Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey

Stonehill began playing varsity hockey in 1978 joining ECAC 3, the lowest level of college hockey at the time. They remained with the conference through its various rebrandings and member changes for over 30 years. During that time the team was not successful, posting just 4 winning seasons in its first 22 campaigns and never making a single postseason appearance.[3]

The program's fortunes began to change in 2000 when former NHL player Scott Harlow was hired to coach the team. During his seven-year tenure, the club recorded three winning seasons, its first postseason victories, and captured its first conference championship. While Harlow was in charge, the program was also going through a transitional phase. After the Division II level of college hockey collapsed in 1984, there was no place for nominally D-II programs to play. When the NCAA began offering automatic bids to the Division III Tournament in 1999, it came with a caveat; programs could not participate in postseason play if their school participated at a higher level. Because Stonehill was a D-II school, they were frozen out of the reformatted ECAC Northeast tournament. However, since they were not alone in their plight, Stonehill banded together with four other programs and began holding a separate D-II tournament at the end of the season. This arrangement continued until 2009 when all of the active Division II programs founded the ice hockey division of the Northeast-10.

Stonehill fell on hard times after Harlow left in 2007. Six years later, upon the arrival of David Borges, the team suddenly shot up the standings and won three consecutive regular season titles. While the Skyhawks weren't able to sustain that pace forever, Borges help steer the program though the lost 2021 season and was behind the bench when the school announced that they were promoting all of their varsity programs to D-I in April 2022.

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As of the completion of 2021–22 season

As of September 12, 2022.[5]

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1		Dylan Ghaemi	Freshman	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2001-12-30	Fairport, New York	Järvso (Division 3)	—
2		Richard Hall	Senior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2000-01-26	Shelburne, Vermont	Stanstead (MPHL)	—
3		Matt Talarico	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2001-03-17	Raynham, Massachusetts	Express (EHL)	—
4		Drew Gardner	Junior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2000-01-13	Glenburn, Maine	Twin City (NCDC)	—
5		Ryan Davies	Freshman	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	2001-03-27	Arlington, Massachusetts	Valley (EHL)	—
6		Frank Ireland	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-02-06	South Easton, Massachusetts	Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC)	—
8		Cam Mannion	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	2001-10-31	Dorchester, Massachusetts	South Shore (NCDC)	—
9		Teddy McElaney	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-09-16	Walpole, Massachusetts	St. Paul's (USHS–NH)	—
10		Brendan Nehmer	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	2000-04-02	East Longmeadow, Massachusetts	Williston Northampton (USHS–MA)	—
12		Carter Rapalje	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-08-10	Colorado Springs, Colorado	North Iowa (NAHL)	—
13		Michael Martignetti	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-03-13	Winchester, Massachusetts	Railers (EHL)	—
14		Max Pineo	Junior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-08-07	North Reading, Massachusetts	Tilton (USHS–NH)	—
16		Jack Shemligian	Freshman	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2003-04-22	Southborough, Massachusetts	East Coast (EHL)	—
18		Nolan FitzPatrick	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-06-25	Bridgewater, Massachusetts	Thayer (USHS–MA)	—
19		John Peloso	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1999-10-01	Townshend, Vermont	Vermont Academy (USHS–VT)	—
20		Matthew Pimental	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2001-03-13	East Providence, Rhode Island	Railers (EHL)	—
21		Thomas Horak	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1999-12-07	St. Louis, Missouri	New Hampshire (USPHL)	—
22		Jake Cady	Sophomore	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-07-04	Raynham, Massachusetts	South Shore (NCDC)	—
23		Patrick Sunderland	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1999-06-29	Mansfield, Massachusetts	South Shore (USPHL)	—
24		Andrew Gotts	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	2000-09-23	Topsfield, Massachusetts	Holderness (USHS–NH)	—
25		Dean Schwenninger	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-03-05	Zürich, Switzerland	Minot (NAHL)	—
27		Cameron Collins	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2002-09-04	Raynham, Massachusetts	East Coast (EHL)	—
28		Austin Pick	Freshman	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-09-29	Troutdale, Oregon	Seahawks (EHL)	—
29		John Day	Senior	G	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1999-11-22	North Reading, Massachusetts	BB&N (USHS–MA)	—
30		Gavin FitzPatrick	Sophomore	G	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-01-09	Bridgewater, Massachusetts	South Shore (NCDC)	—
37		Kyle Heath	Sophomore	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	2002-04-28	West Bridgewater, Massachusetts	Middlesex (USHS–MA)	—
44		William Tripp	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	2002-05-17	Lakeville, Massachusetts	South Shore (NCDC)	—
55		Will Cohen	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2002-05-23	Billerica, Massachusetts	Valley (EHL)	—
77		Ryan King	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-03-20	East Greenwich, Rhode Island	Seahawks (EHL)	—

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