men's hockey Coaches

St. Lawrence University has announced the appointment of Greg Carvel to the position of Charles W. Appleton II Head Men's Ice Hockey Coach, following the retirement of 26-year head coach Joe Marsh in March 2012.

Carvel, a 1993 graduate of St. Lawrence and a former Saint hockey captain, joined the staff in the fall of 2011 and with Mike Hurlbut coached the team during the 2011-12 season while Marsh was on a medical leave.

Carvel came to the Saints after a 15-year professional hockey coaching career that included assisting coach duties with the Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League, helping both teams reach the Stanley Cup finals.  He began his professional career as director of hockey operations for the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League and joined Anaheim as scouting coordinator in 1999. He added video coaching duties to his title in Anaheim in 2002 and was promoted to assistant coach in 2003. He joined the Senators in 2004.

Mike Hurlbut returned to his alma mater as a volunteer assistant coach to start the 2002-2003 season, became a full-time assistant in 2008-09 and was named Associate Head Coach in the spring of 2011.

A first-team All America and a first team All ECAC selection for the Saints in 1989 and a member of the two winning-est teams in Saint hockey history in 1988 and 1989, Mike is a 1989 graduate of St. Lawrence and had a long and successful professional hockey career. He spent 14 years in the International and American hockey leagues and played 29 games, scoring one goal and assisting on eight others, in the National Hockey League.

He was selected to play in three American Hockey League All Star Games, was named a second team AHL All Star in 1994-95 and was the longest serving captain in Rochester Americans' franchise history, wearing the "C" for five seasons. He was a team captain in eight of his 13 pro seasons.

Among the teams he played for were the Houston Aeros, Minnesota Moose, Binghamton Rangers and the Rochester Americans. He played 23 games with the New York Rangers in 1992-93 and also had NHL appearances with the Quebec Nordique and the Buffalo Sabres.

Mike and his wife Julie have a son, Jacob and a daughter, Emily.

Former Union College and professional hockey goaltender Kris Mayotte has been named men's ice hockey assistant coach at St. Lawrence University.

Mayotte joins Associate Head Coach Mike Hurlbut in completing the staff of new Saint head coach Greg Carvel. The new Saint assistant spent last season as a volunteer assistant coach at Cornell following an eight-year playing career as a goalie in both college and the professional ranks.

Dr. Cheryl P. Stuntz, an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department, serves as one of the Faculty Representatives to the Athletic Department along with Dr. James R. Wallace.  Both Stuntz and Wallace are also the men's hockey team's Faculty/Staff Mentors.  

Dr. Stuntz studied Psychology at Bowdoin College before attaining a Ph.D from the University of Virginia.

She regularly teaches Sport Psychology at St. Lawrence University, along with Personality Psychology and Introductory Psychology.

Examples of presentations, exhibitions, performances and published work include:

Stuntz, C.P., & Weiss, M. R. (2009). Achievement goal orientations and motivational outcomes in youth sport: The role of social orientations. Psychology of Sport and Exercise,10, 255-262.

Stuntz, C.P., & Weiss, M.R. (2003). Influence of social goal orientations and peers on unsportsmanlike play. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 74, 421-435.

Weiss, M.R., Smith, A.L., & Stuntz, C.P. (2008). Moral development in sport and physical activity: Theory, research, and intervention. In T.S. Horn (Ed.), Advances in sport psychology (pp. 187-210, 3rd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Dr. James R. Wallace, an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department, serves as one of the Faculty Representatives to the Athletic Department along with Dr. Cheryl P. Stuntz.  Wallace and Stuntz are also the men's hockey team's Faculty/Staff Mentors.  

Dr. Wallace graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame in 1970. He then earned his Master's Degree in the same field before earning his Ph.D in Developmental Psychology in 1974.

He regularly teaches Developmental Psychology at St. Lawrence University, along with seminars in developmental topics and Introductory Psychology.

Examples of presentations, exhibitions, performances and published work include:

Wallace, J.R. & Callahan, J.M. (2008, June). The imaginary audience, peer influence, and encouraged risks. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Quebec City, Canada.

Wallace, J.R. & Lloyd E. (2007, March). Videogames, invulnerability, and risk taking in early adolescence. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Wallace, J.R. & Gardiner, A. (2006, August). Expected value judgments of risk-prone and risk-avoiding children. Poster presented at the 114th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.