Michael Sisti
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Michael Sisti
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| current_title = Head Coach
| current_team = Mercyhurst
| current_conference = CHA
| current_record = 2–0–0
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| birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.
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| alma_mater = Canisius College
| coach_years1 = 1992
| coach_team1 = Canisius
| coach_years2 = 1993–1998
| coach_team2 = Mercyhurst
| coach_years3 = 1999–Present
| coach_team3 = Mercyhurst
| overall_record = 500–185–58
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| championships =
- GLWHA Champion (2002)
- 13× CHA Champion (2003–2013, 2016, 2018, 2020)
| awards =
- AHCA Coach of the Year (2005)
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Michael Sisti is the women's ice hockey current head coach at Mercyhurst University. Since 1999, he has coached Mercyhurst to 4 Frozen Four appearances, 15 College Hockey America (CHA) post-season titles, and 1 Great Lakes Women's Hockey Association (GLWHA) post-season title. He reached 500 wins in 2020, becoming only the second coach in Division I women's college hockey to achieve that milestone. In 2018, he was inducted into the Erie Hall of Fame.
Personal life
Sisti is a native of Buffalo, New York.{{Cite web|last=Moritz|first=Amy|title=Sisti keeps Mercyhurst women’s hockey among elite|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/sisti-keeps-mercyhurst-women-s-hockey-among-elite/article_a3b874d5-4462-5c08-a575-f1b88465d915.html|access-date=2020-12-19|website=The Buffalo News|language=en}} He graduated from Canisius College in 1991. He holds numerous scoring records at Canisius, and is a 2002 inductee in the Canisius Athletic Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|title=Mike Sisti (2002) - Hall of Fame|url=https://gogriffs.com/honors/hall-of-fame/mike-sisti/174|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Canisius College Athletics|language=en}}
Coaching
After graduation, he was an assistant coach for Canisius men's program, and came to Mercyhurst in 1993 as an assistant coach on the men's team. In 1999, Sisti became the head coach of the newly formed women's varsity team.{{cite web |url=http://www.hurstathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=823&path=whockey|date= | publisher=Mercyhurst University|title=2016-2017 Women's Ice Hockey Coaching Staff|accessdate=15 January 2017}} To date, he has been the only head coach of the program. {{Cite web|title=Sisti Becomes Second Division I Coach to Reach 500 Wins|url=https://hurstathletics.com/news/2020/12/12/womens-ice-hockey-sisti-becomes-second-division-i-coach-to-reach-500-wins.aspx|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Mercyhurst University Athletics|language=en}}
Sisti's team reached the NCAA Tournament each year from 2005 through 2014. The 10 consecutive appearances are an NCAA Division I record. In 2009, Mercyhurst reached the NCAA Championship game, losing to Wisconsin 5–0, in their first of four Frozen Four seasons.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/icehockey-women/nc|date= | publisher=NCAA, Turner Sports Interactive Inc.|title= Women's Ice Hockey Championship History|accessdate=15 January 2017}}
Mercyhurst teams have won fifteen conference championships, with Sisti as head coach.
On December 11, 2020, Sisti reached the 500-win milestone as head coach, when Mercyhurst defeated RIT by a score of 5–1. Only one other head coach, Wisconsin's Mark Johnson, has achieved this milestone in Division I women's college ice hockey. Sisti is the 30th coach in the history of college hockey to earn 500 wins.{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=USCHO|date=2020-12-12|title=With sweep of RIT, Mercyhurst women’s hockey coach Sisti hits 500-win milestone|url=https://www.uscho.com/2020/12/12/with-sweep-of-rit-mercyhurst-womens-hockey-coach-sisti-hits-500-win-milestone/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=College Hockey {{!}} USCHO.com|language=en-us}}
Awards and recognition
AHCA Coach of the Year award, 2005.{{cite web|date=17 March 2016|title=Boston College's Katie Crowley Repeats As STX/AHCA Division I Women's Coach of the Year|url=http://ahcahockey.com/news/1516/0317w1cy.php|accessdate=15 January 2017|publisher=American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA)}} {{Cite web|title=Awards|url=https://www.uscho.com/faq/awards/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=USCHO.com {{!}} FAQ {{!}} Frequently Asked Questions|language=en-us}}
Erie Sports Hall of Fame, inducted 2018{{Cite web|title=Michael Sisti|url=https://eriesportshalloffame.org/inductee/michael-sisti/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Erie Sports Hall of Fame|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=staff|first=Times-News|title=Erie Hall of Fame class announced|url=https://www.goerie.com/sports/20180403/erie-hall-of-fame-class-announced|access-date=2020-12-19|website=GoErie.com|language=en}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=Mercyhurst
|startyear=1999
|conference=College Hockey America
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1999–2000
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 23–6–0
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2000–2001
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 14–16–3
| conference = 5–1–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = lost GLWHA Conference Championship
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2001–2002
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 24–8–1
| conference = 8–0–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = GLWHA Champions
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2002–2003
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 25–8–1
| conference = 6–0–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2003–2004
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 26–6–4
| conference = 11–1–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2004–2005
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 28–7–2
| conference = 11–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2005–2006
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 23–8–6
| conference = 10–0–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2006–2007
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 32–2–3
| conference = 11–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2007–2008
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 26–8–3
| conference = 11–2–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2008–2009
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 31–6–0
| conference = 16–0–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Championship Game
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2009–2010
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 30–3–3
| conference = 14–1–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Frozen Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2010–2011
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 29–6–0
| conference = 16–0–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2011–2012
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 23–8–3
| conference = 8–1–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2012–2013
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 29–7–1
| conference = 17–3–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, Frozen Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–2014
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 24–9–4
| conference = 15–3–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Finals Frozen Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–2015
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 23–9–3
| conference = 14–5–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Semi-Finals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2015–2016
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 19–11–5
| conference = 14–3–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–2017
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 15–18–2
| conference = 11–8–1
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2017–2018
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 18–15–4
| conference = 13–4–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament Appearance
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–2019
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 15–14–5
| conference = 12–6–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–2020
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 21–10–5
| conference = 13–4–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament cancelled
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–2021
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 2–0–0
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| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Mercyhurst
| overall = 500–185–58
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall=500–185–58
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