Lindenwood Men's Hockey

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Lindenwood University has hired @PennStateMHKY Associate Coach Keith Fisher as the new Head Coach of the men’s Ice Hockey program. An official announcement is expected Monday.
MEET COACH FISHER

Keith Fisher enters his eighth season as associate head coach and 14th overall with the Nittany Lions in 2025-26. Fisher has over 25 years of coaching experience in college and junior hockey and was elevated to associate head coach in July 2018.

AT PENN STATE

Fisher’s recruiting and coaching acumen has been vital to the rise of Penn State hockey, with four NCAA Tournament berths in 2017, 2018, 2023 and 2025 and a pair of Big Ten Championships (2017 & 2020).

This past season, Fisher helped guide Penn State to its first-ever Frozen Four riding the momentum of a second-half surge that saw the Nittany Lions go 13-4-4 down the stretch to earn the final at-large bid into the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Penn State then defeated No. 3 overall seed Maine, 5-1, before a 3-2 overtime victory against UConn in the Allentown Regional final punched its ticket to St. Louis.

Fisher spearheaded a defensive unit that dropped its goals-against average by nearly half a goal during the second half of the season to finish the year in the middle of the pack nationally allowing 3.00 goals per game. The defense also paced the Big Ten with 596 blocks on the year, a mark good for second in the nation while the 14.9 blocks per game average also topped the conference and ranked sixth in the nation.

As a team, Penn State averaged 3.48 goals per game offensively, a mark good for third in the Big Ten and eighth nationally as the 139 goals scored rank as the fourth-most in a single-season all-time and most since scoring a program record 177 during the 2018-19 campaign.

Fisher saw the specialty units continue to climb in 2024-25 as the powerplay ranked third in the Big Ten and 16th nationally converting at 23.6 percent while the 33 powerplay goals tied for the second-most in a single-season in program history and ranked first in the Big Ten and tied for fifth nationally. Fink tied his own single-season record and ranked in the top-10 nationally with eight powerplay goals while freshman JJ Wiebusch added five to lead all Big Ten rookies while ranking tied for eighth in the nation among first-year players. The penalty kill unit finished the season third in the Big Ten and was a perfect 40-for-40 in non-conference games marking the first time in the history of the program the Nittany Lions didn’t surrender a man-advantage goal in non-conference play (13 games).

[Pierre McGuire]

Muckalt got a year deal with Michigan Tech.

[hockey jedi]

Nice hire. I hope he can pick up where Muckalt left off. It's great to have D1 hockey in STL. C'mon SLU! Bring D1 hockey back.

[Pierre McGuire]

Meant to say 5 year deal at Michigan Tech for Muckalt

[SameOldBlues]

Nice hire. I hope he can pick up where Muckalt left off. It's great to have D1 hockey in STL. C'mon SLU! Bring D1 hockey back.

I live literally right next to Lindenwood college, it’d be awesome to see the school rise to prominence and be able to go catch games anytime I wanted to.

[Pierre McGuire]

Nice hire. I hope he can pick up where Muckalt left off. It's great to have D1 hockey in STL. C'mon SLU! Bring D1 hockey back.

I live literally right next to Lindenwood college, it’d be awesome to see the school rise to prominence and be able to go catch games anytime I wanted to.

The games are in Maryland Heights near the Casino but I highly recommend checking them out next year. It’s a really great arena to watch a game.

[hockey jedi]

Lindy had some really nice wins and quality losses last year against hockey's bluebloods. It would be nice to see them get closer to .500 winning percentage. I didn't go to school there, but I would recommend that university to athletes coming out of high school.

[SRV1990]

Nice hire. I hope he can pick up where Muckalt left off. It's great to have D1 hockey in STL. C'mon SLU! Bring D1 hockey back.

I live literally right next to Lindenwood college, it’d be awesome to see the school rise to prominence and be able to go catch games anytime I wanted to.

The games are in Maryland Heights near the Casino but I highly recommend checking them out next year. It’s a really great arena to watch a game.

Agreed, the main rink at Centene Ice Center in Maryland Heights is an excellent venue to catch a game. And although the Lions' record last year wasn't great, they were very competitive most games. Looking forward to catching them again at least a couple times next season.

[Army's Mom]

Lindy had some really nice wins and quality losses last year against hockey's bluebloods. It would be nice to see them get closer to .500 winning percentage. I didn't go to school there, but I would recommend that university to athletes coming out of high school.

I wouldnt. By all means, enjoy the hockey and the campus events. Just dont send yiur kids there!

There's been a LOT of money poured into that campus the past two decades, but they're overly reliant on foreign admissions who pay full freight. That won't fly in this climate. They do heavily recruit athletes, but their scholarships are stingy compared to comparable schools, and they’re listed among the highest risk schools for closure year after year.

I taught there for seven years. Received paychecks from 3 departments, with the following addresses:
209 S Kingshighway
209 S Kings Highway
209 S Kingsway

That place is somebody's Ponzi scheme...

[SameOldBlues]

Nice hire. I hope he can pick up where Muckalt left off. It's great to have D1 hockey in STL. C'mon SLU! Bring D1 hockey back.

I live literally right next to Lindenwood college, it’d be awesome to see the school rise to prominence and be able to go catch games anytime I wanted to.

The games are in Maryland Heights near the Casino but I highly recommend checking them out next year. It’s a really great arena to watch a game.

Agreed, the main rink at Centene Ice Center in Maryland Heights is an excellent venue to catch a game. And although the Lions' record last year wasn't great, they were very competitive most games. Looking forward to catching them again at least a couple times next season.

Well sheeet, there goes that potential idea. Id still go see em if they became competitive tho.

[TAFKAP]

Lindy had some really nice wins and quality losses last year against hockey's bluebloods. It would be nice to see them get closer to .500 winning percentage. I didn't go to school there, but I would recommend that university to athletes coming out of high school.

I wouldnt. By all means, enjoy the hockey and the campus events. Just dont send yiur kids there!

There's been a LOT of money poured into that campus the past two decades, but they're overly reliant on foreign admissions who pay full freight. That won't fly in this climate. They do heavily recruit athletes, but their scholarships are stingy compared to comparable schools, and they’re listed among the highest risk schools for closure year after year.

I taught there for seven years. Received paychecks from 3 departments, with the following addresses:
209 S Kingshighway
209 S Kings Highway
209 S Kingsway

That place is somebody's Ponzi scheme...

Dennis Spellmann is the Bernie Madoff of University Presidents. The Federal government actually passed a law because of him, closing the loophole that if a student failed and dropped out, or was kicked out for being found in a girls dorm, the college got to keep the Pell Grant money. Spellmann was straight garbage.

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