2009-10 UNH MEN’S ICE HOCKEY MEDIA GUIDE Dick Umile, a five-time Hockey East Coach of the Year, enters his 20th season as the head coach of the UNH Wildcats. He earned his fourth Leonard Fowle New England Coach of the Year award following the 2007-08 season. After signing a long-term contract in 2008, Umile will conclude his coaching career at his alma mater. During his time spent at UNH, Umile has molded UNH hockey into one of the top programs in all of Division I hockey, guiding the Wildcats to four Frozen Four appearances, 15 NCAA tournament appearances and 19 Hockey East championship tournament showings in his 19-year career in Durham. In addition, Umile has posted 17 20-victory campaigns over the span of 19 seasons, including a current streak of 13 20-win seasons. Umile is now the winningest coach in the history of UNH hockey with 444 career victories. He surpassed legendary coach Charlie Holt on Feb. 16, 2005 in a 6-1 victory at Merrimack at Thom Lawler Arena in North Andover, Mass.Umile ranks fourth among active NCAA coaches with a .652 winning percentage and on the active victories list his 444 victories ranks eighth among NCAA coaches. He has been named Coach of the Year a total of 10 times in his career, including New England honors four times. Umile’s five Hockey East Coach of the Year
Awards is an all-time league best. Last season, Umile directed the Wildcats to a 20-13-5 mark as they captured their eighth-consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament. Umile guided the Wildcats to 20+ wins in 13 straight years, the second longest streak in the nation and five seasons more than its closest competition; no other team in Hockey East has an active streak longer than one season. After struggling through a 1-5-2 stretch in November, New Hampshire went 14-4-2 to close out the regular season and claimed third place in the league and home-ice in the Hockey East quarterfinals for a Hockey East-best 13th straight season. The crowning moment of the 2008-09 season was the Wildcats’ goal with 0.1 seconds remaining to tie and eventually win 6-5 in overtime in their NCAA Northeast Regional opening-round game against perennial power North Dakota in front of UNH faithful at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester. In 2007-08, Umile led the Wildcats to a 25-10-3 record, including a program-record 19 Hockey East wins en route to a 19-5-3 record in league play, which earned UNH the regular season title for the second season in a row. Umile captured his 400th career victory Oct. 19, 2007 against Boston University. Umile coached four AllAmericans in Kevin Regan, Mike Radja, All-Time Wildcat Coaches Matt Fornataro, and Brad Flaishans, which was the first time in school history that Coach Years Seasons Won Lost Tied Pct. four players received that honor. 1 1924-25 2 2 0 .500 Hank Swasey In 2006-07, Umile helped the Ernest Christensen 12 *1925-38 55 54 8 .504 ‘Cats to the team’s sixth Hockey East reguCarl Lundholm 1 1936-37 3 5 0 .375 lar-season title and their sixth straight NCAA Tournament apperance with a 26George Thurston 1 1938-39 5 4 0 .556 11-2 overall record and an 18-7-2 mark in Tony Dougal 5 1939-47 15 28 0 .349 conference play. Joseph Petroski In 2005-06 Umile coached 4 1947-51 9 20 0 .310 Pepper Martin 11 1951-61 66 76 3 .466 UNH to a 20-13-7 record overall. The ‘Cats finished third in Hockey East, and A. Barr Snively 2 1961-64 23 22 0 .511 advanced to the NCAA tournament for Rube Bjorkman 4 1964-68 57 40 0 .588 the fifth consecutive time. 18 1968-86 347 232 18 .596 Charlie Holt In 2004-05, Umile guided the Dave O’Connor 1 **1987-88 7 20 3 .283 team to a 26-11-5 record and a second Bob Kullen 3 **1986-90 37 66 8 .369 place finish in Hockey East with a 15-5-4 mark. The Wildcats played in the Hockey Dick Umile 19 1990-present 444 220 71 .652 East championship game and advanced Totals: 81 1924-2006 1,050 776 106 .571 to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season. *Christensen coached from 1925-36 and 1937-38. In 2002-03, UNH earned its fourth trip to the Frozen Four with a 28**O’Connor served as interim coach for 1987-88 season. 8-6 overall record and a 15-5-4 record in Hockey East.The Wildcats took home the Hockey East tournament title for the second straight season with a 1-0 overtime thriller vs. Boston University on March 15, 2003 at the FleetCenter in Boston. UNH defeated St. Cloud State and Boston University in the NCAA Regionals in Worcester, Mass. to earn its second straight trip to the Frozen Four. In Buffalo, the Wildcats beat the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, the Cornell Big Red, and Umile guided UNH to its second appearance in the national championship game vs. the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Junior goaltender Mike Ayers, senior forwards Lanny
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Name Jeff Jackson Dean Blais Red Berenson Dick Umile Jack Parker Dave Hakstol Mike Schafer Scott Owens Don Lucia Jerry York
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Years W-L-T 10 285-100-39 10 262-115-33 25 673-310-68 19 444-220-71 36 815-413-101 6 130-71-19 14 276-149-49 10 23-133-35 22 521-291-82 37 821-529-89
Coach Umile Career Highlights • Awarded the Spencer T Penrose Memorial Trophy as the nation’s top Division I coach in 1999. • Five-Time Hockey East Coach of the Year (1991, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2007). • Four-time New England Coach of the Year (1991, 1999, 2002, 2008). • Has led UNH to back-to-back Hockey East tournament titles (2002, 2003). • Has led UNH to seven Hockey East regular season titles (1992, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008). • Guided UNH to back-to-back Frozen Four appearances in 1998 and 1999; 2002 and 2003, including a berth in the national championship in 1999 and 2003. • Coached Jason Krog, the 1999 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner, eight Hobey Baker finalists and 23 All-Americans in 19 seasons as head coach of the Wildcats. • Ranks fourth on the NCAA active list in winning percentage at .652 and his 444 wins rank sixth on the active NCAA coaching wins list. • Ranks first all-time in win percentage (.652) and first in wins (444) at UNH. • Has appeared in the NCAA Tournament 15 of the last 19 years, including 11 of the last 12 seasons and seven straight seasons. • Has posted 16 20+ win seasons, including a school-record 31 wins during the 1998-99 season. UNH has 13-straight 20-win seasons. • Has coached several players that have gone on to the NHL ranks, including Eric Boguniecki, Ty Conklin, Darren Haydar, Mark Mowers, Bryan Muir, Eric Nickulas, Jason Krog, Garrett Stafford, Colin Hemingway, Daniel Winnik, Trevor Smith and Jamie Fritsch.
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Name School Years Jerry York Boston College 37 Jack Parker Boston University 36 Rick Comley Michigan State 37 Red Berenson Michigan 25 Don Lucia Minnesota 22 Dick Umile New Hampshire 19 Joe Marsh St. Lawrence 21 George Gwozdecky Denver 24 Jeff Jackson Colorado College 10 Mike Schafer Cornell 14
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