The 2023–24 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's ice hockey season was the 31st season of play for the program, the 26th at the Division I level and the 21st in Atlantic Hockey. The Pioneers represented Sacred Heart University, played their home games at the Martire Family Arena and were coached by C. J. Marottolo in his 15th season.

With a sizable amount of roster turnover, including three of its top four goal-scorers, Sacred Heart had many unanswered questions entering the season. The team was expecting to use Chase Clark as its starting goaltender, but the Quinnipiac transfer had a tough time getting to his game. The Pioneers began poorly, losing four of their first five matches but the team appeared to have sorted itself out by the end of October. Over several weeks, the team went 6–1, not allowing more than 2 goals in any of its games. The offense, too, got off to a slow start but then picked up the pace in the second month of the season. The line of Walsh-Joughin-Lombardi proved to be the most successful with those three finishing in the top four for team scoring.

In spite of their winning record, Sacred Heart was unable to fins any success in their non-conference schedule. Though they had a fairly weak slate of opponents, the Pioneers couldn't get a single win in eight games, only managing one tie to Princeton. That terrible mark made it impossible for SHU to make the NCAA tournament without a conference title. Fortunately, however, the team was still able to perform well in Atlantic Hockey. Though they had a rather poor second half, winning just 5 of 17 games after January 1, Sacred Heart managed to finish 3rd in the conference. The struggles began with shaky play from Clark, who was replaced as the starter by Justin Robbins. While Robbins' numbers were only marginally better than Clark's the graduate netminder played more consistently in the latter half of the year. Unfortunately, the offense slowed down as the season went on and the Pioneers could only manage 3 goals in three of the final thirteen game to end the regular season.

Though they had backed into a quarterfinal bye, Sacred Heart was hoping to use home ice to their advantage and make a run in the conference tournament. However, despite getting a week-long break to resolve their troubles, SHU saw both of its main problems recur against Niagara. The team got a 2-goal lead in the opening match but could only watch as the Purple Eagles swiftly erased the advantage. Niagara scored four goals in under 9 minutes of game time, including 3 in a 43-second span, to take hold of the match. SHU opened the scoring in the second game as well but wasn't able to get a second marker in the final 59 minutes despite outshooting NU nearly two to one. Robbins was in net for both games and allowed 9 goals on 53 shots (both matches had empty-net goals), ending the Pioneers' season on a low note.^[1]

As of September 15, 2023.^[2]

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No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
1		Jack O'Dea	Junior	G	5' 9" (1.75 m)	148 lb (67 kg)	2000-09-07	Brighton, Massachusetts	Bridgton (USHS–ME)	—
3		Grant Anderson	Senior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-09-15	Plymouth, Minnesota	Omaha (USHL)	—
4		Blake Dangos	Sophomore	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	2002-04-08	St. Louis, Missouri	Arizona State (NCAA)	—
5		Andrius Kulbis-Marino	Junior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	2000-02-16	Methuen, Massachusetts	Maine (NAHL)	—
6		Mikey Adamson	Sophomore	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2001-08-16	Quincy, Massachusetts	Massachusetts (HEA)	—
7		Garrett Sundquist	Junior	D	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2001-07-17	South Glastonbury, Connecticut	Providence (HEA)	—
8		Hunter Sansbury	Junior	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-10-08	Lomita, California	Salmon Arm (BCHL)	—
9		Daniel Ebrahim	Junior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000-07-12	Brooklin, Ontario	Jersey (NCDC)	—
10		Chikara Hanzawa	Sophomore	F	5' 6" (1.68 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	2001-07-12	Tokyo, Japan	South Shore (NCDC)	—
11		Tyler Spott	Graduate	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-06-17	Toronto, Ontario	Northeastern (HEA)	—
12		Kevin Lombardi	Graduate	F	6' 5" (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1998-08-12	Schwenksville, Pennsylvania	Sioux City (USHL)	—
13		T. J. Walsh	Graduate	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-04-29	Shrewsbury, Massachusetts	Rensselaer (ECAC)	—
14		Brendan Kennette	Sophomore	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2002-06-09	Windsor, Ontario	Brooks (AJHL)	—
16		Dylan Robbins	Sophomore	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2001-08-29	Alpine, New Jersey	Chicago (USHL)	—
17		Aidan Connolly	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-10-05	Marshfield, Massachusetts	Maine (NAHL)	—
18		John Jaworski	Senior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2000-03-20	Grinnell, Iowa	Chicago (USHL)	—
19		Jake Bongo	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2002-02-04	Ridgefield, Connecticut	Surrey (BCHL)	—
20		Blake Humphrey	Sophomore	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	162 lb (73 kg)	2002-01-18	Syracuse, New York	Sioux Falls (USHL)	—
21		Brendan Dumas	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-08-28	North Attleborough, Massachusetts	New Jersey (NAHL)	—
22		Conner Hutchison	Junior	D	5' 10" (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	2000-06-02	Hicksville, New York	Tri-City (USHL)	—
23		Braeden Tuck	Graduate	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1998-04-15	Calgary, Alberta	Trail (BCHL)	—
24		Mark Cheremeta	Graduate	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-07-12	Parkland, Florida	Ohio State (Big Ten)	—
25		Dante Fantauzzi	Senior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-05-01	North York, Ontario	Sioux Falls (USHL)	—
26		Liam Izyk	Graduate	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	1998-12-27	Blackie, Alberta	Boston College (HEA)	—
27		Cole Galata	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2002-03-18	Barrie, Ontario	Surrey (BCHL)	—
28		Marcus Joughin	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2001-07-05	Tecumseh, Ontario	West Kelowna (BCHL)	—
29		Rylee Hlusiak	Freshman	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2002-06-03	Barrie, Ontario	West Kelowna (BCHL)	—
31		Justin Robbins	Graduate	G	5' 8" (1.73 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	1999-03-10	Alpine, New Jersey	Arizona State (NCAA)	—
32		Chase Clark	Sophomore	G	6' 6" (1.98 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	2002-04-08	Williamsville, New York	Quinnipiac (ECAC)	WSH, 183rd overall 2021
33		Cullen DeYoung	Freshman	G	5' 10" (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2002-02-03	Canton, Michigan	Northeast (NAHL)	—

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