Colby Mules women's ice hockey explained

Team Name:	Colby Mules
University:	Colby College
Sex:	women's
Conference:	New England Small College Athletic Conference
Conference Short:	NESCAC
Location:	Waterville, Maine
Coach:	Holley Tyng

The Colby Mules women's ice hockey program represents Colby College. The team used to compete in the ECAC. Currently, the club is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The Mules were one of only two non-Division I schools at the time in the 12-team Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Players

• During the 1995-96 season, Meaghan Sittler led the NCAA with 41 goals and 40 assists in 21 games.^[1] In her final 13 games, Sittler had eight hat tricks and either scored or assisted on 82 of 111 White Mules goals.

Coaches

• Laura Halldorson led the Mules to a 12-9-1 overall record in 1995-96. In the process, she earned ECAC Co-Coach of the Year honors as well as being named the New England Hockey Writers’ Coach of the Year. While at Colby, she recruited and coached U.S. National Team members Meaghan Sittler and Barb Gordon.^[2] Following two seasons as an assistant at Princeton, she took over at Colby, where she spent seven seasons building a program that turned a 5-12-2 record in her first season into a 12-9-1 mark in her last season.

Postseason

ECAC Tournament

• 1988
  • FIRST ROUND, New Hampshire 4, Colby 0
• 1996
  • QUARTERFINALS AT HIGHER SEEDS, No. 1 Brown 7, No. 8 Colby 2^[3]
• 1997
  • QUARTERFINALS, No. 1 Brown 6, No. 8 Colby 2

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Awards and honors

• Laura Halldorson, ECAC Co-Coach of the Year honors
• Laura Halldorson, New England Hockey Writers’ Coach of the Year.
• Courtney Kennedy, 1998 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans
• Meaghan Sittler, 1998 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans^[5]
• Meaghan Sittler, 1998 Top 10 Finalist, Patty Kazmaier Award^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian Stone . March 18, 1996 . Ice in her veins . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110109141547/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1007845/index.htm . 9 January 2011 . 2 July 2010 . sports illustrated.
2. Web site: Laura Halldorson . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090414092513/http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400 . 14 April 2009 . 23 June 2010 . gophersports.com.
3. News: Galleries . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100923004232/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm . 2010-09-23 . 2010-10-01 . CNN.
4. http://www.ecachockey.com/women/tournament/alltime-tourney-results.pdf
5. Web site: American Hockey Coaches Association . 2008-02-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071217085230/http://www.ahcahockey.com/allamer/1998.html . 2007-12-17 .
6. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-07-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611045505/http://www.usahockey.com/uploadedFiles/USAHockey/patty_kazmaier/Menu_Previous_winners/KazAllTime0209.pdf . 2011-06-11 .