The 2024–25 Mercyhurst Lakers men's ice hockey season was the 38th season of play for the program, the 26th at the Division I level, and the 1st in Atlantic Hockey America. The Lakers represented Mercyhurst University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their home games at the Mercyhurst Ice Center and were coached by Rick Gotkin in his 37th season.
Season In just about every way, Mercyhurst had a horrible season. While the offense regressed and was one of the worst in the nation, averaging just over 2 goals per game, the team allowed more than 4 goals on average for the entire season. While the goaltenders didn't receive much help from the defense, they managed to post the worst goals against average in the nation and allow an NCAA-high of 150 for the year. Only one skater (Mickey Burns) reached 10 goals on the season and no Laker finished the year with a positive plus/minus rating. While the team's penalty kill was among the worst in the nation (61st out of 64 teams), the power play was middle-of-the-pack, converting on just under 20% of its opportunities. However, even with a decent man-advantage, Mercyhurst ended the year winning just 4 of its 35 games. That paltry sum set a new low for the program while the Lakers finished dead-last in the national rankings.
Departures Adrien Bisson Defenseman Graduation (signed with Florida Everblades) Garrett Dahm Forward Transferred to Clarkson Tyler Gaulin Forward Transferred to Endicott Nicholas Kent Defenseman Transferred to Hamilton Matt Lenz Goaltender Graduate transfer to Albertus Magnus Jackson McCarthy Defenseman Transferred to Gustavus Adolphus Marko Reifenberger Forward Graduation (signed with South Carolina Stingrays) Owen Say Goaltender Transferred to Notre Dame Keanan Stewart Forward Graduation (signed with Cincinnati Cyclones) Philip Waugh Defenseman/Forward Signed professional contract (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins)
Recruiting Dominik Bartecko Forward 20 Prague, CZE Michael Chambre Goaltender 19 Fort Myers, FL Matteo Disipio Forward 21 Nepean, ON Riley Fitzgerald Forward 21 Wilmington, MA Christian Kocsis Forward 20 Middletown, NJ Brendan Lamb Forward 20 Battle Creek, MI Carter McPhail Goaltender 25 Fenton, MI; graduate transfer from Miami Kaden Muir Defenseman 20 Manchester, NH Mateo Picozzi Defenseman 21 Morristown, NJ Caleb Price Defenseman 24 Hooksett, NH; transfer from Lindenwood
Roster As of August 21, 2024.
Standings
Schedule and results
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Scoring statistics LW 32 10 11 21 23 RW 34 8 13 21 8 D 35 7 14 21 10 F 35 5 10 15 12 F 33 7 7 14 6 F 34 5 9 14 12 C/W 24 6 6 12 16 F 31 6 6 12 2 LW 34 3 8 11 10 D 35 0 11 11 18 F 33 2 8 10 4 D 27 5 3 8 16 RW 26 2 6 8 2 RW 28 2 5 7 29 D 24 0 7 7 0 RW 16 3 3 6 2 D 31 1 3 4 4 C 32 1 3 4 6 D 26 1 2 3 36 D 30 2 0 2 12 LW 25 0 2 2 10 F 11 1 0 1 4 D 21 0 1 1 16 LW 2 0 0 0 0 G 6 0 0 0 0 F 6 0 0 0 6 G 11 0 0 0 2 G 22 0 0 0 4 Total 77 138 215 284 Source:
Goaltending statistics 22 1168:12 2 14 3 67 680 0 .910 3.44 6 304:06 0 4 1 22 186 0 .894 4.34 11 625:26 2 9 0 46 328 0 .877 4.44 Empty Net - 25:18 - - - 15 - - - - Total 35 2123:02 4 27 4 150 1194 0 .888 4.24
Rankings
PollWeekPre 1 23456789101112131415161718192021222324252627 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–NR USA HockeyNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR–NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 12 or 26.Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.
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