Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey

Hockey at Bentley began as a modest club team organized by students in the mid 1960s. Bentley Hall of Famer Reg Pearless was the first captain. The team gained official varsity status beginning with the 1977-78 season, and claimed consecutive ECAC 3 championships in 1980 and 1981.

The program made a provisional move to Division I for the 1998-99 season, and became a full Division I member for the following season, being a member of the MAAC. The Falcons then became one of the founding members of Atlantic Hockey when the league was founded for the 2003-04 season.

The team played its home games at the John A. Ryan Arena in Watertown from 1977-2018, before they moved into their new, on-campus home, Bentley Arena in February 2018.[3]

As of the completion of 2019–20 season[4]

As of October 14, 2020.[5]

No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2		Matt Clark	Freshman	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-05-10	Jamison, Pennsylvania	Topeka) (NAHL)	—
3		Luke Orysiuk	Junior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1997-06-19	Edmonton, Alberta	Fairbanks (NAHL)	—
4		Marcus Walter	Sophomore	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-06-14	St. Albert, Alberta	Alberni Valley (BCHL)	—
5		Ethan Roswell	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-07-30	Paradise Valley, Arizona	Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC)	—
6		Brendan Hamblet	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1998-11-05	Hopkinton, Massachusetts	Rivers (USHS–MA)	—
7		Ethan Harrison	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2000-10-30	Plano, Texas	Sioux City (USHL)	—
9		Brendan Walkom	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998-01-28	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Madison (USHL)	—
10		Dylan Pitera	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1999-07-04	Culver, Indiana	Culver (Midget AAA)	—
11		Jakov Novak	Junior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1998-10-22	Windsor, Ontario	Janesville (NAHL)	OTT, 188th overall 2018
12		Matt Gosiewski	Sophomore	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1998-05-10	Wilton, Connecticut	Wenatchee (BCHL)	—
13		Will Garin	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1997-10-30	Mound, Minnesota	Brooks (AJHL)	—
14		Matt Lombardozzi	Senior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1997-06-27	Leominster, Massachusetts	Carleton Place (CCHL)	—
15		Luke Santerno	Senior	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1996-06-24	Smithers, British Columbia	Trail (BCHL)	—
17		Michael Zuffante	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1998-03-17	Bloomingdale, Illinois	Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL)	—
18		Devan Tongue	Freshman	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1999-12-31	Hampden, Massachusetts	Amarillo (NAHL)	—
19		Zach Pellegrino	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-11-09	Madison, Connecticut	Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC)	—
20		Will Schlagenhauf	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1998-10-12	Carmel, Indiana	Muskegon (USHL)	—
21		Cole Kodsi	Freshman	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2000-06-17	Boca Raton, Florida	Omaha (USHL)	—
22		Drew Bavaro	Freshman	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-06-10	Bradenton, Florida	Wenatchee (NAHL)	—
23		Christian Felton	Freshman	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-02-04	Medina, Ohio	Vernon (BCHL)	—
24		Joe Winkelmann	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-05-08	St. Louis, Missouri	Odessa (NAHL)	—
25		Hunter Toale	Sophomore	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1999-11-21	Coral Springs, Florida	Johnstown (NAHL)	—
26		Lucas Vanroboys	Sophomore	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1999-07-24	Thamesville, Ontario	Prince George (BCHL)	—
27		A. J. Villella	Junior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1998-01-26	Davie, Florida	Northeastern (HEA)	—
28		Charlie Marchand	Senior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1997-08-08	Calgary, Alberta	Brooks (AJHL)	—
29		Nicholas Grabko	Freshman	G	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-02-06	Channahon, Illinois	Green Bay (USHL)	—
33		Jason Grande	Sophomore	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-02-07	West Chester, Pennsylvania	Amarillo (NAHL)	—
34		Fraser Kirk	Junior	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1997-10-07	Burlington, Ontario	Newmarket (OJHL)	—

The Falcons have undergone a couple of uniform changes since the start of the 2010–2011 season. In accordance with the new Bentley brand, the Falcon's moved away from the white, navy and gold color scheme. The first switch made was to their road uniform. They moved from navy blue, with gold "Bentley" lettering, and white trim to a black uniform with a navy blue B in the middle and white trim. The new home uniforms were unveiled in the 2013–2014 season, and are still their current home uniforms. They are white with the Bentley back and grey B in the middle, navy blue and black trim, and black numbers/names on jerseys on the back. The new home jerseys were unveiled at Frozen Fenway on 12/28/2014. To start the 2014–2015 season, the Falcon's unveiled another new road uniform. This, their current road jersey, is black with navy blue "Bentley" lettering across the front, using white and navy trim with the Bentley crest on the shoulder. Both uniforms use black helmets, and black pants with a navy blue and white trim.

The Falcons play at Bentley Arena, the program's new, on-campus arena. Ground was broken on the new arena in the summer of 2016, and completed in February 2018. The Falcons played their first game in the new Arena on February 16th, against Army West Point.

The 76,000 square foot Bentley Arena was designed by Architectural Resources Cambridge and built by Suffolk Construction. It has a capacity of 2,207 for hockey games.

• Ryan Soderquist (2000): Soderquist graduated in 2000 with the most career goals (84) and career points (173) in program history. Soderquist also holds the record for most goals in a season, with 33. He has been Bentley's head coach since 2002, leading the team to a 243–300–78 record.

• Brett Gensler (2014): Gensler graduated in 2014 as the program's all-time points leader at the Division I level, behind only Coach Ryan Soderquist. He was responsible for two of the three 50-point seasons in Bentley history, Gensler earned first-team All-Atlantic Hockey honors each of his last three years and was the recipient of the 2012 Walter Brown Award as the top American-born player in New England. He concluded his career with 73 goals (a Bentley Division I record), a school-record 94 assists and 167 points, second most in program history. After completing his Bentley career, Gensler signed with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL.

• Max French (2017): French graduated in 2017, finishing his career as the Falcons' all-time 5th best point scorer and 4th best goal scorer. French was an assistant captain to Andrew Gladiuk in 2015-2016 as a junior and was named captain of the Falcons in his final season. French also earned All-Atlantic Hockey First Team honors in both his junior and senior seasons. During his time at Bentley, French racked up 143 points (67 goals, 76 assists) in 138 career games to join Gensler and Gladiuk as the only Falcons to average over a point per game at the Division I level. Upon completion of his senior season, French was invited to an ATO with the Utica Comets of the AHL, but never found the starting lineup in his short few weeks with the team. On July 12, 2017, the Texas Stars, AHL affiliate of the NHL's Dallas Stars, signed French for the 2017-2018 season. This signing marked the first time a Bentley alum had been signed to a professional contract at the AHL level or above.
• Tanner Jago (2019): Jago finished his Bentley career with the second-most games played in program history, as well as third-most points for a defenseman in program history. In July 2019, he signed with the Texas Stars of the AHL.
• Alexey Solovyev (2019): Solovyev signed with the Providence Bruins of the AHL in July 2019.

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