CANTON — The St. Lawrence University men’s hockey team’s 2013-14 schedule includes teams from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and a set of teams from Hockey East in addition to its regular Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockeyslate.

The Saints will open their campaign by hosting the University of Maine on Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday, Oct. 12 at Appleton Arena as part of the school’s homecoming and Hall of Fame festivities.

St. Lawrence plays at new WCHA member Ferris State on Oct. 18-19 and closes out the month by hosting Northeastern on Oct. 25-26.

The Saints will open its ECAC Hockey schedule with a pair of road trips — first at defending national champion Yale on Nov. 1 at Brown on Nov. 2 — then at Harvard and Dartmouth Nov. 8-9 before hosting Cornell and Colgate on Nov. 15-16.

After playing at RIT on Nov. 22-23, St. Lawrence will play a pair on Nov. 29-30 atthe NCHC’s North Dakota, which finished last season ranked seventh in the nation.

The Saints will host arch-rival Clarkson on Saturday, Dec. 7 and plays against the Golden Knights in Potsdam on Saturday, Jan. 11. St. Lawrence also has two nonconference games with Vermont on the road on Dec. 14 and will host the Catamounts on Jan. 7.

League play resumes for the Saints on Dec. 7 with the first of two games against arch-rival Clarkson and a Dec. 14 game at Vermont closes out the 2013 portion of the schedule. Vermont returns to Appleton Arena on Jan. 7 to start the new year and the rematch with Clarkson in Potsdam is scheduled for Jan. 11.

St. Lawrence will host Carleton University in an exhibition game at 7 p.m. on Oct. 5.

CANTON — Kyle Essery has been named as captain of St. Lawrence University’s men’s hockey team for the 2013-14 season, with Jeremy Wick and Gunnar Hughes serving as assistant captains, coach Greg Carvel announced.

Essery, who will be a senior next season, has been a three-year regular at center for the Saints and enters his final collegiate season with 20 goals and 11 assists in 114 career games. He has not missed a game for the Saints in his prior three seasons.

Wick was named an assistant captain in December of last season as a junior and will wear the “A” for the second straight year. He finished as the fourth leading scorer on the team with 14 goals and 14 assists for 28 points in 38 games.

Hughes, who will be a junior in 2013-14, follows in the footsteps of his older brother George, who served as an assistant captain, beginning in his junior season.

Gunnar Hughes, a forward, tallied seven goals and 16 assists in his sophomore campaign and has generated 11 goals and 22 assists in 71 career starts for the Saints.

St. Lawrence will play an exhibition game against Carleton University on Saturday, Oct. 5 and opens its regular season by hosting Maine on Oct. 11-12 at Appleton Arena.

CANTON — The accolades continue to accumulate for the St. Lawrence University men’s hockey team.

Three Saints have been honored as first-team All-Americans — seniors Kyle Flanagan and George Hughes and junior Greg Carey — selected by the American Hockey Coaches Association.

The trio, all first-team All ECAC selections, are the first Saint players to earn All-America honors since Zach Miskovic in 2009.

Flanagan earned first team honors while Carey and Hughes were named to the second team for this season.

This is just the second time three St. Lawrence players garnered All-American status in one season as Pete Lappin, Scott Yearwood and Hank Lammens all earned second-team honors in 1986-87.

Saints Pete Lappin, Scott Yearwood and Hank Lammens all earned second-team All America honors in 1986-87.

Flanagan, a Canton native, finished ninth in the nation in points (47), tied for third in assists (33) and third in power-play points (25) in 35 games this season.

A top 10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award and completed his collegiate career with 46 goals, 101 assists and 147 points in 134. Flanagan, who signed a minor-league contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, He stands seventh all-time at St. Lawrence’ in assists and 13th in points.

Carey, also Hobey Baker Award top 10 finalist, will finish as the Saints’ first national goal-scoring leader. He also tops the country in goals per game (0.74) and power-play goals (14) and is tied for fourth in points (51) after appearing in all 38 games this season.

His 51 points are the most since Mike Gellard led the ECAC with 57 in 2000-01 and his 28 goals are the most for a St. Lawrence player since Burke Murphy netted 33 in 34 games in 1995-96.

Carey, a Hamilton, Ontario native, has scored 66 goals and has 128 points in three seasons and finished as the Saints’ leading scorer in each of his three years, the first to lead the team in scoring in three straight seasons since Rich Peverley from 2001-2004.

Hughes, who also didn’t miss game this season, will finish as the nation’s top scoring defensemen as he leads all blue liners in points (37) and assists (32).

He finished his collegiate career with 18 goals and 87 assists for 105 points, becoming the fourth defenseman in school history to top the 100-point mark over four seasons.

Joining Flanagan as first-team All-Americans are Quinnipiac goalie Eric Hartzell, RPI defenseman Nick Bailen, UMass-Lowell defenseman Chad Ruhwedel, New Hampshire defenseman Trevor van Reimsdyk and Boston College forwards Johnny Gaudreau and Steven Whitney.

In addition to Hughes and Carey, Yale forward Andrew Miller, Union defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, Providence goalie Jon Gillies and Merrimack forward Mike Collins rounded out the second team.

Only four other ECAC teams had three All-America players in the same season in addition to the Saints, Cornell and RPI — Yale (1997-98), Clarkson (1996-97), Harvard (1985-86) and Vermont, which had three first-teamers in Martin St. Louis, Eric Perrin and Tim Thomas in 1995-96.

The St. Lawrence University hockey team’s season may be over, but the program continues to experience history.

Forwards Greg Carey and Kyle Flanagan were both selected as top 10 finalists for the prestigious Hobey Baker Award on Thursday — marking the first time two Saints have achieved this honor in the same year.

Flanagan, a senior center and Canton native, and Carey, a junior winger, join seven other Saints in the program’s history to be garner top 10 Hobey Baker Award finalist status.

“That’s a tremendous compliment to the program, to our coaching staff and to our team — and to St. Lawrence University,” said Flanagan, who is the first local and hometown player to to receive this recognition since Potsdam native Craig Conroy was a finalist in 1994 with Clarkson University. “For me and I’m sure Greg would agree — the biggest thing for us is not individual accolades. They’re great, but at the same time what comes with that is representing our school. The fact that it says St. Lawrence twice on that list is quite a compliment.”

St. Lawrence is just the fourth ECAC Hockey team to have two players named to the Hobey Baker’s top 10 list since the inception of the award in 1981 and joins a select group of conference teams to have three players selected as first team all-stars in the same season.

“College hockey is a lot of fun,” Carey said. “So to be selected as one of finalists is an honor, the other nine players selected are fantastic hockey players. ... To have two players from St. Lawrence on that list, including Kyle, shows how special and how far this program has come in the past couple years.”

The duo, which teamed up as one of the most prolific scoring lines in the nation this season, are just the second linemates in ECAC history to garner top 10 Hobey Baker recognition, joining Vermont’s Martin St. Louis and Eric Perrin, both finalists in 1996.

“This is rare and it’s very special for this program,” St. Lawrence coach Greg Carvel said. “It was a real pleasure for me in my first year as a head coach to have two guys play so exceptionally and so consistently all year long.”

Both Carey and Flanagan are St. Lawrence’s first top 10 finalists in six seasons — with defenseman Drew Bagnall the last in 2007.

“Most importantly, it’s a great accomplishment for those two young men who have contributed a lot to this sport and our program,” Carvel said. “They make us proud in a lot of ways.”

Carey and Flanagan were also selected as All-ECAC Hockey first teamers along with teammate and senior defenseman George Hughes, with the team announced on Thursday in Atlantic City, N.J., before today’s league semifinals.

Carey, who won the ECAC scoring title and generated an 11-game goal-scoring streak which tied a school record, leads the nation in goals (28), power-play goals (14) and goals per game (0.74) and stands second in points (51).

“Greg just brought his game to another level,” Carvel said of Carey, who is a history major with a 3.51 GPA, was on the 2012 dean’s list and is a three-time All-Academic player. “He’s always been a goal scorer, but I think he added more to his game this year and became more of a complete player.”

Carey was also a finalist for ECAC player of the year, an honor which went to Quinnipiac goalie Eric Hartzell, who also won league goalie of the year honors.

Flanagan ranks ninth in the country in scoring with 47 points, is third in assists per game (0.91) and is fourth in both assists (47) and points per game (1.34).

“Kyle’s always been a special player,” Carvel said of the 24-year-old Flanagan, who had 15 multiple-point games this season. “He’s the kind of kid that when you watch a game it doesn’t matter who you are — he stands out. Greg scores goals like no one else — but Kyle is more of a playmaker, who has tremendous vision and is one of the best forwards to ever play at St. Lawrence.”

Sidelined for 11 days, including the final weekend of the regular season, after undergoing an appendectomy on Feb. 26, Flanagan returned to lead the Saints to a first-round ECAC playoff sweep of Colgate.

After St. Lawrence was swept by Yale in the quarterfinals last weekend, Flanagan signed with the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.

“In the past few days, it’s been just in the back of my mind with everything that’s happened,” said Flanagan, who learned of the news Thursday while he was en route to Glens Falls, where he’ll report to the American Hockey League’s Philadelphia Phantoms today. “I’m very thrilled and very excited. ... I feel very honored, but also proud of the year both the team and I had.”

Previous other Hobey Baker Award finalists from St. Lawrence are Pete Lappin (1988), Daniel Laperriere (1992), Blake Murphy (1996), Eric Heffler (1999), Erik Anderson (2001) and T.J. Trevelyan.

Carey, Flanagan and Hughes are just the second trio in St. Lawrence hockey history to earn All-ECAC first-team honors in the same season, joining Erik Anderson, Matt Desrosiers and Mike Gellard (2000-01).

Hughes is the nation’s leading defenseman in points (37), assists (32) and assists per game (0.97).

“Flanny and George are both exceptional players and I had the opportunity to play with both of them for three years,” Carey said. “For us to all to be selected to the ECAC first team is special — it shows the respect the coaches from the other teams have for us and for our program. This is really good for St. Lawrence, it’s really good for our brand, our culture and what we’re trying to bring in the coming years for this program.”

Among the top 10 Hobey Baker Award finalists is Quinnipiac goalie Eric Hartzell, who was also selected as both ECAC Hockey’s player and goalie of the year.

In addition, Clarkson University freshman defenseman Paul Geiger was named to the ECAC’s all-rookie team.

The Hobey Baker Award’s top three finalists will be announced on April 3 and with the Hobey Baker Award winner will be unveiled on April 12 at the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh.

St. Lawrence University standout Kyle Flanagan has signed with the Philadelphia Flyers, according to an online report on Tuesday night.

Flanagan, who just completed his senior season with the Saints, has agreed to an amateur tryout agreement with the Flyers, TSN’s Bob McKenzie reported. The forward will report on Friday to the Adirondack Phantoms, Philadelphia’s affiliate in the American Hockey League.

If all goes well, the 24-year-old Flanagan will get a one-year NHL contract with Philadelphia for next season.

Flanagan, a Canton native who just finished his second season as team captain at St. Lawrence, totaled 47 points, including 15 goals in 35 games this season.

He finished with 147 career points, including 46 goals and 101 assists at the school and is just the seventh Saints player to record at least 100 career assists.

Flanagan helped guide the Saints to a fifth-place finish in ECAC Hockey this season. After sweeping Colgate in two games in a first-round playoff series at St. Lawrence, the Saints were beaten in two games at Yale in the quarterfinal round this past weekend.

Both Flanagan and linemate Greg Carey, a junior winger, are Hobey Baker Award candidates.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University continued its recent mastery of St. Lawrence University on Saturday night once again in resounding fashion.

Credit the Bulldogs, who once again won the pivotal special teams battle, this time in ending the Saints season.

Tommy Fallen and Jesse Root each scored a power-play goal to spark Yale to a dominating 3-0 triumph over St. Lawrence on Saturday night in Game 2 to sweep an ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series at Ingalls Rink.

Senior goalie Jeff Malcolm made 17 saves to register the shutout for the third-seeded and 13th-ranked Bulldogs (18-10-2), who advance to the conference semifinals, which open on Friday in Atlantic City.

Special teams, particularly their power play, failed the sixth-seeded Saints (18-16-4) on this night and ultimately in their playoff series with Yale.

“They’re a good team,” St. Lawrence senior captain Kyle Flanagan said of Yale. “Friday night we didn’t play well which was pretty evident. (Saturday) we had chances, we thought we played a much better game. It seemed like all four of their lines played the same, you have to give them credit.”

While the Bulldogs scored their first two goals on the man advantage on Saturday, it again shut down St. Lawrence’s power play, which went scoreless on all six of its opportunities in the game and for the series.

“We played a much better game tonight, but unfortunately we didn’t capitalize,” Flanagan said. “Our power play has been our bread and butter all year and they out chanced us tonight and we didn’t score. That was a big game-changer right there.”

“[I’m] very pleased with the way our guys played all six periods,” said Yale coach Keith Allain, whose team advances to the ECAC semifinals for the third time in five seasons.“Tonight they had us under the gun, more than {Saturday] night.“Their power play is the absolute strength of their hockey team. For us to keep them off the board on that was a real momentum swing for us.”

The Saints didn’t manage much at even strength, either, as they were out scored by the Bulldogs, 9-1 for the series.

“I thought we played a pretty good game tonight,” St. Lawrence coach Greg Carvel said. “It was a special teams game — they scored a couple goals on the power play and we were unable to score on our power plays. That was the difference.”

Yale effectively shut down one of the nation’s top scoring lines — as Flanagan, Greg Carey and Jeremy Wick were each held without a point in the two games.

“We just couldn’t get things going the way we needed to,” Wick said. “We hit a couple posts, one right at the start of the game and a couple more on the power play. If they could have gone in it would have been a different game. We were right there making steps in the direction, but just didn’t get the bounces tonight.”

Facing the Bulldogs’ aggressive defense and penalty kill, the Saints only managed to generate 30 shots on goal during the series, including only four in the first period of both games.

“We made some adjustments and played a much better game,” Carvel said. “We were much more committed to our game plan tonight, we executed better. ... It’s tough playing against their system and creating a lot of offense. ... They’re a disciplined and well coached team.”

Trailing 1-0 early in the second period, the Saints had a prime opportunity to draw even while on a five-minute power play as Yale’s Clinton Bourbonais was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct for boarding on a hit of Wick.

But St. Lawrence was unable to capitalize, managing only two shots on net during the pivotal man advantage.

“That [kill] was a huge momentum swing,” Fallen said.“Everybody was really up on it, and we didn’t get down on ourselves. We pulled through and were very successful.”

Then three minutes after Yale had a goal waved off which was upheld after a video review, Root made sure with his power-play conversion at 14:18 as after Weninger made a save on a long shot by Fallen, Root slipped in the rebound at 14:18.

Antoine Langaniere followed with his goal 7:09 into the third period by beating Weninger from the right faceoff circle for a 3-0 Yale advantage.

A night after St. Lawrence scored the first goal, Yale struck first on Fallen’s power-play goal in the first period.

From just a couple steps inside of the Saints’ blue line, Fallen launched a long drive that eluded Weninger at 17:58 of the opening period.

“In my mind, I thought we were going to give them a better battle than we did (Friday) night,” Carvel said. “If we had played (Friday) night with the same mentality that we played with tonight, the series might have gone a little differently.”

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University continued its recent mastery of St. Lawrence University on Saturday night once again in resounding fashion.

Credit the Bulldogs, who once again won the pivotal special teams battle, this time in ending the Saints season.

Tommy Fallen and Jesse Root each scored a power-play goal to spark Yale to a dominating 3-0 triumph over St. Lawrence on Saturday night in Game 2 to sweep an ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series at Ingalls Rink.

Senior goalie Jeff Malcolm made 17 saves to register the shutout for the third-seeded and 13th-ranked Bulldogs (18-10-2), who advance to the conference semifinals, which open on Friday in Atlantic City.

Special teams, particularly their power play, failed the sixth-seeded Saints (18-16-4) on this night and ultimately in their playoff series with Yale.

“They’re a good team,” St. Lawrence senior captain Kyle Flanagan said of Yale. “Friday night we didn’t play well which was pretty evident. (Saturday) we had chances, we thought we played a much better game. It seemed like all four of their lines played the same, you have to give them credit.”

While the Bulldogs scored their first two goals on the man advantage on Saturday, it again shut down St. Lawrence’s power play, which went scoreless on all six of its opportunities in the game and for the series.

“We played a much better game tonight, but unfortunately we didn’t capitalize,” Flanagan said. “Our power play has been our bread and butter all year and they out chanced us tonight and we didn’t score. That was a big game-changer right there.”

“[I’m] very pleased with the way our guys played all six periods,” said Yale coach Keith Allain, whose team advances to the ECAC semifinals for the third time in five seasons.“Tonight they had us under the gun, more than {Saturday] night.“Their power play is the absolute strength of their hockey team. For us to keep them off the board on that was a real momentum swing for us.”

The Saints didn’t manage much at even strength, either, as they were out scored by the Bulldogs, 9-1 for the series.

“I thought we played a pretty good game tonight,” St. Lawrence coach Greg Carvel said. “It was a special teams game — they scored a couple goals on the power play and we were unable to score on our power plays. That was the difference.”

Yale effectively shut down one of the nation’s top scoring lines — as Flanagan, Greg Carey and Jeremy Wick were each held without a point in the two games.

“We just couldn’t get things going the way we needed to,” Wick said. “We hit a couple posts, one right at the start of the game and a couple more on the power play. If they could have gone in it would have been a different game. We were right there making steps in the direction, but just didn’t get the bounces tonight.”

Facing the Bulldogs’ aggressive defense and penalty kill, the Saints only managed to generate 30 shots on goal during the series, including only four in the first period of both games.

“We made some adjustments and played a much better game,” Carvel said. “We were much more committed to our game plan tonight, we executed better. ... It’s tough playing against their system and creating a lot of offense. ... They’re a disciplined and well coached team.”

Trailing 1-0 early in the second period, the Saints had a prime opportunity to draw even while on a five-minute power play as Yale’s Clinton Bourbonais was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct for boarding on a hit of Wick.

But St. Lawrence was unable to capitalize, managing only two shots on net during the pivotal man advantage.

“That [kill] was a huge momentum swing,” Fallen said.“Everybody was really up on it, and we didn’t get down on ourselves. We pulled through and were very successful.”

Then three minutes after Yale had a goal waved off which was upheld after a video review, Root made sure with his power-play conversion at 14:18 as after Weninger made a save on a long shot by Fallen, Root slipped in the rebound at 14:18.

Antoine Langaniere followed with his goal 7:09 into the third period by beating Weninger from the right faceoff circle for a 3-0 Yale advantage.

A night after St. Lawrence scored the first goal, Yale struck first on Fallen’s power-play goal in the first period.

From just a couple steps inside of the Saints’ blue line, Fallen launched a long drive that eluded Weninger at 17:58 of the opening period.

“In my mind, I thought we were going to give them a better battle than we did (Friday) night,” Carvel said. “If we had played (Friday) night with the same mentality that we played with tonight, the series might have gone a little differently.”

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Here are the lineups for Game 2 of the ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series between sixth-seeded St. Lawrence University (18-15-4) vs. third-seeded Yale (17-10-3) at Ingalls Rink.

Changes to the Saints’ lineup include: Patrick Doherty and Sean McGovern move up to the second line at center and right wing, Tommy Thompson moves to play right wing on the third line, while Alex Hagen moves back to right wing on the fourth line.

St. Lawrence will play with six defenseman as Mac Stratford returns to the lineup after going with five on Friday.

St. Lawrence lineup

Greg Carey-Kyle Flanagan-Jeremy Wick

Gunnar Hughes-Patrick Doherty-Sean McGovern

Chris Martin-Kyle Essery-Tommy Thompson

Justin Bruckel-Matt Dyer-Hagen

Defense pairings

George Hughes-Justin Baker

Mac Stratford-Pat Raley

Jordan Dewey-Ross McMullen

Goalie

Matt Weninger

Yale lineup

Charles Orzetti-Stu Wilson-Antoine Laganiere

Josh Balch-Carson Cooper-Cody Learned

Kenny Agostino-Jesse Root-Andrew Miller

Trent Ruffolo-Clinton Bourbonais-Anthony Day

Defense pairings

Gus Young-Rob O’Gara

Tommy Fallen-Ryan Obuchowski

Colin Dueck-Mitch Witek

Goalie

Jeff Malcolm

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Andrew Miller scored two goals and assisted on two others to lead Yale past St. Lawrence, 6-1 on Friday in Game 1 of an ECAC Hockey quarterfinal at Ingalls Rink.

The third-seeded Bulldogs (17-10-3) can finish off the sixth-seeded Saints (18-15-4) with a win in Game 2 at 7 tonight at Yale.

Jesse Root and Kenny Agostino each tallied a goal and two assists for the Bulldogs.

Tommy Thompson scored 7:30 into the game to stake St. Lawrence to a 1-0 lead, Yale responded with six unanswered goals, including two in each of the three periods, to take control.

Antoine Laganiere scored a goal and had an assist for Yale and Ryan Obuchowski had the Bulldogs other goal.

The Bulldogs outshot the Saints, 48-13 for the game, as St. Lawrence managed only five shots in the opening period and only four each in the second and third.

Yale goalie Jeff Malcolm only needed to make 12 saves to record the win. St. Lawrence starter Matt Weninger yielded four goals on 28 shots in taking the loss and was replaced by Kyle MacDonald (one save) to start the third and gave way to David Grilk later in the final period.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Here are the lineups for Game 1 of an ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series between sixth-seeded St. Lawrence University (18-14-4) vs. third-seeded Yale (16-10-3) at Ingalls Rink.

St Lawrence lineup

Greg Carey-Kyle Flanagan-Jeremy Wick

Gunnar Hughes-Tommy Thompson-Patrick Doherty

Chris Martin-Kyle Essery-Alex Hagen

Justin Bruckel-Sean McGovern-Matt Dyer

Defense pairings

George Hughes-Sean McGovern-Matt Dyer

Goalie

Matt Weninger

Yale lineup

Charles Orzetti-Stu Wilson-Antoine Laganiere

Josh Balch-Carson Cooper-Cody Learned

Kenny Agostino-Jesse Root-Andrew Miller

Trent Ruffolo-Clinton Bourbonais-Anthony Day

Defense pairings

Gus Young-Rob O’Gara

Tommy Fallen-Ryan Obuchowski

Colin Dueck-Mitch Witek

Goalie

Nick Maricic