Since arriving at Augsburg in 2010, head coach
Michelle McAteer (Minnesota-Duluth '03) has revitalized the Auggies, turning the women's hockey team into an annual playoff contender.
Augsburg Coaching Highlights
2023-24: Led the team to its eighth consecutive MIAC playoff appearance (excluding the 2020-21 shortened season). The Auggies finished as the MIAC regular season runners-up.
2022-23: Guided the team to its seventh consecutive MIAC playoff appearance (excluding the 2020-21 shortened season). The Auggies finished as both the MIAC regular season and postseason runners-up.
2021-22: Led the team to its sixth consecutive MIAC playoff appearance (excluding the 2020-21 shortened season). Four Auggies earned MIAC postseason honors, with both Kensie Malone and Patyon Allen earning All-MIAC honors.
2019-20: Led the team to its best MIAC record in program history, while matching the best overall record from the 1999-20 season. Its the fifth consecutive 13-plus win season and fifth consecutive MIAC post-season playoff appreance. Seven Auggies received MIAC postseason honors, with Bridget Wagner earning Co-Player of the Year. Nikki Nightengale earned second team CCM/ACHA All-American honors for the second consecutive year.
2018-19: Led the team to its fourth consecutive 13-plus win season and fourth consecutive MIAC post-season playoff appearance. Three Auggies received MIAC postseason honors. Nikki Nightengale earned second team CCM/ACHA and USCHO.com All-American honors.
2017-18: Led the team to its third consecutive 13-plus win season and third consecutive MIAC post-season playoff appearance. Four Auggies received MIAC postseason honors.
2016-17: Led the team to a second-place MIAC finish and the MIAC playoff title game for the first time since the 2003-04 season. Augsburg's 14-4-0 MIAC record marks its most conference wins in a single season in program history, while its 19-8-0 record was its second-best record in varsity program history. Six Auggies earned All-MIAC or All-MIAC honorable mention honors, and Megan Johnson was named the MIAC's Elite 22 Award winner for academic excellence in women's hockey.
2015-16: Led the team to a third-place MIAC finish and the MIAC playoff semifinals; the team's highest MIAC finish since winning the conference regular-season and playoff titles in 1999-00. Seven players, the most in McAteer’s era, earned All-MIAC or All-MIAC honorable-mention. Forward Kayla Fuechtmann was named the 2016 recipient of the Sheila Brown Award, honoring a senior women's hockey player who displayed excellence both on and off the ice.
2011-12: Led team to 6-11-8 overall record and eighth-place finish in the MIAC regular season standings; the team's six victories were more than the prior two seasons combined (five), and the team's eight ties were the most in the 16-year history of the program.
2010-11: Earned first-career head coaching victory with 3-1 win against Finlandia University on Jan. 2, 2011.
Previous Coaching Experience:
Assistant Coach - Minnesota Duluth (2008-10); NCAA Division I National Champions (2010), NCAA Division I Frozen Four (2009, 2010)
Assistant Coach - Vaughn Flames (2007-08)
Assistant Coach - Harvard University (2005-07); NCAA Division I Quarterfinals (2006, 2007)
Graduate Assistant - Minnesota Duluth (2003-05)
Playing Career/Achievements:
A native of Scarborough, Ontario, McAteer was a member of UMD teams that won national titles in 2001, 2002 and 2003, while also winning Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) regular-season titles in 2000 and 2003, and WCHA playoff titles in 2000, 2001 and 2003.
An assistant captain for the Bulldogs in the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons, she finished her 136-game career with 35 goals and 32 assists for 67 points. Playing in the first four seasons of UMD’s women’s hockey history (1999-2003), she was a member of teams that went 108-19-13 (.818) in her career, including a 73-13-10 (.813) record in WCHA play.
McAteer was named the team’s Most Valuable Player in the 2001-02 season, while also earning WCHA All-Academic Team and AWHCA All-American Scholar honors three times each. McAteer was the first Bulldog to earn a WCHA Postgraduate Scholarship, earning the award in 2003.
Other Duties/Campus Involvement at Augsburg:
McAteer teaches courses in the communications and general studies areas.
Personal/Family Notes:
McAteer earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from UMD, and earned her master’s degree in speech communication from the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She resides in South Minneapolis, Minn. with her wife,
Gina.
YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS:
| Year |
Overall Record |
Overall Pct. |
MIAC |
MIAC Pct. |
MIAC Finish |
Notes |
| 2023-24 |
19-7-0 |
.705 |
15-3-0 |
.796 |
2nd/10 |
MIAC Regular Season Runner-up |
| 2022-23 |
18-7-2 |
.654 |
14-3-1 |
.741 |
2nd/10 |
MIAC Regular Season Runner-up
MIAC Playoff Runner-up |
| 2021-22 |
12-11-2 |
.520 |
8-6-2 |
.562 |
5th/10 |
MIAC Playoff First Round |
| 2020-21 |
3-6-2 |
.364 |
1-2-2 |
.400 |
N/A |
Shortened schedule; no MIAC standings or MIAC playoffs due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019-20 |
21-6 |
.778 |
15-3 |
.833 |
3rd/10 |
MIAC Playoff Runner-up |
| 2018-19 |
14-7-5 |
.635 |
11-3-4 |
.722 |
3rd/10 |
MIAC Playoff Semifinals |
| 2017-18 |
14-7-5 |
.635 |
9-4-5 |
.639 |
4th/10 |
MIAC Playoff Semifinals |
| 2016-17 |
19-8-0 |
.704 |
14-4-0 |
.778 |
2nd/10 |
MIAC Playoff Runner-up |
| 2015-16 |
13-10-3 |
.558 |
10-5-3 |
.639 |
3rd/10 |
MIAC Playoff Semifinals |
| 2014-15 |
9-11-5 |
.460 |
7-7-4 |
.500 |
t6th/10 |
|
| 2013-14 |
9-16-0 |
.360 |
6-12-0 |
.333 |
8th/10 |
|
| 2012-13 |
6-16-3 |
.288 |
2-14-3 |
.184 |
t-9th/10 |
|
| 2011-12 |
6-11-8 |
.400 |
3-11-4 |
.278 |
8th/10 |
|
| 2010-11 |
3-19-1 |
.152 |
1-16-1 |
.083 |
10th/10 |
|
| Overall |
166-142-36 |
.539 |
116-93-29 |
.555 |
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