Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey

Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey
Current season
University	Union College
Conference	ECAC Hockey
First season	1903–04
Head coach	Josh Hauge [1] 3rd season, 30–37–5 (.451)
Assistant coaches	John Ronan Lennie Childs Bryan McDonald
Arena	Frank L. Messa Rink at Achilles Center Schenectady, New York
Student section	The U Crew
Colors	Union garnet and white [2]
NCAA Tournament championships
Division I: 2014
NCAA Tournament Frozen Four
Division I: 2012, 2014 Division III: 1984, 1985
NCAA Tournament appearances
Division I: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 Division III: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989
Conference Tournament championships
Division I: (ECAC Hockey): 2012, 2013, 2014 Division III: (ECAC West): 1985
Conference regular season championships
Division I: (ECAC Hockey): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17 Division II: (ECAC 2): 1976–77
Current uniform

Dutchmen in January 2023

The Union Garnet Chargers ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college ice hockey program that represents Union College. The Garnet Chargers are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the Frank L. Messa Rink at Achilles Center in Schenectady, New York. ^[3] The Garnet Chargers (known as the Dutchmen at the time) won the 2014 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament by defeating the Minnesota Golden Gophers 7–4.

Program history

The hockey team was founded in 1904 making it the 7th oldest college program playing in NCAA Division I ^[4] and provides the school with a long and colorful history in the sport. Men at Union have played hockey in four distinct periods: club hockey from 1904–1911, varsity hockey from 1919–1949 (from 1943–1948 there was a hiatus from play due to WW II), NCAA Division III hockey from 1975–1990 and NCAA Division I hockey from 1991–present.

Early history 1904–1911

Union's first game, played on February 3, 1904, was a victory over the Union Classical Institute. Three other games were played that inaugural season including a 1–4 loss to rival Rensselaer. Lacking a rink of its own during that inaugural season, all games were played on the opponent's home ice. The first attempt at creating an on-campus outdoor rink was made by students in 1905 when a plow and scaper was hired to form a level area with earthen banks near what is now Memorial Chapel. The club team's record in known games during those early years was 6–7–1. No collegiate games were played in the 1910 or 1911 seasons because Union's players couldn't afford the costs of travel and opponent game guarantee fees. The club team subsequently disbanded bringing a close to the earliest era of hockey at Union.

Division I era 1991–present

In 2023, the college changed the school's athletic nickname from "Dutchmen" and "Dutchwomen" to "Garnet Chargers" as part of a branding update. ^[5] Garnet has been the school's official color for 150 years, and the name "chargers" is a reference to "Schenectady’s legacy as a leader in electrical technologies." ^[5]

Season-by-season results

Source: ^[6]

Main article: List of Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey seasons

Championships

NCAA National Championships

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	City	Arena	Coach	MOP
2014	Union	7–4	Minnesota	Philadelphia, PA	Wells Fargo Center	Rick Bennett	Shayne Gostisbehere

ECAC Hockey Tournament championships (Whitelaw Cup)

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	City	Arena	Coach	MOP	Notes
2012	Union	3–1	Harvard	Atlantic City, NJ	Boardwalk Hall	Rick Bennett	Jeremy Welsh	Lost to Ferris State in NCAA Semifinal
2013	Union	3–1	Brown	Atlantic City, NJ	Boardwalk Hall	Rick Bennett	Troy Grosenick	Lost to Quinnipiac in NCAA East Regional
2014	Union	4–2	Colgate	Lake Placid, NY	Herb Brooks Arena	Rick Bennett	Daniel Carr	Defeated Minnesota in NCAA Championship

Runners-up in 2010

ECAC Hockey Regular season Championships (Cleary Cup)

Year	Conference record	Overall record	Coach
2010–11	17–3–2	26–10–4	Nate Leaman
2011–12	14–4–4	26–8–7	Rick Bennett
2013–14	18–3–1	32–6–4	Rick Bennett
2016–17†	16–4–2	25–10–3	Rick Bennett

† Shared with Harvard

Players

Current roster

As of August 2, 2023. ^[7]

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2		D. J. Hart	Freshman	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2002-02-23	Stamford, Connecticut	Lincoln  ( USHL )	—
3		Cal Mell	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2011-01-30	Alpharetta, Georgia	Janesville  ( NAHL )	—
4		Josh Phillips	Junior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-05-24	Getzville, New York	Minnesota Wilderness  ( NAHL )	—
5		Joey Potter	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2003-05-09	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Fairbanks  ( NAHL )	—
6		Cullen Ferguson	Junior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-02-16	Binbrook, Ontario	Aberdeen  ( NAHL )	—
7		Nick Young	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2001-09-12	Raleigh, North Carolina	St. Cloud  ( NAHL )	—
8		Chaz Smedsrud	Senior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-06-04	Luverne, Minnesota	Madison  ( USHL )	—
9		Thomas Richter	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-06-06	Greenwich, Connecticut	Penticton  ( BCHL )	—
10		Ethan Benz	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-03-29	Shakopee, Minnesota	St. Cloud  ( NAHL )	—
11		Colby MacArthur	Sophomore	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-11-02	Summerside, Prince Edward Island	Summerside  ( MHL )	—
12		Carter Korpi	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-07-28	South Lyon, Michigan	Wichita Falls  ( NAHL )	—
13		Tyler Watkins	Senior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1999-12-19	Hermantown, Minnesota	Minnesota Wilderness  ( NAHL )	—
14		Brandon Buhr	Sophomore	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2002-07-07	North Vancouver, British Columbia	Alberni Valley  ( BCHL )	—
15		Josh Nixon	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-05-09	Mississauga, Ontario	Lake Superior State  ( CCHA )	—
17		Cole Kodsi	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2000-06-17	Delray Beach, Florida	Bentley  ( AHA )	—
18		Ville Immonen	Senior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1999-06-18	Seinäjoki, Finland	Minot  ( NAHL )	—
19		Liam Robertson	Senior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2000-05-14	Courtice, Ontario	Youngstown  ( USHL )	—
20		Eli Pilosof	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2002-06-10	Toronto, Ontario	Pickering  ( OJHL )	—
21		John Prokop	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-05-13	Wausau, Wisconsin	Des Moines  ( USHL )	—
22		Jacob Jeannette	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2002-12-13	Duluth, Minnesota	Tri-City  ( USHL )	—
23		Joseph Messina	Freshman	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-02-01	Woodbridge, Ontario	Langley  ( BCHL )	—
24		Nate Hanley	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-05-30	Rocky Point, New York	Cedar Rapids  ( USHL )	—
26		Nathan Kelly	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-11-22	South Delta, British Columbia	Chilliwack  ( BCHL )	—
27		Ben Tupker ( C )	Senior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1999-12-23	Collingwood, Ontario	Cornell  ( ECAC )	—
28		Caden Villegas	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	2001-02-19	Plano, Texas	Tri-City  ( USHL )	—
30		Aksel Reid	Freshman	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2003-08-05	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Springfield  ( NAHL )	—
35		Joe Sharib	Junior	G	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-08-16	Natick, Massachusetts	Connecticut (NCDC)	—
36		Kyle Chauvette	Sophomore	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-10-05	Goffstown, New Hampshire	Youngstown  ( USHL )	—

Awards & honors

As of April 2017 ^[8]

Hobey Baker Memorial Award Mike Vecchione - Hat Trick Finalist, F: 2017 Troy Grosenick - Top 10 Finalist, G: 2012 Shayne Gostisbehere - Top 10 Finalist, D: 2014 Daniel Ciampini - Top 10 Finalist, F: 2015 Spencer Foo - Top 10 Finalist, F: 2017 Spencer Penrose Award - AHCA Coach of the Year Nate Leaman: 2011 Rick Bennett: 2014 USCHO Coach of the Year Rick Bennett: 2014 College Hockey News Coach of the Year Rick Bennett: 2014 NCAA Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player Shayne Gostisbehere, D: 2014 NCAA Frozen Four All-Tournament Team Matt Bodie, D: 2014 Daniel Ciampini, F: 2014 Shayne Gostisbehere, D: 2014 Colin Stevens, G: 2014 NCAA East Regional Most Outstanding Player Max Novak, F: 2014 Jeremy Welsh, F: 2014 Tim Taylor Award - ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year Bruce Delventhal: 1994 Stan Moore: 1997 Nate Leaman: 2010, 2011 Rick Bennett: 2012, 2017 ECAC Hockey Player of the Year Shayne Gostisbehere, D: 2013 (co-recipient) Mike Vecchione, F: 2017 Ken Dryden Award - ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Year Trevor Koenig, G: 1997 Keith Kinkaid, G: 2011 Troy Grosenick, G: 2012 Colin Stevens, G: 2014 ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman Andrew Will, D: 1997 (co-recipient) Brock Matheson, D: 2011 Shayne Gostisbehere, D: 2014 ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Forward Adam Presizniuk, F: 2011 Kelly Zajac, F: 2012 ECAC Hockey Student Athlete of the Year Oliver Bouchard: 2007 Matt Cook: 2009 Stephane Boileau: 2011 Josh Kosack: 2022

ECAC Hockey Tournament Most Outstanding Player Jeremy Welsh, F: 2012 Troy Grosenick, G: 2013 Daniel Carr, F: 2014 ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team Mike Schreiber, D: 2010 Daniel Carr, F: 2012, 2013, 2014 Shayne Gostisbehere, D: 2012 Troy Grosenick, G: 2012, 2013 Jeremy Welsh, F: 2012 Greg Coburn, D: 2013 Max Novak, F: 2013 Matt Bodie, D: 2014 Shayne Gostisbehere, D: 2014 Colin Stevens, G: 2014 Mike Vecchione, F: 2014 AHCA First Team All-Americans (DI) - East 1995-96: Trevor Koenig, G 2010-11: Keith Kinkaid, G 2011-12: Troy Grosenick, G 2013-14: Matt Bodie, D; Shayne Gostisbehere, D 2014-15: Daniel Ciampini, F 2016-17: Mike Vecchione, F; Spencer Foo, F AHCA Second Team All-Americans (DI) - East 2011-12: Matt Bodie, D; Jeremy Welsh, F 2012-13: Shayne Gostisbehere, D 2013-14: Daniel Carr, F; Colin Stevens, G AHCA Second Team All-Americans (DIII) - East 1985-86: Wayne McDougall, G 1999-89: Ron Kinghorn, G 1989-90: Terry Campbell, F Academic All-American Second Team 2009-10: Stephane Boileau 2013-14: Cole Ikkala Academic All-American Third Team 2011-12: Troy Grosenick 2012-13: Troy Grosenick 2013-14: Matt Bodie 2016-17: Mike Vecchione Union College Athletics Hall of Fame [9] Wayne McDougall, G: 2005 Steve Baker, G: 2007 Gil Egan, F: 2008 Craig Ferrero, F: 2009 Tod Fobare, F: 2010 Terry Campbell, F: 2015 Charlie Morrison, Head Coach: 2015 1983-84 Men's Hockey Team: 2015 Dalton Menhall: 2017 Jack Rankin: 2019

Historic records

Records vs. Current ECAC Hockey Teams

As of the completion of the 2018–19 season

School	Team	Away Arena	Overall record	Win %	Last Result
Brown University	Bears	Meehan Auditorium	23–25–14	.484	2–3 L
Clarkson University	Golden Knights	Cheel Arena	27–33–5	.454	1–5 L
Colgate University	Raiders	Class of 1965 Arena	29–44–4	.403	4–0 W
Cornell University	Big Red	Lynah Rink	22–43–9	.358	2–4 L
Dartmouth College	Big Green	Thompson Arena	31–26–7	.539	4–3 W (OT)
Harvard University	Crimson	Bright-Landry Hockey Center	17–34–6	.351	4–3 W
Princeton University	Tigers	Hobey Baker Memorial Rink	36–25–7	.581	3–2 W
Quinnipiac University	Bobcats	People's United Center	17–18–5	.488	1–1 T
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Engineers	Houster Field House	40–53–11	.438	0–0 T
St. Lawrence University	Saints	Appleton Arena	29–38–3	.436	4–3 W
Yale University	Bulldogs	Ingalls Rink	27–27–5	.500	4–3 W (OT)

In-season tournaments

As of April 2017 ^[8]

Event Name	Host City	Season	All-Time Record
Badger Showdown	Madison, WI	2003–04	0–2
Capital District Mayor's Cup	Albany, NY	2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17	3–2
Brice Alaska Goal Rush	Fairbanks, AK	2010–11	1–1
Catamount Cup	Burlington, VT	2012–13	1–1
Concordia Invitational	Montreal, QE	1993–94	2–0
Dodge Holiday Classic	Providence, RI	2005–06	1–1
Dunkin Donuts Coffee Pot	Providence, RI	2004–05	0–1–1
Frozen Holiday Classic	Bridgeport, CT	2014–15	1–1
Governor's Cup	Albany, NY	2008–09, 2007–08, 2006–07	1–4–1
Ice Breaker Cup	Denver, CO	1999–00	0–2
Icebreaker Invitational	Colorado Springs, CO	2005–06	1–1
J.C. Penney Classic	Orono, ME	1996–97, 1998–99	2–2
Ledyard Bank Classic	Hanover, NH	2015–16	2–0
Mariucci Classic	Minneapolis, MN	2000–01, 2005–06, 2010–11	2–3–1
Omaha Stampede	Omaha, NE	2008–09	1–1
Pete Kelly Cup	Fredericton, NB	2007–08	1–1
Rensselaer Invitational	Troy, NY	1991–92, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2009–10	2–6
Shillelagh tournament	Notre Dame, IN	2008–09, 2014–15	2–2
Sheraton/TD Banknorth Tournament	Burlington, VT	2006–07	1–1
UConn Classic	Storrs, CT	2009–10	1–1

Program records

Individual – career Most goals in a career: Gil Egan, 83, (1981–85) Most points in a career: Mike Vecchione, 176, (2013–17) Most assists in a career: Terry Campbell, 119, (1987–91) Most power play goals in a career: Daniel Carr, 34, (2010–14) Most game winning goals in a career: Wayne Simpson, 16, (2009–13) Most shots in a career: Wayne Simpson, 447, (2009–13) Most wins in a career: Kris Mayotte, 46, (2002–06) Best goals-against-average in a career: Troy Grosenick, 1.89, (2010–13) Most saves in a career: Brandon Snee, 3,085, (1998–02) Best save percentage in a career: Troy Grosenick, .930, (2010–13) Individual – season Most goals in a season: Mike Vecchione, 29, (2016–17) Most points in a season: Mike Vecchione, 63, (2016–17) Most assists in a season: Spencer Foo, 36, (2016–17) Most power play goals in a season: Daniel Carr, 12, (2010–11) Most game winning goals in a season: Max Novak, 8, (2013–14) Most shots in a season: Shayne Gostisbehere, 159, (2013–14) Most wins in a season: Colin Stevens, 28, (2013–14) Best goals-against-average in a season: Troy Grosenick, 1.65, (2011–12) Most saves in a career: Kris Mayotte, 987, (2005–06) Best save percentage in a career: Troy Grosenick, .936, (2011–12)

Team – game Most goals in a game: 11 vs. Clarkson (2/5/10) Most goals allowed in a game: 10 vs. Penn State (3/25/17) Most goals combined in a game: 15 vs. Clarkson (11/13/93) & Merrimack (11/1/91) Most shots taken in a game: 75 vs. Quinnipiac (3/12/10) Most shots allowed in a game: 63 vs. Bemidji State (10/26/02) Fewest shots taken in a game: 13 (5x) last time vs. Cornell (11/18/05) Fewest shots allowed in a game: 9 vs. Cornell (2/11/11) Most penalties in a game: 27 vs. Cornell (12/4/98) Most penalty minutes in a game: 116 vs. Cornell (12/4/98) Longest game: 150:22 in 5 OTs lasting 5 hrs., 56 minutes vs. Quinnipiac (3/12/10) Team – season Most wins in a season: 32 (2013–14) Most conference wins in a season: 18 (2013–14) ECAC Hockey Most consecutive wins in a season: 12 (2013–14) Longest unbeaten streak in a season: 17 (2013–14)

Head coaches

Josh Hauge

All-time coaching records

As of completion of the 2023–24 season ^[8]

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
2022–Present	Josh Hauge	2	30–37–5	.451
2022	John Ronan	1‡	8–8–1	.500
2011–2022	Rick Bennett	10‡	192–133–45	.580
2003–2011	Nate Leaman	8	138–127–35	.518
1998–2003	Kevin Sneddon	5	50–99–18	.353
1996–1998	Stan Moore	2	24–35–7	.417
1988–1996	Bruce Delventhal	8	89–111–21	.450
1978–1988	Charles Morrison	10	123–147–9	.457
1978	Bob Driscoll	1†	0–13–0	.000
1975–1977	Ned Harkness	3†	45–8–2	.836
1936–1939	Duke Nelson	3	3–11–2	.250
1935–1936, 1939–1942, 1947–1949	Arthur C. Lawrence	6	10–30–2	.262
1933–1935	H. L. Achilles	2	4–7–0	.364
1930–1933	William Harkness	3	4–8–1	.346
1925–1930	H. A. Larabee	5	9–14–3	.404
1924–1925	Henry Gardner	1	1–3–0	.250
1919–1924	Ambrose Clark	4	7–10–0	.412
1903–1904, 1905–1911	No Coach	7	6–7–1	.464
Totals	17 coaches	82 Seasons	743–808–151	.481

† Bob Driscoll coached the final 13 games of the 1977–78 season after Ned Harkness resigned.
‡ Rick Bennett was suspended on January 19, 2022 and John Ronan coached the final 17 games of the season.

Garnet Chargers in the NHL

As of May 26, 2023.

= NHL All-Star team

= NHL All-Star [10]

= NHL All-Star [10] and NHL All-Star team

= Hall of Famers

Player	Position	Team(s)	Years	NHL Games	Stanley Cups
Steve Baker	Goaltender	NYR	1979–1983	4	0
Daniel Carr	Left Wing	MTL, VGK, NSH, WSH	2015–present	117	0
Nick DeSimone	Defenseman	CGY	2022-Present	12	0
Spencer Foo	Right Wing	CGY	2017–2018	4	0
Mario Giallonardo	Defenseman	COR	1979–1981	23	0
Shayne Gostisbehere	Defenseman	PHI, PHO, CAR, DET	2014–present	538	0
Troy Grosenick	Goaltender	SJS, LAK	2014–2022	4	0
Josh Jooris	Right Wing	CGY, NYR, ARI, CAR, PIT	2014–2018	213	0
Duane Joyce	Defenseman	DAL	1993–1994	3	0
Keith Kinkaid	Goaltender	NJD, MTL, NYR, BOS, COL	2012–present	169	0
Mike Vecchione	Center	PHI, WSH	2016–2022	3	0
Jeremy Welsh	Defenseman	CAR, VAN, STL	2011–2016	27	0

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  Josh Jooris
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  Keith Kinkaid
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  Jeremy Welsh

Source: ^[11]

See also

• Union Garnet Chargers women's ice hockey
• Union Garnet Chargers

References

1. "Men's Ice Hockey Coaches". Union College. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
2. "Colors - Communications - Union College" . Retrieved September 26, 2014.
3. "Quinnipiac makes history in 5 OT hockey game". 2010-03-13.
4. "Oldest Hockey Programs". your-college-hockey.com.
5. Singelais, Mark (3 August 2023). "Union changes nickname to Garnet Chargers". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
6. "Union Men's Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Union Dutchmen. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
7. "Men's Ice Hockey Roster". Union College.
8. "2017–18 Union College Men's Ice Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Union College. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
9. "Athletics Hall of Fame". Union College Athletics.
10. Players are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.
11. "Alumni report for Union College". Hockey DB. Retrieved November 17, 2019.

External links

• Official website