Union Dutchmen ice hockey

Union Dutchmen
University Union College
Conference ECAC Hockey
Head coach Rick Bennett
6th year, 116–60–28 (.637)
Captain(s) Mike Vecchione
Alternate captain(s) Jeff Taylor
Ryan Scarfo
Arena Frank L. Messa Rink
at Achilles Center
Capacity: 2,225
Surface: 201' x 86'
Location Schenectady, New York
Colors Union Garnet and White[1]
         
NCAA Tournament Champions
2014
NCAA Tournament Frozen Four
2012, 2014
NCAA Tournament Appearances
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Conference Tournament Champions
2012, 2013, 2014
Conference Regular Season Champions
2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
Current uniform

The Union Dutchmen ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college ice hockey program that represents Union College. The Dutchmen are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the Frank L. Messa Rink at Achilles Center in Schenectady, New York.[2] The women's team at the school go by "Dutchwomen". The Dutchmen won the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament by defeating the Minnesota Golden Gophers 7-4.

Current roster

As of November 20, 2016.[3]

# S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 Illinois Sakellaropoulos, AlexAlex Sakellaropoulos Senior G 6' 3" (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1994-02-02 Tinley Park, Illinois Chicago (USHL) —
2 New York (state) Taylor, JeffJeff Taylor (A) Senior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1994-04-13 Clifton Park, New York Dubuque (USHL) PIT, 207th overall 2014
3 Illinois Kolias, VasVas Kolias Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1997-01-08 Schaumburg, Illinois Youngstown (USHL) —
4 New York (state) DeSimone, NickNick DeSimone Junior D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1994-11-21 East Amherst, New York Buffalo (USHL) —
5 New York (state) Krug, MattMatt Krug Senior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1992-07-09 South Buffalo, New York Indiana (USHL) —
6 Minnesota Newhouse, BenBen Newhouse Freshman D 5' 9" (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1997-06-16 Edina, Minnesota Waterloo (USHL) —
7 Quebec Pontarelli, MichaelMichael Pontarelli Senior F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1993-12-22 Laval, Quebec Cornwall (CCHL) —
8 Quebec Rinaldi, AnthonyAnthony Rinaldi Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1995-08-17 Pierrefonds, Quebec Kingston (OJHL) —
9 Massachusetts Scarfo, RyanRyan Scarfo (A) Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1994-03-03 North Chelmsford, Massachusetts Powell River (BCHL) —
10 Ontario Burton, RyanRyan Burton Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1996-02-07 Thunder Bay, Ontario Nanaimo (BCHL) —
11 Maine Dufour, MarkMark Dufour Sophomore F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1995-06-26 Winthrop, Maine Islanders (USPHL) —
12 Saskatchewan Lichtenwald, EliEli Lichtenwald Senior F 6' 6" (1.98 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1992-06-09 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Nipawin (SJHL) —
13 Ontario Emelifeonwu, ZacharyZachary Emelifeonwu Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1996-09-05 Kingston, Ontario Kingston (OJHL) —
14 Massachusetts Brassard, J. C.J. C. Brassard Junior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1995-10-29 Scituate, Massachusetts Nobles (USHS–MA) —
15 Alberta Foo, SpencerSpencer Foo Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1994-05-19 Edmonton, Alberta Bonnyville (AJHL) —
16 Ontario Brown, LucLuc Brown Freshman F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1996-04-27 Napanee, Ontario Wellington (OJHL) —
17 New Jersey Maier, ColeCole Maier Sophomore F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1995-06-24 Pequannock, New Jersey Nanaimo (BCHL) —
18 Pennsylvania Supinski, BrettBrett Supinski Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1995-07-21 Collegeville, Pennsylvania Coquitlam (BCHL) —
19 British Columbia Wilkins, MattMatt Wilkins (C) Senior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991-01-26 Kimberley, British Columbia Brooks (AJHL) —
20 Ontario Campbell, GregGreg Campbell Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1995-01-19 Oakville, Ontario Oakville (OJHL) —
21 Massachusetts Vecchione, MikeMike Vecchione (C) Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1993-02-25 Saugus, Massachusetts Tri-City (USHL) —
22 Massachusetts Light, ConnorConnor Light Junior D 6' 5" (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1995-02-08 Sudbury, Massachusetts Omaha (USHL) —
23 New York (state) Hynes, TylerTyler Hynes Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1993-11-23 Guilderland, New York Fargo (USHL) —
25 New Jersey Walker, RyanRyan Walker Sophomore F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1997-05-28 Spotswood, New Jersey Sioux City (USHL) —
27 Sweden Vidmar, SebastianSebastian Vidmar Sophomore F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1994-03-13 Malmö, Sweden Lone Star (NAHL) —
31 Wisconsin Kupsky, JakeJake Kupsky Sophomore G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995-10-27 Waukesha, Wisconsin Lone Star (NAHL) SJS, 193rd overall 2015
33 Massachusetts Young, JoeJoe Young Sophomore G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1994-04-16 Hanson, Massachusetts Philadelphia (USPHL) —

Historic records

Records vs. ECAC Hockey

Team City, State Arena Record First Meeting Recent Meeting
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Houston Field House 32-47-10 2-6 L 1-6 L
Brown University Providence, Rhode Island Meehan Auditorium 64-32-12 3-2 W 3-0 W
Clarkson University Potsdam, New York Cheel Arena 30-20-5 5-1 W 5-0 W
Colgate University Hamilton (village), New York Starr Rink 39-24-3 3-1 W 5-2 W
Cornell University Ithaca, New York Lynah Rink 16-32-7 4-7 L 4-1 W
Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire Thompson Arena 29-17-7 3-5 L 4-2 W
Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts Verizon Wireless Center 34-9-4 1-4 L 4-3 W
Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Hobey Baker Memorial Rink 26-22-6 3-4 L 3-0 W
Quinnipiac University Hamden, Connecticut TD Bank Sports Center 11-13-3 2-3 L 1-2 L
St. Lawrence University Canton, New York Appleton Arena 35-27-2 3-3 T 6-2 W
Yale University New Haven, Connecticut Ingalls Rink 27-17-1 5-5 OT T 2-0 W

Record vs. other major opponents

Team City, State League Record First Meeting Recent Meeting
Ferris State Bulldogs Big Rapids, Michigan CCHA 4-1-0 2-0 W 3-1 L
Lake Superior State Lakers Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan CCHA 0-4-1 0-0 T 2-3 L
Vermont Catamounts Burlington, Vermont Hockey East 18-11-2 8-4 W 5-2 W
Boston College Eagles Boston, Massachusetts Hockey East 2-0-0 5-1 W 5-4 W
Merrimack Warriors Andover, Massachusetts Hockey East 19-8-3 1-5 L 4-1 W
Minnesota Golden Gophers Minneapolis, Minnesota Big Ten 2-2-0 2-3 L 7-4 W

Head coaches

All-time coaching records

As of April 2016[4]

Tenure Coach Seasons Record Pct. Championships
2011–present Rick Bennett 5 112–59–27 .783 1 National Championship, 2 Cleary Cups, 3 Conference Tournament Championships, 2 Frozen Fours
2003–2011 Nate Leaman 8 138–127–35 .518 1 Cleary Cup
1998–2003 Kevin Snedden 5 50–99–18 .353 None
1996–1998 Stan Moore 2 24–35–7 .417 None
1989–1996 Bruce Delventhal 7 89–111–21 .450 None[a]
1978–1988 Charlie Morrison 10 122–146–9 .457 1 ECAC West Regular Season Championship, 1 Title Game (DIII)
1977–1978 Bob Driscoll 1 0–13–0 .000 None[b]
1975–1977 Ned Harkness 3 45–8–2 .836 None[c]
1940–1949 Art Lawrence 6 8–25–4 .270 None[d]
1936–1939 Duke Nelson 7 3–11–2 .250 None
1933–1935 H.L. Achilles 2 4–7–0 .364 None
1930–1933 William Harkness 3 4–8–1 .346 None
1925–1930 H.A. Larabee 5 9–14–4 .407 None
1924–1925 Henry Gardner 1 1–3–0 .250 None
1919–1924 Ambrose Clark 5 7–10–0 .412 None
Totals 15 coaches 66 seasons 553–636–115 .468 3 Regular Season, 3 Tournament Titles, 1 Title Game (DIII), 1 National Championship

Media

All Dutchmen games are broadcast on Sporty 1240 WPTR and called by Matthew DuBrey and Brian Unger.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Colors - Communications - Union College". Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  2. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=4991859
  3. ↑ "2016–17 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". Union Athletics. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ "2016-17 Union College Dutchmen Men's Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved November 20, 2016.
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