St. Benedict Bennies women's ice hockey

St. Benedict Bennies
Institution:	College of Saint Benedict
Location:	St. Joseph, Minnesota
School founded:	1913
Enrollment:	1,924
Colors:	Red & White
Home Arena:	Ritsche Arena
Capacity:	400
Dimensions:	200' x 85'
Women's Team
Conference:	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Coach:	Lindsay Macy

The St. Benedict Bennies (formerly known as the St. Benedict Blazers) are a Women's Division III team in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference representing the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. The team is based out of the Ritsche Arena, which is located in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The women's program was established for the 1997-98 season. The school is a sister institution to St. John's University, located in Collegeville, Minnesota.

Conferences

• Midwestern Collegiate Women's Hockey Alliance (1997-1998)
• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1998-Present)

Arenas

• River Lakes Civic Arena (1997-2002)
• Ritsche Arena (2002-present)

Head Coaches

• Bill Kelly (1997-1999) 22-23-2
• Tom Peart (1999-2003) 51-69-5
• Dave Laliberte (2003-2005) 13-30-2
• Neil Andruschak (Interim) (2005-2006) 4-16-3
• Pat Machaud (2006-2011) 21-75-18
• Jennifer Kranz (2011-2018) 37-115-13
• Nick Thibault (2019-2022) 28-45-6
• Lindsay Macy (2022-present) 25-24-2

Year by Year Record

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Midwestern Collegiate Women's Hockey Alliance										Overall Record
1997-98	16	8	8	0	56	67	16	-	N/A	21	11	8	2	70	73
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1998-99	10	4	6	0	39	25	8	4th of 6	L, SF 4-1 (Gustavus Adolphus) L, 3P 5-2 (Augsburg)	20	7	13	0	63	61
1999-00	14	6	7	1	54	34	13	4th of 8	L, SF 3-1, 7-0 (Augsburg)	25	12	12	1	87	72
2000-01	18	9	7	2	86	73	20	5th of 10	Did not qualify	23	12	9	2	96	86
2001-02	18	9	9	0	63	61	18	5th of 10	L, QF 7-4 (Concordia)	25	10	15	0	78	89
2002-03	18	3	13	2	36	61	8	8th of 10	Did not qualify	24	4	18	2	52	84
2003-04	18	4	12	2	49	67	10	9th of 10	Did not qualify	22	6	14	2	58	79
2004-05	18	7	11	0	46	67	14	T-6th of 10	Did not qualify	23	7	16	0	52	92
2005-06	18	4	11	3	46	82	11	8th of 10	Did not qualify	23	4	16	3	58	107
2006-07	18	2	11	5	39	77	9	9th of 10	Did not qualify	24	2	17	5	43	108
2007-08	18	4	12	2	36	59	10	10th of 10	Did not qualify	22	4	16	2	39	77
2008-09	18	6	8	4	37	45	16	T-5th of 10	Did not qualify	20	8	8	4	41	47
2009-10	18	1	13	4	28	56	6	10th of 10	Did not qualify	25	3	18	4	38	74
2010-11	18	3	12	3	26	69	9	8th of 10	Did not qualify	23	4	16	3	36	86
2011-12	18	3	12	3	38	60	9	T-9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	5	17	3	49	85
2012-13	18	3	13	2	27	52	8	8th of 10	Did not qualify	22	5	13	4	36	58
2013-14	18	4	14	0	29	55	8	9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0	52	82
2014-15	18	6	10	2	35	54	14	8th of 10	Did not qualify	22	7	13	2	43	73
2015-16	18	5	10	3	31	49	12	8th of 10	Did not qualify	25	7	15	3	42	78
2016-17	18	1	14	3	34	60	5	10th of 10	Did not qualify	25	4	18	3	57	84
2017-18	18	1	16	1	30	82	3	10th of 10	Did not qualify	24	2	21	1	40	103
2018-19	18	4	12	2	26	54	10	9th of 10	Did not qualify	23	7	14	2	42	63
2019-20	18	6	12	0	31	52	12	T-7th of 10	Did not qualify	24	11	12	1	55	58
2020-21	5	0	3	2	7	16	.200	N/A	Cancelled	9	0	7	2	12	32
2021-22	14	6	7	1	28	32	,476	6th of 10	L, QF 5-3 (Saint Mary's)	23	10	12	1	56	65
2022-23	18	11	7	0	49	41	33	3rd of 10	L, SF 5-2 (Augsburg)	26	14	12	0	70	71
2023-24	18	7	9	2	44	50	23	T-6th of 10	Did not qualify	25	11	12	2	67	66

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Links

• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's hockey website
• St. Benedict Bennies women's hockey website