University of Minnesota, Duluth Women's Ice Hockey

Crowell will return to the Bulldog bench for a second season in 2016-17 after taking over the now 17-year program on May 1, 2015.   Crowell guided UMD back to the WCHA Final Face-Off semifinals in March after the Bulldogs stunned then No. 7 Bemidji State on the road with a sweep in the opening round of the league playoffs. Overall, UMD went 15-21-1 with Crowell in 2015-16, and owned the nation's fourth strongest strength of schedule. Under Crowell, the Bulldogs placed 12 student-athletes on the WCHA's 2015-16 All-Academic Team, and five UMD players earned WCHA Scholar Athlete accolades, the league's most prestigious academic award.  The Bulldogs had one player named to the All-WCHA Second Team (Ashleigh Brykaliuk) and one WCHA All-Rookie selection (Maddie Rooney). UMD also owned the WCHA's third most potent offense last season, averaging 2.43 goals a game, and doing so in front of the third-highest women's hockey attendance in the NCAA.  Prior to her arrival in Duluth, Crowell spent five seasons at Harvard, including as Harvard's associate head coach in 2014-15 after filling an interim head coaching role in 2013-14. She was a Crimson assistant coach from 2010-13. In Crowell's final season at Harvard, the Crimson went 27-6-3 overall, captured the ECAC and Ivy League regular season championship and the ECAC playoff crown, and advanced all the way to the NCAA Frozen Four title game. Crowell was an instrumental component of a Harvard program that had qualified for the NCAA Tournament three consecutive winters.   One year earlier, Crowell stepped in for head coach Katey Stone (who spent the 2013-14 season with the USA Women's Olympic Team) and was named a finalist for the 2014 ECAC Coach of the Year award after guiding Harvard to a 23-7-4 record, an Ivy League regular season title, a berth in the ECAC semifinals and the NCAA quarterfinals and a No. 7 ranking in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey/USA Today polls.   Prior to signing on with the Crimson, Crowell built an impressive resume over five years (2005-10) at the University of Massachusetts-Boston helm. During her time behind the Beacon bench, she rolled up an overall record of 73-53-4 -- making her UMass-Boston's all-time winningest coach -- and helped produce 11 All-Conference selections. In 2009-10, Crowell was chosen the ECAC's Coach of the Year after the Beacons went 17-9-0 in all games and 13-6-0 against ECAC competition.   Crowell's collegiate coaching resume also includes a two-season stint (2003-05) as an assistant coach at Connecticut College, where she helped the Camels to their first first-ever playoff appearance. Crowell came to Connecticut College from St. Mark's School in Southborough, Mass., where she doubled as an assistant women's hockey coach and junior varsity lacrosse coach.   This past January, Crowell was an assistant coach for the United States Women's National Under-18 World Championship gold medal winning squad that earned gold in St. Catherines, Ontario. In addition to serving as an assistant at the 2010 Women's National Festival in Lake Placid, N.Y., since 2007, Crowell has served as a coach at U-14, U-16 and U-17 USA Hockey National Development Camps in Rochester, N.Y. and St. Cloud, Minn.  Crowell has participated in USA Hockey development events, including serving as an evaluator for Massachusetts Hockey and the Texas Amateur Hockey Association.  Crowell holds a USA Hockey Level Four coaching certification.   A Mansfield, Mass. native, Crowell enjoyed a rewarding four-year playing career at Colgate University and helped the Raiders to three straight ECAC playoff appearances and a spot in the 2000 ECAC championship game. Crowell who was part of Colgate's transition from Division III to Division I earned ECAC All-Academic accolades as a senior assistant team captain in 2001-02, and was awarded an academic prize for excellence in German.  She graduated from Colgate in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in German and earned her Master's of the Art of Teaching from Connecticut College in 2005. 2015-Current - Head Coach, University of Minnesota Duluth  2014-15 - Associate Head Coach, Harvard University 2013-14 - Interim Head Coach, Harvard University 2010-13 - Assistant Coach, Harvard University 2005-10 - Head Coach, University of Massachusetts-Boston 2003-05 - Assistant Coach, Connecticut College  

Bellamy played a pivotal role in helping UMD back to the WCHA Final Face-Off semifinals in March after the Bulldogs stunned then No. 7 Bemidji State on the road with a sweep in the opening round of the league playoffs. Overall, UMD went 15-21-1 in 2015-16, and owned the nation's fourth strongest strength of schedule. Under Bellamy's eye, the Bulldogs placed 12 student-athletes on the WCHA's 2015-16 All-Academic Team, and five UMD players earned WCHA Scholar Athlete accolades, the league's most prestigious academic award.  The Bulldogs had one player named to the All-WCHA Second Team (Ashleigh Brykaliuk) and one WCHA All-Rookie selection (Maddie Rooney). UMD also owned the WCHA's third most potent offense last season, averaging 2.43 goals a game, and doing so in front of the third-highest women's hockey attendance in the NCAA.  A 2009 graduate of Duluth Denfeld High School and two-sport star with the Hunters, Bellamy spent two seasons working in that same capacity at her alma mater, Harvard University. In 2014-15, Bellamy was an assistant for a Harvard club that reached the NCAA national title game and finished 27-6-3 overall after going 23-7-4 and securing an NCAA playoff berth the previous winter while Crowell was Harvard's interim head coach. Bellamy enjoyed a rewarding four-year goaltending career (2009-13) with the Crimson, posting a  60-25-7 record, a 1.82 goals against average, a .915 saves percentage and 19 shutouts (the second most in program history) in 95 liftetime appearances. As a senior, she paced the nation in goals against with an average (0.92) and ranked second in saves percentage (.949) en route to landing All-Ivy League first team accolades.   Bellamy, who earned a History and Science degree from Harvard in 2013, started between the pipes for six years while a prep for the Duluth Northern Stars and in 2008-09 was chosen the Senior Goalie of the Year. She also was a five-year starter and ace of the Hunter softball pitching staff.

Reber ranked third in scoring among the 2014-15 Crimson, collecting seven goals and 25 assists for 32 points in 36 games and was instrumental in leading Harvard into the NCAA title game in Minneapolis this past spring.  Reber was a member of Harvard's 100-point club, having amassed 108 points in 134 skates over her four-year tenure and placed among the Crimson's all-time Top 10 list for assists with 82.  A Crimson co-captain as a senior, Reber was a four-year letterwinner and all-conference selection at Edina (Minn.) High School.  She graduated this past May with a Bachelor degree in Psychology.