Erika Allen (Augsburg '16) enters her third year on the Augsburg women's hockey coaching staff in 2019-120.
In 2016, Allen became the 34th Augsburg student-athlete to be named College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America. Allen was an exercise science major with a 4.00 grade-point average.
As a student-athlete, Allen earned D3hockey.com All-West Region third-team honors and All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors her senior season, after earning an All-MIAC Honorable-Mention honors as a junior. A transfer from Bethel, she earned All-MIAC honors there in 2013-14 and MIAC All-Rookie Team honors in 2012-13.
In her second season at Augsburg, Allen became one of the top goalies in the conference, finishing with an 11-9-3 record, 1.72 goals-against-average and .931 save percentage. She was 10-5-3 in league play with a .934 save percentage and 1.66 GAA. She finished her senior season sixth among MIAC goalies in overall GAA and in save percentage, and her 11 wins were third-most among conference goalies. She recorded five shutouts her senior season -- all in a seven-game span that helped propel the Auggies into the upper half of the league standings. Â
Including her first two seasons at Bethel (79 total games), she finished with a 39-28-9 career record with 14 shutouts, a 1.74 GAA and .933 save percentage, playing in 4,612:24 of game time. In her two Auggie seasons (42 games), she finished with a 17-16-8 record with eight shutouts, a .932 save percentage and 1.76 GAA. Her save percentage and GAA are both best in school history, while her eight shutouts are tied for the most in school history.