Upcoming Event: Men's Ice Hockey versus Norwich on October 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Men's Ice Hockey
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Jersey Number 22
Sam Hesler
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 190
- S/C:
- L
- Hometown:
- Boxborough, Mass.
- Major:
- Government
Bio
2021-22 Smoyer Award (Team Award - Unsung Hero)
ECAC Hockey Player of the Week (12.16)
2021-22 (Senior): Played in 26 games, finishing with one goal and seven assists… Scored against St. Lawrence (11/12).
2020-21 (Junior): No season due to COVID-19.
2019-20 (Sophomore): Recorded an assist against UNH (11.1) for his first point of the season...Scored his first career goal against Bentley (12.12), while also adding an assist for his first career multi-point game...Had a goal and assist at No. 12 Northeastern (12.14)... Was named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week (12.16) following his two multi-point games vs. Bentley and Northeastern...Scored the tying goal against UConn (12.29) in the Ledyard Classic title game in which Dartmouth erased a 3-1 third-period deficit to win, 4-3... Picked up an assist on Cam Strong’s goal at Princeton (1.3)... Picked up an assist on Tyler Campbell’s GWG against No. 7 Clarkson (1.18)...Picked up the primary assist on Cam Strong’s first-period goal at Cornell (1.24)...Assisted on the first Dartmouth goal at home vs. Brown (2.14)...Assisted on Daniel Warpecha’s goal in Game 1 vs. Princeton (3.6).
2018-19 (Freshman): Made his collegiate debut at Brown (11.9)...Picked up his first career point with an assist at Bentley (1.5) with brother Carl ’18 getting the other helper...Sustained an injury that caused him to miss the rest of the 2018-19 season.
Before Dartmouth:
• Graduated from the Belmont Hill School (Mass.).
• As a senior, he captained his team to a semifinal berth in the 2017 New England Prep School Association (NEPSA) Large School Tournament. For his efforts, was named Team Co-MVP.
• In three years with Belmont Hill, he registered 82 points in 95 games.
• Earned All-ISL honors in both his junior and senior seasons.
• This past season, he went west to compete for the Wenatchee Wild and helped his team to a Fred Page Cup — the BCHL Playoff Championship — thus earning a berth in the Doyle Cup. There, the Wild defeated the AJHL Champion, Spruce Grove Saints in five games and earned a bid to the Royal Bank Cup.
• Is the younger brother of Carl ’18 and son of Neal ’84.
• Interested in studying economics.
ECAC Hockey Player of the Week (12.16)
2021-22 (Senior): Played in 26 games, finishing with one goal and seven assists… Scored against St. Lawrence (11/12).
2020-21 (Junior): No season due to COVID-19.
2019-20 (Sophomore): Recorded an assist against UNH (11.1) for his first point of the season...Scored his first career goal against Bentley (12.12), while also adding an assist for his first career multi-point game...Had a goal and assist at No. 12 Northeastern (12.14)... Was named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week (12.16) following his two multi-point games vs. Bentley and Northeastern...Scored the tying goal against UConn (12.29) in the Ledyard Classic title game in which Dartmouth erased a 3-1 third-period deficit to win, 4-3... Picked up an assist on Cam Strong’s goal at Princeton (1.3)... Picked up an assist on Tyler Campbell’s GWG against No. 7 Clarkson (1.18)...Picked up the primary assist on Cam Strong’s first-period goal at Cornell (1.24)...Assisted on the first Dartmouth goal at home vs. Brown (2.14)...Assisted on Daniel Warpecha’s goal in Game 1 vs. Princeton (3.6).
2018-19 (Freshman): Made his collegiate debut at Brown (11.9)...Picked up his first career point with an assist at Bentley (1.5) with brother Carl ’18 getting the other helper...Sustained an injury that caused him to miss the rest of the 2018-19 season.
Before Dartmouth:
• Graduated from the Belmont Hill School (Mass.).
• As a senior, he captained his team to a semifinal berth in the 2017 New England Prep School Association (NEPSA) Large School Tournament. For his efforts, was named Team Co-MVP.
• In three years with Belmont Hill, he registered 82 points in 95 games.
• Earned All-ISL honors in both his junior and senior seasons.
• This past season, he went west to compete for the Wenatchee Wild and helped his team to a Fred Page Cup — the BCHL Playoff Championship — thus earning a berth in the Doyle Cup. There, the Wild defeated the AJHL Champion, Spruce Grove Saints in five games and earned a bid to the Royal Bank Cup.
• Is the younger brother of Carl ’18 and son of Neal ’84.
• Interested in studying economics.
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