Mike Vecchione is, without a doubt, one of the best players to ever skate on the ice at Messa Rink. His personal achievements have come hand-over-fist but he will always credit those to his teammates and to the hockey program as a whole. He is humble and down to Earth. There is no one more willing to sacrifice himself for the betterment of his team and to that we owe the last four years of Union College Men's Hockey program's success. Please take a moment to sign this petition to retire #21 at Messa Rink in honor of the Captain that has displayed all the traits of not only a hockey player, but an all-around amazing person! Mike, this is for you!

2016-17 (SR)

2016-17 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Finalist

... Team captain ... ECAC Hockey Player of the Year ... All-ECAC Hockey

First Team ... All-time leading scorer in program history (176 points)

and all-time assists leader (104) ... currently holds program

single-season record for points (63) ... NCAA Division I active career

leader in points (176) and goals (71) tied for first in shorthanded

goals (7) ... second among active career leaders in assists ... first

player in Union's Division I era with two 50+ point seasons

... 21 multiple point games (leads DI) ... finished tied for ECAC Hockey

scoring title (40 points) ... led the league in goals (17), shorthanded

goals (4), game-winning goals (4), and faceoff % (61.8) with 589 wins this seaoson ... ranked

second in the conference in plus-minus (+16), assists (23) and

multi-point games (12) ... registered at least one point in 20 of 22

league games ... Produced a career-high four goals and five points in a

5-2 win against Niagara ... scored overtime winners against Rensselaer

(10/29), Colgate (2/24) and Princeton (3/11) ... Hockey Commissioners

Association Division I Player of the Month (October) ... ECAC Hockey

Player of the Month (October, November) ... NCAA Hockey First Star of

the Week (10/25, 11/8) ... ECAC Hockey Player of the Week (10/25, 11/8,

2/7, 3/14) ... featured in Sports Illustrated’s ‘Faces in the Crowd’

(1/9) ... twice featured on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10.

2015-16 (JR)

ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... Team captain … became Union’s fastest

Division I 100-point scorer with an assist at Princeton (1/8),

accomplishing the feat in 96 games … led the team in assists (20) and

points (29), assists per game (0.59) and points per game (0.85) … led

Division I with 508 faceoff wins … won 61.1% of his draws (508-324) …

ranked sixth in ECAC Hockey in assists … registered eight multi-point

games … produced an assist in the season-opener against Sacred Heart

(10-9) … recorded two helpers in a 5-3 win against #3 Boston University

(10/10), assisting on the game-winning goal … lit the lamp twice in a

6-3 loss at #15 St. Lawrence (11/6) … registered back-to-back

multi-point games (1-1) in wins over Dartmouth and Massachusetts

(12/5-11) … tied a career high with three assists in a 5-4 win against

Robert Morris (1/3) … had a seven-game point streak (1/30-2/26) …

contributed two assists in a 3-3 tie against St. Lawrence (2/6) … tied a

season-high with three points in a 4-1 win at Dartmouth (2/12) … dished

out two assists in a 5-1 win at #16 Cornell (2/26) … appeared in 34

games.

2014-15 (SO)

Union Athletics Harold R. Moore Sophomore Athletic Prize ...

NCAA statistical champion for short-handed goals (3) ... ECAC Hockey

All-Academic Team ... finished ninth in NCAA scoring (1.28 ppg) and

11th in assists (0.79) ... eighth nationally in faceoff percentage

(59.3%) ... led Union in assists (31); co-leader in scoring (50 points);

second in power play goals (5) and game-winning goals (3) ... led ECACH

players in assists, second in overall scoring ... tied school record

for points in a season ... recorded second-most assists in a season ...

finished ninth in conference scoring (19 points) ... 18 multiple-point

games ... ECAC Hockey Player of the Month (October) ... earned

back-to-back ECAC Hockey Player of the Week honors (10/14, 10/21) ...

chosen to Frozen Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team ... made NCAA.com

Top Plays of the Week (3/10)by splitting two defenseman and scoring on a

the backhand at Cornell (3/7) ... produced five points (2-3) in Mayor’s

Cup win over Rensselaer (1/24) ... scored game-winning goal at No. 4

Harvard (1/30) ... selected No. 1 Star of the Game with three points

(1-2) at Princeton (1/9) ... chosen No. 2 Star with a goal and assist in

3-3 tie at #1 Boston U. (1/3) ... named No. 2 Star of the Game both

nights at Maine (10/17-18) ... tabbed No. 3 Star with a goal and assist

versus Connecticut (12/27) ... amassed a career-high three assists in

5-2 win at Maine (10/18) ... successfully converted a penalty shot

against St. Cloud State (10/25) ... scored Union’s lone goal at

Rensselaer (10/31) ... strung together a seven-game points streak

(10/10-10/31) ... started the season with four multiple-point games ...

scored in first three games of the season ... produced two points

streaks of seven games each ... assistant captain.

2013-14 (FR)

ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team ... ranked ninth nationally in rookie

scoring (0.89 ppg) ... named Hockey Commissioners’ Association (HCA)

National Division I Rookie of the Month for March-April ... ECAC Hockey

All-Rookie Team ... tabbed Union’s Rookie of the Year ... ECAC Hockey

All-Tournament Team ... ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month for March-April

... ECAC Media Association All-Rookie Team ... received back-to-back

ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week honors (3/19, 3/26) ... led Union

freshmen in scoring (34 points) – ranking fifth on the team ... recorded

a team-best 344 faceoff wins and .533 faceoff percentage ... had 11

multiple-point games ... fourth among ECACH rookies in overall scoring

(34 points) ... stood fourth in freshman scoring in conference games (17

points) ... logged a goal and assist in NCAA Semifinal win over #3

Boston College (4/10) ... amassed five points (1-4) in Union’s sweep of

Dartmouth in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals (3/14-15) ... produced three

points (1-2) in Cleary Cup-clinching-win over Clarkson (2/21) ...

compiled three points (1-2) in 6-4 win against fifth-ranked Quinnipiac

(12/7) ... registered a goal and assist vs. Lake Superior State (10/18)

... recorded two points (1-1) and eight shots at #19 Colgate (2/15) ...

had two-point efforts (goal, assist) in 7-2 wins over Harvard (1/24) and

Dartmouth (11/1) ... compiled 15 points (6-9) during a nine-game

stretch (2/15-3/22) ... compiled seven points (3-4) during three-game

goal-scoring streak (2/15-2/22) ... missed four games to illness.