2022–23 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season explained

The 2022-23 RPI Engineers Men's ice hockey season was the 103rd season of play for the program and the 61st in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Engineers represented Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, played their home games at Houston Field House and were coached by Dave Smith, in his 5th season.

Season

Entering the season, Rensselaer had to contend with the loss of each of their top 6 goal-scorers from last season. Early on, at least, the Engineers didn't appear to miss those players as RPI began the season 4–0. Unfortunately, as soon as the team left the friendly confines of the Houston Field House, the Engineers began to lose. Rensselaer lost its first 9 away game on the year and tumbled down the national rankings. During that stretch a slight lack of offense was apparent for the team and the Engineers scored 30 fewer goals than they had the year before, albeit in 9 fewer games. The bigger problem for the team was the decline in performance in goal. While the defense allowed an average of less the 30 shots against per game, the team saw its goals against average increase by more than half a goal. Jack Watson's less-than-stellar performance in the leading role saw the team regress and finish well below .500.

RPI ended the season in a tie for 7th in the conference standings but were able to receive a home site for the first round. They played host to one of the worst offenses in the nation, Yale, and had a good chance to at least make the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, the troubles with the offense and goaltending were on full display and the Engineers were knocked out with a 1–4 defeat.[1]

Departures

Justin Addamo Forward Graduation (signed with Wheeling Nailers)
Anthony Baxter Defenseman Graduation (retired)
Nick Bowman Forward Graduate transfer to Canisius
Zach Dubinsky Forward Transferred to Michigan State
Jake Johnson Defenseman Graduate transfer to Quinnipiac
Simon Kjellberg Defenseman Transferred to Northern Michigan
Jakub Lacka Forward Graduation (signed with HK Nitra)
Ottoville Leppänen Forward Graduate transfer to Merrimack
Ture Linden Forward Graduate transfer to Penn State
Linden Marshall Goaltender Graduation (signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits)
Shane Sellar Forward Graduation (signed with Reading Royals)

Recruiting

Nicolas Ardanaz Defenseman 20 Surrey, BC
Finn Brown Forward 20 North York, ON
Brendan Budy Forward 22 Langley, BC
transfer from North Dakota
Carson Cherepak Goaltender 19 Winnipeg, MB
Danny Ciccarello Forward 21 Kirkland, QC
John Evans Forward 20 South Surrey, BC
Austin Heidemann Forward 23 Maple Grove, MN
transfer from Mercyhurst
Sutter Muzzatti Forward 19 Okemos, MI
Max Smolinski Defenseman 19 Bloomfield Hills, MI
Nick Strom Defenseman 22 Dayton, MN
transfer from Western Michigan

Roster

As of December 24, 2022.[2]

Schedule and results

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Scoring statistics

31 15 7 22 6
28 10 12 22 61
35 7 15 22 42
34 10 10 20 6
35 7 10 17 4
31 6 10 16 4
35 4 11 15 31
35 3 11 14 16
35 2 11 13 14
32 2 10 12 24
29 5 3 8 6
31 2 6 8 4
31 1 6 7 39
23 3 3 6 2
35 1 5 6 6
30 0 5 5 6
20 2 2 4 17
20 0 3 3 8
16 2 0 2 23
24 1 1 2 8
21 1 0 1 8
16 0 1 1 10
21 0 1 1 23
2 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 0
10 0 0 0 0
30 0 0 0 0
Total 84 143 227 383
[3]

Goaltending statistics

30 1695:02 13 15 1 87 740 1 .895 3.08
7 250:37 0 4 0 13 112 0 .896 3.11
6 149:06 1 1 0 9 50 0 .847 3.62
Empty Net - 19:56 - - - 6 - - - -
Total 35 2114:41 14 20 1 115 902 1 .887 3.26

Rankings

See main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

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Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.[4]

Players drafted into the NHL

2023 NHL Entry Draft

5 143 Nashville Predators
† incoming freshman[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saturday, March 4, 2023 . College Hockey Inc. . March 4, 2023 . March 23, 2023.
  2. Web site: RPI Engineers – 2022–23 Men's Hockey Roster.
  3. News: RPI (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.) 2022-2023 Skater Stats . Elite Prospects . July 4, 2020.
  4. Web site: USCHO Division I Men's Poll . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.
  5. Web site: ECAC Hockey Announces 2022-23 Men's All-League Teams . ECAC Hockey . March 16, 2023 . March 19, 2023.
  6. News: NCAA player rankings, selections in 2023 NHL Draft . USCHO.com . June 30, 2023.

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