University Bentley University Colors Blue and White League Division I (NCAA) Captain Andrew Gladiuk | Location Waltham, Massachusetts Arena/Stadium John A. Ryan Arena Conference Atlantic Hockey | |
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Head coach Ryan Soderquist
15th year, 189–259–61 (.431) Assistant coaches Ben Murphy
Steve Silverthorn Alternate captain(s) Max French
Billy Eiserman | ||
The Bentley Falcons men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Falcons are an original member of Atlantic Hockey, having previously played in the MAAC and the ECAC East at the Division II level. The Falcons made the move to Division I for the 1999 season. They play at the John A. Ryan Skating Arena in Watertown, Massachusetts. The Falcons are coached by former Falcon forward Ryan Soderquist ('00), the program's all-time scoring leader.
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Roster
For the 2016–2017 Season (12/21/2016).
Uniform
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.
Home arena
The Falcons play at the John A. Ryan Arena in Watertown, MA. It is roughly 10 minutes from the Bentley main campus, with a capacity of about 1,200 fans. In 2011–2012, the arena constructed a new press box for media outlets. For the 2012–2013 season, the Bentley locker room was fully renovated, and a players' lounge installed overlooking the arena with the head coach's corner office.
On July 7, 2016 it was officially announced that Bentley would break ground on a new state of the art on campus arena. The multi-purpose facility is expected to be completed by January, 2018 and will have a capacity of 2000 for hockey games.
Notable Alumni
Brett Gensler: Gensler, graduated in 2014 as the programs all-time points leader at the Division 1 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.