The Hamline Pipers are a Women’s Division III ice hockey team representing Hamline University, located in St. Paul, Minnesota from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of TRIA Rink, which is located in downtown St. Paul. The women’s program was established for the 2000-01 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: Hamline University
• Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
• School Founded: 1854
• Enrollment: 2,117
• Colors: Burgundy, Gray, Black, & White
• Home Arena: TRIA Rink
• Arena Capacity: 1,200
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
• Head Coach: Jake Bobrowski
• Conference Tournament Titles: 1 (2018)

Conferences

• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2000-present)

Arenas

• Warner Coliseum (2000-2014)
• Oscar Johnson Arena (2014-2018)
• TRIA Rink (2018-present)

Head Coaches

• Robert Burke (2000-2003) 8-46-1 (.155)
• Garnet Asmundson (2003-2010) 53-107-17 (.347)
• Steve DeBus (2010-2015) 30-80-14 (.298)
• Natalie Darwitz (2015-2021) 88-41-14 (.664)
• Whitney Colbert (2021-2025) 59-44-1 (.572)
• Jake Bobrowski (2025-present) 21-6-1 (.768)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
2000-01	18	1	17	0	22	168	2	T-9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	2	23	0	45	230
2001-02	18	2	16	0	23	100	4	10th of 10	Did not qualify	25	4	21	0	40	127
2002-03	18	0	18	0	14	100	0	10th of 10	Did not qualify	25	2	22	1	24	125
2003-04	18	0	18	0	7	125	0	10th of 10	Did not qualify	24	2	22	0	17	146
2004-05	18	3	14	1	24	89	7	9th of 10	Did not qualify	24	4	19	1	33	129
2005-06	18	3	12	3	43	81	9	9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	4	16	5	56	113
2006-07	18	10	6	2	57	50	22	4th of 10	W, QF 4-2 (Saint Mary's) L, SF 4-1 (Gustavus)	27	15	9	3	102	82
2007-08	18	8	7	3	44	57	19	4th of 10	W, QF 5-2 (Bethel) L, SF 5-0 (Gustavus)	27	14	10	3	80	85
2008-09	18	3	13	2	37	62	8	9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	7	16	2	64	78
2009-10	18	4	12	2	30	70	10	8th of 10	Did not qualify	25	7	15	3	49	89
2010-11	18	3	13	2	21	45	9	9th of 10	Did not qualify	24	4	17	3	31	61
2011-12	18	4	13	1	26	43	9	T-9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	8	15	2	39	58
2012-13	18	2	13	3	24	46	7	T-9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	5	15	5	40	64
2013-14	18	3	13	2	30	65	8	T-9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	7	16	2	4	90
2014-15	18	4	12	2	36	64	10	9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	6	17	2	51	80
2015-16	18	6	10	2	37	53	14	7th of 10	Did not qualify	25	9	13	3	46	69
2016-17	18	10	8	0	42	46	20	5th of 10	L, QF 6-1 (St. Thomas)	26	12	13	1	63	74
2017-18	18	13	3	2	85	35	28	3rd of 10	W, SF 4-1 (Augsburg) W, F 4-1 (Gustavus)	30	22	5	3	135	63
2018-19	18	14	2	2	82	27	30	2nd of 10	W, SF 6-1 (Augsburg) L, F 2-0 (St. Thomas)	30	23	4	3	126	46
2019-20	18	14	1	3	89	26	31	2nd of 10	L, SF 2-1 OT (Augsburg)	26	18	4	4	115	43
2020-21	3	1	2	0	5	7	0.333	N/A	Cancelled	6	4	2	0	19	11
2021-22	16	11	5	0	56	27	0.688	2nd of 10	W, QF 8-0 (Bethel) W, SF 4-2 (Saint Mary's) L, F 6-1 (Gustavus)	25	15	10	0	82	54
2022-23	18	8	9	1	45	47	25	5th of 10	W, QF 2-1 OT (St. Olaf) L, SF 5-1 (Gustavus)	26	10	16	1	61	77
2023-24	18	13	5	0	64	33	38	T-3rd of 10	L, QF 1-0 (Bethel)	26	18	8	0	90	45
2024-25	18	11	7	0	64	35	35	3rd of 10	L, SF 4-0 (Gustavus)	26	16	10	0	94	49
2025-26	18	14	3	1	74	38	43	2nd of 10	L, SF 4-2 (Saint Ben's)	28	21	6	1	118	49

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship	Third Place (until 2022)
2018	Bye	W, 3-2 (UW-Eau Claire Blugolds)	L, 5-1 (Norwich Cadets)	--	W, 5-4 OT (Plattsburgh Cardinals)
2019	Bye	W, 5-1 (UW-River Falls Falcons)	W, 3-0 (St. Thomas Tommies)	L, 4-0 (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	--
2026	W, 3-0 (Endicott Gulls)	L, 1-0 (Norwich Cadets)	--	--	N/A
3 appearances				1 Runner-Up Finish	1 Third Place Finish

See Also

• Hamline Pipers women’s ice hockey website
• MIAC women’s hockey website