The Saint Benedict Bennies (Saint Ben’s) (formerly known as the Saint Benedict Blazers) are a Women’s Division III ice hockey team representing the College of Saint Benedict, located in St. Joseph, Minnesota from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Ritsche Arena, which is located in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The women’s program was established for the 1997-98 season.  The school is a sister institution to Saint John’s University, located in nearby Collegeville, Minnesota.

 

Quick Hits

• School: College of Saint Benedict
• Location: St. Joseph, Minnesota
• School Founded: 1913
• Enrollment: 1,436
• Colors: Red, White, & Blue
• Home Arena: Ritsche Arena
• Arena Capacity: 400
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
• Head Coach: Lindsay Macy
• Conference Tournament Titles: 1 (2026)

Conferences

• Midwestern Collegiate Women’s Hockey Alliance (1997-1998)
• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1998-present)

Arenas

• River Lakes Civic Center (1997-2002)
• Ritsche Arena (2002-present)

Head Coaches

• Bill Kelly (1997-1999) 22-23-2 (.489)
• Tom Peart (1999-2003) 40-54-5 (.429)
• Dave Laliberte (2003-2005) 13-30-2 (.311)
• Neil Andruschak (interim; 2005-2006) 4-16-3 (.239)
• Pat Machaud (2006-2011) 21-75-18 (.263)
• Jennifer Kranz (2011-2018) 37-115-13 (.264)
• Nick Thibault (2018-2022) 28-45-6 (.392)
• Lindsay Macy (2022-present) 53-42-9 (.553)

Year by Year Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Midwestern Collegiate Women's Hockey Alliance										Overall Record
1997-98	16	8	8	0	56	67	16	-	N/A	21	11	8	2	70	73
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference										Overall Record
1998-99	10	4	6	0	39	25	8	4th of 6	L, SF 4-1 (Gustavus) L, 3P 5-2 (Augsburg)	26	11	15	0	63	61
1999-00	14	6	7	1	54	34	13	4th of 8	L, SF 3-1, 7-0 (Augsburg)	27	24	12	1	87	72
2000-01	18	9	7	2	86	73	20	5th of 10	Did not qualify	23	12	9	2	96	86
2001-02	18	9	9	0	63	61	18	5th of 10	L, QF 7-4 (Concordia)	25	10	15	0	78	89
2002-03	18	3	13	2	36	61	8	8th of 10	Did not qualify	24	4	18	2	52	84
2003-04	18	4	12	2	49	67	10	9th of 10	Did not qualify	22	6	14	2	58	79
2004-05	18	7	11	0	46	67	14	T-6th of 10	Did not qualify	23	7	16	0	52	92
2005-06	18	4	11	3	46	82	11	8th of 10	Did not qualify	23	4	16	3	58	107
2006-07	18	2	11	5	39	77	9	9th of 10	Did not qualify	24	2	17	5	43	108
2007-08	18	4	12	2	36	59	10	10th of 10	Did not qualify	22	4	16	2	39	77
2008-09	18	6	8	4	37	45	16	T-5th of 10	Did not qualify	20	8	8	4	41	47
2009-10	18	1	13	4	28	56	6	10th of 10	Did not qualify	25	3	18	4	38	74
2010-11	18	3	12	3	26	69	9	8th of 10	Did not qualify	23	4	16	3	36	86
2011-12	18	3	12	3	38	60	9	T-9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	5	17	3	49	85
2012-13	18	3	13	2	27	52	8	8th of 10	Did not qualify	22	5	13	4	36	58
2013-14	18	4	14	0	29	55	8	9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	7	18	0	52	82
2014-15	18	6	10	2	35	54	14	8th of 10	Did not qualify	22	7	13	2	43	73
2015-16	18	5	10	3	31	49	12	8th of 10	Did not qualify	25	7	15	3	42	78
2016-17	18	1	14	3	34	60	5	10th of 10	Did not qualify	25	4	18	3	57	84
2017-18	18	1	16	1	30	82	3	10th of 10	Did not qualify	24	2	21	1	40	103
2018-19	18	4	12	2	26	54	10	9th of 10	Did not qualify	23	7	14	2	42	63
2019-20	18	6	12	0	31	52	12	T-7th of 10	Did not qualify	24	11	12	1	55	58
2020-21	5	0	3	2	7	16	0.2	N/A	Cancelled	9	0	7	2	12	32
2021-22	14	6	7	1	28	32	,476	6th of 10	L, QF 5-3 (Saint Mary's)	23	10	12	1	56	65
2022-23	18	11	7	0	49	41	33	3rd of 10	L, SF 5-2 (Augsburg)	26	14	12	0	70	71
2023-24	18	7	9	2	44	50	23	T-6th of 10	Did not qualify	25	11	12	2	67	66
2024-25	18	9	8	1	49	48	26	6th of 10	Did not qualify	25	12	10	3	79	67
2025-26	18	9	6	3	37	35	32	T-3rd of 10	W, SF 4-2 (Hamline) W, F 2-1 (Gustavus)	28	16	8	4	76	53

NCAA Tournament Appearances

Season	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
2026	L, 2-1 OT (Amherst Mammoths)	--	--	--
1 appearance

See Also

• Saint Benedict Bennies women’s ice hockey website
• MIAC women’s hockey website