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2023–24 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey season

college ice hockey team season

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Source revisionMar 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ122723639 ↗
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The 2023–24 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey season was the 31st season of play for the program, the 26th at the Division I level and the 21st in Atlantic Hockey. The Pioneers represented Sacred Heart University, played their home games at the Martire Family Arena and were coached by C. J. Marottolo in his 15th season.

Season

With a sizable amount of roster turnover, including three of its top four goal-scorers, Sacred Heart had many unanswered questions entering the season. The team was expecting to use Chase Clark as its starting goaltender, but the Quinnipiac transfer had a tough time getting to his game. The Pioneers began poorly, losing four of their first five matches but the team appeared to have sorted itself out by the end of October. Over several weeks, the team went 6–1, not allowing more than two goals in any of its games. The offense, too, got off to a slow start but then picked up the pace in the second month of the season. The line of Walsh–Joughin–Lombardi proved to be the most successful with those three finishing in the top four for team scoring.

In spite of their winning record, Sacred Heart was unable to find any success in their non-conference schedule. Though they had a weak slate of opponents, the Pioneers could not get a single win in eight games, only managing one tie to Princeton.

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