| Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey | ||
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| University | Yale University | |
| Conference | ECAC | |
| Head coach | Hilary Witt | |
| 8 year, 96–126–23 | ||
| Arena | Ingalls Rink Capacity: |
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| Location | New Haven, Connecticut | |
| Colors | Yale Blue and White
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Yale University women's ice hockey (YWIH) is an NCAA Division I varsity ice hockey program at Yale University in New Haven, CT.
The roots of the Yale University ice hockey program date back to 1975 when the team, at first, competed as a club team. Only 2 years later the program elevated its status to be a varsity team in the 1977-78 season[1]. That makes YWIH one of the oldest varsity women's ice hockey programs in the country.
Yale competes in the ECAC Hockey League (ECACHL), along with Ivy League foes Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Dartmouth and Brown. Both the Yale men's and women's ice-hockey teams play at Ingalls Rink, also known as "The Whale".
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The current head coach is Hilary Witt, (she joined the Bulldogs as an assistant coach in 2001-02), who has been serving in the head coaching position since the 2002-03 season. Kimberly Mathias and Paul Nemetz-Carlson serve as associate head coach and assistant coach respectively.
Witt was named ECAC Women's Coach of the Year in 2002-03, and became Yale's all-time leader in wins in 2005. The 2004-05 squad set the school record for overall wins (16) and conference wins (12), earning a trip to the ECAC semifinals for the first time. The 2007-08 team broke the school record for goals in a season with 96 and finished with the second-most wins in school history, 15.[2]
Yale University debuted its women’s ice hockey program on December 9, 1975. Its first match was versus Choate-Rosemary Hall. The Bulldogs prevailed by a 5-3 tally. Two years later, the Bulldogs hockey program would attain varsity status. [3]
Laurie Belliveau played for Yale from 1994-1998. In four years, she participated in 98 games. Statistically, she logged 5,809 minutes, recorded 4,262 saves, and registered a .911 save percentage while posting a 4.32 goals against average. She has averaged more than 43 saves per game. In 1994-95, Belliveau became the first freshman in any sport to earn Ivy League Player of the Year honors. During the season, she made an ECAC record 78 saves in a game. The opponent was the Providence Friars women's ice hockey program. [4]
In 1998, Laurie Belliveau was one of two Ivy League players named first team All-Americans. [5] This was the first time that Ivy League women's hockey players were bestowed such an honor. On April 3, 2011 former Yale player Mandi Schwartz succumbed to recurrent acute myeloid leukemia at age 23.[6] She was a forward on Yale's women's hockey team and had a string of 73 consecutive games played.[7]
In April 2011, the Yale Bulldogs introduced the Mandi Schwartz Award. The award is given in acknowledgement of a Yale Bulldog player’s courage, grit and determination. Aleca Hughes was named as the first winner of the award. [8]
| Year | Wins | Losses | Ties | Coach | Postseason |
| 2010-11 | Joakim Flygh | ||||
| 2009-10 | Hilary Witt | ||||
| 2008-09 | 12 | 16 | 1 | Hilary Witt | |
| 2007-08 | 11 | 14 | 6 | Hilary Witt | |
| 2006-07 | 15 | 14 | 2 | Hilary Witt | |
| 2005-06 | 11 | 15 | 5 | Hilary Witt | |
| 2004-05 | 16 | 15 | 1 | Hilary Witt | |
| 2003-04 | 12 | 16 | 3 | Hilary Witt | |
| 2002-03 | 9 | 20 | 2 | Hilary Witt | |
| 2001-02 | 9 | 19 | 3 | John Marchetti | |
| 2000-01 | 3 | 23 | 2 | John Marchetti | |
| 1999-2000 | 6 | 22 | 1 | John Marchetti | |
| 1998-99 | 5 | 21 | 3 | John Marchetti | |
| 1997-98 | 7 | 19 | 2 | John Marchetti | |
| 1996-97 | 4 | 23 | 0 | Joe Snecinski | |
| 1995-96 | 2 | 20 | 3 | Joe Snecinski | |
| 1994-95 | 3 | 21 | 0 | Joe Snecinski | |
| 1993-94 | 4 | 16 | 1 | Joe Snecinski | |
| 1992-93 | 4 | 14 | 1 | Joe Snecinski | |
| 1991-92 | 6 | 13 | 1 | Barry Curseaden | |
| 1990-91 | 5 | 13 | 0 | Barry Curseaden | |
| 1989-90 | 4 | 12 | 1 | Barry Curseaden | |
| 1988-89 | 5 | 11 | 1 | Vic Russo | |
| 1987-88 | 7 | 11 | 0 | Vic Russo | |
| 1986-87 | 5 | 14 | 0 | Dave Beecher | |
| 1985-86 | 12 | 8 | 0 | Kathy Lenahan | |
| 1984-85 | 10 | 9 | 1 | Kathy Lenahan | |
| 1983-84 | 8 | 9 | 1 | Peter Downey | |
| 1982-83 | 3 | 15 | 1 | Peter Downey | |
| 1981-82 | 4 | 10 | 0 | Tyler Benson | |
| 1980-81 | 6 | 7 | 0 | Tyler Benson | |
| 1979-80 | 8 | 5 | 0 | Tyler Benson | |
| 1978-79 | 8 | 6 | 1 | Tyler Benson | |
| 1977-78 | 7 | 5 | 1 | Tyler Benson |
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