The American Hockey Coaches Association is pleased to present the "Coaching Staffs of the Month" for the month of February 2004.

The following coaching staffs have been recognized for their team's outstanding performance in the month of February:

DIVISION I MEN - BOSTON COLLEGE

The men's hockey team, under the direction of Jerry York, went 7-1-1 in the month of February, including a thrilling 2-1 overtime win against Boston University in the Beanpot finale. In addition to the Eagles first Beanpot title since 2001, BC also recorded wins against Harvard and New Hampshire while recording weekend sweeps of Massachusetts and UMass Lowell. In the month of February, York became the winningest active college hockey coach as he entered March with 694 career wins.

York is assisted by Mike Cavanaugh, Jim Logue, Ron Rolston.

DIVISION I WOMEN - MERCYHURST

After beating Ohio State 2-1 on January 31st, the Lakers took some momentum into February. They started February with two conference road wins against Wayne State, 6-0 and 3-0. They then played league rival Findlay for the last times ever at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Lakers won two hard-fought games, 2-1 and 4-3 in overtime. The 4-3 overtime win was the eighth one goal game the Lakers have won this season and kept them unbeaten in College Hockey America at 10-0-0. The game-winner was scored with 14 seconds left by freshmen Julia Colizza, one of eleven newcomers on the 2003-04 team. Mercyhurst closed the month with a pair of games at top-ten rival, Princeton. The Lakers won the first contest 4-2, but dropped game two 3-0 despite outshooting the Tigers 40-19.

Junior goaltender Desi Clark is second nationally in save percentage (.936), third in goals-against-average (1.49), and fifth in winning percentage (.765). The Lakers have Division I's third-best scoring defense (1.53) and eighth-best penalty kill (.882).

Fifth-year head coach Michael Sisti is assisted by John Marchetti, Maria Lewis, and Kate Fennessey.

DIVISION III MEN - CURRY

The Curry hockey team went 9-0 in the month of February, closing out its regular-season schedule on Feb. 24th with a 7-3 win at Salve Regina. That ECAC Northeast victory was the Colonels' 16th of the 2003-2004 campaign, giving them their first-ever undefeated season in conference play (16-0) and locking up the #1 seed in the conference tournament. The post-season began on Feb. 28th with a resounding 10-0 home win vs. Salve Regina in an ECAC
Northeast quarterfinal match-up.

Fifth-year head coach Rob Davies is assisted by John Burgess, Bob Roche, and Dan Torpey.

DIVISION III WOMEN - MANHATTANVILLE

Their 6-0-1 stretch propelled the Manhattanville Valiants to their third straight ECAC East regular season championship. Manhattanville earned key wins against New England College, RIT and Southern Maine. Manhattanville also tied the defending National Champions, the Elmira Soaring Eagles, 2-2 after trailing 2-0 in the third period. During that stretch, Manhattanville also excelled on the penalty kill, stopping 37-of-37 power plays against them. CA Kirnan also won her 50th career game in the ECAC East Championship against RIT. The Valiants finished the year 23-2-2 with the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Second-year head coach Nicole Kirnan is assisted by Catherine Elkins.