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Paul Lowden enters his eighth season as the Head Coach of the Davenport University Panthers Hockey Team. The Panthers compete in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) at the Division II level. Last season, Lowden collected his 200th win as Head Coach of Davenport and after leading his team to back-to-back ACHA D2 National Championships, has an overall record of 238-56-13 Paul grew up on the east side of Toronto, Ontario (Canada) where he played his minor and junior hockey. He played his college hockey from 1983-1987 for the Ferris State University's NCAA DI Hockey Program. He currently holds the career record at Ferris State University for goals scored (101) and total points (208) and was inducted into the Ferris State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003. He continued his athletic career by playing professional hockey in Germany from 1987-1992. Paul also serves as Davenport University's Athletic Director. Lowden started the athletic program in 2002 with two programs (Hockey and Women's Basketball). The university currently has 20 varsity programs and 4 non-varsity programs. Lowden was selected as the first head coach of the ACHA DII Select Team which travelled to Europe for nine days from December 26th, 2007 to January 4th , 2008. The Select Team went 5-0 against Teams from Switzerland, Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic. Paul resides in Ada, MI with his wife Lisa and their three children (daughters Kristyn, Kaitlyn and their son Kyler). Listed below are the major successes the Davenport University Panthers have earned in their first seven seasons. GMHL Conference League and Playoff Champions (2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009) ACHA DII National Tournament Berth (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) 2006 ACHA DII National Tournament Championship FINAL FOUR (Rochester, NY) 2007 ACHA DII National Tournament Championship RUNNER-UP (Fort Collins, CO) 2008 ACHA DII National Champion (Fort Myers, Fla.) 2009 ACHA DII National Champions (Grand Rapids, Mich.) |
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