2019–20 Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey season

2019–20 Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey season
Conference	8th ECAC Hockey
Home ice	Class of 1965 Arena
Rankings
USCHO.com	NR
USA Today/ US Hockey Magazine	NR
Record
Overall	12–16–8
Conference	8–9–5
Home	7–8–4
Road	4–7–4
Neutral	1–1–0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Don Vaughan
Assistant Coaches	Dana Borges Brett Riley
Captain(s)	Jared Cockrell Bobby McMann
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The 2019-20 Colgate Raiders Men's ice hockey season was the 90th season of play for the program and the 59th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Raiders represented the Colgate University and played their home games at Class of 1965 Arena, and were coached by Don Vaughan, in his 27th season as their head coach.

On March 12, ECAC Hockey announced that the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[1]

Roster

As of November 26, 2019. ^[2]

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1		Mitch Benson	Sophomore	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1997-11-18	Windsor, Ontario	Brooks  ( AJHL )	—
2		Paul Meyer	Senior	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	1996-09-19	Edina, Minnesota	Alberni Valley  ( BCHL )	—
3		Anthony Stark	Freshman	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1999-04-09	New York, New York	Madison  ( USHL )	—
5		Paul McAvoy	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1996-09-17	Richmond, Kentucky	Surrey  ( BCHL )	—
6		Ross Craig	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1996-11-01	South Glengarry, Ontario	Cornwall  ( CCHL )	—
7		Josh McKechney	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1997-05-29	Calgary, Alberta	Brooks  ( AJHL )	—
8		John Snodgrass	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1996-11-01	Eagan, Minnesota	Cedar Rapids  ( USHL )	—
9		Bobby McMann ( C )	Senior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	1996-06-15	Wainwright, Alberta	Bonnyville  ( AJHL )	—
10		Arnaud Vachon	Freshman	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1998-05-13	Ajax, Ontario	Brooks  ( AJHL )	—
11		Nick Austin	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1997-11-17	St. Louis Park, Minnesota	Madison  ( USHL )	—
12		Colton Young	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1998-08-23	Calgary, Alberta	Canmore  ( AJHL )	—
13		Matt Verboon	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-02-23	Puplinge, Switzerland	Salmon Arm  ( BCHL )	—
14		Jared Cockrell ( C )	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1995-08-03	Kents Hill, Maine	Brooks  ( AJHL )	—
15		Jacob Panetta	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1996-01-26	Belleville, Ontario	Wellington  ( OJHL )	—
16		Griffin Lunn	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1997-11-15	Lockport, New York	Sioux Falls  ( USHL )	—
17		Ben Sharf	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1996-02-14	Williamsville, New York	Fort McMurray  ( AJHL )	—
18		Jack Hoey	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-11-03	Fairfield, Connecticut	Choate Rosemary Hall  ( USHS–CT )	—
19		Henry Marshall	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1997-01-09	New Canaan, Connecticut	Alberni Valley  ( BCHL )	—
20		Ethan Manderville	Freshman	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2000-07-01	Ottawa, Ontario	Ottawa  ( CCHL )	—
21		Tyler Penner	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1995-10-12	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Steinbach  ( MJHL )	—
22		Tyler Jeanson	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1997-09-16	Carman, Manitoba	Minot  ( NAHL )	—
23		Jeff Stewart	Sophomore	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998-02-23	Surrey, British Columbia	Surrey  ( BCHL )	—
24		Trevor Cosgrove	Junior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	1997-06-04	Exeter, New Hampshire	Alberni Valley  ( BCHL )	—
25		Evan Tschumi	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1997-04-25	Calgary, Alberta	Whitecourt  ( AJHL )	—
26		Liam Watson-Brawn	Freshman	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1999-04-06	Vancouver, British Columbia	Prince George  ( BCHL )	—
29		Nick Quillan	Junior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1996-06-19	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Whitecourt  ( AJHL )	—
31		Andrew Farrier	Sophomore	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1997-10-01	Montreal, Quebec	Kingston  ( OJHL )	—
32		Will Friend	Sophomore	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1999-08-02	South Hamilton, Massachusetts	Governor's Academy  ( USHS–MA )	—

Standings

2019–20 ECAC Hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record								Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Cornell †	22	18	2	2	38	81	34		29	23	2	4	104	45
#7 Clarkson	22	16	5	1	33	63	38		34	23	8	3	96	63
#14 Quinnipiac	22	14	6	2	30	64	45		34	21	11	2	94	78
Rensselaer	22	13	8	1	27	63	41		34	17	15	2	95	87
Harvard	22	11	6	5	27	82	59		31	15	10	6	116	87
Dartmouth	22	10	10	2	22	60	73		31	13	14	4	93	106
Yale	22	10	10	2	22	57	64		32	15	15	2	77	97
Colgate	22	8	9	5	21	50	54		36	12	16	8	76	87
Brown	22	8	12	2	18	41	54		31	8	21	2	52	84
Union	22	5	15	2	12	46	71		37	8	25	4	67	112
Princeton	22	2	16	4	8	46	71		31	6	20	5	66	100
St. Lawrence	22	2	18	2	6	37	81		36	4	27	5	64	130
Championship: March 21, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2020

Schedule and Results

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Regular Season
October 5	7:30 PM	vs.  RIT *		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Benson	L 1–3	2,278	0–1–0
October 10	7:07 PM	at  Ferris State *		Ewigleben Arena • Big Rapids, Michigan		Benson	L 1–3	1,129	0–2–0
October 13	4:00 PM	vs. #10  Boston College *		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Benson	L 0–3	1,235	0–3–0
October 18	7:15 PM	at #18  Massachusetts–Lowell *		Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts		Benson	W 4–3 OT	3,964	1–3–0
October 19	6:05 PM	at #18  Massachusetts–Lowell *		Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts		Benson	T 0–0 OT	5,045	1–3–1
October 25	7:00 PM	vs.  Miami *		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Benson	T 3–3	1,195	1–3–2
October 26	4:00 PM	vs.  Miami *		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Benson	L 0–2	1,143	1–4–2
November 1	7:05 PM	at #8  Providence *		Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island		Benson	T 3–3 OT	1,788	1–4–3
November 8	7:00 PM	vs.  Yale		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Benson	W 2–1	1,112	2–4–3 (1–0–0)
November 9	4:00 PM	vs.  Brown		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Benson	L 1–4	1,241	2–5–3 (1–1–0)
November 15	7:00 PM	at  St. Lawrence		Roos House • Canton, New York		Benson	W 4–1	532	3–5–3 (2–1–0)
November 16	7:00 PM	at #7  Clarkson		Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York		Benson	L 1–5	2,705	3–6–3 (2–2–0)
November 22	7:30 PM	vs.  Princeton		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Benson	T 2–2 OT	807	3–6–4 (2–2–1)
November 23	7:30 PM	vs.  Quinnipiac		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Farrier	W 3–1	769	4–6–4 (3–2–1)
Friendship Four
November 29	2:00 PM	vs.  Princeton *		SSE Arena Belfast • Belfast, Northern Ireland  (Friendship Four Semifinal)	NESN+	Farrier	W 3–1	3,823	5–6–4 (3–2–1)
November 30	2:00 PM	vs. #12  Northeastern *		SSE Arena Belfast • Belfast, Northern Ireland  (Friendship Four Championship)	NESN+	Farrier	L 3–4	5,846	5–7–4 (3–2–1)
December 6	7:00 PM	at  Dartmouth		Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire		Farrier	W 5–1	1,303	6–7–4 (4–2–1)
December 7	7:00 PM	at #12  Harvard		Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts		Farrier	W 4–3 OT	1,611	7–7–4 (5–2–1)
December 27	7:00 PM	at #6  Ohio State *		Nationwide Arena • Columbus, Ohio		Farrier	L 2–3	4,651	7–8–4 (5–2–1)
December 28	4:00 PM	at #6  Ohio State *		Nationwide Arena • Columbus, Ohio		Benson	L 0–3	4,490	7–9–4 (5–2–1)
January 10	7:00 PM	at  Union		Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York		Farrier	W 3–2	1,885	8–9–4 (6–2–1)
January 11	7:00 PM	at  Rensselaer		Houston Field House • Troy, New York		Farrier	L 0–3	2,337	8–10–4 (6–3–1)
January 24	7:00 PM	vs. #16  Harvard		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Farrier	T 3–3 OT	1,421	8–10–5 (6–3–2)
January 25	7:00 PM	vs. #20  Dartmouth		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Farrier	T 3–3 OT	1,093	8–10–6 (6–3–3)
January 31	7:00 PM	at  Princeton		Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey		Farrier	W 3–0	1,888	9–10–6 (7–3–3)
February 1	7:00 PM	#18  Quinnipiac		People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut		Farrier	L 1–2	2,893	9–11–6 (7–4–3)
February 7	7:00 PM	at #2  Cornell		Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York		Farrier	L 1–4	2,056	9–12–6 (7–5–3)
February 8	7:00 PM	vs. #2  Cornell		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Farrier	L 3–5	4,077	9–13–6 (7–6–3)
February 14	7:00 PM	vs.  Rensselaer		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Farrier	L 1–4	813	9–14–6 (7–7–3)
February 15	7:00 PM	vs.  Union		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Farrier	W 4–0	1,164	10–14–6 (8–7–3)
February 21	7:00 PM	at  Brown		Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island		Farrier	L 1–3	572	10–15–6 (8–8–3)
February 22	7:00 PM	at  Yale		Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut		Farrier	L 2–4	2,777	10–16–6 (8–9–3)
February 28	7:00 PM	vs. #7  Clarkson		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Benson	T 1–1	1,174	10–16–7 (8–9–4)
February 29	7:00 PM	vs.  St. Lawrence		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York		Benson	T 2–2	1,113	10–16–8 (8–9–5)
ECAC Hockey Tournament
March 6	7:00 PM	vs.  Brown *		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York  (First Round Game 1)		Benson	W 3–0	715	11–16–8 (8–9–5)
March 7	7:00 PM	vs.  Brown *		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York  (First Round Game 2)		Benson	W 3–2 OT	871	12–16–8 (8–9–5)
Colgate Won Series 2–0
Remainder of Tournament Cancelled
*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
Bobby McMann	C	34	10	10	20	58
Ben Sharf	C	36	10	10	20	22
Colton Young	F	35	7	11	18	4
Paul McAvoy	F	35	9	8	17	19
Jared Cockrell	F	36	9	7	17	45
Trevor Cosgrove	D	35	0	11	11	10
Tylor Penner	RW/C	34	5	5	10	20
Griffin Lunn	F	31	4	6	10	29
Nick Austin	F/D	22	0	10	10	22
John Snodgrass	C	35	6	3	9	4
Arnaud Vachon	C	36	6	3	9	18
Jacob Panetta	D	36	3	5	8	12
Josh McKechney	F	33	3	4	7	16
Tyler Jeanson	C	25	2	4	6	4
Matt Verboon	RW/C	25	1	5	6	8
Paul Meyer	D	36	1	5	6	12
Henry Marshall	F	20	1	4	5	0
Anthony Stark	D	34	0	4	4	8
Evan Tschumi	C/D	13	1	2	3	12
Ross Craig	D	21	0	3	3	14
Jeff Stewart	LW	24	0	2	2	0
Liam Watson-Brawn	D	32	0	2	2	37
Jack Hoey	C	6	0	0	0	0
Ethan Manderville	C	8	0	0	0	0
Mitch Benson	G	18	0	0	0	0
Andrew Farrier	G	19	0	0	0	2
Bench	-	-	-	-	-	4
Total			76	127	203	380

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Goaltending statistics

Name	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	SV %	GAA
Mitch Benson	18	1097	5	7	6	38	471	2	.925	2.08
Andrew Farrier	19	1102	7	9	2	43	488	2	.919	2.34
Empty Net	-	19	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
Total	36	2220	12	16	8	87	959	4	.917	2.35

Rankings

Main article: 2019-20 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

Poll	Week
	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR	NR	NR	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	NR	NR

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Players drafted into the NHL

2020 NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	NHL team
7	196	Alex Young†	San Jose Sharks

† incoming freshman

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References

1. "ECAC Hockey Cancels Remainder of Men's Tournament". ecachockey.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
2. "Colgate Men's Hockey 2019-2020 Roster". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
3. "Colgate Raiders (Men) 2019-2020 Schedule and Results". collegehockeystats.net. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
4. "Colgate Univ. 2019-2020 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
5. "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
6. "NHL DRAFT: Second day of NHL Draft concludes, nearly 70 players with NCAA ties chosen overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 8, 2020.