2020–21 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season
College ice hockey team season
The 2020–21 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season was the 44th season of play for the program, the 22nd at the Division I level, and the 18th season in the Atlantic Hockey conference. The Falcons represented Bentley University and were coached by Ryan Soderquist , in his 19th season.
Season
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Bentley's players would lose a season of play.[ 1] [ 2]
Bentley didn't play well in the first month of the season, beginning 1–5. After a COVID-19 -extended break, the Falcons returned to the ice in late January and won consecutive games. Their good play didn't last, however, and the team followed the mini-resurgence with five straight losses. Despite a poor record, Bentley was the host to start the Atlantic Hockey Tournament . The Falcons played Air Force and won decisively, 7–3. As the team was preparing to take on top seed American International , Bentley University began to see a surge in positive COVID cases. Due the school's protocols, Bentley withdrew from the remainder of the tournament on March 11 and ended their season.[ 3]
Departures
Recruiting
Roster
As of October 14, 2020.[ 4]
No. S/P/C
Player
Class
Pos
Height
Weight
DoB
Hometown
Previous team
NHL rights
2
Matt Clark Freshman
D 6' 1" (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1999-05-10
Jamison, Pennsylvania Topeka) (NAHL —
3
Luke Orysiuk Junior
D 6' 0" (1.83 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1997-06-19
Edmonton, Alberta Fairbanks (NAHL —
4
Marcus Walter Sophomore
D 6' 3" (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1999-06-14
St. Albert, Alberta Alberni Valley (BCHL —
5
Ethan Roswell Junior
D 5' 11" (1.8 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1998-07-30
Paradise Valley, Arizona Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC )—
6
Brendan Hamblet Senior
F 5' 11" (1.8 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1998-11-05
Hopkinton, Massachusetts Rivers (USHS–MA —
7
Ethan Harrison Freshman
F 6' 0" (1.83 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
2000-10-30
Plano, Texas Sioux City (USHL —
9
Brendan Walkom Junior
F 6' 0" (1.83 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1998-01-28
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Madison (USHL —
10
Dylan Pitera Junior
F 6' 2" (1.88 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1999-07-04
Culver, Indiana Culver (Midget AAA —
11
Jakov Novak Junior
F 6' 3" (1.91 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1998-10-22
Windsor, Ontario Janesville (NAHL OTT 2018
12
Matt Gosiewski Sophomore
F 6' 4" (1.93 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1998-05-10
Wilton, Connecticut Wenatchee (BCHL —
13
Will Garin Junior
F 5' 11" (1.8 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1997-10-30
Mound, Minnesota Brooks (AJHL —
14
Matt Lombardozzi Senior
D 6' 1" (1.85 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1997-06-27
Leominster, Massachusetts Carleton Place (CCHL —
15
Luke Santerno Senior
F 6' 3" (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1996-06-24
Smithers, British Columbia Trail (BCHL —
17
Michael Zuffante Senior
F 5' 10" (1.78 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1998-03-17
Bloomingdale, Illinois Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL —
18
Devan Tongue Freshman
F 6' 3" (1.91 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
1999-12-31
Hampden, Massachusetts Amarillo (NAHL —
19
Zach Pellegrino Freshman
F 5' 9" (1.75 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1999-11-09
Madison, Connecticut Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC )—
20
Will Schlagenhauf Junior
F 5' 9" (1.75 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1998-10-12
Carmel, Indiana Muskegon (USHL —
21
Cole Kodsi Freshman
F 6' 2" (1.88 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
2000-06-17
Boca Raton, Florida Omaha (USHL —
22
Drew Bavaro Freshman
D 6' 3" (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
2000-06-10
Bradenton, Florida Wenatchee (NAHL —
23
Christian Felton Freshman
D 6' 1" (1.85 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
2000-02-04
Medina, Ohio Vernon (BCHL —
24
Joe Winkelmann Sophomore
F 5' 11" (1.8 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
2000-05-08
St. Louis, Missouri Odessa (NAHL —
25
Hunter Toale Sophomore
D 6' 1" (1.85 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
1999-11-21
Coral Springs, Florida Johnstown (NAHL —
26
Lucas Vanroboys Sophomore
F 6' 2" (1.88 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1999-07-24
Thamesville, Ontario Prince George (BCHL —
27
A. J. Villella Junior
D 6' 0" (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1998-01-26
Davie, Florida Northeastern (HEA —
28
Charlie Marchand Senior
D 5' 11" (1.8 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1997-08-08
Calgary, Alberta Brooks (AJHL —
29
Nicholas Grabko Freshman
G 5' 11" (1.8 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
2000-02-06
Channahon, Illinois Green Bay (USHL —
33
Jason Grande Sophomore
G 6' 3" (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1999-02-07
West Chester, Pennsylvania Amarillo (NAHL —
34
Fraser Kirk Junior
G 6' 2" (1.88 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1997-10-07
Burlington, Ontario Newmarket (OJHL —
Standings
Conference record
Overall record
GP
W
L
T
OW
OL
SW
PTS
PT%
GF
GA
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
#15 American International †*
12
11
1
0
1
0
0
32
.889 47
18
19
15
4
0
67
40
Army 15
10
4
1
3
1
1
30
.667 42
33
22
15
6
1
71
48
Robert Morris 15
10
5
0
2
1
0
29
.644 58
48
24
15
9
0
85
69
Canisius 13
8
5
0
1
1
0
24
.615 42
34
17
11
6
0
59
46
RIT 13
7
5
1
0
0
1
23
.590 43
40
20
9
9
2
68
70
Sacred Heart 13
6
6
1
1
2
0
20
.513 35
38
18
6
10
2
43
59
Mercyhurst 16
7
8
1
1
1
1
23
.479 54
50
21
8
12
1
64
67
Bentley 15
4
11
0
1
5
0
16
.356 35
48
16
5
11
0
42
51
Niagara 15
3
9
3
0
2
1
15
.333 39
53
22
7
12
3
57
70
Air Force 13
3
9
1
2
1
0
9
.231 32
49
14
3
10
1
35
56
Holy Cross 12
3
9
0
2
0
0
7
.194 22
38
16
4
12
0
30
52
Championship : March 20, 2021† indicates conference regular season champion indicates conference tournament champion (Riley Trophy ) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll
Schedule and Results
Date
Time
Opponent#
Rank#
Site
TV
Decision
Result
Attendance
Record
Regular Season
December 1
6:30 PM
vs. Holy Cross
Bentley Arena • Waltham , Massachusetts
Grabko
L 1–2 OT
0
0–1–0 (0–1–0)
December 4
5:05 PM
vs. Army
Bentley Arena • Waltham , Massachusetts
Grabko
W 4–2 0
1–1–0 (1–1–0)
December 5
6:20 PM
at Army
Tate Rink • West Point , New York
Grabko
L 0–2 100
1–2–0 (1–2–0)
December 9
6:00 PM
at Holy Cross
Hart Center • Worcester , Massachusetts
Grabko
L 3–4 OT
0
1–3–0 (1–3–0)
December 18
5:05 PM
vs. American International
Bentley Arena • Waltham , Massachusetts
Grabko
L 1–4 0
1–4–0 (1–4–0)
December 19
1:05 PM
at American International
MassMutual Center • Springfield , Massachusetts
Kirk
L 1–3 0
1–5–0 (1–5–0)
January 26
5:05 PM
vs. Holy Cross
Bentley Arena • Waltham , Massachusetts
Grabko
W 5–2 0
2–5–0 (2–5–0)
January 31
5:05 PM
vs. Air Force
Bentley Arena • Waltham , Massachusetts
Grabko
W 6–3 0
3–5–0 (3–5–0)
January 1
3:05 PM
vs. Air Force
Bentley Arena • Waltham , Massachusetts
Kirk
L 3–4 OT
0
3–6–0 (3–6–0)
February 4
5:05 PM
vs. Sacred Heart
Bentley Arena • Waltham , Massachusetts
Grabko
L 0–4 0
3–7–0 (3–7–0)
February 5
5:05 PM
at Sacred Heart
Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport , Connecticut
Grabko
L 2–4 0
3–8–0 (3–8–0)
February 12
5:00 PM
vs. Army
Bentley Arena • Waltham , Massachusetts
Grabko
L 2–3 OT
0
3–9–0 (3–9–0)
February 13
7:05 PM
at Army
Tate Rink • West Point , New York
Kirk
L 1–5 100
3–10–0 (3–10–0)
February 16
5:05 PM
at Sacred Heart
Webster Bank Arena • Bridgeport , Connecticut
Grabko
W 5–4 OT
0
4–10–0 (4–10–0)
February 20
7:05 PM
at Army
Tate Rink • West Point , New York
Grande
L 1–2 OT
100
4–11–0 (4–11–0)
Atlantic Hockey Tournament
March 9
3:05 PM
vs. Air Force *
Bentley Arena • Waltham , Massachusetts (First Round)
Grabko
W 7–3 0
5–11–0
Withdrew from Tournament
*Non-conference game. # Rankings from USCHO.com Poll . All times are in Eastern Time .
[ 5]
Scoring statistics
Name
Position
Games
Goals
Assists
Points
PIM
Jakov Novak LW /C 15
7
10
17 36
Luke Santerno F 15
5
11
16 34
Matt Gosiewski C 16
7
8
15 2
Drew Bavaro D 16
2
10
12 8
Michael Zuffante F 15
3
7
10 8
Brendan Hamblet F 15
6
3
9 6
Brendan Walkom F 13
4
5
9 0
Luke Orysiuk D 16
1
6
7 12
A. J. Villella D 15
0
5
5 0
Dylan Pitera F 16
2
1
3 6
Joe Winkelmann C 4
1
1
2 0
Matt Clark D 6
1
1
2 6
Charlie Marchand D 12
1
1
2 21
Cole Kodsi LW 16
1
1
2 4
Will Schlagenhauf F 11
0
2
2 10
Will Garin RW 9
1
0
1 6
Ethan Roswell D 11
0
1
1 4
Marcus Walter D 11
0
1
1 0
Matt Lombardozzi D 12
0
1
1 23
Lucas Vanroboys F 13
0
1
1 37
Ethan Harrison F 16
0
1
1 6
Hunter Toale D 2
0
0
0 4
Jason Grande G 2
0
0
0 0
Fraser Kirk G 4
0
0
0 0
Zach Pellegrino F 7
0
0
0 17
Devan Tongue D 8
0
0
0 2
Nicholas Grabko G 12
0
0
0 0
Christian Felton D 13
0
0
0 10
Bench
–
–
–
–
–
4
Total
42
77
119
266
[ 6]
Goaltending statistics
Name
Games
Minutes
Wins
Losses
Ties
Goals Against
Saves
Shut Outs
SV % GAA
Jason Grande 2
81
0
1
0
3
48
0
.941
2.21
Nicholas Grabko 12
694
5
7
0
33
279
0
.894
2.85
Fraser Kirk 4
191
0
3
0
10
94
0
.904
3.14
Empty Net
-
5
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
Total
16
971
5
11
0
51
421
0
.892
3.15
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 (Final)
USCHO.com
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
USCHO did not release a poll in week 20. [ 7]
Awards and honors
References
^ "NCAA approves blanket waiver for 2020 fall sports athletes to retain year of eligibility" . CBS Sports . August 21, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021 .^ "DI Council grants waiver to allow transfer student-athletes to compete immediately" . NCAA . December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021 .^ "Bentley withdraws from Atlantic Hockey playoffs, advancing American International to semifinals" . USCHO.com . March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021 .^ "2020–21 Bentley University Hockey Roster" . Bentley University. Retrieved August 22, 2017 .^ "Bentley (Men) 2020-2021 Schedule and Results" . College Hockey Stats . Retrieved December 5, 2019 .^ "Bentley Univ. 2020-2021 Skater Stats" . Elite Prospects . Retrieved July 2, 2020 .^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll" . USCHO.com . Retrieved November 26, 2019 .^ "Atlantic Hockey Announces All-Conference and All-Rookie Winners" . Atlantic Hockey . March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021 .
