St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey

The St. Lawrence Saints represent 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 all participated in the inaugural NCAA Championship tournament. Their current head coach is St. Lawrence alumna Chris Wells, who is in his second season, and has an record of 39 wins, 23 losses and 10 ties.
==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.St. Lawrence University: Sesquicentennial
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.St. Lawrence University: Women's Hockey
Following the 2007-08 season, Head Coach Paul Flanagan left St. Lawrence to a position with Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey program. 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 himSt. Lawrence University: Women's Hockey and in his first season coached the team to a berth in the national championship tournament with a record of 24-11-3.
==Head Coaches==
*Bernie McKinnon (1978-1996)
*Pam Mahoney (1996-1997) 7-19-0
*Ron Waske (1997-1999) 19-34-5
*Paul Flanagan (1999-2008) 230-83-24
*Chris Wells (2008-present) 221-161-57 as of end of 2019-20 season
==Arenas==
*Appleton Arena (1978-present)
==Year by Year Record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference	Conference 	Conference 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
1978-79 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16 	11 	5 	0 	 	
1979-80 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16 	12 	4 	0 	 	
1980-81 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19 	8 	10 	1 	 	
1981-82 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18 	12 	5 	1 	 	
1982-83 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20 	12 	7 	1 	 	
1983-84 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19 	14 	5 	0 	 	
1984-85 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19 	12 	7 	0 	 	
1985-86 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20 	9 	10 	1 	 	
1986-87 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	23 	14 	9 	0 	 	
1987-88 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18 	7 	11 	0 	 	
1988-89 	18 	4 	14 	0 	 	 	8 	13th 	Did not qualify 	23 	7 	16 	0 	 	
1989-90 	16 	5 	11 	1 	 	 	11 	10th 	Did not qualify 	18 	4 	13 	1 	 	
1990-91 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19 	5 	11 	3 	 	
1991-92 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18 	8 	9 	1 	 	
1992-93 	12 	6 	6 	0 	 	 	12 	9th 	Did not qualify 	20 	10 	8 	2 	 	
1993-94 	11 	6 	4 	1 	 	 	13 	6th 	L, QF 6-0 (Brown) 	20 	10 	9 	1 	 	
1994-95 	14 	8 	6 	0 	 	 	16 	8th 	W, QF 2-0 (Brown) L, SF 5-1 (New Hampshire) 	19 	9 	10 	0 	 	
1995-96 	16 	2 	12 	2 	52 	86 	6 	11th 	Did not qualify 	22 	6 	14 	2 	 	
1996-97 	22 	4 	18 	0 	 	 	8 	11th 	Did not qualify 	26 	7 	19 	0 	 	
1997-98 	22 	5 	14 	3 	 	 	13 	9th 	Did not qualify 	27 	8 	16 	3 	 	
1998-99 	26 	8 	16 	2 	 	 	18 	10th 	Did not qualify 	31 	11 	18 	2 	 	
1999-00 	24 	11 	12 	1 	66 	66 	23 	7th 	L, QF 7-3 (Harvard) 	34 	18 	15 	1 	105 	83
2000-01 	24 	18 	4 	2 	97 	46 	38 	3rd 	W, QF 1-0 (New Hampshire) L, SF 7-1 (Harvard) 	35 	24 	8 	3 	124 	77
2001-02 	16 	12 	3 	1 	63 	29 	25 	T-2nd North	W, QF 2 games to none (Cornell) L, SF 3-1 (Brown) 	36 	22 	10 	4 	117 	72
2002-03 	16 	10 	4 	2 	79 	29 	22 	T-3rd 	L, QF 2 games to 1 (Brown) 	35 	22 	9 	4 	144 	69
2003-04 	18 	15 	3 	0 	81 	29 	30 	T-3rd 	W, QF 2 games to 1 (Colgate) W, SF 4-2 (Dartmouth) L, F 6-1 (Harvard) 	39 	28 	10 	1 	143 	75
2004-05 	20 	14 	3 	3 	72 	40 	31 	3rd 	W, QF 2 games to 1 (Brown) L, SF 4-2 (Dartmouth) 	41 	28 	8 	5 	13 	85
2005-06 	22 	16 	2 	2 	83 	22 	34 	1st 	W, QF 2 games to none (Yale) L, SF 3-1 (Harvard) 	38 	31 	5 	2 	148 	48
2006-07 	22 	17 	4 	1 	108 	41 	35 	T-2nd 	W, QF 2 games to none (Clarkson) W, SF 4-3 (Harvard) L, F 7-3 (Dartmouth) 	40 	29 	8 	3 	166 	86
2007-08 	22 	18 	3 	1 	98 	41 	37 	2nd 	W, QF 2 games to none (Yale) W, SF 3-1 (Dartmouth) L, F 3-2  (ot) (Harvard) 	39 	28 	10 	1 	153 	77
2008-09 	22 	16 	5 	1 	67 	41 	33 	2nd 	W, QF 2 games to none (Clarkson) L, SF 5-2 (Dartmouth) 	38 	24 	11 	3 	115 	82
2009-10 	22 	11 	8 	3 	50 	41 	25 	7th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Clarkson) 	37 	16 	14 	7 	88 	85
2010-11 	22 	11 	11 	0 	51 	48 	22 	7th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Harvard) 	36 	16 	18 	2 	90 	96
2011-12 	22 	14 	6 	2 	69 	44 	30 	T-4th 	W, QF 2 games to none (Dartmouth) W, SF 2-1 (ot) (Harvard) W, F 3-1 (Cornell)	38 	24 	10 	4 	121 	83
2012-13 	22 	12 	6 	4 	65 	54 	28 	5th 	W, QF 2 games to 1 (Quinnipiac) L, SF 4-2 (Cornell) 	38 	19 	14 	5 	98 	92
2013-14 	22 	12 	7 	3 	56 	42 	27 	5th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Quinnipiac) 	35 	13 	19 	3 	74 	85
2014-15 	22 	13 	5 	4 	67 	50 	30 	T-4th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Cornell) 	36 	19 	12 	5 	105 	91
2015-16 	22 	9 	8 	5 	45 	47 	23 	6th 	W, QF 2 games to 1 (Princeton) L, SF 2-1 (Quinnipiac) 	38 	17 	15 	6 	93 	98
2016-17 	22 	16 	3 	3 	75 	30 	35 	2nd 	W, QF 2 games to none (Yale) L, SF 3-1 (Cornell) 	36 	26 	6 	4 	115 	58
2017-18 	22 	14 	6 	2 	67 	40 	30 	4th 	W, QF 2 games to none (Quinnipiac) L, SF 4-2 (Clarkson) 	35 	20 	11 	4 	96 	73
2018-19 	22 	9 	7 	6 	51 	46 	24 	5th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Princeton) 	36 	14 	15 	7 	76 	87
2019-20 	22 	8 	10 	4 	34 	43 	20 	8th 	L, QF 2 games to none (Cornell) 	36 	13 	16 	7 	73 	83
2020-21 	11 	5 	6 	0 	23 	23 	- 	2nd 	W, SF 4-3 (ot) (Clarkson) L, F 3-2 (Colgate) 	13 	6 	7 	0 	29 	29
2021-22 	22 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2022-23 	22 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2023-24 	22 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
http://www.uscho.com/stats/teamYxY.php/st-lawrence-saints/womens-college-hockey/team,slu/gender,w.html
==NCAA Tournament Appearances==
NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship	NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Championship
Season 	Quarterfinals 	Semifinals 	Championship 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2001 	N/A 	W, 3-1 (Dartmouth) 	L, 4-2 (Minnesota-Duluth) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2004 	L, 2-1 (Harvard) 	-- 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2005 	W, 3-2 (ot) (Minnesota-Duluth) 	L, 4-1 (Harvard) 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2006 	W, 1-0 (Minnesota-Duluth) 	L, 1-0 (Wisconsin) 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2007 	W, 6-2 (New Hampshire) 	L, 4-0 (Wisconsin) 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2008 	L, 3-2 (ot) (New Hampshire) 	-- 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2009 	L, 3-1 (Mercyhurst) 	-- 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2012 	L, 6-3 (Boston College) 	-- 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2017 	L, 6-0 (Boston College) 	-- 	-- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==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 	24-11-3
==Olympians==
*Isabelle Chartrand
*Gina Kingsbury, 2006 and 2010 Olympicshttp://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/women%27s+hockey/story/4089
*Former St. Lawrence University assistant women's hockey 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. http://www.stlawu.edu/graduates/amazing.html
==Notable players==
*Isabelle Chartrand
*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)
==Awards and honors==
*Rachel Barrie, Goalie, 2002 ECAC North First Team
*Rachel Barrie, 2002 ECAC-North Goalie of the Year http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2002/march/031402.html
*Rachel Barrie, 2003 Sarah Devens Award 
*Brittony Chartier, 2010 Frozen Four Skills Competition participant http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/031010aaa.html 
*Alison Domenico, 2009 ECAC Best Defensive Forward http://www.brownbears.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/030309aad.html
*Alison Domenico, Forward, 2009 Second Team All-ECAC
*Jamie Goldsmith, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 12, 2009)http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/20091210_W_Wkly_Awards
*Gina Kingsbury, Forward, 2002 ECAC North First Team
*Gina Kingsbury, All-America honors (2004)
*Gina Kingsbury, two-time ECAC All-Conference
*Marianna Locke, 2009 Sarah Devens Award 
*Meghan Maguire, Defense, 2002 ECAC North Second Team
*Kelly Sabatine, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 19, 2009)http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/20091910_W_Wkly_Awards
*Britni Smith, Defense, 2009 Second Team All-ECAC http://www.brownbears.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/030309aad.html
*Britni Smith, Pre-Season 2009-10 All-ECAC Team http://ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/2009_Women-s_Preseaon_All-League_Team.pdf 
*Britni Smith, 2010 Frozen Four Skills Competition participant
*Kayla Sullivan, http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/Weekly_Awards/20092610_W_Wkly_Awards, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 26, 2009)
===Patty Kazmaier Award finalists===
Year	Player 	Position
2008	Sabrina Harbec	Forward
2007	Sabrina Harbec	Forward
2006	Sabrina Harbec
Jessica Moffat	Forward
Goalie
==References==
==Links==
*ECAC Women's hockey website
*St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey website
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