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2022–23 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey season

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2022–23 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey season
Conference 7th CCHA
Home ice St. Thomas Ice Arena
Rankings
USCHO NR
USA Today NR
Record
Overall 11–23–2
Conference 10–14–2
Home 7–9–1
Road 4–14–1
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach Enrico Blasi
Assistant Coaches Leon Hayward
Cory Laylin
St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2022–23 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's ice hockey season was the 99th season of play for the program, the 2nd in Division I and the 2nd in the CCHA conference. The Tommies represented the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) and were coached by Enrico Blasi, in his second season.

Season[]

After a predictably terrible season, the first for the program at the Division I level, coach Blasi continued his task of turning the Tommies into a competitive team. With more than half of the team being new, there were sure to be changes but the roster turnover meant that getting the team to gel together would take time. The offense, which had been one of the worst in the nation in 2022, didn't see much improvement early in the season. In the first 14 games, the Tommies scored more than two goals in just four matches. Averaging just over two goals per game, the team got off to an ugly start (2–12). While their record was awful, the team did show improvement on the defensive end. St. Thomas was allowing far fewer shots and goals against and half of their losses were by only one goal.

Just after Thanksgiving, the Tommies posted their first weekend sweep at the D-I level. Using the milestone as a benchmark, St. Thomas saw a vast improvement to their performance over the remainder of the season. A modest increase in both offensive production and defensive efficiency enabled the team to post a .500 record over their final 18 games. While the Tommies couldn't string together anything resembling a winning streak, they also never lost more than two in a row during that stretch. St. Thomas was also able to post its first two wins over ranked teams, defeating both Michigan Tech and Minnesota State on the road. Though they couldn't improve on their conference position much due to the team's poor start, the wins piled up to the point where the Tommies had a respectable total by the end of the year.

St. Thomas finished the season as the 7th seed in the CCHA tournament and, though they weren't predicted to win, they still outperformed expectations. The Tommies pushed Tech to the limit in both games, ultimately falling short by a single goal in both.

While the team did finish the season 12 games under .500, the program had come a long way over the course of the season. Not only did they nearly quadruple the win total from 2022, but they increased their goal production by 27 while cutting down on the goals allowed by 51. Even with a losing record, the program could still chalk this season up as a success.[1]

Departures[]

Player Position Nationality Cause
Jacob Berger Goaltender Flag of the United States United States Graduation (retired)
Michael Ferrandino Defenseman Flag of the United States United States Transferred to Augsburg
Kyler Grundy Forward Flag of the United States United States Transferred to UW-Eau Claire
Kimball Johnson Defenseman Flag of the United States United States Transferred to Utica
Justin Kelley Forward Flag of the United States United States Transferred to Bethel
Grant Loven Forward Flag of the United States United States Graduate transfer to Canisius
Lucas McGregor Forward Flag of the United States United States Left program (retired)
Shayne Monahan Defenseman Flag of the United States United States Graduation (retired)
Logan Ommen Forward Flag of the United States United States Left program (retired)
Sam Renlund Forward Flag of the United States United States Left program (retired)
Paul Schmid Forward Flag of Austria Austria Transferred to Norwich
John Schuldt Defenseman Flag of the United States United States Graduation (retired)
Joe Sofo Forward Flag of the United States United States Graduation (signed with Pensacola Ice Flyers)
Aaron Swanson Forward Flag of the United States United States Transferred to UW-Eau Claire
Peter Thome Goaltender Flag of the United States United States Graduation (signed with Idaho Steelheads)
Christiano Versich Forward Flag of the United States United States Graduation (signed with Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise)
Vincent Weis Defenseman Flag of the United States United States Transferred to Augsburg

Recruiting[]

Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Jake Braccini Forward Flag of the United States United States 21 Hanover, MN
Mack Byers Forward Flag of the United States United States 23 Long Lake, MN; transfer from Northern Michigan
Garrett Daly Forward Flag of the United States United States 23 Lakeville, MN; transfer from Bowling Green
Grant Docter Defenseman Flag of the United States United States 21 Golden Valley, MN; transfer from Michigan Tech
Joshua Eernisse Forward Flag of the United States United States 20 Apple Valley, MN
Cooper Gay Forward Flag of the United States United States 20 Edina, MN
Luke Kron Forward Flag of the United States United States 20 Andover, MN
Luc Laylin Forward Flag of the United States United States 20 St. Michael, MN
Jarrett Lee Forward Flag of the United States United States 23 Hibbing, MN; graduate transfer from Minnesota Duluth
Ryan O'Neill Forward Flag of the United States United States 21 Roseville, MN
Quinton Pepper Forward Flag of Canada Canada 20 London, ON
Carson Peters Defenseman Flag of the United States United States 19 Minneapolis, MN
Ethan Roberts Goaltender Flag of the United States United States 20 Cary, NC
Braidan Simmons-Fischer Defenseman Flag of the United States United States 20 Detroit, MI
Aaron Trotter Goaltender Flag of Canada Canada 21 Victoria, BC
Lucas Wahlin Forward Flag of the United States United States 21 Woodbury, MN

Roster[]

As of July 21, 2022.[2]

# S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
2 Flag of Minnesota Zins, TrevorTrevor Zins Senior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1998-07-23 St. Michael, Minnesota St. Cloud State (NCHC) —
3 Flag of Minnesota Wahlin, LucasLucas Wahlin Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 2001-05-03 Woodbury, Minnesota Lincoln (USHL) —
4 Flag of Minnesota Sawchuk, NolanNolan Sawchuk D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997-09-25 Burnsville, Minnesota UMass Lowell (HEA) —
5 Flag of Minnesota Daly, GarrettGarrett Daly D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-08-11 Lakeville, Minnesota Bowling Green (CCHA) —
6 Flag of Minnesota Eernisse, JoshJosh Eernisse Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2001-12-31 Apple Valley, Minnesota Tri-City (USHL) —
7 Flag of Minnesota Kron, LukeLuke Kron Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2002-05-24 Andover, Minnesota Sioux Falls (USHL) —
8 Flag of Pennsylvania Recchi, CameronCameron Recchi Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2001-05-24 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Salmon Arm (BCHL) —
9 Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) Jennings, MatthewMatthew Jennings F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1997-06-07 Buford, Georgia Ohio State (Big Ten) —
10 Flag of Minnesota Kangas, AndrewAndrew Kangas Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-01-28 Mahtomedi, Minnesota Minot (NAHL) —
11 Flag of Minnesota O'Neill, RyanRyan O'Neill Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2001-02-25 Roseville, Minnesota St. Cloud (NAHL) —
12 Flag of Minnesota Piechowski, TimTim Piechowski Sophomore F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2000-12-08 Eden Prairie, Minnesota Bismarck (NAHL) —
15 Flag of Ontario Pepper, QuintonQuinton Pepper Freshman F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 2002-01-31 London, Ontario Steinbach (MJHL) —
16 Flag of Minnesota Manning, LukeLuke Manning Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-04-13 Stillwater, Minnesota Air Force (AHA) —
17 Flag of Minnesota Braccini, JakeJake Braccini Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 2001-07-02 Hanover, Minnesota Muskegon (USHL) —
18 Flag of Minnesota Gauer, EthanEthan Gauer Junior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-12-23 Farmington, Minnesota Bemidji State (WCHA) —
19 Flag of Minnesota Laylin, LucLuc Laylin Freshman F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2001-12-30 St. Michael, Minnesota Prince George (BCHL) —
20 Flag of Minnesota Gay, CooperCooper Gay Freshman F 6' 4" (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2002-03-15 Edina, Minnesota Fargo (USHL) —
21 Flag of Minnesota Peters, CarsonCarson Peters Freshman D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2002-10-28 Medina, Minnesota Cedar Rapids (USHL) —
22 Flag of Minnesota Byers, MackMack Byers Junior F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-02-08 Long Lake, Minnesota Northern Michigan (CCHA) —
24 Flag of Minnesota Docter, GrantGrant Docter Sophomore D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 2000-12-06 Golden Valley, Minnesota Michigan Tech (CCHA) —
25 Flag of Ontario LeDonne, TrevorTrevor LeDonne Sophomore D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-02-27 Stoney Creek, Ontario Nanaimo (BCHL) —
26 Flag of Minnesota Warnert, BlaineBlaine Warnert Sophomore F 6' 5" (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2000-07-17 Chaska, Minnesota Minot (NAHL) —
27 Flag of Minnesota Perunovich, LukeLuke Perunovich D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997-05-12 Edina, Minnesota Providence (HEA) —
28 Flag of Michigan Simmons-Fischer, BraidanBraidan Simmons-Fischer Freshman D 6' 7" (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2002-01-26 Detroit, Michigan Austin (NAHL) —
29 Flag of Minnesota Lee, JarrettJarrett Lee F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 1999-06-04 Hibbing, Minnesota Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) —
31 Flag of British Columbia Trotter, AaronAaron Trotter Freshman G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2001-04-07 Victoria, British Columbia Prince George (BCHL) —
35 Flag of Wisconsin Baribeau, HenryHenry Baribeau Senior G 6' 3" (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-10-15 Hudson, Wisconsin New Ulm (NA3HL) —
42 Flag of North Carolina Roberts, EthanEthan Roberts Freshman G 6' 1" (1.85 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 2002-09-24 Cary, North Carolina Springfield (NAHL) —

Standings[]

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#10 Minnesota State †* 26 16 9 1 2 4 1 52 83 56 39 25 13 1 126 81
#13 Michigan Tech 26 15 7 4 0 1 0 50 68 54 39 24 11 4 103 88
Bowling Green 26 12 12 2 0 2 1 41 89 76 36 15 19 2 114 114
Northern Michigan 26 14 12 0 3 0 0 39 82 77 38 21 17 0 123 103
Bemidji State 26 12 11 3 3 1 2 39 73 63 36 14 17 5 94 97
Ferris State 26 9 14 3 1 2 3 34 62 91 37 14 19 4 92 131
St. Thomas 26 10 14 2 1 1 0 32 69 81 36 11 23 2 86 117
Lake Superior State 26 8 17 1 2 1 1 25 52 80 36 9 25 2 71 118
Championship: March 18, 2023
† indicates conference regular season champion (MacNaughton Cup)
* indicates conference tournament champion (Mason Cup)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results[]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
October 1 6:00 PM #13 St. Cloud State* St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter L 1–3  975 0–1–0
October 2 4:00 PM at #13 St. Cloud State* Herb Brooks National Hockey Center • St. Cloud, Minnesota FOX 9+ Roberts L 0–4  3,284 0–2–0
October 7 7:07 PM Alaska* St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter L 2–4  821 0–3–0
October 8 6:07 PM Alaska* St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter W 3–2 OT 738 1–3–0
October 14 7:07 PM USNTDP* St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota (Exhibition) FloHockey Trotter L 2–5   
October 21 6:00 PM at #18 Penn State* Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, Pennsylvania   Trotter L 2–6  6,034 1–4–0
October 22 6:00 PM at #18 Penn State* Pegula Ice Arena • University Park, Pennsylvania   Trotter L 2–3 OT 6,243 1–5–0
October 28 6:07 PM at Ferris State Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan FloHockey Trotter L 2–3 OT 1,847 1–6–0 (0–1–0)
October 29 5:07 PM at Ferris State Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan FloHockey Trotter W 5–2  1,823 2–6–0 (1–1–0)
November 4 7:07 PM #6 Minnesota State St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter L 2–10  961 2–7–0 (1–2–0)
November 5 6:07 PM at #6 Minnesota State Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota KEYC Roberts L 3–4  5,094 2–8–0 (1–3–0)
November 11 6:07 PM at Bowling Green Slater Family Ice Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio FloHockey Trotter L 2–3  2,204 2–9–0 (1–4–0)
November 12 6:07 PM at Bowling Green Slater Family Ice Arena • Bowling Green, Ohio FloHockey Trotter L 2–3  2,467 2–10–0 (1–5–0)
November 18 7:07 PM Michigan Tech St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter L 2–6  816 2–11–0 (1–6–0)
November 19 6:07 PM Michigan Tech St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter L 3–4  815 2–12–0 (1–7–0)
November 25 7:07 PM Lake Superior State St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter W 4–0  646 3–12–0 (2–7–0)
November 26 6:07 PM Lake Superior State St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter W 2–1  568 4–12–0 (3–7–0)
December 2 7:07 PM at Bemidji State Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter L 4–6  2,064 4–13–0 (3–8–0)
December 3 6:07 PM at Bemidji State Sanford Center • Bemidji, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter T 2–2 SOL 1,617 4–13–1 (3–8–1)
December 16 7:07 PM Ferris State St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter W 7–4  615 5–13–1 (4–8–1)
December 17 6:07 PM Ferris State St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter L 2–4  645 5–14–1 (4–9–1)
December 31 2:00 PM at Minnesota Duluth* AMSOIL Arena • Duluth, Minnesota (Exhibition) MY9 Trotter L 1–2  5,746
January 13 6:07 PM at #13 Michigan Tech MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan FloHockey Trotter L 0–2  2,873 5–15–1 (4–10–1)
January 14 5:07 PM at #13 Michigan Tech MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan FloHockey Trotter W 3–2  3,324 6–15–1 (5–10–1)
January 19 7:07 PM Bowling Green St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter W 4–2  490 7–15–1 (6–10–1)
January 20 7:07 PM Bowling Green St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter T 3–3 SOL 739 7–15–2 (6–10–2)
January 27 8:00 PM at Arizona State* Mullett Arena • Tempe, Arizona   Trotter L 0–4  4,336 7–16–2
January 28 8:00 PM at Arizona State* Mullett Arena • Tempe, Arizona   Trotter L 3–4 OT 4,464 7–17–2
February 3 7:07 PM at #13 Minnesota State Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center • Mankato, Minnesota KEYC Trotter W 3–2 OT 4,814 8–17–2 (7–10–2)
February 4 6:07 PM #13 Minnesota State St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter L 2–5  1,080 8–18–2 (7–11–2)
February 10 7:07 PM Northern Michigan St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter L 0–3  898 8–19–2 (7–12–2)
February 11 6:07 PM Northern Michigan St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter W 4–2  870 9–19–2 (8–12–2)
February 17 6:07 PM at Lake Superior State Taffy Abel Arena • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan FloHockey Trotter L 1–2  1,150 9–20–2 (8–13–2)
February 18 5:07 PM at Lake Superior State Taffy Abel Arena • Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan FloHockey Trotter W 2–1  1,763 10–20–2 (9–13–2)
February 24 7:07 PM at Bemidji State St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter W 3–1  775 11–20–2 (10–13–2)
February 25 6:07 PM at Bemidji State St. Thomas Ice Arena • Mendota Heights, Minnesota FloHockey Trotter L 2–7  924 11–21–2 (10–14–2)
CCHA Tournament
March 3 6:07 PM at #11 Michigan Tech* MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan (Quarterfinal Game 1) FloHockey Trotter L 0–1  2,338 11–22–2
March 4 5:07 PM at #11 Michigan Tech* MacInnes Student Ice Arena • Houghton, Michigan (Quarterfinal Game 2) FloHockey Trotter L 4–5  2,587 11–23–2
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Central Time.
Source:[3]

Scoring statistics[]

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Byers, MackMack Byers LW 36 18 8 26 6
Eernisse, JoshJosh Eernisse F 36 14 7 21 54
Laylin, LucLuc Laylin F 36 10 11 21 29
Wahlin, LucasLucas Wahlin F 26 6 15 21 20
O'Neill, RyanRyan O'Neill F 36 3 17 20 8
Braccini, JakeJake Braccini RW 32 6 11 17 9
Manning, LukeLuke Manning C 35 8 5 13 10
Recchi, CameronCameron Recchi C/LW 35 2 10 12 25
Lee, JarrettJarrett Lee F 34 1 10 11 18
Zins, TrevorTrevor Zins D 34 1 7 8 10
Gay, CooperCooper Gay RW 30 4 3 7 13
Piechowski, TimTim Piechowski RW 30 3 3 6 12
Gauer, EthanEthan Gauer D 35 3 3 6 8
Docter, GrantGrant Docter D 25 1 4 5 26
Peters, CarsonCarson Peters D 36 1 4 5 18
LeDonne, TrevorTrevor LeDonne D 21 0 5 5 10
Jennings, MatthewMatthew Jennings C 26 2 2 4 8
Pepper, QuintonQuinton Pepper RW 34 0 4 4 6
Sawchuk, NolanNolan Sawchuk D 28 1 2 3 6
Kangas, AndrewAndrew Kangas F 11 1 1 2 6
Trotter, AaronAaron Trotter G 34 0 2 2 4
Daly, GarrettGarrett Daly D 26 0 2 2 37
Simmons-Fischer, BraidanBraidan Simmons-Fischer D 19 1 0 1 28
Roberts, EthanEthan Roberts G 5 0 1 1 0
Perunovich, LukeLuke Perunovich D 14 0 1 1 15
Baribeau, HenryHenry Baribeau G 1 0 0 0 0
Warnert, BlaineBlaine Warnert F 1 0 0 0 0
Kron, LukeLuke Kron C 2 0 0 0 8
Bench - - - - - 2
Total 86 137 223 379

[4]

Goaltending statistics[]

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Baribeau, HenryHenry Baribeau 1 2:03 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.00
Trotter, AaronAaron Trotter 34 1988:07 11 21 2 99 943 1 .905 2.99
Roberts, EthanEthan Roberts 7 172:10 0 2 0 13 86 0 .869 4.53
Empty Net - 21:48 - - - 5 - - - -
Total 36 2162:20 11 23 2 117 1030 1 .902 3.22

Rankings[]

Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings
Poll Week
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 27 (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 - 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 NR NR NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.[5]

References[]

  1. ↑ St. Thomas Men's Hockey Team History. Retrieved on July 29, 2020.
  2. ↑ 2022–23 Men's Ice Hockey Roster. The University of St. Thomas.
  3. ↑ 2022-23 Men's Hockey Schedule. St. Thomas Tommies.
  4. ↑ "Univ. of St. Thomas 2022-2023 Skater Stats", Elite Prospects. Retrieved on March 7, 2022. 
  5. ↑ USCHO Division I Men's Poll. USCHO.com. Retrieved on November 26, 2019.
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