2024–25 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season

2024–25 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season
Conference	Independent
Home ice	Northwell Health Ice Center
Record
Overall	9–6–1
Home	4–0–0
Road	5–6–1
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Brett Riley
Assistant coaches	Will Messa Garrett Metcalf
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The 2024–25 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season will be the 5th season of play for the program. The Sharks will represent Long Island University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, play their home games at the Northwell Health Ice Center and be coached by Brett Riley, in his 5th season.

Season

Departures

Player	Position	Nationality	Cause
Preston Brodziak	Forward	Canada	Graduate transfer to UNLV
Grayson Constable	Forward	Canada	Graduation (signed with Coventry Blaze)
Jordan Di Cicco	Defenseman	Canada	Graduation (signed with Adirondack Thunder)
Rico DiMatteo	Goaltender	United States	Graduate transfer to New Hampshire
Noah Kane	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Cincinnati Cyclones)
Atte Lehikoinen	Defenseman	Finland	Signed professional contract (Kiekko-Pojat)
Peter Muzyka	Defenseman	Canada	Graduation (signed with Rapid City Rush)
Zack Nazzarett	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Fayetteville Marksmen)
Remy Parker	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Cincinnati Cyclones)
Brandon Perrone	Goaltender	United States	Graduation (signed with Fayetteville Marksmen)
Kade Peterson	Forward	United States	Left program (retired)
Adam Pitters	Forward	United States	Graduation (signed with Fayetteville Marksmen)
Jack Quinn	Forward	United States	Graduation (retired)
Luke Strickland	Forward	Canada	Transferred to Nipissing
Nolan Welsh	Forward	Canada	Graduation (signed with Savannah Ghost Pirates)

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Age	Notes
Nick Bernardo	Defenseman	United States	21	Hauppauge, NY
Daniel Duris	Goaltender	Slovakia	21	Martin, SVK
Connor Gregga	Forward	Canada	24	Markham, ON; graduate transfer from Minnesota State
Sixten Jennersjö	Forward	Sweden	21	Ekerö, SWE
Andrius Kulbis-Marino	Defenseman	United States	24	Methuen, MA; graduate transfer from Sacred Heart
Isaac Lambert	Forward	Canada	21	Victoriaville, QC
Luca Leighton	Forward	United States	21	Old Brookville, NY
Anthony Lucarelli	Forward	Canada	20	Chatham, ON
Chad Muller	Forward	Canada	21	Kingston, ON
Brennan Nelson	Forward	Canada	21	Edmonton, AB
Tyriq Outen	Goaltender	United States	24	Tampa, FL; transfer from Stevenson
J. R. Perdion	Forward	United States	21	Strongsville, OH
Michael Polston	Goaltender	United States	19	Cedarburg, WI
Trenton Powell	Defenseman	United States	20	Soldotna, AK
Carter Rapalje	Forward	United States	23	Burlington, VT; transfer from Stonehill
Nick Trela	Forward	United States	25	Trenton, MI; graduate transfer from St. Lawrence

Roster

As of October 3, 2024.[1]

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1		Michael Polston	Freshman	G	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2004-10-07	Cedarburg, Wisconsin	Provo Predators (NCDC)	—
2		Trent Powell	Freshman	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2004-03-09	Soldotna, Alaska	Anchorage Wolverines (NAHL)	—
3		A. J. Casperson	Junior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-07-19	Flower Mound, Texas	Janesville Jets (NAHL)	—
5		Valtteri Piironen	Junior	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	2001-09-11	Joensuu, Finland	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)	—
6		Cade Mason	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	2001-08-26	Red Deer, Alberta	Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL)	—
8		Isaiah Fox	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	2000-07-05	Montreal, Quebec	Maine Nordiques (NAHL)	—
9		Daniel Baldassarra	Junior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2002-03-15	Woodbridge, Ontario	North York Rangers (OJHL)	—
10		Heath Armstrong	Sophomore	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	2002-05-12	Calgary, Alberta	Brooks Bandits (AJHL)	—
11		Chris Pappas	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-11-26	Toronto, Ontario	St. Lawrence (ECAC)	—
12		Brennan Nelson	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2003-03-21	Edmonton, Alberta	West Kelowna Warriors (BCHL)	—
13		Josh Zary	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-10-15	Nanaimo, British Columbia	Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL)	—
15		Luca Leighton	Freshman	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2003-08-13	Old Brookville, New York	Rochester Jr. Americans (NAHL)	—
16		Xan Gurney	Junior (RS)	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2000-05-28	Grosse Ile, Michigan	Western Michigan (NCHC)	—
17		Sixten Jennersjö	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	2003-04-18	Ekerö, Sweden	Northeast Generals (NAHL)	—
18		Anthony Lucarelli	Freshman	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2003-10-16	Chatham, Ontario	Powell River Kings (BCHL)	—
19		Chad Muller	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2003-07-13	Kingston, Ontario	Minot Minotauros (NAHL)	—
20		Nicholas Trela	Graduate	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-08-26	Trenton, Michigan	St. Lawrence (ECAC)	—
21		Austin Brimmer	Junior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	2001-10-10	Markham, Ontario	Shreveport Mudbugs (ECAC)	—
22		Riley Wallack	Junior	F	6' 5" (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2001-04-05	South Surrey, British Columbia	Langley Rivermen (BCHL)	—
23		Aaron Grounds	Graduate	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1999-12-24	Jamestown, North Dakota	American International (AHA)	—
24		John Gormley	Senior	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2000-08-19	Bronx, New York	Bismarck Bobcats (NAHL)	—
26		Isaac Lambert	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2003-08-28	Victoriaville, Quebec	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)	—
27		Andrius Kulbis-Marino	Graduate	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	2000-02-16	Methuen, Massachusetts	Sacred Heart (AHA)	—
28		Garrett Valk	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2002-10-20	North Vancouver, British Columbia	Langley Rivermen (BCHL)	—
29		Tyriq Outen	Junior	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	2000-08-16	Tampa, Florida	Stevenson (UCHC)	—
30		Daniel Duris	Freshman	G	6' 1" (1.85 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2003-08-15	Martin, Slovakia	Oklahoma Warriors (NAHL)	—
31		Noah Rupprecht	Sophomore	G	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2002-06-15	Thief River Falls, Minnesota	Minot Minotauros (NAHL)	—
34		Carter Rapalje	Sophomore (RS)	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-08-10	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Stonehill (NCAA)	—
38		J. R. Perdion	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2003-06-25	Strongsville, Ohio	Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)	—
39		Connor Gregga	Graduate	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	2000-07-24	Markham, Ontario	Minnesota State (CCHA)	—
48		Nick Bernardo	Freshman	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2003-05-13	Hauppauge, New York	Maine Nordiques (NAHL)	—
52		Onni Leppänen	Sophomore	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2003-12-01	Helsinki, Finland	Jokerit U20 (U20 SM-sarja)	—

Standings

2024–25 NCAA Division I Independent ice hockey standings v t e
	Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Alaska	14	4	7	3	29	42
Alaska Anchorage	14	2	10	2	29	46
Lindenwood	16	3	12	1	28	46
Long Island	12	6	5	1	30	31
Stonehill	17	6	11	0	34	55
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll Updated: December 2, 2024

Schedule and results

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Exhibition
October 5	7:30 pm	Simon Fraser*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York (Exhibition)	ESPN+		W 7–5
Regular Season
October 11	8:07 pm	at Augustana*		Midco Arena • Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Midco Sports+	Rupprecht	L 0–4	2,703	0–1–0
October 12	7:07 pm	at Augustana*		Midco Arena • Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Midco Sports+	Duris	W 3–2	2,719	1–1–0
October 18	7:00 pm	at Bentley*		Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts	FloHockey	Duris	T 1–1 ^OT	1,232	1–1–1
October 19	7:00 pm	at Bentley*		Bentley Arena • Waltham, Massachusetts	FloHockey	Duris	L 1–3	867	1–2–1
October 25	7:00 pm	at #17 Notre Dame*		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	Peacock	Duris	L 1–4	4,194	1–3–1
October 26	6:00 pm	at #17 Notre Dame*		Compton Family Ice Arena • Notre Dame, Indiana	Peacock	Rupprecht	W 5–2	4,125	2–3–1
November 9	7:00 pm	at New Hampshire*		Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire	ESPN+	Rupprecht	L 1–6	4,162	2–4–1
November 15	7:00 pm	at Stonehill*		Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts	NEC Front Row	Rupprecht	W 5–1	120	3–4–1
November 16	7:00 pm	at Stonehill*		Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts	NEC Front Row	Rupprecht	W 4–2	248	4–4–1
November 23	7:00 pm	at #10 Providence*		Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Rupprecht	L 3–4 ^OT	2,032	4–5–1
November 29	7:30 pm	Yale*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+	Outen	W 3–2	287	5–5–1
November 30	7:30 pm	Yale*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+	Outen	W 3–0	408	6–5–1
December 6	7:00 pm	at Vermont*		Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont	ESPN+	Outen	W 3–2	2,023	7–5–1
December 7	6:00 pm	at Vermont*		Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont	ESPN+	Outen	L 4–7	1,986	7–6–1
December 13	7:30 pm	Stonehill*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+	Outen	W 3–1	400	8–6–1
December 14	7:30 pm	Stonehill*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+	Outen	W 6–1	400	9–6–1
December 29	2:00 pm	at Brown*		Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island	ESPN+	Outen	L 0–3	982	9–7–1
December 31	2:00 pm	Holy Cross*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+	Rupprecht	W 3–1	381	10–7–1
January 3	2:00 pm	Assumption*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+	Rupprecht	W 10–1	247	11–7–1
January 4	8:00 pm	Saint Anselm*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+	Rupprecht	W 14–1	264	12–7–1
January 10	7:00 pm	at Colgate*		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York	ESPN+	Rupprecht	L 1–2	903	12–8–1
January 11	4:00 pm	at Colgate*		Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York	ESPN+	Outen	L 1–3	612	12–9–1
January 17	8:00 pm	at Wisconsin*		Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin		Rupprecht	L 3–6	8,354	12–10–1
January 18	7:00 pm	at Wisconsin*		Kohl Center • Madison, Wisconsin		Outen	T 2–2 ^OT	9,699	12–10–2
January 31	2:00 pm	Stonehill*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+
February 1	2:00 pm	Stonehill*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+
February 6	7:45 pm	Lindenwood*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+
February 7	7:30 pm	Lindenwood*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+
February 14	2:00 pm	Alaska Anchorage*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+
February 15	2:00 pm	Alaska Anchorage*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+
February 21	7:00 pm	at Stonehill*		Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts	NEC Front Row
February 22	5:00 pm	at Stonehill*		Bridgewater Ice Arena • Bridgewater, Massachusetts	NEC Front Row
February 28	7:30 pm	Alaska*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+
March 1	7:30 pm	Alaska*		Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York	ESPN+
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:[2]

Scoring statistics

Rankings

Main article: 2024–25 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	24	25	26	27 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR
USA Today	NR

References

1. "2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". LIU Sharks. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
2. "2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Schedule". LIU Sharks. Retrieved August 8, 2023.