Quick Facts
Biography
Michael Sisti is the current head women's ice hockey coach at Mercyhurst University. Since 1999, he has coached Mercyhurst to 4 Frozen Four appearances, 11 College Hockey America (CHA) post-season titles, and 1 Great Lakes Women's Hockey Association (GLWHA) post-season title.
Personal life
Sisti is a native of Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Canisius College in 1990. He holds numerous scoring records at Canisius, and is a 2002 inductee in the Canisius Athletic Hall of Fame .
Coaching
After graduation, he was an assistant coach for Canisius men's program, and came to Mercyhurst in 1993 as an assistant coach on the men's team. In 1999, Sisti became the Head Coach of the newly formed women's varsity team. To date, he has been the only Head Coach of the program. His team reached the NCAA Tournament each year from 2005 through 2014. The 10 consecutive appearances are an NCAA Division I record. In 2009, Mercyhurst reached the NCAA Championship game, losing to Wisconsin 5-0, in their first of four Frozen Four seasons. He was awarded the 2005 AHCA Coach of the Year award. His 437 wins as of January 15, 2017 put him third all-time among women's hockey coaches
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercyhurst (College Hockey America) (1999–present) | |||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Mercyhurst | 23-6-0 | |||||||
| 2000–2001 | Mercyhurst | 14-16-3 | 5-1-2 | 2nd | lost GLWHA Conference Championship | ||||
| 2001-2002 | Mercyhurst | 24-8-1 | 8-0-0 | 1st | GLWHA Champions | ||||
| 2002–2003 | Mercyhurst | 25-8-1 | 6-0-0 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions | ||||
| 2003–2004 | Mercyhurst | 26-6-4 | 11-1-0 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions | ||||
| 2004–2005 | Mercyhurst | 28-7-2 | 11-0-1 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance | ||||
| 2005–2006 | Mercyhurst | 23-8-6 | 10-0-2 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance | ||||
| 2006–2007 | Mercyhurst | 32-2-3 | 11-0-1 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance | ||||
| 2007–2008 | Mercyhurst | 26-8-3 | 11-2-1 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance | ||||
| 2008–2009 | Mercyhurst | 31-6-0 | 16-0-0 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Championship Game | ||||
| 2009-2010 | Mercyhurst | 30-3-3 | 14-1-1 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Frozen Four | ||||
| 2010-2011 | Mercyhurst | 29-6-0 | 16-0-0 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance | ||||
| 2011-2012 | Mercyhurst | 23-8-3 | 8-1-3 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance | ||||
| 2012-2013 | Mercyhurst | 29-7-1 | 17-3-0 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions, Frozen Four | ||||
| 2013-2014 | Mercyhurst | 24-9-4 | 15-3-2 | 1st | CHA Finals Frozen Four | ||||
| 2014-2015 | Mercyhurst | 23-9-3 | 14-5-1 | 1st | CHA Semi-Finals | ||||
| 2015-2016 | Mercyhurst | 19-11-5 | 14-3-3 | 1st | CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance | ||||
| 2016-2017 | Mercyhurst | 15-18-2 | 11-8-1 | 3rd | |||||
| Mercyhurst: | 444-146-44 | 198-28-18 | |||||||
| Total: | 444-146-44 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||