Hilbert College Women's Ice Hockey

On February 26, 2025, Brian Becker was introduced as the new Head Coach for the Women's Ice Hockey team Becker, who previously served as an assistant coach in 2024-25 season, will continue to work alongside Assistant Coach Stephen Hurtubise as the team competes in the United Collegiate Hockey Conference beginning in the 2025-26 season. Becker found a home in the southtowns having served three years as the St. Francis High School Prep Hockey head coach from 2021-2024.    The St. Francis Prep team, competing in the Midwest Prep Hockey League, finished with a record above .500, the best record the Red Raiders had in 16 years in the MPHL. With over ten years of coaching experience, Becker is ready for the new role.  "I am thoroughly excited to be the new head coach at Hilbert College, and I would like to thank Tim Seil and Laura Edholm, and the Athletics Department as a whole, for this opportunity," he said.  "I am looking forward to the challenge ahead and helping to guide this program to future success." Becker was also the varsity assistant and head junior varsity coach at Frontier High School. His 2019-20 team at Frontier made a +12 turnaround in record and finish the winter as the League Champions. The Hamburg native has also served as a head coach for the Lockport Express (NA3HL), the Hamburg Hawks 18U (AAA), and with the Buffalo Stars in the Empire Junior Hockey League immediately after graduating from Fredonia State in 2012. Becker opened his collegiate career playing in the SUNYAC league as a true-freshman for Fredonia State.  He then shifted to the ACHA league after his rookie season and helped the Blue Devils advance to two consecutive appearances in the National Tournament. Becker graduated with a double major in Business Management and American Politics in 2012 and currently owns and operates F45 Training in Hamburg.

Matthew Krug enters his second season as an Assistant Coach for the Hilbert College women’s ice hockey program, providing the team with a unique blend of elite NCAA Division I playing experience and a steadfast commitment to public service. A native of South Buffalo, New York, Krug’s distinguished hockey career began locally, highlighted by three seasons with the Buffalo Jr. Sabres in the OJHL. He was subsequently selected first overall in the 2011 NAHL Draft and competed for two seasons with the Indiana Ice of the USHL before advancing to the collegiate ranks. At the collegiate level, Krug competed for four seasons at Union College in the ECAC. During his freshman campaign, he was a member of the historic 2013-14 National Championship team that secured the first NCAA Division I title in program history. The Dutchmen finished that season with a program-record 32 wins and a 12-game winning streak, culminating in a 7-4 victory over the University of Minnesota in the championship game. A standout student-athlete and graduate of West Seneca West Senior High School, Krug was also named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team for three consecutive seasons (2013-2016). Beyond his collegiate and junior pedigree, Krug brings significant leadership experience to the bench. He is currently an active-duty Police Officer with the Buffalo Police Department, a role he has held since August of 2018. Furthermore, he remains a fixture in the local hockey community, having dedicated the past eight years to coaching youth hockey within the West Seneca Hockey Organization.