Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey

Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey
Current season

University Yale University
Conference ECAC
Head coach Joakim Flygh
5 year, 39–96–15
Arena Ingalls Rink
Capacity: 3,500
Location New Haven, Connecticut
Colors Yale Blue and White

             

Yale University women's ice hockey (YWIH) is an NCAA Division I varsity ice hockey program at Yale University in New Haven, CT.

One of the oldest varsity women's ice hockey programs in the country, Yale women's ice hockey dates back to 1975. Beginning as a club sport, the program gained varsity team status in 1977-78.[1]

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".

YWIH participates in Bulldog Buddies, a program at Yale New Haven Hospital that teams children with brain tumors with one of the Yale Athletic Teams. In 2011, they adopted a nine-year-old girl with a brain tumor, she goes to all of the home games and calls them when she is in the blues.

Coaches

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]

History

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.[4] 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.[5] She was a forward on Yale's women's hockey team and had a string of 73 consecutive games played.[5]

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.[6]

Year by year

Year Wins Losses Ties Coach Postseason
2014-1515 15 1 Joakim Flygh
2013-14 9 16 7 Joakim Flygh
2012-13 5 21 3 Joakim Flygh
2011-12 1 27 1 Joakim Flygh
2010-11 9 17 3 Joakim Flygh
2009-1010 16 3 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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International

Olympians

Awards and honors

ECAC All-Academic

Hockey Humanitarian award finalists

Ivy League honors

New England hockey writers All-Star Team

USCHO honors

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yale University Bulldogs, Official Athletic Site
  2. ↑ "Hilary Witt Inducted into Women’s Beanpot Hall of Fame". Yale Bulldogs. 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Ivy Women’s Hockey". Ivy Women in Sports: profiles of women from the Ivy League’s history. February 22, 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "ATHLETIC AWARDS, Elliott and Mallory Awards: Varsity Sports". Yale Bulletin and Calendar. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Former Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz dies at 23 - ESPN New York". Sports.espn.go.com. 2011-04-05. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  6. ↑ "Emotional Week Culminates with Annual Banquet". Yale Bulldogs. 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  7. ↑ "Statistics :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  8. ↑ "Helen Resor Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  9. ↑ "Giving to Yale". Yaletomorrow.yale.edu. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  10. ↑ "Women's Ice Hockey". Whockey.com. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
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  12. ↑ "ECAC Hockey" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
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  14. ↑ "Nicole Stock and Paige Pyett Named All-ECAC Hockey - Brown". Brownbears.com. 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  15. ↑ "2009 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Nominees Announced". ECAC Hockey. 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
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  18. ↑ "ECAC Hockey" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  19. ↑ "Snikeris Named Goaltender of the Year". ECAC Hockey. 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Snikeris Named ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of Year". ECAC Hockey. 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  21. ↑ Mandi Schwartz. "Mandi Schwartz". Yale Bulldogs. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  22. ↑ "Yale's Hughes Named Finalist for Hockey Humanitarian Award - Ivy League". Ivyleaguesports.com. 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  23. ↑ "Aleca Hughes Among Nominees for Hockey Humanitarian Award". Yale Bulldogs. 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  24. ↑ "Freshman Katie Jamieson Receives All-Ivy Accolades". February 25, 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  25. ↑ "Jackee Snikeris Named to New England All-Star Team". Yale Bulldogs. 2011-03-30. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
  26. ↑ "USCHO.com’s 2004-05 D-I Women’s Year-End Honors :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". USCHO.com. 2005-03-22. Retrieved 2013-12-01.

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