Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey

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.

Stonehill's first season in Division I, the 2022-23 campaign, saw them finish with a winning record, however, the vast majority of their games were played against Division II and Division III opponents. They only played five games against Division I opponents, losing all five. The next season in 2023-24 would see the Skyhawks put together their first real Division I schedule with 34 of their 36 games against other Division I programs. The Skyhawks started the season with 28 consecutive losses. In their 29th game of the season on February 10, 2024, the Skyhawks claimed their first-ever win over a Division I opponent, with a 4-2 victory over Lindenwood in front of a crowd of 178 spectators.^[4] The Skyhawks would finish the season with a record of 2-34-0, with their other win coming over Division II Assumption. The 2024-25 season saw the Skyhawks sextuple their win total from the previous season, finishing with a record of 12-22-0. Following the 2025 season, the university received a $15 million gift from Tom and Kathleen Bogan to support building a new arena.^[5] Following the 2025-26 season, the Skyhawks were ranked fourth amongst the Division I Independent teams by NPI, and headed into the inaugural United Collegiate Hockey Cup as the #4 seed.

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As of the completion of 2025–26 season

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

Statistics current through the end of the 2025–26 season.

As of August 2, 2025.^[7]

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)	—

Stonehill has yet to have an alumnus reach the NHL.^[8]