The St. Catherine Wildcats (St. Kate’s) are a Women’s Division III ice hockey team representing St. Catherine University, located in St. Paul, Minnesota from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team is based out of Drake Arena, which is located just off the school’s campus. The women’s program was established for the 1998-99 season, after playing one season as a joint club team with the St. Thomas Tommies for the 1997-98 season.

 

Quick Hits

• School: St. Catherine University
• Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
• School Founded: 1905
• Enrollment: 3,158
• Colors: Purple & Gold
• Home Arena: Drake Arena
• Arena Capacity: 700
• Rink Dimensions: 200′ x 85′
• Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC)
• Head Coach: Kayla Chilstrom

Conferences

• Midwestern Collegiate Women’s Hockey Alliance (as a club team; 1997-1998)
• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1998-present)

Arenas

• Drake Arena (1997-present)

Head Coaches

• Jeff Smith (1998-2002) 34-44-4 (.439)
• Mary Brown (2002-2005) 18-47-7 (.299)
• Brad Marshall (2005-2025) 159-265-46 (.387)
• Kayla Chilstrom (2025-present) 9-16-0 (.360)

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
1998-99	10	0	10	0	10	88	0	6th of 6	Did not qualify	12	0	12	0	12	117
1999-00	14	5	8	1	52	61	11	5th of 8	Did not qualify	18	9	8	1	79	67
2000-01	18	11	6	1	93	53	23	4th of 10	L, SF 6-0, 8-2 (Gustavus)	27	15	10	2	123	81
2001-02	18	6	11	1	49	70	13	7th of 10	Did not qualify	25	10	14	1	68	93
2002-03	18	8	7	3	55	44	19	T-6th of 10	Did not qualify	25	10	10	5	66	70
2003-04	18	6	12	0	41	72	12	8th of 10	Did not qualify	24	6	17	1	49	116
2004-05	18	2	15	1	26	88	5	10th of 10	Did not qualify	23	2	20	1	32	122
2005-06	18	1	16	1	28	93	3	10th of 10	Did not qualify	23	1	21	1	30	127
2006-07	18	0	16	2	25	76	3	10th of 10	Did not qualify	24	0	22	2	36	117
2007-08	18	6	10	2	44	55	14	6th of 10	Did not qualify	25	9	13	3	58	72
2008-09	18	7	9	2	40	41	16	T-5th of 10	Did not qualify	24	10	11	3	56	55
2009-10	18	13	3	2	51	36	28	2nd of 10	W, SF 4-3 (St. Thomas) L, F 5-1 (Gustavus)	25	18	5	2	73	52
2010-11	18	8	7	3	51	34	19	T-6th of 10	Did not qualify	24	11	10	3	66	54
2011-12	18	8	8	2	40	49	18	6th of 10	Did not qualify	24	12	10	2	65	70
2012-13	18	8	7	3	45	42	19	5th of 10	L, QF 3-2 (Bethel)	26	11	12	3	61	61
2013-14	18	8	9	1	35	45	17	5th of 10	L, QF 2-1 OT (Concordia)	26	11	14	1	46	65
2014-15	18	7	7	4	34	34	18	T-6th of 10	Did not qualify	25	9	11	5	44	50
2015-16	18	5	11	2	23	34	12	9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	6	14	5	30	46
2016-17	18	6	10	2	44	42	14	T-7th of 10	Did not qualify	25	10	13	2	62	65
2017-18	18	5	12	1	33	48	11	8th of 10	Did not qualify	25	6	18	1	40	65
2018-19	18	3	10	5	33	50	11	T-7th of 10	Did not qualify	25	6	14	5	46	65
2019-20	18	5	11	2	26	61	12	T-7th of 10	Did not qualify	24	8	14	2	53	79
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	16	4	12	0	33	54	0.25	9th of 10	L, FR 1-0 (Concordia)	25	8	16	1	57	69
2022-23	18	6	10	2	36	56	22	6th of 10	Did not qualify	25	12	11	2	73	65
2023-24	18	2	15	1	26	64	9	9th of 10	Did not qualify	25	6	18	1	40	76
2024-25	18	3	14	1	29	72	9	10th of 10	Did not qualify	25	5	18	2	46	102
2025-26	18	4	14	0	37	65	13	10th of 10	Did not qualify	25	9	16	0	66	79

See Also

• St. Catherine Wildcats women’s ice hockey website
• MIAC women’s hockey website