Bio

After wrapping up her 12^th season as head coach of the MacEwan University Griffins in 2021-22, Lindsay McAlpine has accepted a secondment as MacEwan's first full-time Associate Director Athletics. She has led the program to three Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference championships in her tenure and has been awarded ACAC coach of the year four times.
In 2014-15, she served as head coach of the Australian national women’s hockey team, leading them to gold at the 2B world championships in Spain.
McAlpine is also the co-founder of High Tempo hockey, an all-female hockey school and conditioning camp in the Edmonton area.
Prior to her coaching career, McAlpine starred as a player for the University of Alberta Pandas – helping them capture the then-CIS national championship five times (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007). She was named the CIS national women’s hockey player of the year, a first team all-star and playoff MVP in her fifth and final year of university hockey (2006-07). McAlpine also played two seasons of professional hockey for the Edmonton Chimos (WWHL).
While completing Bachelor of Physical Education and Education degrees at Alberta, she was named an Academic All-Canadian in four of her five years. She also holds a Masters of Arts in Sports Sociology with a concentration on varsity women’s ice hockey.