Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey

The Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey team represents Stonehill College in NCAA Division I ice hockey. On April 5, 2022, the school announced that they were promoting all of their varsity programs to Division I for the 2022–23 academic year.^[2] The team plays their home games at Bridgewater Ice Arena, located over 9 miles away from Stonehill's campus in Easton, Massachusetts.

Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey
Current season
University	Stonehill College
Conference	Independent
First season	1978–79
Head coach	David Berard 2nd season, 12–22–0 (.353)
Assistant coaches	Brian Rigali Cam MacDonald
Arena	Bridgewater Ice Arena Cap. 1,000 Warrior Ice Arena (Some Games) Cap. 700 Bridgewater, Massachusetts and Boston, Massachusetts
Colors	Purple and white[1]
Conference tournament champions
ECAC Northeast: 2007 NE-10: 2016, 2020
Conference regular season champions
NE-10: 2014, 2015, 2016

History

Stonehill began playing varsity hockey in 1978 joining ECAC 3, the lowest level of college hockey at the time. They remained with the conference through its various rebrandings and member changes for over 30 years. During that time the team was not successful, posting just 4 winning seasons in its first 22 campaigns and never making a single postseason appearance.^[3]

The program's fortunes began to change in 2000 when former NHL player Scott Harlow was hired to coach the team. During his seven-year tenure, the club recorded three winning seasons, its first postseason victories, and captured its first conference championship. While Harlow was in charge, the program was also going through a transitional phase. After the Division II level of college hockey collapsed in 1984, there was no place for nominally D-II programs to play. When the NCAA began offering automatic bids to the Division III Tournament in 1999, it came with a caveat; programs could not participate in postseason play if their school participated at a higher level. Because Stonehill was a D-II school, they were frozen out of the reformatted ECAC Northeast tournament. However, since they were not alone in their plight, Stonehill banded together with four other programs and began holding a separate D-II tournament at the end of the season. This arrangement continued until 2009 when all of the active Division II programs founded the ice hockey division of the Northeast-10.

Stonehill fell on hard times after Harlow left in 2007. Six years later, upon the arrival of David Borges, the team suddenly shot up the standings and won three consecutive regular season titles. While the Skyhawks weren't able to sustain that pace forever, Borges help steer the program though the lost 2021 season and was behind the bench when the school announced that they were promoting all of their varsity programs to D-I in April 2022. After A few years playing in the smallest rink at the D-I level, the university received a $15 million gift from Tom and Kathleen Bogan to support building a new arena.^[4]

Season-by-season results

Main article: List of Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey seasons

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Coaches

As of the completion of 2024–25 season

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1978–1980	Bob Higgins	2	23–19–2	.545
1980–1984	Chuck Callan	4	36–49–1	.424
1984–1989	Dennis Chighisola	5	39–82–1	.324
1989–1990	Dante Muzzioli	1	14–12–0	.538
1990–1991	Fred Allard	1	6–22–0	.214
1991–1995	Peter Powers	4	34–56–5	.214
1995–2000	Greg Simeone	5	37–69–4	.355
2000–2007	Scott Harlow	7	81–83–3	.494
2007–2010	Garry Hebert	3	32–40–4	.447
2010–2013	Pat Leahy	3	25–45–4	.365
2013–2024	David Borges	10	106–142–24	.434
2024–Present	David Berard	1	12–22–0	.353
Totals	11 coaches	46 seasons	445–641–48	.414

Statistical leaders

Career points leaders

Player	Years	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rob Pascale	2000–2004	89	79	81	160	30
Brendan O'Brien	2005–2009	95	37	110	147	68
Brendan Flemming	1999–2003	91	75	63	138	70
Tim Quill	1988–1992		57	75	132
Butch Santosuosso	1986–1990		64	67	131
Dan Finn	1990–1994		73	56	129
Tom Stover	1990–1994		61	66	127
Mike Ryan	1999–2003	90	55	58	113	110
Kevin Joyce	1986–1990		54	52	106
Matt Curran	2004–2008	95	61	44	105	296

Career goaltending leaders

GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Minimum 30 games

Player	Years	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Chris Tasiopoulos	2011–2015	78	4476	42	31	4	209	7	.916	2.80
Matthew Schoen	2016–2020	30	1692	14	12	3	81	1	.927	2.87
William Palmer	2015–2019	82	4749	29	43	9	255	2	.909	3.22
Tyler Jackson	2008–2012	31	1736	11	16	2	97	2	.896	3.35
Mike Manna	2007–2010	45	2512	15	22	3	144	2	.899	3.44

Statistics current through the start of the 2022–23 season.

Roster

As of August 2, 2025.^[6]

No.	Nat.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2		Adam Mahler	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	2004-07-25	Ancaster, Ontario	Minot Minotauros (NAHL)	—
4		Charles Banquier	Junior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2002-10-06	Oakville, Ontario	Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)	—
5		Ryan Davies	Senior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	2001-03-27	Arlington, Massachusetts	Valley Jr. Warriors (EHL)	—
6		Justin Gibson	Sophomore	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2003-05-29	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL)	—
9		Brady Hunter	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2002-07-27	Enfield, Nova Scotia	Merrimack (HEA)	—
10		J. J. Grainda	Junior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2002-08-01	Carmel, Indiana	Chippewa Steel (NAHL)	—
11		Justin Mexico	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2003-12-05	Madison Heights, Michigan	American International (AHA)	—
12		Zach Aben	Sophomore	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2003-12-12	Shavertown, Pennsylvania	Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL)	—
13		Leo Chambers	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2003-12-22	Toronto, Ontario	Steinbach Pistons (MJHL)	—
14		Cole Melady	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	2003-07-14	Seaforth, Ontario	Coquitlam Express (BCHL)	—
15		Billy Renfrew	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2003-08-14	Fairbanks, Alaska	Northern Michigan (CCHA)	—
16		Joel Lehtinen	Sophomore	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2003-11-12	Dallas, Texas	Minot Minotauros (NAHL)	—
17		Pat Murphy	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	2005-12-01	North Kingstown, Rhode Island	Cranbrook Bucks (BCHL)	—
18		Jake Gutwirth	Freshman	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2005-05-29	Brooklyn, New York	Cowichan Valley Capitals (BCHL)	—
19		Frank Ireland	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-02-06	South Easton, Massachusetts	Boston Junior Bruins (NCDC)	—
20		David Posma	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2003-08-27	Pomona, New York	American International (AHA)	—
21		Devon Carlstorm	Junior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-03-05	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida	Aberdeen Wings (NAHL)	—
22		Jordin Palmer	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	2004-01-06	Auburn, New Hampshire	Rochester Jr. Americans (NAHL)	—
24		Anthony Galante	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2002-04-18	Morganville, New Jersey	Johnstown Tomahawks (NAHL)	—
26		Evan Orr	Senior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-01-09	Shelby Township, Michigan	Michigan Tech (CCHA)	—
28		Matthew Rafalski	Freshman	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2004-06-12	Waupaca, Wisconsin	Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)	—
29		Connor Androlewicz	Graduate	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	2000-11-28	St. Louis, Missouri	Maine (HEA)	—
30		Dylan Ghaemi	Senior	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2001-12-30	Fairport, New York	Järvso (Hockeytrean)	—
31		Linards Lipskis	Sophomore	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2003-07-03	Riga, Latvia	Wisconsin Windigo (NAHL)	—
34		Teddy Lagerbäck	Senior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	2001-08-21	Minnetonka, Minnesota	Miami (NCHC)	—
44		Zach Nicolas	Sophomore	F	6' 5" (1.96 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	2004-02-10	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Winkler Flyers (MJHL)	—
55		Dominick Campione	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	154 lb (70 kg)	2002-11-25	Kohler, Wisconsin	Brooks Bandits (AJHL)	—
71		Matthew Romer	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	2002-09-01	Chicago, Illinois	Northern Michigan (CCHA)	—

Skyhawks in the NHL

Stonehill has yet to have an alumnus reach the NHL.^[7]

See also

• Stonehill Skyhawks