Aikens joined the St. Lawrence men's hockey staff as an assistant coach in September 2022
Aikens joins the Scarlet and Brown after spending last season as the head coach of the Anchorage Wolverines in the NAHL. The Rochester, Minnesota native led the team to a 33-19-4 regular season record and an 8-2 record in the Robertson Cup Playoffs, where the team advanced to the league finals.
Aikens has extensive coaching experience at the junior level coaching in the USHL, NAHL, and BCHL. He served as a head coach for the Rochester Mustangs, Billings Bulls, Williams Lake Timberwolves, Omaha Lancers, and the Alaska Wolverines, and has been an assistant coach for the Omaha Lancers, Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks, Chicago Steel, and the Topeka Roadrunners.
A 2013 graduate of Bellevue University, Aikens played for the University of Denver for 27 games scoring five goals and tallying four assists his freshman year before being suffering an injury and being forced to pivot into a student coaching role with the Pioneers.
