2022–23 St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey season

Backstopped by Emil Zetterquist for a third season as the team's starting goaltender, the Saints began the season playing up and down hockey. St. Lawrence went 3–4 in October, however, they didn't have a single 1-goal game in any of those matches. The team stopped that wild inconsistency come November, however, they found wins harder to come by and posted a 4-game losing streak. The offense, which had been bad in 2022, was only marginally better in '23. The team's scoring did increase as the season went along but would still end up averaging less than two and a half goals per game.

Due to expected heavy snowfall in the Buffalo area, the game against Niagara was moved from November 19 to January 5.[1]

After matching the losing skid with a 4-game winning streak, St. Lawrence entered the winter break as a .500 team but, with ECAC Hockey in a 3-team race, there was room for the Larries to earn the last bye into the conference quarterfinals. As they were rounding out their non-conference slate, the Saints finally found someone who could lead the offense. Surprisingly, it was junior defenseman Luc Salem. After scoring 8 points in the first 18 games, Salem took off in the second half and recorded 18 points in the final 12 games to end the regular season. The added offense was needed as it allowed the Larries to catch and pass a fading Colgate towards the end of the year. At the end, St. Lawrence finished 1 point ahead of Colgate and earned a home site for the quarterfinals.

As they entered the postseason, St. Lawrence was sitting in a good position; The team was 11–5 at home and would play host to the Raiders, who had won just 3 of their previous 11 games. The Larries got off to a tremendous start by scoring 3 goals in the first and looked primed to take a 1-game lead. The team fired 17 shots on goal in the second, looking to increase their advantage, unfortunately, Carter Gylander stopped everything in the middle frame and enabled Colgate to close the gap with a pair of markers. The surging Raiders erased the Saints 3–0 advantage midway through the third and then scored in overtime to take the first game. Perhaps still feeling the effects of the previous game, St. Lawrence was slow to start in the rematch and surrendered the first three markers. After falling behind, the Larries charged back, outshooting Colgate 27–6 over the final two periods. However, despite their efforts, the Saints could only manage to score twice and were swept out of the playoffs.[2]

As of September 19, 2022.[3]

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1		Emil Zetterquist	Graduate	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998-09-21	Stockholm, Sweden	Coulee Region (NAHL)	—
2		Anthony Mollica	Freshman	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2001-06-07	Hudsonville, Michigan	New Jersey (NAHL)	—
3		Luke Erickson	Junior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1999-04-15	Woodbury, Minnesota	Fairbanks (NAHL)	—
4		Mason Waite	Sophomore	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2000-04-04	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Prince George (BCHL)	—
7		Luc Salem	Junior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-07-09	Santa Monica, California	Topeka (NAHL)	—
8		Oak MacLeod	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2002-04-04	Caledonia, Ontario	Jersey (NCDC)	—
9		Philippe Chapleau	Sophomore	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-07-06	Longueuil, Quebec	Penticton (BCHL)	—
10		Tomáš Mazura	Sophomore	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2000-09-23	Sezemice, Czech Republic	Providence (HEA)	EDM, 162nd overall 2019
11		Will Arquiett	Sophomore	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2000-06-25	Brasher Falls, New York	Aberdeen (NAHL)	—
12		Greg Lapointe	Sophomore (RS)	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2001-01-01	Granby, Quebec	Coquitlam (BCHL)	—
13		Aleksi Peltonen (C)	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1998-06-08	Helsinki, Finland	Omaha (USHL)	—
14		Justin Paul	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	2000-04-10	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Wellington (OJHL)	—
16		Drake Burgin	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-10-22	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Cranbrook (BCHL)	—
17		Reilly Moran	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	2000-04-24	Hingham, Massachusetts	Powell River (BCHL)	—
18		Tyler Cristall	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2002-05-13	Vancouver, British Columbia	West Kelowna (NAHL)	—
19		Max Dorrington	Junior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2001-08-30	North Reading, Massachusetts	Cushing (USHS–MA)	—
20		Nicholas Trela	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-08-26	Trenton, Michigan	Amarillo (NAHL)	—
21		Cameron Buhl	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1998-12-03	South St. Paul, Minnesota	Minnesota Magicians (NAHL)	—
22		Ty Naaykens	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-01-27	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Fairbanks (NAHL)	—
23		Ashton Fry	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-07-16	Highlands Ranch, Colorado	Kemptville (CCHL)	—
24		Tucker McIntosh	Junior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-05-20	Toronto, Ontario	Ottawa (CCHL)	—
25		Fēlikss Gavars	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	2002-05-15	Riga, Latvia	Fargo (USHL)	—
27		Logan Ritchie	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-07-27	O'Fallon, Missouri	Kenai River (NAHL)	—
28		Josh Boyer	Senior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1999-10-07	Wasilla, Alaska	Omaha (NCHC)	—
29		Jordan Steinmetz (C)	Senior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1999-01-10	Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin	Sioux City (USHL)	—
31		Francis Boisvert	Senior	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-03-11	Blainville, Quebec	Ottawa (CCHL)	—
33		Tim Makowski (C)	Senior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-11-14	St. Louis, Missouri	Aberdeen (NAHL)	—
34		Ján Lašák	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2002-08-11	Šurany, Slovakia	Janesville (NAHL)	—
35		Grant Adams	Junior	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-09-22	South Bend, Indiana	Salmon Arm (BCHL)	—

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Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.[6]