Jen Kindret became just the third Head Coach in Saint Anselm College women's ice hockey history in June 2021.
In Kindret's first season at the helm of the women's ice hockey program in 2021-22, the Hawks skated to a 16-13-3 record overall and an 11-6-3 record in New England Women's Hockey Alliance play, good for the third-seed in the league's postseason tournament. Saint Anselm qualified for its fourth-consecutive NEWHA Championship game in its first season playing primarily against National Collegiate level competition. Kindret led the Hawks to a win over the University of Maine in her first game behind the bench on Oct. 2. Kindret's 2021-22 squad posted wins over programs that call ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, and the NEWHA home.
Kindret came to the Hilltop from Robert Morris University where she served a two-year stint as the top Assistant Coach for the nationally-ranked Colonials. Helping the team to 36 wins in just two seasons, Kindret was a part of the 2021 College Hockey America (CHA) title-winning program that made the institution's second NCAA postseason appearance.
Heavily involved in the recruiting efforts for the Colonials, Kindret secured the commitments of two invitees to the U18 Team Canada training camp in her final season and was a key part of the team's CHAÂ postseason championship in 2020-21. Robert Morris finished the 2020-21 season ranked in the top three nationally in goals (71), assists (117), power play goals (16) and team shutouts (8).
With the Colonials in 2019-20, she led a forwards unit that contributed to the third-ranked power play (24.8%) and the seventh-ranked offense (3.25 goals per game) in National Collegiate women's ice hockey. Robert Morris concluded Kindret's first year in Moon Township, Pa. as the runner-up in the CHA Championship contest.
Prior to joining Robert Morris, Kindret was responsible for starting the women's ice hockey program at NCAA Division III King's (Pa.) College in August 2016, building a team from the ground up. Tasked with managing all facets of the fledgling program, the team took the ice in 2017 for the first time under her leadership.
She spent two years as a graduate assistant coach at Lindenwood (Mo.) University from August 2014 to May 2016, supervising all of the team's video-related efforts and developing scouting reports for the team's opponents while earning an MBA in 2016.
During the 2013-14 season, Kindret volunteered with NCAA Division III Chatham University and worked primarily with the team's power play unit, increasing the program's extra-player conversion rate from 6.8 percent to 14 percent with her mentorship.
The Winnipeg, Manitoba native was a four-year standout for Robert Morris before graduating in 2013 with a degree in Sport Management. A two-time CHA All-Academic Team selection, she helped the Colonials to their first CHA postseason title in 2012 and finished her career with 121 games played.
