By Matthew Gray Photo Credit: Maria Kaffes Following Syracuse’s run to the ESCHL Conference Championship Game last season, one of the biggest questions it faced heading into 2025-26 was how its incoming forwards would step up. With offensive staples like Sam Hutchinson, Brock Alvers and Evan Vassilovski gone, the window swung open for its freshman class to make an immediate impact.  So far, no first-year player has done so more than Nathan McLean. Through six games, McLean le

By Brian Piendel Photo Credit: Maria Kaffes / @mariakaffesimages SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Men’s Hockey team (1-5-2) hosted the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Crimson Hawks (8-0-0) this past weekend, dropping both games by a one goal margin. Saturday night’s tilt was decided by an overtime winner with the Crimson Hawks winning 2-1 and Sunday afternoon’s back-and-forth affair ending 5-4 in favor of IUP. Both games saw the Orange generate more shots on goal than the Cri