Canton, NY – The 2024-25 SUNY Canton men's hockey team features 27 student-athletes as the Roos are scheduled for a 25 game schedule in their first season in the SUNYAC under ninth year Head Coach
Alex Boak.
SUNY Canton played an exhibition at Utica this past Saturday (10/19) and will visit SUNY Potsdam for an exhibition this Saturday (10/26). The Roos will open the regular season on November 1st when they visit Stevenson University at 7 p.m.
SUNY Canton has been picked to finish sixth in their first year in the SUNYAC in a vote of the league's eight head coaches. The Roos received 21 points just behind fifth place Fredonia (22). Plattsburgh State was chosen to win the league with 47 points, Oswego (41) was picked second, defending champion Cortland third (39) and Buffalo State (29) fourth.
After a weekend road trip to Stevenson to kick off the season, the team will play nine straight contests at home. The Roos host Framingham State for a weekend series (11/8-9) before welcoming Route 11 rival SUNY Potsdam (11/15) and Plattsburgh State (11/16) to campus on Hockey Reunion Weekend for their first ever SUNYAC games. Canton hosts Fredonia State and Buffalo State the following weekend (11/22-23) for two more league contests. The team hosts the North Country Tournament on campus the weekend after Thanksgiving (11/30-12/1) for the second consecutive year. To view the team's full schedule release, click
HERE.
SUNY Canton's 2024-25 roster couples 19 returners with eight newcomers. Senior
Brendan Morrow and juniors
Reilly McKinnon and
Jack Seamans will captain the team this season.
The Roos return nine of their top 10 scorers from a season ago including six double digit point scorers.
Evan Pringle led the team with 23 points in the form of eight goals and a team-leading 15 assists, while Morrow recorded 21 points on eight goals and 13 assists.
Niko Schoner had a team-best 10 goals and added six assists in just 16 games before his rookie season was cut short due to injury.
Colton Sipperley (5-5-10) and
Scott Cremen (2-8-10) return after tallying 10 points each last season.
Canton welcomes back all three of its goaltenders in
Trey Miller,
Kelson Hooper and
Nate Hopkins. Miller led the way for the Roos during his rookie season posting a 6-3-0 record with a .923 save % and 3.02 goals against average. Hooper had a pair of wins, a .905 save % and 3.77 goals against average in 12 starts, while Hopkins made six appearances last season.
SUNY Canton's eight newcomers include a junior and seven freshmen. The new student-athletes feature four forwards and four defensemen. Meet the new players from the last time the Roos took the ice, who are listed below numerically.
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