Merrimack College Women's Ice Hockey

Hamlen enters her second season at Merrimack in 2016-17 as the head coach of the women's ice hockey team, which debuted last winter as the 24th varsity sport and 14th women's sport on campus. Hamlen led Merrimack into an exciting first year of Division I competiition in 2015-16, helping the Warriors establish a name for themselves in not only the Hockey East but nationwide. She guided the program to a five-win season, most notably its first-ever win and first Hockey East victory over New Hampshire, Hamlen's alma mater, at Lawler Rink on Homecoming Weekend. She also led Merrimack to victories over Colgate, Brown and Vermont. Hamlen would also coach two players to all-conference recognition in the program's inaugural season, as forward Paige Voight and goaltender Samantha Ridgewell were named to the Hockey East Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team. Hamlen, who led the University of New England womens hockey team during its inaugural season of existence in 2012-13, has charted the course for the Warriors since their inception and into Hockey East competition.  Prior to UNE, Hamlen spent a decade at the University of New Hampshire, a perennial power in the Womens Hockey East Association. Hamlen held posts as both Associate Head Coach and Assistant Coach from 2000-10. During her tenure, Hamlen helped guide the Wildcats to four straight Hockey East tournament titles, six straight regular season crowns, and two appearances in the Frozen Four. Hamlen has also enjoyed coaching stints at the national level; in 2005-06, she spent a year as an Assistant Coach on the USA Hockey Women's Select and National Teams, which earned a silver medal in the Womens International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship. In 2007-08, she was also named an assistant coach with the USA Hockey U-18 Select Team that won the United States' first U-18 gold medal. In 2010, Hamlen served the first-ever head coach for the Boston Blades, a professional women's team competing in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She continued on with the Blades in an advisory role for the 2011-12 season. The IIHF named Hamlen to a mentor role to Team China in 2011 and Team Japan in 2012, where she worked with the coaches and athletes of the governing bodies in order to find ways to improve the U-18 National Team's success in international competition. Most recently, she also had been named a USA Hockey Goaltending Scout/Coach. During her decorated playing career, Hamlen was a four-time First-Team All-Star selection at UNH from 1989-93. She still ranks among the Wildcats' all-time leaders in victories, minutes played, and shutouts, and her career saves total (1,556) ranks fifth in program history. In 1990 and 1991, she helped lead UNH to a pair of ECAC Championship titles, and in 1992 she was selected ECAC Goaltender of the Year. She graduated from UNH with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Hamlen was also the starting goaltender for the United States Women's National Ice Hockey Team from 1992-1997, and again from 1999-2000, earning USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year honors in 1994. She also played professionally for four different men's hockey organizations in the United States. A Glens Falls, N.Y., native, Hamlen and her husband, Tim, reside in Hampton, N.H. with their two young children.

Hill enters his second season at Merrimack in 2016-17 with the women's ice hockey team, and first as Associate Head Coach. Hill's guidance in during the program's first year helped forge a memorable season for the College's women's ice hockey team. The Warriors finished their inaugural campaign with five wins including their memorable first victory against perennial Hockey East contender New Hampshire on Homecoming Weekend and ranked among the nation's leaders in average attendance after over 1,700 fans made their way to Lawler Rink for the program's first-ever contest. Hill, who spent four years as assistant coach of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute of Technology Engineers womens ice hockey program prior to coming to Merrimack, joined the Warriors coaching staff with nearly a decade of coaching experience. In four years at RPI, Hill helped guide the Engineers to three double-digit win campaigns, including a memorable first season in 2009-10, when he helped lead the team to a 16-15-6 record, including an 11-7-4 mark in ECAC Hockey. That year, the Engineers advanced to the conference semifinals for the second straight season, surrendering just 2.08 goals per contest to rank 12th nationwide among the countrys 35 Division I women's programs.   Prior to his time in Troy, N.Y., Hill spent the previous two years as the Director of Player Development for the Vermont Stars, a Tier 1 Youth Girls Team. During his tenure in his home state, he helped develop and execute practice plans and off-ice training for all levels. Hill also served as a head coach, most recently with the U14 Stars, in 2008 and 2009. Prior to joining the Vermont Stars, Hill spent a year as an assistant coach for the womens program at his alma mater, Saint Michaels College. Hill, who graduated cum laude in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, enjoyed a fantastic four-year career as a defenseman for the Purple Knights. He helped lead Saint Michaels to three consecutive Northeast-10 Championships and was named to the All-Northeast-10 Second Team in 2003-04. Hill, who earned the schools Victor Lemieux Award for strong loyalty and leadership within the athletic department, was also an All-ECAC Division II Second Team selection as a junior. Following his college career, Hill served as an assistant coach with the Green Mountain Glades, a Tier 1 Youth Boys in South Burlington, Vt. In addition to serving as the assistant for both the Squirt Major and PeeWee Major teams, he was the power skating instructor and skills coach for the entire organization. Hill, who is a level 4 certified USA Hockey coach, has served as an instructor and coach with various organizations since 1999, including Full Stride, a hockey services company based in Vermont, and at numerous development camps and regional festivals through USA Hockey.

Bellamy, a two-time Winter Olympics silver medalist for the United States Women's Ice Hockey National Team, begins her first season as assistant women's ice hockey coach in 2014-15. Bellamy joins the coaching staff of head coach Erin Hamlen and assistant coach Brent Hill, as the trio continues to build toward the program's debut season at the Division I ranks in 2015-16. Bellamy arrives in North Andover after spending most of last year preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, competing as a member of the United States Women's National Team and helping the U.S. capture a silver medal. She also was a member of the team in Vancouver back in the 2010 Winter Olympics, where the United States also took home a silver medal. A 2009 graduate from the University of New Hampshire, Bellamy was a five-time member of the U.S. Women's National Team for the IIHF World Women's Championship, helping the team claim gold on four occasions. She was an assistant captain for Team USA in 2012 and 2013, and named one of the team's Top-Three Players in 2009. Bellamy was an eight-time member of the U.S. Women's Select Team for the Four Nations Cup and twice skated for the Under-22 Select Team that competed against Canada in 2007-08. At UNH, Bellamy ranks third all-time in career points by a defenseman, earning RBK All-America First Team and Hockey East First Team honors as a senior and was named UNH's Jim Urquahart Student-Athlete of the Year.

Vaughan currently works with the USA Women's National Hockey Team as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. He was the Strength Coach for the IIHF U18 Gold Medalist team, and was a Strength and Conditioning/Nutrition Intern for the 2014 USA Women's Olympic Hockey Silver Medalist Team. In the summers of 2013 & 2014 Vaughn served as the Strength and Conditioning Coach of the USA Hockey U18 and U16 Girls Development Camps. Vaughan also works as the Director of Programming and Athlete Development with Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, and has interned at Northeastern University with their Strength and Conditioning program. He boasts a certification from the NSCA as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist. He also is USAW Level 1 Sports Performance Coach and American Red Cross CPR/AED & First Aide certified.  Vaughan is a 2013 graduate of Fitchburg State University with a Bachelor of Science in exercise & sport science. A New England native, Vaughan currently resides in his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts.