2019-20 MEN’S HOCKEY YEARBOOK - St. Norbert College

HEAD COACHTIM COGHLINSt. Norbert College hockeyhas been a model of consistencyunder Tim Coghlin’s leadership.Coghlin’s teams havetotaled a 579-147-56 recordin his 26 seasons behindthe Green Knights’ bench.St. Norbert has appeared in 19NCAA Division III Tournamentssince 1997, highlighted by itsnational championships in2008, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2018. The Green Knights havemade 12 Frozen Four appearances, and placed as nationalrunner-up in 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2016. Coghlin’s ninenational title game appearances as a head coach is tiedfor the most in NCAA Division III history.The Green Knights have won at least 20 games astaggering 21 times in the last 23 seasons – all whileplaying a 25-game regular season. St. Norbert has won atleast 18 games in each of the last 23 seasons, a string ofsuccess unmatched in NCAA Division III hockey history.St. Norbert capped off its fifth national championshipin 2018 by winning a pulsating double-overtime game overSalve Regina in Lake Placid, N.Y., for the title. The GreenKnights matched a Division III record with their 12th FrozenFour appearance, and won at least 27 games for the sixthtime in program history.The Green Knights advanced to their 11th Frozen Four in2017 and claimed the Northern Collegiate Hockey AssociationHarris Cup Playoffs championship. St. Norbert went 3-0during the season against fellow Frozen Four-qualifierAdrian, winning all three games on the Bulldogs’ home ice.St. Norbert made its tenth Frozen Four trip in 2016,finishing as national runner-up with a 25-4-2 record. TheGreen Knights claimed a pulsating 8-7 double-overtime winover UMass-Boston in the national semifinals, and earneda share of their 15th Northern Collegiate Hockey Associationregular-season championship.The Green Knights fashioned an impressive seasonin 2014 to claim their fourth national championship,going 18-1-1 in their last 20 games. St. Norbert, whichbeat UW-Stevens Point 3-1 in the national title game inLewiston, Maine, became the first team in Division III tolead the country in scoring offense and scoring defense inthe same season since the NCAA started tracking hockeystatistics in 1996.St. Norbert won its third national championship in2012, a season that concluded with an impressive 14-1-16 St. Norbert College Hockey Yearbook 2019-20finish. The Green Knights dispatched No. 1-ranked Norwichand No. 3-rated Oswego State both by 4-1 scores at theFrozen Four in Lake Placid, N.Y., to lock up the title andfinish 21-5-5.Coghlin led St. Norbert to the national title in 2011,finishing a 25-4-1 season with a 4-3 win over Adrian in thetitle game in Minneapolis. The Green Knights won the titledespite having its lowest-scoring team since 1995 thanksto a stifling defense that led the country in least goalsallowed for the third time in five years.The Green Knights also captured the NCAA Division IIInational championship in 2008. Ending the season on animpressive 29-game unbeaten streak, the championshiprun climaxed in Lake Placid, N.Y. with a 2-0 triumph overPlattsburgh State for the title. The Green Knights’ 27-1-4season marked the fewest losses ever for an NCAA DivisionIII hockey champion. Coghlin was bestowed following theseason with the Edward Jeremiah Award, given annuallyto the NCAA Division III men’s coach of the year. He earnedthe honor a second time in 2011.Over the past 23 seasons, St. Norbert has registered anoutstanding 548-111-48 ledger, which includes 16 NCHAregular-season championships and 15 NCHA post-seasontitles. Coghlin’s teams have been especially tough to beatat home since moving into the Cornerstone CommunityCenter in 2000, going a robust 263-30-15 on home iceduring the 19 years the Green Knights have occupied thebuilding. St. Norbert also set a school-record 37-gameoverall unbeaten streak spanning 13 months from the2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.Player development has also been one of Coghlin’sfortes. Four of his players – Rob Smillie in 1999, MarisZiedins in 2003, Kyle Jones in 2008 and David Jacobson in2014 – have won the prestigious Sid Watson Award, givento the top player in small-college hockey each year. Ziedinsalso went on to represent his native Latvia in the 2006Winter Olympics.Named St. Norbert’s third varsity head coach on May26, 1993, Coghlin immediately went to work into layingthe foundation for future success.Following a 10-9-1 rookie campaign, St. Norbertentered its first season in the NCHA. The Green Knightsfinished sixth in the league in 1994-95 and nearly toppledUW-Stevens Point in the first round of the league playoffs.It would be the last and only time St. Norbert hasfinished out of the top half of the NCHA standings. The GreenKnights improved to fourth with a 10-8-2 mark in 1995-96,and broke through to win the league title in 1996-97.St. Norbert fashioned a 27-6 record in 1997-98 whilewinning a second consecutive NCHA championship. TheGreen Knights had five one-goal losses that season and theother game by just two goals. St. Norbert finished the hattrick in 1998-99, again winning the NCHA regular-seasonand playoff titles.The Green Knights finished second in the NCHA in1999-2000 but still managed 22 wins and a 19-gameunbeaten streak, and then placed third in 2000-01. St.Norbert answered those seasons with its fourth and fifthNCHA championships the next two years.In 2001-02 and 2004-05, Coghlin led St. Norbert to a12-0-2 regular-season record in the NCHA, becoming thefirst coach in league history to lead a team to an unbeatenseason two different times. The 2007-08 season markedthe third time the Green Knights have went unbeatenagainst a demanding NCHA schedule.St. Norbert ended the 2004-05 season ranked No. 1 forthe third consecutive year. The Green Knights also endedthe 2003-04 regular season ranked No. 1 and made theirfirst NCAA Division III championship game appearance,losing 1-0 in overtime to Middlebury. During the 2002-03season, St. Norbert was ranked No. 1 for 10 weeks, includingeight straight weeks in late January to mid-March.Coghlin was named NCHA Coach of the Year eighttimes. He also received the Lee Remmel Award forOutstanding Achievement in April 2005.No stranger to success as a player, he captainedUW-Stevens Point’s first NCAA Division III championshipteam in 1989 and was an assistant coach with the Pointerswhen they won the national title in 1993 and finishedrunner-up in 1992.Coghlin was a two-time All-America selection as adefenseman and three-time All-NCHA selection at StevensPoint, where he was inducted into the school’s athleticHall of Fame and ranks among the Pointers’ all-timescoring leaders.Following his collegiate career, Coghlin signed with theVancouver Canucks and played briefly with the MilwaukeeAdmirals in 1989. He injured his shoulder in training campthe next season and joined the Fife Flyers of the BritishPremier League as a player and assistant coach.A native of Summerland, British Columbia, Coghlinholds a master’s degree in education and a bachelor’sdegree in communications, both from UW-Stevens Point.Coghlin, who completed the Wisconsin Ironman Triathlonin 2006, resides in Suamico with his wife, Barb, son,Joseph, and daughter, Faith.

Coghlin at St. NorbertA Tradition of t14-3-1Totals579-147-56.776307-80-33.770NCAA Division III Champion: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018NCAA Division III Frozen Four Appearances: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010,2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004,2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019NCHA Regular-Season Titles: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019NCHA Playoffs Titles: 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012,2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019NCAA Division III Coach of the Year: 2008, 2011NCHA Coach of the Year: 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2019NCHA Coach of the Year: 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016Coghlin vs. OpponentsAdrian12-8-0Plattsburgh irbanks0-2-0Amherst1-0-0St. John’s11-1-1Augsburg10-2-2St. Mary’s9-3-0Aurora6-0-0St. Olaf9-0-1Bemidji State4-5-1Bethel15-0-0St. Thomas9-3-2Buffalo State5-0-1Salem State0-1-0Colby1-0-0Salve Regina1-0-0Concordia-Moorhead7-0-0Southern -0Fitchburg State1-0-0Williams0-1-0Fredonia State4-1-1UW-Eau Claire50-7-4Geneseo State1-0-0UW-River Falls40-18-3Gustavus Adolphus14-2-1UW-Stevens ake 3-0Oswego State2-2-0St. ScholasticaUW-Superior56-10-436-19-12Milestone /0711/27/091/20/121/25/142/6/162/16/18Opponentat Bethelat MarianSt. Scholasticaat St. OlafHamlineSt. Mary’sat UW-Stevens Pointvs. Lawrenceat UW-Stoutat MSOEat 2-03-03-0St. Norbert College Hockey Yearbook 2019-20 7

Assistant CoachesAndyBrandtAndy Brandt is in his thirdseason as associate headcoach at St. Norbert.Brandt, a Wausau, Wis., native,made a significant impact inhis first season with the GreenKnights, who won their fifthNCAA Division III national championship in 2017-18. TheGreen Knights finished with a 27-4-1 season, concluding theyear with a 12-game winning streak. St. Norbert followed upwith another NCAA Division III Tournament berth in 2018-19.Brandt arrived at St. Norbert after spending two-and-a-halfseasons as the head coach and general manager of theAtlanta Gladiators of the ECHL. He was also an assistantcoach with the Gladiators for the 2013-14 season and intothe 2014-15 season before being promoted.Brandt spent seven seasons as a professional player,mostly with the then-Gwinnett Gladiators. He appeared ina team-record 357 games, scoring 76 goals and 116 assistsfor 192 points. Brandt was an assistant captain from2007-12 before serving as the team captain in 2012-13.Brandt also played in the AHL for the Lake Erie Monsters,Manitoba Moose and Abbotsford Heat, while also playingin the ECHL for the Victoria Salmon Kings.Brandt played four seasons and appeared in 130 games atthe University of Wisconsin from 2003-04 to 2006-07, highlighted with the Badgers’ NCAA championship in 2006. Hewas twice named the team’s Seventh Man Award recipient.A 2009 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Brandt lives inDe Pere with his wife, Ashley, a son, Willis, and daughter, Isla.8 St. Norbert College Hockey Yearbook 2019-20TommyCianfloneKippKarakasFollowing a distinguishedplaying career at St. Norbert,Tommy Cianflone is in his13th season as an assistantwith the Green Knights.Kipp Karakas is in his fifthseason in his second stint onthe St. Norbert coaching staff,and will work primarily withthe goaltenders.Cianflone, a LaSalle, Quebec,native, played at St. Norbert from 1998 to 2000. In his threeseasons playing for the Green Knights, Cianflone becamethe first defenseman in school history to score 100 careerpints. He scored 32 points in 1998-99 and was named asecond-team All-American. In 1999-2000, he scored 39points (9-30-39) to set a school season scoring record thatstill stands and was a f

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