The 2021–22 LIU Sharks men's ice hockey season was the 2nd season of play for the program. The Sharks represented Long Island University and were coached by Brett Riley, in his 2nd season.

Season After the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed the program's first season, LIU was able to pay its first full campaign in 2022. Partly due to the recent addition of the team to the Division I ranks, Long Island scheduled several games against Division II teams during the season. While none of these games helped the Sharks in improving their standing (only games against D-I teams are included in PairWise rankings), they won each match comfortably. Against their contemporaries, the Sharks were less successful but the team did show some flashes of potential throughout the year.

During the first half of the season, LIU played 14 games against D-I opponents and the team won once against lowly Miami. While this was hardly surprising as the team was just two years old, the Sharks compounded their difficulty by scheduling many ranked opponents, several of whom would make the NCAA tournament. The schedule didn't get much easier in the second half but LIU was able to earn a season split with fellow independent Alaska to give some heft to their win total.

Departures Mathew Harris Defenseman Graduation (retired) Brett Humberstone Defenseman Transferred to Wisconsin–Stevens Point Mitch Meek Defenseman Graduation (retired) Garrett Metcalf Goaltender Graduation (signed with Knoxville Ice Bears) Stephen Mundinger Goaltender Graduation (signed with Maine Mariners) Christian Rajic Forward Graduation (retired) Arseni Smekhnov Forward Returned to juniors (Janesville Jets) Tanner Schachle Forward Left mid-season (signed with Rapid City Rush) Madoka Suzuki Forward Transferred to Carleton Connor Szmul Forward Transferred to Wisconsin–Eau Claire Garrett Worth Forward Left program (retired)

Recruiting Kristofer Carlson Goaltender 24 Centreville, VA; graduate transfer from Alaska Anchorage Spencer Cox Defenseman 20 West Chester, PA Isaiah Fox Forward 21 Pierrefonds, QC John Gormley Defenseman 21 Bronx, NY Billy Jerry Forward 23 River Falls, WI; graduate transfer from Rensselaer P. J. Marrocco Forward 24 Edmonton, AB; transfer from Arizona State Ethan Martini Defenseman 20 Trail, BC Carson Musser Defenseman 24 Grand Rapids, MI; graduate transfer from Bowling Green Zack Nazzarett Forward 21 Cheektowaga, NY; transfer from Alaska Anchorage Dylan Schuett Forward 20 Medicine Hat, AB Jake Stevens Defenseman 24 Naperville, IL; graduate transfer from St. Lawrence Justin Thompson Forward 21 Maplewood, MN Jordan Timmons Forward 22 Bridgeville, PA; transfer from Robert Morris Tyler Welsh Forward 24 Whistler, BC; graduate transfer from Yale

Roster As of September 21, 2021.

Standings

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season

Scoring statistics C 34 14 17 31 10 F 27 7 18 25 26 D 34 7 13 20 47 D 34 4 13 17 19 F 29 8 8 16 33 F 33 5 8 13 12 F 32 7 4 11 19 D 31 4 7 11 36 F 28 4 5 9 21 F 31 4 5 9 14 D 29 1 8 9 12 D 17 4 4 8 19 F 28 4 4 8 58 F 24 2 6 8 6 F 23 3 3 6 19 LW 22 2 3 5 12 F 26 2 3 5 8 LW 14 1 4 5 4 D 27 0 5 5 14 F 14 2 1 3 2 D 21 0 3 3 6 D 4 1 1 2 2 C 21 1 1 2 25 C 6 0 2 2 4 D 23 0 2 2 48 F 5 0 1 1 0 D 9 0 1 1 16 LW 5 0 0 0 19 G 5 0 0 0 0 F 10 0 0 0 21 G 17 0 0 0 0 G 18 0 0 0 12 Bench - - - - - 10 Total 87 150 237 554

Goaltending statistics 5 129 1 1 0 7 43 0 .860 3.25 17 866 5 9 0 47 389 1 .892 3.26 18 1049 4 11 3 62 485 2 .887 3.55 Empty Net - 10 - - - 4 - - - - Total 35 2054 10 21 3 120 917 3 .884 3.51

Rankings

PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.

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