2020–21 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season

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2020–21 Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey season


Conference	Atlantic Hockey
Home ice	Bentley Arena
Rankings
USCHO.com	NR
USA Today/ US Hockey Magazine	NR
Record
Overall	5–11–0
Conference	4–11–0–1–5–0
Home	4–5–0
Road	1–6–0
Neutral	0–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Ryan Soderquist
Assistant coaches	Jon Coleman Stephen Needham Clay Adams
Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey seasons « 2019–20 2021–22 »

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] However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.^[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

Player	Position	Nationality	Cause
Connor Brassard	Forward	United States	Graduation
Jonathan Desbiens	Defenseman	Canada	Graduation
Carter Dwyer	Forward	United States	Transferred to Hamilton
Ryner Gorowsky	Forward	United States	Graduation
Jake Kauppila	Forward	United States	Graduation
Sam Kauppila	Forward	United States	Left program
Brett Orr	Forward	United States	Graduation
Aidan Pelino	Goaltender	Canada	Graduation (Signed with RoKi)
Matt Riggleman	Forward	United States	Graduation

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Age	Notes
Drew Bavaro	Defenseman	United States	20	Sarasota, FL
Matt Clark	Defenseman	United States	21	Jamison, PA
Christian Felton	Defenseman	United States	20	Medina, OH
Nicholas Grabko	Goaltender	United States	20	Channahon, IL
Ethan Harrison	Forward	United States	19	Plano, TX
Cole Kodsi	Forward	United States	20	Boca Raton, FL
Zach Pellegrino	Forward	United States	20	Madison, CT
Devon Tongue	Forward	United States	20	Hampden, MA
A. J. Villella	Defenseman	United States	22	Davie, FL; transfer from Northeastern

Roster

As of October 14, 2020.^[4]

No.	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, 188th overall 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

2020–21 Atlantic Hockey Standings v t e
	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^#	Site	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.

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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

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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
Poll	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

Player	Award	Ref
Jakov Novak	Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Scoring Trophy
Nick Grabko	Atlantic Hockey Rookie Team	^[8]
Drew Bavaro	Atlantic Hockey Rookie Team	^[8]

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.

v t e Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey
Playing venues	John A. Ryan Arena (1977–2018) Bentley Arena (2018–Present)
Head coaches	Joe Quinn (1977–1980) Tim Flynn (1980–1984) Mark Canavan (1984–1985) Tom Apprille (1985–1993) Jim McAdam (1993–2002) Ryan Soderquist (2002–2023) Andy Jones (2023–present)
Seasons	1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC 3 (1977–1985) ECAC North/South (1985–1992) ECAC North/South/Central (1992–1998) MAAC (1999–2003) Atlantic Hockey (2003–2024) Atlantic Hockey America (2024–present)
Rivalries	Holy Cross Crusaders RIT Tigers American International Yellow Jackets Sacred Heart Pioneers
Culture & lore	JAR Pride Falcons Nest Fatheads
All-time leaders	Ryan Soderquist (173 Points) Ryan Soderquist (84 Goals) Branden Komm (47 Wins)
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