The St. Lawrence Saints Men's Ice Hockey team, colloquially known as the "Skating Saints", is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents St. Lawrence University.

Prior to the arena's construction, the men's team played outdoors at the current location of Whitman Hall.

St. Lawrence has been to the Frozen Four and its antecedent the four team NCAA Championships a total of nine times, playing in the title games in 1961 and 1988.

St. Lawrence has accomplished this despite being, at approximately 2,000 students, one of the smallest colleges to play at the Division I level.

In 2000, the Saints played in the longest NCAA tournament game on record; a 3–2, quadruple overtime victory over Boston University.

The win advanced the Saints to the Frozen Four, where the team eventually lost to Boston College in the National Semifinals.

Beginning with the 2019–20 season, the Saints announced Brent Brekke as the 15th head coach in program history.

For many years, the swing through the North Country has been considered to be one of the most grueling road trips in college hockey.

In 2001, in honor of Appleton Arena's 50th anniversary, an alternate "throw-back" jersey was introduced for the men's team.

Beginning with the 2012–13 season, St. Lawrence retired the StL logo from the red road jerseys as well, and adopted a design that matched the home white sweaters.

The scarlet and brown on the shoulders of the home jersey was extended down the arms until it met with the trim at the end of the sleeve.

The road jerseys feature a similar pattern, but the shoulders and sleeves are brown with white trim (a reverse of the traditional road-jersey scheme) on a red background.

[7][8] In the 2008–09 season, St. Lawrence, along with all other ECAC Hockey teams, participated in Coaches vs. Cancer's "Pink at the Rink" fundraiser.