NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. – Niagara University hockey head coach Jason Lammers announced on Thursday the hiring of Andy Boschetto as assistant coach.
Boschetto joins the Purple Eagles after spending the past seven seasons as the head coach of the Salve Regina University Seahawks, an NCAA Division III program in Newport, Rhode Island. Boschetto led the Seahawks to three Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Northeast Hockey League championship games in the past five seasons, winning the 2015-16 league title and leading the Seahawks to their first-ever NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.
“Andy’s expertise in developing players and programs will be a tremendous addition to our team at Niagara,” Lammers said. “He has established an excellent reputation as a program builder, taking the team at Salve Regina to new heights in his seven seasons with the university. I am excited to be able to add a coach of Andy’s caliber to our staff.”
“I am looking forward to the opportunity to help build the next chapter of Niagara hockey,” Boschetto added. “It is a great honor to be working at this school and I am thankful to Coach Lammers for the opportunity.”
Under Boschetto, the Seahawks finished the 2016-17 season with a 14-8-4 overall record, with the .615 winning percentage ranking as the highest for a single season in the program’s history. Boschetto also led Salve Regina to a program-record 17 wins during the 2015-16 campaign that culminated in an NCAA Division III Tournament berth. In his third season in 2012-13, Boschetto and the Seahawks advanced to the team’s first ECAC Northeast championship game in 16 years at the NCAA Division III level.
Salve Regina improved its win total each of Boschetto’s first six seasons at the helm of the program after the team went 1-23-1 the year prior to his arrival. Six former Seahawks coached by Boschetto have gone on to play professional hockey in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL). In his tenure at Salve Regina, Boschetto amassed a seven-year record of 72-98-13.
Prior to Salve Regina, Boschetto was an assistant coach at Curry College for the 2009-10 campaign. In his lone season at Curry under head coach Rob Davies, the Colonels posted a record of 19-9-1 and won their first ECAC Northeast title since 2005 to advance to the NCAA Division III Tournament. That season, Curry had four players named to the ECAC Northeast All-Conference Team and nine players named to the conference’s all-academic team. Boschetto’s coaching career began in the 2008-09 season as an assistant coach at Proctor Academy in Andover, N.H.
Boschetto played collegiate hockey from 2001-05, playing two seasons at Hobart College before completing his college career with two seasons at Suffolk University. Boschetto played for Lammers at Hobart, where the current Niagara head coach served as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2001-02 campaign. In 74 games at the NCAA Division III level, Boschetto posted 55 points (23+32), including career-highs of 11 goals, 12 assists and 23 points in 16 games at Suffolk during the 2003-04 season.
A native of Chelmsford, Mass., Boschetto earned a Bachelor’s degree in operations and strategic management from Suffolk University in 2005. He and his wife, Stacey, have one child, Rome.
