Katie Lachapelle (born March 18, 1977) is an American ice hockey player and coach. She is the head coach for the Holy Cross Crusaders women's ice hockey team.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Holy Cross |
| Conference | Hockey East |
| Record | 19–88–7 (.197) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 18, 1977 Lewiston, Maine, US |
| Alma mater | Providence College |
| Playing career | |
| 1995–1999 | Providence Friars |
| Position(s) | Defense, forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2001 | Union (assistant) |
| 2001–2004 | Niagara (assistant) |
| 2004–2008 | Ohio State (assistant) |
| 2008–2017 | Boston University (assistant) |
| 2017–2019 | Holy Cross (associate) |
| 2019–Present | Holy Cross |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| AHCA Women’s Assistant Coach Award (2013) | |
Playing career
editKatherine Lachapelle was born in 1977 in Lewiston, Maine.[1] Her father was a vice-principal at Lewiston High School, and her mother was the principle of Lewiston Middle School.[2] As a student at Lewiston High School, Lachapelle played three sports: softball, ice hockey and field hockey.[3] She played on the boys' ice hockey team, because there was no girls team. In 1995, she was a member of the team that won the Class A state championship.[3] Twenty years later, in 2015, she was inducted into the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame, in recognition of her success both as an athlete and a coach.[4]
Lachapelle attended college at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, and played with the Providence Friars field hockey and ice hockey teams.[2] She had a successful ice hockey career, playing both forward and defense. In her first year, she appeared in the longest women's ice hockey game on record at that time, the 1996 ECAC Hockey championship match against New Hampshire, which went into five overtime periods before New Hampshire claimed the win with a 3–2 score.[3] The following year, Lachapelle was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Star Team.[5] She was co-captain in her senior year, and finished her career with 98 points, on 40 goals and 58 assists, in 116 games.[3][6]
Coaching career
editLachapelle began her coaching career immediately following her graduation from Providence College in 1999, joining the Union Dutchwomen ice hockey program of Union College in Schenectady, New York as an assistant coach. She spent two years with the Dutchwomen, working with defensive players, running practices and assisting with recruiting.[2] She then moved to Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, where she was the assistant coach of the Purple Eagles women's ice hockey team for three seasons. In 2002, while Lachapelle was the primary coach for the team's forwards, the Purple Eagles went to the Frozen Four.[2] In 2004, she accepted a position as assistant coach for Ohio State University, to work with Buckeyes women's ice hockey head coach Jackie Barto, who had been Lachapelle's coach at Providence.[2] Lachapelle stayed as the assistant coach at Ohio State from 2004 to 2008.[7][1][8]
Boston University
editLachapelle joined the Boston University Terriers coaching staff as an assistant coach in the 2008–09 season. She would stay for nine years in this role, working with long-time head coach Brian Durocher. During her time as assistant coach, the BU Terriers won five conference titles, and made six straight appearances in the NCAA tournament.[7] The Terriers made it to the NCAA Frozen Four twice, in 2011 and 2013; both years they played in the NCAA Championship game, ending the season national runner-up. In recognition of her contributions to the team's success, Lachapelle won the 2013 Women's Ice Hockey Assistant Coach Award, given by the American Hockey Coaches Association.[9]
Holy Cross
editLachapelle left Boston University to become an assistant coach for the Holy Cross Crusaders women's hockey team, serving under head coach Peter Van Busick.[10] In 2019, Lachapelle became head coach when Van Busick retired.[11][12] In her first season as coach, the team went 5-20-2 in conference play and 5-23-5 overall.[6] The start of the 2020–21 season was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but play resumed in November 2020.[13][14]
USA Hockey
editLachapelle was selected as assistant coach of the United States women's national under-18 ice hockey team in 2013.[9] She was an assistant coach with the team from 2013 to 2017, during which time the US women's U18 team won three gold medals and one silver at the IHF Women's World U18 Championships.[15] Lachapelle became assistant coach with the US under-22 women's select team for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons.[16][17]
Lachapelle was chosen to be the head coach for the United States women's U18 ice hockey team for the 2021 IIHF Women's World U18 Championship.[16][6][18] However, the championship, which was due to be played in Sweden in January 2021, was officially canceled in September 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[19][20]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross Crusaders (Hockey East) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Holy Cross | 5–23–5 .227) | 5–20–2 .222) | 9th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Holy Cross | 4–15–1 .225) | 4–14–1 .225) | 9th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Holy Cross | 3–25–0 .107) | 1–22–0 .043) | 10th | |||||
| 2022–23 | Holy Cross | 7-25-1 .227) | 6-21-0 .222) | 9th | |||||
| Holy Cross: | 19–88–7 (.197) | 16–77–3 (.182) | |||||||
| Total: | 19–88–7 (.197) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- Source:[21]
References
edit- ^ a b "Player Profile: Katie Lachapelle". EliteProspects.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Lachapelle follows heart to Ohio State". Sun Journal. November 17, 2004. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Fournier, Nathan (April 23, 2015). "A/L Hall of Fame: Lachapelle paved a path in women's hockey". Sun Journal. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ Mills, Kevin C. (April 26, 2015). "A-L Sports Hall of Fame: Lewiston's groundbreaking athletes honored". Sun Journal. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ "2018 U.S. Women's National Team Evaluation Camp Staff Roster – Katie Lachapelle". USA Hockey. Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c Mahoney, Larry (May 6, 2020). "Lewiston woman to coach USA U-18 hockey team in World Championships". Bangor Daily News. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Sigal, Jonathan (October 6, 2016). "Coomey, Lachapelle reflect on BU hockey memories, close bond as assistant coaches". The Daily Free Press. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ "Katie Lachapelle Named Head Coach for U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team". USA Hockey. May 6, 2020. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ a b "Katie Lachapelle named U.S. assistant coach". The Daily Free Press. April 22, 2013. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ Mackinder, Matt (July 20, 2017). "Women's coaching veteran Lachapelle tabbed associate head coach at Holy Cross". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ Cornetta, Kat (November 21, 2019). "Women's Hockey East: All in for Holy Cross". New England Hockey Journal. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ Ulfelder, Steve (July 24, 2019). "Game On: Women's Ice Hockey Coach Embraces New Role". Holy Cross Magazine. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "Hockey East Announces 2020-21 Schedule, Return to Play Details". Hockey East Association. November 11, 2020. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ Toland, Jennifer (September 24, 2019). "Holy Cross hockey squads set to start". Telegram & Gazette. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ "Lachapelle named head coach of U.S. Under-18 Women's National Team". Holy Cross Athletics. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Lachapelle to coach U.S. women's U18 team". International Ice Hockey Federation. May 6, 2020. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "Lachapelle and Roth Named Assistant Coaches for U-18 and U-22 National Teams". Holy Cross Athletics. April 29, 2019. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ Toland, Jennifer (May 6, 2020). "Women's hockey: HC's Katie Lachapelle named national U-18 coach". Telegram & Gazette. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "2021 IIHF Under-18 Women's World Championship". USA Hockey. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ Steiss, Adam (September 17, 2020). "Men's U20, women's U18 cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ "2019-20 Hockey East Women's Standings - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com