Katie Lachapelle

Katie Lachapelle (born March 18, 1977) is an American ice hockey player and coach. She is the head coach for the Holy Cross Crusaders women's ice hockey team.

Playing career Katherine Lachapelle was born in 1977 in Lewiston, Maine. She played on the boys' ice hockey team, because there was no girls team. In 1995, she was a member of the team that won the Class A state championship.

Lachapelle attended college at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, and played with the Providence Friars field hockey and ice hockey teams. She was co-captain in her senior year, and finished her career with 98 points, on 40 goals and 58 assists, in 116 games. Lachapelle stayed as the assistant coach at Ohio State from 2004 to 2008.

Boston University

Lachapelle joined the Boston University Terriers coaching staff as an assistant coach in the 2008–09 season. She would stay for nine years in this role, working with long-time head coach Brian Durocher. During her time as assistant coach, the BU Terriers won five conference titles, and made six straight appearances in the NCAA tournament.

Holy Cross Lachapelle left Boston University to become an assistant coach for the Holy Cross Crusaders women's hockey team, serving under head coach Peter Van Busick. In 2019, Lachapelle became head coach when Van Busick retired. In her first season as coach, the team went 5-20-2 in conference play and 5-23-5 overall.

USA Hockey

Lachapelle was selected as assistant coach of the United States women's national under-18 ice hockey team in 2013. Lachapelle became assistant coach with the US under-22 women's select team for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons.

Lachapelle was chosen to be the head coach for the United States women's U18 ice hockey team for the 2021 IIHF Women's World U18 Championship. However, the championship, which was due to be played in Sweden in January 2021, was officially canceled in September 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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