# St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey

The St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program represents St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. The Saints play at Appleton Arena and are part of the Eastern College Athletic Conference. In 2001, St. Lawrence participated in the inaugural NCAA Championship tournament. Their current head coach is St. Lawrence alumnus Chris Wells, who played for the 1992 men's championship ice hockey team.

## History

Beginning as a club team, the women's program has seen great success since entering Division I in 1997. Currently, the team has made five Frozen Four appearances in the eight years since the creation of a Women's NCAA Division I tournament. With the women's appearance in inaugural Frozen Four (2001), St. Lawrence became the first school to have both their men and women's programs in the NCAA Division I ice hockey tournament in the same year. The women's team also recorded the first ever win in the history of the NCAA Women's Frozen Four.
The first women's hockey game was played in 1974, as a club program. The women's team transitioned to a Division III program in 1979, and won three consecutive ECAC Division III tournaments in 1990, 1991, and 1992.
Following the 2007–08 season, Head Coach Paul Flanagan left St. Lawrence to a position with Syracuse University. Flanagan was the women's program's all-time winningest coach with a nine-season record of 230–83–24. Then Men's Associate Head Coach, Chris Wells was appointed to replace him and in his first season coached the team to a berth in the national championship tournament with a record of 24–11–3.

## Year by year

| Won Championship | Lost Championship | Conference Champions | League Leader |
| Year | Coach | W | L | T | Conference | Conf. W | Conf. L | Conf. T | Finish | Conference Tournament | NCAA Tournament |
| 2022–23 | Chris Wells | 17 | 19 | 3 | ECAC | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6th ECAC | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Quinnipiac (1–2, 3–2, 1–2 OT) | Did not qualify |
| 2021–22 | Chris Wells | 15 | 15 | 7 | ECAC | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7th ECAC | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Yale (4–2, 2–4, 2–3) | Did not qualify |
| 2020–21 | Chris Wells | 6 | 7 | 0 | ECAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2nd ECAC | Won Semifinals vs. Clarkson (4–3 OT) Lost Championship vs. Colgate (3–2) | Did not qualify |
| 2019–20 | Chris Wells | 13 | 16 | 7 | ECAC | 8 | 10 | 4 | 8th ECAC | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Cornell (2–7, 2–3) | Did not qualify |
| 2018–19 | Chris Wells | 14 | 15 | 7 | ECAC | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5th ECAC | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Princeton (1–4, 2–6) | Did not qualify |
| 2017–18 | Chris Wells | 20 | 11 | 4 | ECAC | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4th ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Quinnipic (3–1, 2–1) Lost Semifinals vs. Clarkson (2–4) | Did not qualify |
| 2016–17 | Chris Wells | 26 | 6 | 4 | ECAC | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2nd ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Yale (4–1, 4–0) Lost Semifinals vs. Cornell (3–1) | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Boston College (6–0) |
| 2015–16 | Chris Wells | 17 | 15 | 6 | ECAC | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6th ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Princeton (1–0, 3–4, 4–3 OT) Lost Semifinals vs. Quinnipiac (1–2) | Did not qualify |
| 2014–15 | Chris Wells | 19 | 12 | 5 | ECAC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5th ECAC | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Cornell (1–3, 2–3) | Did not qualify |
| 2013–14 | Chris Wells | 13 | 19 | 3 | ECAC | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5th ECAC | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Quinnipiac (0–5, 1–2) | Did not qualify |
| 2012–13 | Chris Wells | 19 | 14 | 5 | ECAC | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5th ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Quinnipiac (1–0 OT, 2–3 3OT, 2–0) Lost Semifinals vs. Cornell (2–4) | Did not qualify |
| 2011–12 | Chris Wells | 24 | 10 | 4 | ECAC | 14 | 6 | 2 | 5th ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Dartmouth (4–3 OT, 2–0) Won Semifinals vs. Harvard (2–1 OT) Won Championship vs. Cornell (3–1) | Lost First Round vs. Boston College (3–6) |
| 2010–11 | Chris Wells | 16 | 18 | 2 | ECAC | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7th ECAC | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Harvard (1–6, 3–8) | Did not qualify |
| 2009–10 | Chris Wells | 16 | 14 | 7 | ECAC | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7th ECAC | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Clarkson (0–5, 2–1, 1–4) | Did not qualify |
| 2008–09 | Chris Wells | 24 | 11 | 3 | ECAC | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2nd ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Clarkson (4–3 OT, 2–1) Lost Semifinals vs. Dartmouth (2–5) | Lost First Round vs. Mercyhurst (1–3) |
| 2007–08 | Paul Flanagan | 28 | 10 | 1 | ECAC | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2nd ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Yale (2–1 OT, 3–2 OT) Won Semifinals vs. Dartmouth (3–1) Lost Championship vs. Harvard (2–3 OT) | Lost First Round vs. New Hampshire (2–3 OT) |
| 2006–07 | Paul Flanagan | 29 | 8 | 3 | ECAC | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3rd ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Clarkson (3–2, 3–1) Won Semifinals vs. Harvard (4–3) Lost Championship vs. Dartmouth (3–7) | Won First Round vs. New Hampshire (6–2) Lost Frozen Four vs. Wisconsin (0–4) |
| 2005–06 | Paul Flanagan | 31 | 5 | 2 | ECAC | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1st ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Yale (6–3, 6–2) Lost Semifinals vs. Harvard (1–3) | Won First Round vs. Minnesota-Duluth (1–0) Lost Frozen Four vs. Wisconsin (0–1) |
| 2004–05 | Paul Flanagan | 28 | 8 | 5 | ECAC | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3rd ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Brown (0–3, 3–0, 5–2) Lost Semifinals vs. Dartmouth (2–4) | Won First Round vs. Minnesota-Duluth (3–2 OT) Lost Frozen Four vs. Harvard (1–4) |
| 2003–04 | Paul Flanagan | 28 | 10 | 1 | ECAC | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2nd ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Colgate (5–1, 0–1, 7–1) Won Semifinals vs. Dartmouth (4–2) Lost Championship vs. Harvard (1–6) | Lost First Round vs. Harvard (1–2) |
| 2002–03 | Paul Flanagan | 22 | 9 | 4 | ECAC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4th ECAC | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Brown (4–1, 1–3, 1–3) | Did not qualify |
| 2001–02 | Paul Flanagan | 22 | 10 | 4 | ECAC | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3rd ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. Cornell (4–3, 2–1 OT) Lost Semifinals vs. Brown (1–3) | Did not qualify |
| 2000–01 | Paul Flanagan | 24 | 8 | 3 | ECAC | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3rd ECAC | Won Quarterfinals vs. New Hampshire (1–0) Lost Semifinals vs. Harvard (1–7) | Won First Round vs. Dartmouth (3–1) Lost Championship vs. Minnesota-Duluth (2–4) |
| 1999–2000 | Paul Flanagan | 18 | 15 | 1 | ECAC | 11 | 12 | 1 | 7th ECAC | Lost Quarterfinals vs. Harvard (3–7) | Did not qualify |
| 1998–99 | Ron Waske | 11 | 17 | 2 | ECAC | 8 | 16 | 2 | 10th ECAC | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1997–98 | Ron Waske | 8 | 16 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 1996–97 | Pam Mahoney | 7 | 19 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 1995–96 | Bernie McKinnon | 6 | 15 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 1994–95 | Bernie McKinnon | 9 | 10 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 1993–94 | Bernie McKinnon | 10 | 9 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1992–93 | Bernie McKinnon | 10 | 8 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 1991–92 | Bernie McKinnon | 8 | 9 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1990–91 | Bernie McKinnon | 5 | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 1989–90 | Bernie McKinnon | 4 | 13 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1988–89 | Bernie McKinnon | 7 | 16 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 1987–88 | Bernie McKinnon | 7 | 11 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 1986–87 | Bernie McKinnon | 14 | 9 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 1985–86 | Bernie McKinnon | 9 | 10 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1984–85 | Bernie McKinnon | 12 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 1983–84 | Bernie McKinnon | 14 | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 1982–83 | Bernie McKinnon | 12 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1981–82 | Bernie McKinnon | 12 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1980–81 | Bernie McKinnon | 8 | 10 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1979–80 | Bernie McKinnon | 12 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| 1978–79 | Bernie McKinnon | 11 | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | |
Source

### Coaches

| Years | Coach | Record |
| 1974 | Bill Coakley | 1–1–1 |
| 1974–77 | Tom McDonald | |
| 1978–1997 | Bernie McKinnon | 170–164–14 |
| 1996–97 | Ron Waske/Pam Seaborn | 17–19–0 |
| 1997–99 | Ron Waske | 19–34–5 |
| 1999–2008 | Paul Flanagan | 230–83–24 |
| 2008–present | Chris Wells | 131–98–29 |

## Current Roster
### 2022–23 Saints

As of September 15, 2022.

## Notable players

* Isabelle Chartrand
* Sabrina Harbec
* Gina Kingsbury, (remains in the university's top-5 in career points (152) and goals (74)) and holds the school record with nine points in a game (4 goals, 5 assists)

### Olympians

* Isabelle Chartrand Canada: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament
* Gina Kingsbury, Canada: 2006 and 2010 Olympics
* Former St. Lawrence University women's hockey assistant coach Jodi McKenna was an assistant for Team USA at the 2010 Olympics, which won the silver medal.
* When Gina Kingsbury won her first gold medal with Canada in 2006, she became the third St. Lawrence alumnus-athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. Her jersey number for Canada is 27, the same number that she had while skating for St. Lawrence. Fellow hockey player, Isabelle Chartrand was the second St. Lawrence alumnus who won an Olympic gold medal (doing so with Canada's women in 2002). The first St. Lawrence alum was Ed Rimkus, who won gold in 1932.

### International

* Grace Harrison, Goaltender New Zealand: 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II, Group B – Silver Medal

### Scoring leaders

| Player | Years played | Points |
| Sabrina Harbec | 2004–08 | 217 |
| Rebecca Russell | 2001–05 | 178 |
| Chelsea Grills | 2003–08 | 167 |
| Carson Duggan | 2000–04 | 159 |
| Gina Kingsbury | 2000–04 | 152 |

## Awards and honors

* Rachel Barrie, 2003 Sarah Devens Award
* Brittony Chartier, 2010 Frozen Four Skills Competition participant
* Marianna Locke, 2009 Sarah Devens Award
* Meghan Maguire, Defense, 2002 ECAC North Second Team
* Britni Smith, Defense, 2009 Second Team All-ECAC
* Britni Smith, Pre-Season 2009–10 All-ECAC Team
* Britni Smith, 2010 Frozen Four Skills Competition participant
* Grace Harrison: Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Division I Goaltender of the Month for January 2019

### ECAC awards

* Rachel Barrie, Goalie, 2002 ECAC North First Team
* Rachel Barrie, 2002 ECAC-North Goalie of the Year
* Alison Domenico, Forward, 2009 Second Team All-ECAC
* Alison Domenico, 2009 ECAC Best Defensive Forward
* Gina Kingsbury, Forward, 2002 ECAC North First Team
* Gina Kingsbury, two-time ECAC All-Conference

#### ECAC All-Rookie Team

* Lucy Morgan, 2019–20 ECAC All-Rookie Team Selection

#### ECAC All-Tournament Team

* Sabrina Harbec, 2007 ECAC All-Tournament team

#### ECAC Monthly awards

* Taylor Lum, ECAC Adirondack Health Rookie of the Month (March 2021)

#### ECAC Weekly awards

* Jamie Goldsmith, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 12, 2009)
* Kelly Sabatine, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 19, 2009)
* Kayla Sullivan, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 26, 2009)
* Rachel Bjorgan, Adirondack Health Rookie of the Week (Awarded March 8, 2021)
* Kayla Vespa, ECAC Hockey Player of the Week (St. Lawrence) (awarded October 21, 2019)

### All-America honors

* Isabelle Chartrand, Second Team All-America honors (2001)
* Gina Kingsbury, All-America honors (2004)
* Rebecca Russell, All-America honors (2005)
* Sabrina Harbec, First Team All-America selection (2006)
* Annie Guay, Second Team All-America selection (2006)
* Sabrina Harbec, All-America honors (2007, 2008)
* Annie Guay, All-America honors (2007, 2008)
* Brooke Webster, ACHA Women's CCM Hockey Division I Second Team All-America

### Patty Kazmaier Award finalists

| Year | Player | Position |
| 2008 | Sabrina Harbec | Forward |
| 2007 | Sabrina Harbec | Forward |
| 2006 | Sabrina Harbec Jessica Moffat | Forward Goalie 2005 Forward |
In 2005, Harbec was a top three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. She was the first St. Lawrence player to be a finalist for the award.

## Saints in professional hockey

| = CWHL All-Star | = NWHL All-Star | = Clarkson Cup Champion | = Isobel Cup Champion |
| Player | Position | Team(s) | League(s) | Years | Championships |
| Nadine Edney | | Sydney Sirens EHV Sabres Wien | AWIHL EWHL | 2 | 2020 Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy 2021 Austrian women's league championship |
| Annie Guay | Defense | Montreal Stars | CWHL | | 2011 Clarkson Cup |
| Sabrina Harbec | Forward | Montreal Stars | CWHL | | 2009 Clarkson Cup |
| Grace Harrison | Goaltender | Botany Swarm | NZIHL | 3 | |
| Gina Kingsbury | Forward | Montreal Axion Calgary Oval X-Treme | NWHL WWHL | | Gold Medal: 2007 Esso Women's Nationals 2016 Clarkson Cup asst. coach |
| Hannah Miller | Forward | Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays Dream Gap Tour | CWHL PWHPA | | |
| Kayla Nielsen | | Sydney Sirens EHV Sabres Wien | AWIHL EWHL | 2 | 2020 Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy 2021 Austrian women's league championship |
| Britni Smith | Defense | Toronto Furies | CWHL | | 2014 Clarkson Cup scored GWG |
| Brooke Webster | Forward | Vanke Rays Markham Thunder | CWHL | 2 | |