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St. Lawrence Saints
St. Lawrence Saints wordmark.
Institution: St. Lawrence University
Location: Canton, New York
School founded: 1856
Enrollment: 2,572
Colors: Scarlet and Brown
Home Arena: Appleton Arena
Capacity: 3,200
Dimensions: 200' x 85'
Women's Team
Conference: ECAC Hockey
Coach: Chris Wells
Conf. Championships: 2012

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.[1]

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.[2]

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 him[3] 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[]

Arenas[]

Year by Year Record[]

Season GP W L T GF GA Pts Finish Conference Tournament GP W L T GF GA
Conference 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

[4]

NCAA Tournament Appearances[]

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 Olympics[5]
  • 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.[6]

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[7]
  • Rachel Barrie, 2003 Sarah Devens Award [8]
  • Brittony Chartier, 2010 Frozen Four Skills Competition participant[9]
  • Alison Domenico, 2009 ECAC Best Defensive Forward [10]
  • Alison Domenico, Forward, 2009 Second Team All-ECAC
  • Jamie Goldsmith, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 12, 2009)[11]
  • 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 [12]
  • Meghan Maguire, Defense, 2002 ECAC North Second Team
  • Kelly Sabatine, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 19, 2009)[13]
  • Britni Smith, Defense, 2009 Second Team All-ECAC [14]
  • Britni Smith, Pre-Season 2009-10 All-ECAC Team[15]
  • Britni Smith, 2010 Frozen Four Skills Competition participant
  • Kayla Sullivan, [16], ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 26, 2009)

Patty Kazmaier Award finalists[]

Main article: Patty Kazmaier Award
Year Player Position
2008 Sabrina Harbec Forward
2007 Sabrina Harbec Forward
2006 Sabrina Harbec

Jessica Moffat

Forward

Goalie

References[]

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