Bowdoin College

The 2009-10 season will mark the sophomore campaign forassistant women's ice hockey coach Kristin Cirbus.

Cirbus is a 2005 graduate of Colgate University, where shefinished 14th all-time on the Raiders' career points list. Prior toearning a geography degree with a minor in education from Colgate,Cirbus starred on the junior hockey circuit for the Syracuse Stars,helping them to a pair of national championships as well as threestate titles and a state crown with the Buffalo Bisons as well.

Her coaching career flourished at UMass-Boston, where she was anassistant for three seasons with the Beacons while earning amaster's degree in business administration. The Jamestown, N.Y.native also has extensive coaching experience at various camps,serving as an instructor for 12 years at the McFall Brothers HockeyCamp in her hometown and another two years coaching in the RickHeinz Hockey School. Cirbus was also an instructor at the BostonUniversity hockey camp as well as the Dynamic Hockey camp.