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Matt Loen is an American ice hockey coach and former player who was the NCAA Division III coach of the year.[1]

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Matt Loen

Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Conference	WIAC
Biographical details
Born	(1972-11-09) November 9, 1972 (age 49) Coon Rapids, Minnesota, USA
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Playing career
1991–1995	Wisconsin–Eau Claire
1995–1999	Madison Monsters
1997–1998	Milwaukee Admirals
1998–1999	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
1999–2000	Madison Kodiaks
1999–2001	Milwaukee Admirals
2000–2001	Kalamazoo Wings
2001–2002	Tacoma Sabercats
2002–2003	Rockford IceHogs
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2007	Wisconsin–Eau Claire (asst.)
2007–Present	Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Head coaching record
Overall	235–135–30 (.625)
Tournaments	4–0 (1.000)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2013 NCHA champion 2013 NCHA tournament champion 2013 NCAA National Champion 2014 WIAC tournament champion 2016 WIAC co-champion 2018 WIAC tournament champion 2020 WIAC champion 2020 WIAC tournament champion 2022 WIAC tournament champion
Awards
2013 Edward Jeremiah Award

Career

Loen began attending the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1991 and joined the ice hockey program. After his freshman campaign, he became one of the top scorers for the Blugolds and led the team in scoring as a senior. His offensive exploits helped him earn a professional contract after graduating and he continued to produce in the minor leagues. A 100-point season in 1997 helped Loen earn a promotion to the top level of the minor leagues. While he wasn't able to score at the same rate, Loen ended up staying at the AAA level for half a season around the turn of the century. Afterwards, he returned to the lower level and finished his playing career in 2003.

A few years after hanging up his skates, Loen was back at his alma mater as an assistant coach. He spent two years in the position before replacing Luke Strand as head coach.[2] Loen proved a stabilizing force behind the bench as the Blugolds posted solid if unspectacular results. In his sixth season, everything changed for the program. Wisconsin–Eau Claire won 20 games for the first time in program history and reached the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in 36 years.[3] The Blugolds stunned tournament favorite St. Norbert in the quarterfinal round and marched on to capture the National Championship. Loen was named as the national coach of the year for the stunning turnaround.

The following year, Wisconsin–Eau Claire was a founding member of the WIAC's ice hockey division. Despite playing a tougher schedule, the Blugolds continued to perform well under Loen and recorded at least 15 wins in each of the next seven seasons. Despite a pair of conference titles, UWEC was unable to return to the national tournament until 2020. Unfortunately, the entire championship was cancelled before a game could be played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Loen helped the team trough the difficulties that followed and the Blugolds won another league title in 2022.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991–92	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	NCHA		17	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	NCHA		26	9	14	23	12		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	NCHA		27	15	25	40	36		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	NCHA		27	19	37	56	10		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Madison Monsters	CoHL		68	36	39	75	26		6	4	3	7	2
1996–97	Madison Monsters	CoHL		73	47	59	106	16		5	2	3	5	2
1997–98	Madison Monsters	UHL		50	34	53	87	20		5	5	2	7	4
1997–98	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		9	0	3	3	0		2	0	0	0	0
1998–99	Madison Monsters	UHL		47	26	35	61	30		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL		21	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Madison Kodiaks	UHL		35	19	27	46	30		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		45	7	9	16	4		3	1	2	3	2
2000–01	Kalamazoo Wings	UHL		72	21	36	57	68		1	1	0	1	2
2000–01	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		1	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Tacoma Sabercats	WCHL		52	17	34	51	30		5	0	2	2	4
2002–03	Rockford IceHogs	UHL		76	22	52	74	48		3	0	1	1	6
NCAA totals				97	43	77	120	58		—	—	—	—	—
UHL/CoHL totals				421	205	301	506	238		20	12	9	21	16
IHL totals				55	7	13	20	4		5	1	2	3	2

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds (NCHA) (2007–2013)
2007–08	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	11–16–1	6–7–1	T–5th	NCHA Semifinals
2008–09	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	13–13–1	3–10–1	7th	NCHA Quarterfinals
2009–10	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	8–15–4	4–10–4	6th	NCHA Quarterfinals
2010–11	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	15–11–1	8–9–1	T–4th	NCHA Quarterfinals
2011–12	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	13–12–3	5–11–2	6th	NCHA Semifinals
2012–13	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	24–5–2	14–3–1	1st	NCAA National Champion
Wisconsin–Eau Claire:		84–72–12	40–50–10
Wisconsin–Eau Claire (WIAC) (2013–present)
2013–14	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	19–8–1	6–5–1	3rd	WIAC Champion
2014–15	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	18–7–1	9–3–0	2nd	WIAC Semifinals
2015–16	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	15–6–6	5–2–1	T–1st	WIAC Semifinals
2016–17	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	18–7–3	5–3–0	2nd	WIAC Runner-up
2017–18	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	17–10–1	5–2–1	2nd	WIAC Champion
2018–19	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	19–7–2	4–3–1	2nd	WIAC Runner-up
2019–20	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	22–4–2	11–3–1	T–1st	NCAA tournament cancelled
2020–21	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	5–3–1	5–2–1	2nd	WIAC Semifinals
2021–22	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	18–11–1	9–6–0	3rd	WIAC Champion
Wisconsin–Eau Claire:		151–63–18	59–29–6
Total:		235–135–30
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Jack Arena	Edward Jeremiah Award 2012–13	Succeeded by Chris Schultz

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