College of St. Scholastica Women's Ice Hockey

MacMillan leads the St. Scholastica women's hockey program into its seventh season in 2016-17.   MacMillan coached the schools first-ever four-time NCAA All-American in Nina Waidacher.   The 2013-14 season saw the Saints come within one game of capturing the NCHA Regular Season Championship. It also saw the program produce St. Scholasticas first Olympic Medalist in Nina Waidacher, who took home the bronze for Team Switzerland at the 2014 Sochi Games.   In 2012-13, the Saints won their first postseason games and series, sweeping Lake Forest College to advance to the NCHA OBrien Cup semifinals.   In the teams second season, the Saints tied fourth in the NCHA and qualified for their first OBrien Cup playoffs. The Saints more than doubled their win total in conference play and nearly doubled it overall. CSS was 8-2 in one-goal games and were a perfect 7-0 when leading after two periods.   In the Saints inaugural season, the Saints won their first-ever game with a 3-0 defeat of Augsburg College in front of 1,246 fans. With a squad of 26, 21 of which were freshmen, the team was highly competitive, losing 10 of their 16 games by just one goal. Prior to coming over to CSS, MacMillan spent two years as the head coach at Division III New England College, guiding the Pioneers to 15 wins in her first full season, which tied a single-season program record and led them to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) East Championship game for the second time in school history. During her three seasons at NEC, she accumulated a 31-26-3 record. Prior to moving to New England, MacMillan spent three seasons as the assistant coach at Division I Union College. Other coaching experience for MacMillan includes serving as an assistant coach at St. Olaf College and as an assistant coach for Shattuck-St. Marys Prep. She was also an instructor for numerous camps and hockey schools including, USA 18-Under Development Camp and NCWHL Hockey Clinic. MacMillan is very familiar with first-year womens hockey programs as she was part of the first recruiting class for the University of Wisconsin in 1999. I was extremely blessed to be a part of the inaugural team at the University of Wisconsin, MacMillan said. What I remember are many of the first moments: the first practice, game, road trip and all of my teammates who were a part of those first four years. I hope to help the first women's hockey players at St. Scholastica realize how truly unique they will be in the first years of the program. As a starting goalie for the Badgers, MacMillan led the nation in goals against average in 2002. She was a first team all-Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) selection in 2000 and was a second team choice in 2002. She was named WCHA Player of the Week six different times during her career and was on the WCHA All-Academic Team in 2002 and 2003. During her four years MacMillan had 75 wins in between the pipes. She still holds numerous goaltending records for the Badgers. She also played for the United States under-22 national team in 2000. MacMillan, who grew up in Buffalo, Minn., played with boys teams since she was five years old. She was a captain on the Buffalo High School Boys varsity team her senior year. She was inducted into the Buffalo Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005. MacMillans father, Mike, played goaltender at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Jackie MacMillan Head Women's Hockey Coach Jackie MacMillan leads the St. Scholastica women's hockey program into its seventh season in 2016-17.   MacMillan coached the schools first-ever four-time NCAA All-American in Nina Waidacher.   The 2013-14 season saw the Saints come within one game of capturing the NCHA Regular Season Championship. It also saw the program produce St. Scholasticas first Olympic Medalist in Nina Waidacher, who took home the bronze for Team Switzerland at the 2014 Sochi Games.   In 2012-13, the Saints won their first postseason games and series, sweeping Lake Forest College to advance to the NCHA OBrien Cup semifinals.   In the teams second season, the Saints tied fourth in the NCHA and qualified for their first OBrien Cup playoffs. The Saints more than doubled their win total in conference play and nearly doubled it overall. CSS was 8-2 in one-goal games and were a perfect 7-0 when leading after two periods.   In the Saints inaugural season, the Saints won their first-ever game with a 3-0 defeat of Augsburg College in front of 1,246 fans. With a squad of 26, 21 of which were freshmen, the team was highly competitive, losing 10 of their 16 games by just one goal. Prior to coming over to CSS, MacMillan spent two years as the head coach at Division III New England College, guiding the Pioneers to 15 wins in her first full season, which tied a single-season program record and led them to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) East Championship game for the second time in school history. During her three seasons at NEC, she accumulated a 31-26-3 record. Prior to moving to New England, MacMillan spent three seasons as the assistant coach at Division I Union College. Other coaching experience for MacMillan includes serving as an assistant coach at St. Olaf College and as an assistant coach for Shattuck-St. Marys Prep. She was also an instructor for numerous camps and hockey schools including, USA 18-Under Development Camp and NCWHL Hockey Clinic. MacMillan is very familiar with first-year womens hockey programs as she was part of the first recruiting class for the University of Wisconsin in 1999. I was extremely blessed to be a part of the inaugural team at the University of Wisconsin, MacMillan said. What I remember are many of the first moments: the first practice, game, road trip and all of my teammates who were a part of those first four years. I hope to help the first women's hockey players at St. Scholastica realize how truly unique they will be in the first years of the program. As a starting goalie for the Badgers, MacMillan led the nation in goals against average in 2002. She was a first team all-Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) selection in 2000 and was a second team choice in 2002. She was named WCHA Player of the Week six different times during her career and was on the WCHA All-Academic Team in 2002 and 2003. During her four years MacMillan had 75 wins in between the pipes. She still holds numerous goaltending records for the Badgers. She also played for the United States under-22 national team in 2000. MacMillan, who grew up in Buffalo, Minn., played with boys teams since she was five years old. She was a captain on the Buffalo High School Boys varsity team her senior year. She was inducted into the Buffalo Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005. MacMillans father, Mike, played goaltender at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

Flink enters her sixth season as an assistant on the womens hockey staff in 2015-16. Flink was a key member of the inaugural UMD womens hockey team and was a part of the NCAA Division I National Championship teams in both 2001 and 2002. She was also on the WCHA All-Academic Team 2001 and 2002.  "Jessi has been a part of building a National Championship program at UMD and her experience will be instrumental for helping build a successful program here at St. Scholastica," head coach Jackie MacMillan said. After her playing days, she was an assistant at Duluth East High School from 2003 to 2005. Just prior to taking the CSS assistant job, Flink worked as an Engineering Technician at Golder Associates Inc.  During the summer of 2011, Flink coached at the USA Hockey Select 16/17 Player Development Camp and also at the University of Minnesota-Duluth Hockey Camp. She was an evaluator at the Minnesota Reebok High Performance 17s.