DIIIHockeyNews.com Poll

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – The Saint John's University hockey team ended the 2025-26 season ranked No. 15 in the final DIIIHockeyNews.com poll released on April 2. SJU received votes in the final USCHO.com poll released earlier in the week. 

The DIIIHockeyNews.com poll is in its second season as one of the primary news sources for Division III hockey nationally.

Four other schools in the NCAA West Region were featured in the top 15: No. 3 Aurora (Ill.), No. 4 Wisconsin-Stout, No. 5 St. Norbert (Wis.) and No. 9 Adrian (Mich.). 

SJU (17-7-4, 10-3-3 MIAC) swept both MIAC titles for the fifth time in program history in 2025-26. The Johnnies won their 10th MIAC regular-season championship and first since 2020, as well as their first MIAC playoff championship (sixth overall) and trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament (seventh overall) since 2013. 

The regular-season title was the third for head coach Doug Schueller, who collected his third MIAC Men's Hockey Coach of the Year honor, and the fifth overall (2013 and 2026 MIAC playoff championships). Schueller was also a finalist for the Edward Jeremiah Award, presented to the national coach of the year in NCAA Division III men's hockey. 

SJU ended the season in the top 25 statistically in five categories. The Johnnies were 21st in scoring offense (3.68 gpg), team assists (169), team points (272) and 23rd in scoring margin (1.00). They finished with a 0.679 win percentage, second best in the MIAC and 19th in DIII. 

Individually, senior goaltender Jon Howe (Chanhassen, Minn.) became SJU's first All-America first-team selection in 20 years – goaltender Adam Hanna '06 in 2005-06 – and the 25th overall. He is the sixth Johnnie goaltender to be named an All-American in any right (Bob Hanson '79, 1978-79 in the NAIA; Rick Gregory '03, 2003; Adam Hanna '06, 2004-06; Saxton Soley '16, 2013; and Mac Berglove '21, 2022).

He finished with a 16-6-4 record – the fourth-most wins in an SJU season – to go with a 2.51 GAA, a .929 save percentage and 869 saves. The 869 saves were the second-most in program history, 18 from the record of 887 owned by Hanson set in 1978-79. Three of Howe's four career assists were tallied this season. His save percentage ranked 16th nationally and his winning percentage (0.692) was 19th.