Michael Sisti

Michael Sisti is the women's ice hockey current head coach at Mercyhurst University. Since 1999, he has coached Mercyhurst to 4 Frozen Four appearances, 11 College Hockey America (CHA) post-season titles, and 1 Great Lakes Women's Hockey Association (GLWHA) post-season title.

Michael Sisti
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamMercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey
ConferenceCHA
Record15-18-2
Biographical details
BornBuffalo, New York
Alma materCanisius College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–PresentMercyhurst
Head coaching record
Overall444-146-44 (through Feb. 6, 2017)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2002 GLWHA Championship

2003 CHA Championship
2004 CHA Championship
2005 CHA Championship
2006 CHA Championship
2007 CHA Championship
2008 CHA Championship
2009 CHA Championship
2010 CHA Championship
2011 CHA Championship
2013 CHA Championship

2016 CHA Championship

Personal life

Sisti is a native of Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Canisius College in 1990. He holds numerous scoring records at Canisius, and is a 2002 inductee in the Canisius Athletic Hall of Fame .

Coaching

After graduation, he was an assistant coach for Canisius men's program, and came to Mercyhurst in 1993 as an assistant coach on the men's team. In 1999, Sisti became the Head Coach of the newly formed women's varsity team.[1] To date, he has been the only Head Coach of the program. His team reached the NCAA Tournament each year from 2005 through 2014. The 10 consecutive appearances are an NCAA Division I record. In 2009, Mercyhurst reached the NCAA Championship game, losing to Wisconsin 5-0, in their first of four Frozen Four seasons.[2] He was awarded the 2005 AHCA Coach of the Year award.[3] His 437 wins as of January 15, 2017 put him third all-time among women's hockey coaches[4]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Mercyhurst (College Hockey America) (1999–present)
1999–2000 Mercyhurst 23-6-0
2000–2001 Mercyhurst 14-16-35-1-22ndlost GLWHA Conference Championship
2001-2002 Mercyhurst 24-8-18-0-01stGLWHA Champions
2002–2003 Mercyhurst 25-8-16-0-01stCHA Tournament Champions
2003–2004 Mercyhurst 26-6-411-1-01stCHA Tournament Champions
2004–2005 Mercyhurst 28-7-211-0-11stCHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
2005–2006 Mercyhurst 23-8-610-0-21stCHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
2006–2007 Mercyhurst 32-2-311-0-11stCHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
2007–2008 Mercyhurst 26-8-311-2-11stCHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
2008–2009 Mercyhurst 31-6-016-0-01stCHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Championship Game
2009-2010 Mercyhurst 30-3-314-1-11stCHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Frozen Four
2010-2011 Mercyhurst 29-6-016-0-01stCHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
2011-2012 Mercyhurst 23-8-38-1-31stCHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
2012-2013 Mercyhurst 29-7-117-3-01stCHA Tournament Champions, Frozen Four
2013-2014 Mercyhurst 24-9-415-3-21stCHA Finals Frozen Four
2014-2015 Mercyhurst 23-9-314-5-11stCHA Semi-Finals
2015-2016 Mercyhurst 19-11-514-3-31stCHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
2016-2017 Mercyhurst 15-18-211-8-13rd
Mercyhurst: 444-146-44198-28-18
Total:444-146-44

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion


References
  1. "2016-2017 Women's Ice Hockey Coaching Staff". Mercyhurst University. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. "Women's Ice Hockey Championship History". NCAA, Turner Sports Interactive Inc. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  3. "Boston College's Katie Crowley Repeats As STX/AHCA Division I Women's Coach of the Year". American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). 17 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. "Women's Hockey Coaching Records". U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO). Retrieved 6 February 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.