2017–18 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season

	2017–18 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season
Conference	8th ECAC Hockey
Home ice	Ingalls Rink
Rankings
USCHO.com	NR
USA Today/; US Hockey Magazine	NR
Record
Overall	15–15–1
Conference	10–11–1
Home	9–7–1
Road	5–7–0
Neutral	1–1–0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Keith Allain
Assistant Coaches	Josh Siembida; Ryan Donald
Captain(s)	Ryan Hitchcock
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The 2017–18 Yale Bulldogs Men's ice hockey season was the 123rd season of play for the program and the 57th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Bulldogs represented Yale University and were coached by Keith Allain, in his 12th season.

Season[]

Yale played up and down all season long, hovering around the .500 mark. Redshirt sophomore Corbin Kaczperski got some playing time in goal at the end of Yale's 5-game losing streak and the team began to rotate their goaltenders thereafter. The team showed modest improvement as the season went along and entered the conference tournament with a home date in the first round. Unfortunately, the team faltered against Quinnipiac and lost both of their postseason games.

Departures[]

Player	Position	Nationality	Cause
Frank DiChiara	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Worcester Railers)
Michael Doherty	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Manchester Monarchs)
Henry Hart	Forward	United States	Did Not Play (Retired)
John Hayden	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Chicago Blackhawks)
Chris Izmirlian	Forward	Canada	Graduation (signed with Knoxville Ice Bears)
Dan O'Keefe	Defenseman	United States	Graduation (Retired)
Patrick Spano	Goaltender	Canada	Graduation (signed with Knoxville Ice Bears)

Recruiting[]

Player	Position	Nationality	Age
Brett Jewell	Forward	Canada	20
Phil Kemp	Defenseman	United States	18
Nicholas MacNab	Goaltender	United States	21
Brian Matthews	Defenseman	United States	19
Kevin O'Neil	Forward	United States	19
Dante Palecco	Forward	United States	19
Tyler Welsh	Forward	Canada	20

Roster[]

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#	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1	Connecticut	Tucker, SamSam Tucker	3 Junior	1.0 G	74 6' 2" (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	10600 1996-04-16	Connecticut Wilton, Connecticut Wilton, Connecticut	US-Prep Choate Rosemary Hall (US-Prep Choate Rosemary Hall (US-Prep)	—
2	Michigan	Larkin, AdamAdam Larkin	4 Senior	2.0 D	72 6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	11044 1995-01-28	Michigan Clarkston, Michigan Clarkston, Michigan	USHL Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL Muskegon Lumberjacks (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
3	Minnesota	Curti, CharlieCharlie Curti	3 Junior	2.0 D	72 6' 0" (1.83 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	10582 1996-05-04	Minnesota Mound, Minnesota Mound, Minnesota	USHL Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
4	Massachusetts	Foley, MattMatt Foley	2 Sophomore	2.0 D	73 6' 1" (1.85 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	10962 1995-04-20	Longmeadow, Massachusetts	USHL Bloomington Thunder (USHL Bloomington Thunder (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
5	Massachusetts	Matthews, BrianBrian Matthews	1 Freshman	2.0 D	72 6' 0" (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	9865 1998-04-21	Marshfield, Massachusetts	USHL Omaha Lancers (USHL Omaha Lancers (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
6	Massachusetts	Sweezey, BillyBilly Sweezey	2 Sophomore	2.0 D	74 6' 2" (1.88 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	10670 1996-02-06	Massachusetts Hanson, Massachusetts Hanson, Massachusetts	USHL Chicago Steel (USHL Chicago Steel (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
7	Virginia	Snivley, JoeJoe Snivley	3 Junior	4.0 C	69 5' 9" (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	10706 1996-01-01	Virginia Herndon, Virginia Herndon, Virginia	USHL Sioux City Musketeers (USHL Sioux City Musketeers (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
8	Massachusetts	D'Orsi, WillWill D'Orsi	2 Sophomore	3.0 F	71 5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	10334 1997-01-07	Massachusetts Sudbury, Massachusetts Sudbury, Massachusetts	USHL Lincoln Stars (USHL Lincoln Stars (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
9	Ontario	DeMontis, RobbieRobbie DeMontis	2 Sophomore	3.0 F	69 5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	10659 1996-02-17	Ontario Kleinburg, Ontario Kleinburg, Ontario	USHL Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL Muskegon Lumberjacks (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
10	Minnesota	Lindstrand, ChandlerChandler Lindstrand	2 Sophomore	2.0 D	72 6' 0" (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	10655 1996-02-21	Minnesota Medina, Minnesota Medina, Minnesota	USHL Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL Des Moines Buccaneers (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
11	Pennsylvania	Gaus, AndrewAndrew Gaus	3 Junior (RS)	3.0 F	72 6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	11018 1995-02-23	Pennsylvania Wexford, Pennsylvania Wexford, Pennsylvania	USHL Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
12	New Jersey	Palecco, DanteDante Palecco	1 Freshman	3.0 F	71 5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	9868 1998-04-18	New Jersey Whippany, New Jersey Whippany, New Jersey	USHL Green Bay Gamblers (USHL Green Bay Gamblers (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
13	Ontario	Smith, EvanEvan Smith	2 Sophomore	3.0 F	72 6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	10466 1996-08-28	Ontario Stouffville, Ontario Stouffville, Ontario	USHL Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL Dubuque Fighting Saints (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
14	Ontario	Smith, MitchellMitchell Smith	2 Sophomore	3.0 F	71 5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	10466 1996-08-28	Ontario Stouffville, Ontario Stouffville, Ontario	USHL Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL Dubuque Fighting Saints (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
16	Illinois	Walsh, AnthonyAnthony Walsh	3 Junior	2.0 D	70 5' 10" (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	9247 1999-12-30	Illinois Burr Ridge, Illinois Burr Ridge, Illinois	USHL Sioux City Musketeers (USHL Sioux City Musketeers (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
17	New York	O'Neil, KevinKevin O'Neil	1 Freshman	3.0 F	71 5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	9922 1998-02-23	New York Latham, New York Latham, New York	USHL Madison Capitols (USHL Madison Capitols (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
19	Maine	Hart, TedTed Hart	3 Junior	3.0 F	73 6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	10656 1996-02-20	Maine Cumberland, Maine Cumberland, Maine	Phillips Exeter Academy (US-Prep)	—
20	New Jersey	Baiocco, JohnJohn Baiocco	4 Senior	3.0 F	68 5' 8" (1.73 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	10915 1995-06-06	New Jersey Harding, New Jersey Harding, New Jersey	USHL Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL Dubuque Fighting Saints (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
21	British Columbia	Welsh, TylerTyler Welsh	1 Freshman	3.0 F	69 5' 9" (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	10265 1997-03-17	Whistler, British Columbia	BCHL Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL Victoria Grizzlies (British Columbia Hockey League BCHL)	—
22	Texas	Piotrowski, J. M.J. M. Piotrowski	3 Junior	3.0 F	74 6' 2" (1.88 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	10951 1995-05-01	Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas	USHL Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL Sioux Falls Stampede (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
25	Connecticut	Kemp, PhilPhil Kemp	1 Freshman	2.0 D	75 6' 3" (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	9568 1999-02-12	Connecticut Greenwich, Connecticut Greenwich, Connecticut	USHL USNTDP (USHL USNTDP (United States Hockey League USHL)	Edmonton EDM, 208th overall 2017
26	British Columbia	Jewell, BrettBrett Jewell	1 Freshman	3.0 F	74 6' 2" (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	10393 1996-11-09	Vernon, British Columbia	BCHL Merritt Centennials (BCHL Merritt Centennials (British Columbia Hockey League BCHL)	—
27	Massachusetts	Stevens, LukeLuke Stevens	2 Sophomore	3.0 F	76 6' 4" (1.93 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	10299 1997-02-11	Massachusetts Duxbury, Massachusetts Duxbury, Massachusetts	Noble & Greenough School (USHS-MA USHS–MA)	Carolina CAR, 126th overall 2015
28	New York	Hitchcock, RyanRyan Hitchcock (C)	4 Senior	3.0 F	70 5' 10" (1.78 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	10617 1996-03-30	New York Manhasset, New York Manhasset, New York	USHL USNTDP (USHL USNTDP (United States Hockey League USHL)	—
33	Michigan	Kaczperski, CorbinCorbin Kaczperski	2 Sophomore (RS)	1.0 G	75 6' 3" (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	10645 1996-03-02	Michigan China Township, Michigan China Township, Michigan	NAHL Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL Lone Star Brahmas (North American Hockey League NAHL)	—

Standings[]

2017–18 ECAC Hockey men's standings v • d • e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#8 Cornell†	22	17	3	2	36	61	32	33	25	6	2	102	52
Union	22	16	5	1	33	70	48	38	21	15	2	115	98
#12 Clarkson	22	12	5	5	29	74	49	40	23	11	6	122	75
Harvard	22	11	8	3	25	68	50	33	15	14	4	104	85
Dartmouth	22	11	10	1	23	55	69	35	16	17	2	83	107
Colgate	22	10	9	3	23	49	46	40	17	17	6	87	88
#15 Princeton*	22	10	10	2	22	77	79	36	19	13	4	131	110
Yale	22	10	11	1	21	67	59	31	15	15	1	87	88
Quinnipiac	22	9	11	2	20	59	56	38	16	18	4	105	106
Brown	22	7	14	1	15	45	63	31	8	19	4	67	104
Rensselaer	22	4	16	2	10	45	86	37	6	27	4	73	129
St. Lawrence	22	3	18	1	7	43	76	37	8	27	2	80	122
Championship: March 17, 2018 indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated February 26, 2018

Schedule and results[]

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Exhibition
October 13	7:00 PM	vs. Western Ontario Mustangs*	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut (Exhibition)	MacNab	W 6–4	1,286
Regular Season
October 27	7:00 PM	vs. Brown	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Tucker	L 1–4	2,588	0–1–0 (0–1–0)
October 28	7:00 PM	vs. Brown	Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	Tucker	W 5–2	553	1–1–0 (1–1–0)
November 3	7:00 PM	at #3 Harvard	Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts	Tucker	W 5–2	2,774	2–1–0 (2–1–0)
November 4	7:00 PM	at Dartmouth	Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire	Tucker	L 1–3	2,421	2–2–0 (2–2–0)
November 10	7:00 PM	vs. St. Lawrence	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Tucker	W 6–1	3,031	3–2–0 (3–2–0)
November 11	7:00 PM	vs. #11 Clarkson	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Tucker	L 1–4	3,189	3–3–0 (3–3–0)
November 17	7:00 PM	at Princeton	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey	Tucker	L 4–5	1,948	3–4–0 (3–4–0)
November 18	7:00 PM	at Quinnipiac	TD Bank Sports Center • Hamden, Connecticut	Tucker	L 0–3	3,625	3–5–0 (3–5–0)
November 25	7:00 PM	vs. #13 New Hampshire*	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Tucker	L 0–4	3,349	3–6–0
December 1	7:00 PM	at Rensselaer	Houston Field House • Troy, New York	Kaczperski	L 1–2	2,831	3–7–0 (3–6–0)
December 2	7:00 PM	at #19 Union	Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York	Tucker	W 5–3	1,919	4–7–0 (4–6–0)
December 9	7:00 PM	vs. Sacred Heart	Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport, Connecticut	Tucker	W 2–1	507	5–7–0
Ledyard Bank Classic
December 29	4:05 PM	vs. #17 Minnesota–Duluth*	Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire (Ledyard Bank Game 1)	Tucker	L 0–5	3,376	5–8–0
December 30	4:05 PM	vs. #16 New Hampshire*	Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire (Ledyard Bank Game 2)	Kaczperski	W 4–2	—	6–8–0
January 5	7:00 PM	vs. Massachusetts*	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Kaczperski	W 5–3	2,632	7–8–0
January 12	7:00 PM	vs. #4 Cornell	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Tucker	T 3–3 ^OT	3,500	7–8–1 (4–6–1)
January 13	7:00 PM	vs. #19 Colgate	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Kaczperski	W 5–1	3,235	8–8–1 (5–6–1)
January 19	7:00 PM	vs. Union	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Tucker	L 2–3	3,500	8–9–1 (5–7–1)
January 19	7:00 PM	vs. Rensselaer	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Kaczperski	W 5–1	3,500	9–9–1 (6–7–1)
January 26	7:00 PM	at #3 Clarkson	Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York	Tucker	L 1–4	2,873	9–10–1 (6–8–1)
January 27	7:00 PM	at St. Lawrence	Appleton Arena • Canton, New York	Kaczperski	L 0–1	1,581	9–11–1 (6–9–1)
February 2	7:00 PM	vs. Arizona State*	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Tucker	W 3–2 ^OT	2,939	10–11–1
February 3	7:00 PM	vs. Arizona State*	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Kaczperski	W 4–3 ^OT	3,219	11–11–1
February 9	7:00 PM	at Quinnipiac	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Tucker	W 3–2	3,500	12–11–1 (7–9–1)
February 10	7:00 PM	vs. Princeton	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Kaczperski	W 7–2	3,500	13–11–1 (8–9–1)
February 16	7:05 PM	at Colgate	Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York	Tucker	W 4–3	1,006	14–11–1 (9–9–1)
February 17	7:03 PM	at #4 Cornell	Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York	Kaczperski	L 2–3	4,267	14–12–1 (9–10–1)
February 23	7:00 PM	vs. Dartmouth	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Tucker	L 4–6	3,500	14–13–1 (9–11–1)
February 24	7:00 PM	vs. Harvard	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut	Kaczperski	W 2–1	3,500	15–13–1 (10–11–1)
ECAC Hockey Tournament
March 2	7:00 PM	vs. Quinnipiac*	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut (First Round Game 1)	Tucker	L 1–5	2,672	15–14–1
March 3	7:00 PM	vs. Quinnipiac*	Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut (First Round Game 2)	Kaczperski	L 1–4	3,224	15–15–1
Yale Lost Series 0–2
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Scoring statistics[]

Name	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Snivley, JoeJoe Snivley	LW	31	19	17	36	18
Hitchcock, RyanRyan Hitchcock	C/LW	31	7	13	20	6
Smith, EvanEvan Smith	C/LW	31	10	7	17	60
Heart, TedTed Heart	C/RW	31	8	6	14	26
Palecco, DanteDante Palecco	LW	30	7	6	13	4
DeMontis, RobbieRobbie DeMontis	LW	31	6	7	13	20
O'Neil, KevinKevin O'Neil	RW	31	7	4	11	14
Stevens, LukeLuke Stevens	LW	30	6	5	11	12
Curti, CharlieCharlie Curti	D	25	3	8	11	8
Sweezey, BillyBilly Sweezey	D	30	1	9	10	46
Smith, MitchellMitchell Smith	LW	30	3	6	9	16
Kemp, PhilPhil Kemp	D	26	3	5	8	8
Walsh, AnthonyAnthony Walsh	D/F	31	1	7	8	28
Larkin, AdamAdam Larkin	D	31	1	6	7	10
Piotrowski, J. M.J. M. Piotrowski	F	27	2	3	5	16
Welsh, TylerTyler Welsh	F	28	0	5	5	8
Foley, MattMatt Foley	D	16	0	4	4	22
D'Orsi, WillWill D'Orsi	C	12	1	1	2	0
Jewell, BrettBrett Jewell	RW	24	1	1	2	13
Gaus, AndrewAndrew Gaus	RW	4	0	2	2	0
Kaczperski, CorbinCorbin Kaczperski	G	12	0	2	2	0
Lindstrand, ChandlerChandler Lindstrand	D	21	0	2	2	10
Matthews, BrianBrian Matthews	D	6	1	0	1	4
Baiocco, JohnJohn Baiocco	F	1	0	0	0	0
Tucker, SamSam Tucker	G	20	0	0	0	0
Bench	-	31	-	-	-	6
Total			87	126	213	355

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Goaltending statistics[]

Name	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	SV %	GAA
Kaczperski, CorbinCorbin Kaczperski	12	684	7	4	0	23	318	0	.933	2.02
Tucker, SamSam Tucker	20	1169	8	11	1	60	501	0	.893	3.08
Empty Net	-	16	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
Total	31	1870	15	15	1	88	819	0	.903	2.82

Rankings[]

Main article: 2017-18 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 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
USA Today	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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Awards and Honors[]

ECAC Hockey[]

Honor	Player	Position
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team	Joe Snivley	Forward	^[5]

Players drafted into the NHL[]

2018 NHL Entry Draft[]

Round	Pick	Player	NHL Team
4	112	Jack St. Ivany†	Philadelphia Flyers
4	119	Curtis Hall†	Boston Bruins

† incoming freshman ^[6]

References[]

↑ 2018–19 Yale Men's Ice Hockey Roster. Yale. Retrieved on January 22, 2021.
↑ Yale Bulldogs (Men) 2017-2018 Schedule and Results. collegehockeystats.net. Retrieved on November 26, 2019.
↑ "Yale Univ. 2017-2018 Skater Stats", Elite Prospects. Retrieved on March 7, 2020.
↑ USCHO Division I Men's Poll. USCHO.com. Retrieved on November 26, 2019.
↑ ECAC Hockey Announces All-League Teams. ECAC Hockey (2018-03-13).
↑ "2018 NHL Entry Draft", Hockey DB.

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[1] 2018–19 Yale Men's Ice Hockey Roster. Yale. Retrieved on January 22, 2021.

[2] Yale Bulldogs (Men) 2017-2018 Schedule and Results. collegehockeystats.net. Retrieved on November 26, 2019.

[3] "Yale Univ. 2017-2018 Skater Stats", Elite Prospects. Retrieved on March 7, 2020.

[4] USCHO Division I Men's Poll. USCHO.com. Retrieved on November 26, 2019.

[5] ECAC Hockey Announces All-League Teams. ECAC Hockey (2018-03-13).

[6] "2018 NHL Entry Draft", Hockey DB.

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