The 2024–25 Yale Bulldogs Men's ice hockey season was the 129th season of play for the program and the 63rd in ECAC Hockey. The Bulldogs represented Yale University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their home games at the Ingalls Rink and were coached by Keith Allain in his 18th season.
Season From the very start of the season Yale was faced with a sizable hurdle with their goaltending. None of the team's three netminders were able to provide a suitable performance in goal. While they could, on occasion, limit the opposition to under 3 goals, the Bulldogs allowed an average of just more than 4 goals per game, the third worst in the nation. With the team already hamstrung by their porous netminding, Yale's problems were compounded by also possessing a weak offense that only averaged about two and a quarter goals per match. The stark difference in those numbers left the team with few opportunities to win throughout the season. Yale was able to rise to the occasion for brief moments, even managing to defeat a ranked Boston University squad in late December. However, the story of the season was largely one of futility and the Bulldogs wallowed near the bottom of both the standings and ranking for virtually the entire season.
There were some silver linings for Yale; the offense got considerable contributions from freshmen with Ronan O'Donnell not only leading the team with 20 points but three others finished in the top six for the Bulldogs. Also, for all the trouble with keeping the puck out of their net, the defense wasn't particularly bad and did limit opposing teams to around 30 shots per game. Unfortunately, those minor positives weren't able to change Yale's situation come playoff time and the Bulldogs were bounced out after one game.
Departures Niklas Allain Forward Graduation (signed with Brödernas/Väsby IK HK) Ian Carpentier Forward Graduate transfer to Massachusetts Lowell Reilly Connors Forward Graduate transfer to St. Lawrence Ryan Conroy Defenseman Graduation (signed with Adirondack Thunder) Nathan Reid Goaltender Graduation (retired) Ryan Stevens Forward Graduation (retired) Henry Wagner Forward Graduation (signed with Eisbären Heilbronn) Teddy Wooding Forward Graduation (retired)
Recruiting Micah Berger Forward 20 Bethesda, MD Joe Blackley Defenseman 21 Lockport, NY Donovan Frias Forward 19 Hudson, MA Julian Frias Forward 19 Hudson, MA Hughie Hooker Defenseman 20 Brandon, MB Ronan O'Donnell Forward 20 Fairfield, CT Noah Pak Goaltender 21 Oakville, ON Zachary Wagnon Forward 20 Red Bank, NJ
Roster As of September 24, 2024.
Standings
Schedule and results
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Scoring statistics RW 29 11 9 20 31 F 30 6 12 18 24 F 18 10 7 17 23 LW 21 5 10 15 6 F 30 3 11 14 20 LW 30 7 5 12 20 F 30 5 6 11 14 D 30 2 9 11 24 D 30 2 9 11 33 F 30 3 4 7 18 D 29 1 6 7 18 F 30 2 4 6 12 D 26 1 5 6 10 F 27 4 1 5 4 D 8 1 3 4 2 C/LW 27 1 3 4 22 D 27 0 4 4 12 C 25 1 2 3 10 C 25 1 1 2 8 D 16 1 0 1 2 D 9 0 1 1 0 D 2 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 0 0 0 G 6 0 0 0 0 G 8 0 0 0 0 F 10 0 0 0 2 G 20 0 0 0 0 F 20 0 0 0 4 Bench – – – – – 6 Total 67 112 179 337
Goaltending statistics 6 295:47 0 3 1 18 126 0 .875 3.65 20 1153:23 3 14 2 72 523 0 .879 3.75 8 357:47 3 4 0 23 156 0 .872 3.86 Empty Net - 11:36 - - - 8 - - - - Total 30 1818:33 6 21 3 121 805 0 .869 3.99
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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