Lindenwood introduced Monday the hiring of Keith Fisher as the following head coach of the boys’s hockey staff.
Fisher, who takes over for Invoice Muckalt, arrives in St. Charles, Mo., after spending 13 seasons on the workers at Penn State, together with the final seven because the affiliate head coach of the Nittany Lions. General, Fisher has over 25 years of teaching expertise between collegiate and junior hockey.
“Thanks to Dr. Porter and Mr. Coomer for the chance to guide the Lindenwood hockey program,” stated Fisher in a press release. “It’s an thrilling time to be a Lion, and I look ahead to constructing this system right into a nationwide contender. I can’t wait to get began.”
“From the outset of our search, it was important to discover a chief who may elevate our program to the following degree,” added Lindenwood VP of intercollegiate athletics Jason Coomer. “Coach Fisher has been immersed in profitable cultures all through his profession and has persistently helped younger males develop and compete on the highest ranges of the sport.
“Whereas Coach Fisher’s current run to the Frozen 4 speaks volumes, it’s his general physique of labor that actually units him aside. He’s extensively revered throughout the faculty hockey panorama, and we couldn’t be extra excited to have him behind the bench, guiding and growing our younger males.”
Fisher was named the 2020 Terry Flannagan Award winner, honoring the nation’s high assistant and their profession physique of labor. In whole, Fisher has coached three Massive Ten participant of the 12 months winners with two approaching the defensive aspect, 12 all-conference performers, a pair of All-Individuals, and three NHL gamers whereas at Penn State.
Fisher spent 2005 to 2011 on the workers at Princeton. With the Tigers, he helped lead the staff to a pair of NCAA event berths (2008, 2009) and the 2008 ECAC and Ivy League championships. The 2009 Tigers additionally set the varsity document for wins in a season with 22, a document that also stands to at the present time.
The Minnesota native headed up the Princeton recruiting efforts which noticed three All-Individuals, two Hobey Baker Award finalists, two ECAC participant of the 12 months recipients (the one two within the historical past of this system), one ECAC rookie of the 12 months, one ECAC defenseman of the 12 months and one ECAC goaltender of the 12 months.
Fisher’s groups additionally mixed for 48 Educational All-ECAC gamers, 5 NHL gamers, 4 first-team All-ECAC gamers and three first-team All-Ivy gamers.
“Immediately Lindenwood employed a superb coach and a fair higher individual,” stated Penn State head coach Man Gadowsky. “Coach Fisher has been an awesome buddy and an enormous a part of the success of the hockey applications at Penn State and Princeton. Penn State hockey, and me personally, will actually miss ‘Fish,’ however all of us look ahead to seeing him construct the Lindenwood hockey program with nice integrity — similar to him.”
Fisher spent 5 years with the USHL’s Omaha Lancers’ teaching workers, serving to the staff to the Clark Cup championship in 2001. His staff was additionally topped the Anderson Cup regular-season champions in each 2002 and 2005.
In Omaha, he served because the staff’s recruiting coordinator and educational advisor, along with different duties of on-ice teaching, video breakdown and recreation evaluation.
NHL first-round draft picks Keith Ballard and Nick Petrecki, 11 NHL gamers, together with Matt Carle and Paul Stastny, and USHL goaltender of the 12 months and USA Hockey junior participant of the 12 months Jeff Lerg got here by way of Omaha throughout Fisher’s time there. He additionally helped develop 54 NCAA Division I scholarship gamers and 12 NHL draft picks and served as affiliate coach for Crew USHL on the USHL Prospects/All-Star recreation throughout his remaining season.
Fisher started his profession at St. Cloud State, serving as an undergraduate assistant coach for 2 seasons. Throughout his two seasons with the Huskies, Fisher helped develop 5 gamers for the NHL. The 2000 season noticed St. Cloud State advance to only its second NCAA event in program historical past.
“Coach Fisher’s character and integrity have been recurring themes in each dialog we had throughout this course of,” stated Coomer. “It’s clear he’ll be deeply missed at Penn State, however we’re thrilled to welcome him as he builds a program that the St. Charles and St. Louis hockey communities can take nice pleasure in.”
A graduate of St. Cloud State, Fisher has a bachelor’s diploma in communications.
Previous to teaching, Fisher performed two seasons at Hibbing Group School and took part within the NJCAA nationwide event.
