Seven coaches who have enjoyed on-ice success in 2006-07 have been named finalists for the AHCA Division I Women’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year Award. The award will be presented at the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) Coach of the Year Banquet on Saturday, April 28, in Naples, FL. Among the finalists are three former winners, including 2006 Coach of the Year Mark Johnson of Wisconsin.

To be a finalist for this award, you must either be voted Coach of the Year in your conference, or take your team to the NCAA Frozen Four.

2006-07 AHCA Women’s Ice Hockey
Division I Coach of the Year Finalists
Jim Fetter, Wayne State (CHA Co-Coach of the Year)
Paul Flanagan, St. Lawrence (NCAA Frozen Four Coach)*
Mark Hudak, Dartmouth College (ECACHL Coach of the Year)
Mark Johnson, Wisconsin (WCHA Coach of the Year, NCAA Frozen Four Coach)*
Shannon Miller, Minnesota-Duluth (NCAA Frozen Four Coach)*
Tom Mutch, Boston College (HEA Coach of the Year, NCAA Frozen Four Coach)
Margot Page, Niagara (CHA Co-Coach of the Year)

* Past Winner