC West: 1985 ECAC: 2012 2013 2014
Union College Schenectady, NY

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