This offseason, the Union men’s and women’s hockey teams have seen players come and go from the Division 1 Hockey transfer portal. Men’s hockey has lost six players to the transfer portal and gained at least three, as previously reported by Concordiensis. Most notably, the team is searching for two additional goaltenders.
Five of six Union men’s players who entered the transfer portal have found other schools, according to several college hockey transfer portal trackers and Elite Prospects. Josh Phillips ‘25 and Joe Messina will transfer to Canisius University, where Phillips will spend a graduate year and Messina will complete his two remaining college years.
Eli Pilosof will transfer to Tufts University for their Division 3 hockey program, as he confirmed with Concordiensis staff. Last season, Tufts was ranked #17 in Division 3 Pairwise Hockey Rankings. David Côté is currently in the transfer portal and uncommitted to another school.
Goaltenders Lucas Massie and Kyle Chauvette have committed to other schools. Massie will spend the next three years at Robert Morris University, and Chauvette will spend his senior year at the University of New Hampshire.
With two goaltenders transferring to other schools, the men’s team has one current goaltender on its 2025-2026 roster: Cameron Korpi ‘28, an incoming transfer from the University of Michigan.
Head Coach Josh Hague discussed what he is looking for in those two goaltenders on The Parting Schotts Podcast by Ken Schott of The Daily Gazette. “We are looking at a guy for potentially four years, and then a transfer that would come in with two years left. You want someone that’s been in the net and been put in those situations,” Hauge said.
“But at the same time, on opening night, I gotta be pretty honest with people right now, Cameron [Korpi] is the guy that we see carrying the game for us to start,” Hauge explained. “The guys coming in will have every opportunity to fight for [the net] and earn it, but we just wanna be upfront and honest with that. Every day in practice, it’s a battle to get the net, but right now it’s Cameron’s to lose.”
Hauge did not mention any specific goaltenders who will be transferring to Union, and Concordiensis staff could not identify any other potential transfers from transfer portal trackers. However, Hauge did confirm on the podcast that the team will play against UNH at Mohawk Harbor this season, and Chauvette will possibly be in the opposing net.
The men’s hockey team will begin its season on Saturday, October 4, according to a press release from Union Athletics. The season schedule will likely be released in the next few weeks, and the team’s roster will be finalized in September.
