UMass Minutewomen ice hockey | |
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University | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Conference | Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League |
Governing Body | ACHA Women's Division 1 |
Head coach | Bill Wright 8th season, 119–49–12 |
Assistant coaches | Kelly Dolan, Brittani Lanzilli |
Captain(s) | Juliana Dolan |
Arena | Mullins Center Community Rink Amherst, Massachusetts |
Colors | Maroon and white[1] |
ACHA Tournament appearances | |
2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 | |
Conference Tournament championships | |
ECWHL: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |
Conference regular season championships | |
ECWHL: 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 | |
Current uniform | |
The UMass Minutemen women's ice hockey team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) in Women's Division 1 of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) and in the Eastern Collegiate Women's Hockey League (ECWHL). The Minutemen are one of the ACHA's premier programs, having qualified for 16 of the 20 ACHA National Tournaments held for women's teams (within 18 years of total ACHA membership), a number second to Michigan State for the all-time lead. Additionally, UMass has won four ECWHL playoff titles (a conference championship total that trails only rival Rhode Island nationally) and has been the home of two Zoë M. Harris Award winners (Maura Grainger in 2008–09 and Brittani Lanzilli in 2015–16), one of five ACHA D1 programs to produce multiple recipients of the honor.
Bill Wright has been the team's head coach since 2012 and has led the Minutemen to their only ACHA championship game appearance (2014).