Quinnipiac University Men's Ice Hockey

Riga enters his third season as the Bobcats' Associate Head Coach, and his eighth year at Quinnipiac. The Bobcats recruiting coordinator, Riga has played an instrumental part in Quinnipiacs four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, highlighted by a pair of appearances in the NCAA Frozen Four and National Championship Game in 2013 and 2016.  Since arriving at Quinnipiac, the Bobcats have accumulated 183 wins, including 108 over the last three seasons, which is tied with North Dakota for the most in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey in that span. In addition, Quinnipiac has won three of the last four Cleary Cups for the ECAC Hockey Regular Season Championship, while this past season saw the Bobcats win their first Whitelaw Cup for the ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship.  Rigas squads have consisted of five National Hockey League (NHL) draft picks, the first two Quinnipiac players to appear in a NHL game in Eric Hartzell and Bryce Van Brabant, as well as a Hobey Baker Memorial Award Hat-Trick Finalist and two All-Americans (Hartzell and Sam Anas), in addition to the Tim Taylor National Rookie of the Year and ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year (Anas) as well as multiple All-ECAC Hockey league selections. Academically, Quinnipiac has registered a 3.275 grade-point-average over Rigas 16 semesters in Mt. Carmel. 2013-14 saw Quinnipiac post its highest GPA in program history, as 27 of the 28 Bobcats posted a 3.00 GPA or higher on their way to carrying a 3.44 team-wide cumulative GPA. At 24-10-6, Quinnipiac was ranked No. 6 nationally in the years final polls.  In 2012-13, the first class in which Riga served as the primary recruiter reached unprecedented highs as the Bobcats were ranked No. 1 nationally over the final three months of the regular season, while also winning the Cleary Cup for the ECAC Hockey Regular-Season Championship by the largest margin in league history. As a result, the Bobcats were the top-ranked team in the NCAA Tournament, as they made their first appearance in over a decade in the national competition. Quinnipiac won the first game and regional championship in Quinnipiacs Division I history, reaching the coveted NCAA Frozen Four. The Bobcats defeated St. Cloud State in the national semifinal game, before losing in the National Championship Game to finish as National Runner-ups.  Rigas college hockey recruiting prowess became evident in his first sting prior to joining Quinnipiac at Union College. While at Union from 2003 through 2008, Riga also served as the Dutchmens primary recruiter. As a result, Union won two ECAC Hockey championships and also advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four.  Before joining the Union coaching staff, Riga was the head coach of the Eastern Junior Hockey Leagues Boston Junior Bruins from 1996 through 2003. In eight seasons as the Bruins head coach, Riga placed 33 athletes on NCAA Division I rosters, while two played in the NHL. In addition, Riga served as the EJHL Director of Media Relations from 2000 through 2003.  In addition to his coaching experience, Riga has also served as an instructor at USA Hockeys Select 16s and 17s Festival in Rochester, N.Y. from 2009 to the present. He has also served as an ownership partner of the Rand Pecknold Power Skating  Camp, from 2012 to the present, as well as the Junior Bruins Power Skating Camp, from 2002 to the present.  Riga graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, where he was a four-year letter winner on the River Hawks hockey team, with a bachelors degree in exercise physiology. He recently completed his masters degree in organizational leadership from Quinnipiac Universitys School of Business.  He currently resides in Hamden, Conn. with his fiance, Kim, and his dog, Bauer.  Bill Riga Men's Ice Hockey Associate Head Coach Bill Riga enters his third season as the Bobcats' Associate Head Coach, and his eighth year at Quinnipiac. The Bobcats recruiting coordinator, Riga has played an instrumental part in Quinnipiacs four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, highlighted by a pair of appearances in the NCAA Frozen Four and National Championship Game in 2013 and 2016.  Since arriving at Quinnipiac, the Bobcats have accumulated 183 wins, including 108 over the last three seasons, which is tied with North Dakota for the most in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey in that span. In addition, Quinnipiac has won three of the last four Cleary Cups for the ECAC Hockey Regular Season Championship, while this past season saw the Bobcats win their first Whitelaw Cup for the ECAC Hockey Tournament Championship.  Rigas squads have consisted of five National Hockey League (NHL) draft picks, the first two Quinnipiac players to appear in a NHL game in Eric Hartzell and Bryce Van Brabant, as well as a Hobey Baker Memorial Award Hat-Trick Finalist and two All-Americans (Hartzell and Sam Anas), in addition to the Tim Taylor National Rookie of the Year and ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year (Anas) as well as multiple All-ECAC Hockey league selections. Academically, Quinnipiac has registered a 3.275 grade-point-average over Rigas 16 semesters in Mt. Carmel. 2013-14 saw Quinnipiac post its highest GPA in program history, as 27 of the 28 Bobcats posted a 3.00 GPA or higher on their way to carrying a 3.44 team-wide cumulative GPA. At 24-10-6, Quinnipiac was ranked No. 6 nationally in the years final polls.  In 2012-13, the first class in which Riga served as the primary recruiter reached unprecedented highs as the Bobcats were ranked No. 1 nationally over the final three months of the regular season, while also winning the Cleary Cup for the ECAC Hockey Regular-Season Championship by the largest margin in league history. As a result, the Bobcats were the top-ranked team in the NCAA Tournament, as they made their first appearance in over a decade in the national competition. Quinnipiac won the first game and regional championship in Quinnipiacs Division I history, reaching the coveted NCAA Frozen Four. The Bobcats defeated St. Cloud State in the national semifinal game, before losing in the National Championship Game to finish as National Runner-ups.  Rigas college hockey recruiting prowess became evident in his first sting prior to joining Quinnipiac at Union College. While at Union from 2003 through 2008, Riga also served as the Dutchmens primary recruiter. As a result, Union won two ECAC Hockey championships and also advanced to the NCAA Frozen Four.  Before joining the Union coaching staff, Riga was the head coach of the Eastern Junior Hockey Leagues Boston Junior Bruins from 1996 through 2003. In eight seasons as the Bruins head coach, Riga placed 33 athletes on NCAA Division I rosters, while two played in the NHL. In addition, Riga served as the EJHL Director of Media Relations from 2000 through 2003.  In addition to his coaching experience, Riga has also served as an instructor at USA Hockeys Select 16s and 17s Festival in Rochester, N.Y. from 2009 to the present. He has also served as an ownership partner of the Rand Pecknold Power Skating  Camp, from 2012 to the present, as well as the Junior Bruins Power Skating Camp, from 2002 to the present.  Riga graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, where he was a four-year letter winner on the River Hawks hockey team, with a bachelors degree in exercise physiology. He recently completed his masters degree in organizational leadership from Quinnipiac Universitys School of Business.  He currently resides in Hamden, Conn. with his fiance, Kim, and his dog, Bauer. 

Cashman will enter his sixth season on the Bobcats' bench, and his second as associate head coach. Prior to re-joining the Bobcats in a coaching capacity,  Cashman completed a five-year professional career that most recently saw him playing in Austrias professional league. Cashman was recently named as one of the top 50 players in ECAC Hockey history, as announced by the league during the 2010-11 season. Cashman was previously named to the ECAC Hockey All-Decade Team for the period from 2000 through 2009. A native of Red Wing, Minn., he first earned All-America honors in 2004-05 when the Bobcats were members of Atlantic Hockey. Cashman went on to earn consecutive ECAC Hockey First Team and All-American honors when he finished as the leagues top-scoring defenseman in 2006 and 2007, and was the only defenseman in the Top 20 in scoring in the nation in both years. In 2007, he captained a Quinnipiac team that played for the ECAC Hockey Championship in just its second year in the league. In 79 career ECAC Hockey games, Cashman tallied 82 points, earning him a spot on the All-Decade team. In 2007, he finished second in the nation in scoring among defenseman with 41 points in 40 games for a 1.02 per game average. The previous season, he scored 41 points in 39 games for a 1.05 per game average, good for third in the nation among all blue-liners. In both seasons in ECAC Hockey, Cashman led the league in assists and power-play points and was a Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist. The school record-holder in career assists with 125, he also holds the single-season defenseman records in assists with 35 in 2006-07 and 45 in 2004-05. The all-time leading scorer amongst defenseman, his 148 career points rank eighth overall. Upon completion of his Quinnipiac career, Cashman signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs, playing seven games that season with Torontos top affiliate, the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League (AHL). Cashman enjoyed two stints with the Marlies, while also suiting up for the AHLs Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and the Milwaukee Admirals. He also played for the Columbia Inferno, Wheeling Nailers and the Cincinnati Cyclones of the East Coast Hockey League before completing his professional career overseas with  EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Erste Bank Ice Hockey League. He currently resides in Cheshire, Conn. with his wife, Stephanie.  Reid Cashman Men's Ice Hockey Associate Head Coach Former three-time Quinnipiac All-American Reid Cashman will enter his sixth season on the Bobcats' bench, and his second as associate head coach. Prior to re-joining the Bobcats in a coaching capacity,  Cashman completed a five-year professional career that most recently saw him playing in Austrias professional league. Cashman was recently named as one of the top 50 players in ECAC Hockey history, as announced by the league during the 2010-11 season. Cashman was previously named to the ECAC Hockey All-Decade Team for the period from 2000 through 2009. A native of Red Wing, Minn., he first earned All-America honors in 2004-05 when the Bobcats were members of Atlantic Hockey. Cashman went on to earn consecutive ECAC Hockey First Team and All-American honors when he finished as the leagues top-scoring defenseman in 2006 and 2007, and was the only defenseman in the Top 20 in scoring in the nation in both years. In 2007, he captained a Quinnipiac team that played for the ECAC Hockey Championship in just its second year in the league. In 79 career ECAC Hockey games, Cashman tallied 82 points, earning him a spot on the All-Decade team. In 2007, he finished second in the nation in scoring among defenseman with 41 points in 40 games for a 1.02 per game average. The previous season, he scored 41 points in 39 games for a 1.05 per game average, good for third in the nation among all blue-liners. In both seasons in ECAC Hockey, Cashman led the league in assists and power-play points and was a Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalist. The school record-holder in career assists with 125, he also holds the single-season defenseman records in assists with 35 in 2006-07 and 45 in 2004-05. The all-time leading scorer amongst defenseman, his 148 career points rank eighth overall. Upon completion of his Quinnipiac career, Cashman signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs, playing seven games that season with Torontos top affiliate, the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League (AHL). Cashman enjoyed two stints with the Marlies, while also suiting up for the AHLs Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and the Milwaukee Admirals. He also played for the Columbia Inferno, Wheeling Nailers and the Cincinnati Cyclones of the East Coast Hockey League before completing his professional career overseas with  EHC Black Wings Linz of the Austrian Erste Bank Ice Hockey League. He currently resides in Cheshire, Conn. with his wife, Stephanie. 

Pecknold completed his 22nd season as Quinnipiac's men's ice hockey head coach in 2015-16. This past season marked the Bobcats fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, as well as their second appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four and National Championship Game in the last four seasons. In addition, the Bobcats captured their second-consecutive Cleary Clup, for the ECAC Hockey Regular-Season Championship, which was also their third in four seasons. Quinnipiac also won its first-ever Whitelaw Cup after winning the league's tournament championship. For his efforts, Pecknold was honored with the Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year Award, the College Hockey News National Coach of the Year as well as the ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor Coach of the Year Award. To date, Pecknold features a career record of 446-264-83 and currently ranks sixth among all active NCAA Division I coaches in career victories. Since Quinnipiac qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2012-13 and advanced to the national championship game, Quinnipiac has the most wins (108) among all NCAA Division I programs in the country.  This season, Quinnipiac won a program record 32 games while winning the ECAC Hockey Regular-Season (Cleary Cup) and Tournament (Whitelaw Cup) Championships. The Bobcats' 32-4-7 record made them the first team since Michigan in 1997 to finish the season with only four losses for the year. Quinnipiac then went on to win the NCAA East Regional with wins against RIT and UMass Lowell before advancing to its second NCAA Frozen Four. The Bobcats defeated perennial power Boston College before falling to North Dakota in the National Championship Game.  In 2014-15,  Quinnipiac posted a 23-12-4 overall record including a 16-3-3 record and its second Cleary Cup ECAC Hockey Regular Season Championship in that last three years. With the top seed in the ECAC Hockey Championship, the Bobcats topped Union in a best-of-three quarterfinals series at High Point Solutions Arena. In doing so, Quinnipiac has now won an ECAC Hockey playoff series in each of its 10 years in the league, dating back to 2005-06, and also ran its all-time streak to 17 years, giving them a series win in each year that they have been at the NCAA Division I level.  In 2013-14, Pecknold's Bobcats posted their 13th 20-win season, out of the head coach's 16-year NCAA Division I career, while also winning the fourth most game in the program's history as Quinnipiac went 24-10-6 for the year. The Bobcats winning percentage of .675 ranked seventh nationally, while Quinnipiac also finished the year ranked second on the penalty kill (89.8), sixth on the power play (24.3) and 10th in combined special teams (53.0). Additionally, Quinnipiac ranked third in scoring margin (1.50), as its 3.52 goals per game (fifth highest in program history) ranked fifth among all Division I programs. The Bobcats 2.02 goals-against average was ranked second overall. The Bobcats posted a 12-4-6 ECAC Hockey record, clinching the third seed in the league championship tournament and securing a first-round bye for the second consecutive season.  Individually, the 2013-14 team featured NCAA Division I men's ice hockey's top freshman in Sam Anas, who became the first Quinnipiac and ECAC Hockey player to win the National Rookie of the Year award. Anas and senior Kellen Jones were also named to the ECAC Hockey Second Team. Following the season, Pecknold saw the second player in Quinnipiac history play in an National Hockey League game in Bryce Van Brabant, who signed with the NHL's Calgary Flames. Zach Tolkinen also joined the Flames organization, while Connor and Kellen Jones signed with Edmonton and Jordan Samuels-Thomas signed with Buffalo.  In 2012-13, Rand Pecknold guided Quinnipiac to arguably its most successful season in program history. The Bobcats ascended to its first NCAA Frozen Four, and finished as the National Runner-up, after capturing the 2012-13 Cleary Cup for its first ECAC Hockey Regular-Season Championship. The Bobcats finished the season with an overall record of 30-8-5, good for a NCAA-leading .756 winning percentage, while also leading the country with the most wins (30) and fewest losses (8) in Division I ice hockey. Quinnipiac also posted a national-best 21-game unbeaten streak from Nov. 9, 2012 through Feb. 9, 2013.   In 2012-13, Pecknold was also named the ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor Coach of the Year and the New England Hockey Writers' Association Clark Hodder Coach of the Year while also recognized as a finalist for the prestigious Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year award. Individually, Eric Hartzell was named a Hobey Baker Award "Hobey Hat Trick" Finalist and was honored as the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year, the ECAC Hockey Ken Dryden Goalie of the Year as well as earning AHCA/CCM Hockey All-American Honors as well as USCHO.com Player of the Year, while also earning ECAC Hockey First Team Honors. Zach Davies was named the ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman and also named to the First Team while Jeremy Langlois earned Third Team honors. Quinnipiac won the first NCAA Tournament game in school history when it knocked-off Canisius, 4-3, before topping Union, 5-1, in the NCAA East Regional Final to advance to the NCAA Frozen Four for the first time in program history. The Bobcats rolled over St. Cloud State, 4-1, before losing to Yale in the National Championship Game, 4-0.  For his career, Pecknold is currently 39723277 (.617) at the Division I level with a combined 446-264-83 (.615) mark at both the Division I and Division II levels. His win total (464) and winning percentage (.615 over the past 22 years rank first all-time at Quinnipiac. Included in that overall mark is an astounding ledger of 26212365 (.654) in conference play at the Division I level.  Since taking over as head coach of the Quinnipiac University mens ice hockey team 22 years ago, Rand Pecknold has asserted himself as one of the nations best. He has seen plenty of changes, but one constant is a proven track record filled with success and accom­plishment, both on the team and individual fronts. Off the ice, the Bobcats have ranked among the top half of Quinnipiacs Department of Athletics in Positive Play points, which encourages community involvement by Quinnipiacs student-athletes and coaches. Academically, Quinnipiac men's ice hockey featured the most student-athletes honored on the ECAC Hockey Academic Honor Roll in 2015 while also placing in the top three in the 12-team league for each of the past six seasons.  For his career, Pecknold boasts a career record of 367-238-65, making him just the fifth coach in Quinnipiac Athletics history to reach the 300-win mark, while ranking among the top 10 in active coaches in NCAA Division I hockey. Since joining the Division I ranks for the 1998-99 season, Quinnipiac ranks in the top ten in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey in wins and winning percentage. In addition to his 2013-14 honors, Pecknold is a three-time Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year finalist, the 2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year, the 2006 InsideCollegeHockey.com ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year and was a member of the inaugural class of the Elm City Legends in 2008. Prior to the start of the 2010-11 season, Pecknold was selected as ECAC Hockey's representative on the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey committee. Pecknold served the second year of his two-year term in 2012-13 seasons.  In 2009-10, Quinnipiacs early-season success featured wins against nationally-ranked Ohio State on the Buckeyes home-ice to open the season before ultimately winning 12 of their first 13 games. Included in the run, that culminated with the No. 4 ranking, were wins against nationally-ranked UMass and Cornell, including Quinnipiac second win in their last three regular-season games at Lynah Rink. Pecknolds line-up featured a pair of early-season nationally-ranked scoring leaders in Brandon Wong and Eric Lampe, as well as the AHCA National Player of the Month in goalie Dan Clarke. Quinnipiac hit a lull over the middle part of the season, before clinching home-ice advantage for the ECAC Hockey First Round for the fifth consecutive year, while also extending their streak of Quarterfinal appearances to five. When the dust settled, Wong was signed by the Grand Rapids Griffens of the American Hockey League, while Lampe and Jean-Marc Beaudoin landed in the East Coast Hockey League, with Lampe lacing them up for the Florida Everglades while Beaudoin helped the Bakersfield Condors to their league championship for the first time in program history. In addi­tion to his teams success, Pecknold won his 300th career game as the Bobcats clinched their ECAC Hockey First Round series. In 200809, the Bobcats line-up included the nations leading scorer in Bryan Leitch, who also led the nation in assists. It was a first for the Quinnipiac mens ice hockey program at the Division I level and was also the first time since All-American Reid Cashman word the Bobcats sweater that Pecknold coached a player that landed among the nations leaders. In addition to Leitch, linemate David Marshall also ranked in the top ten in points scored as well as goals scored as the duo sat in the top two spots on the ECAC Hockey scoring list. Leitch was named to the ECAC Hockey Second Team, become Quinnipiacs first all-league player since 200607. Prior to the Bobcats joining ECAC Hockey, Pecknold guided Quinnipiac to two MAAC regular-season titles, one Atlantic Hockey regular-season title, one MAAC tourna­ment title and the first-ever NCAA berth in program history in 2002.In addition to individual success, the Bobcats won their second con­secutive in-season tournament when they knocked off Merrimack and nationally-ranked Air Force to win the Toyota UConn Hockey Classic. The Bobcats went on to defeat Harvard and Dartmouth, also nationally ranked at the time, for an impressive four wins in six days. The feat pushed Quinnipiac into the national polls for the first time that year while they were also named the College Hockey News National Team of the Week. The Quinnipiac mens ice hockey 200708 season started off on a high note when the team was ranked in the top 15 by both the USCHO.com/ CSTV Division I and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine College Hockey Preseason Polls. The Bobcats became mainstays in the national rankings for most of the season, rising to 10th in both polls while also being fea­tured in College Hockey News first NCAA Tournament prediction of the season.January 21, 2008 marked the date for Quinnipiacs highest ranking all-time in a national poll. The Bobcats locked down the 10th slot in the InsideCollegeHockey.com poll while also being ranked in the top 15 in the RPI and PairWise Standings. In addition to their accomplishments in the Blue and Gold, 14 play­ers were ECAC Hockey All-Academic selections, for the second straight season. Captain Jamie Bates was also signed by the Norfolk (Va.) Admirals, the top AHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning, before then signing with the Springfield (Mass.) Falcons, the top AHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers. The Bobcats took a strong step forward on the national stage in 200607. Quinnipiac was ranked in the top 20 for 18 weeks and reached the finals of the ECAC Hockey Tournament in just its second year in the league. During the league playoffs, the Bobcats recorded three victories against nationally ranked teams-including a two-game series sweep at Cornells hostile Lynah Rink. Ultimately, Quinnipiac fell one game shy of reaching the NCAA Tournament, as it was defeated by No. 5 nationally ranked Clarkson in the tournament final. On the individual front, 14 players earned All-Academic honors from ECAC Hockey. In addition, senior defenseman Reid Cashman was selected as a First-Team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association and signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs following the sea­son. Brandon Wong was tabbed as a Freshman All-American after earning league Co-Rookie of the Year honors. Faced with one of the biggest challenges since taking over as head coach of the program, Pecknold made sure that things didnt skip a beat while joining ECAC Hockey in 2005-06. The Bobcats reached the 20-win plateau for the seventh time in eight seasons, finishing at 20181. For his efforts, Pecknold was named ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year by Insidecollegehockey.com. Despite winning 15 of its final 18 games in 2004-05 to finish with a 21131 mark and the Atlantic Hockey regular-season title, Quinnipiac finished one victory shy of earning an NCAA Tournament berth, falling in the conference tournament final. Pecknold was selected as the 2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year and was tabbed as a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award. Cashman was voted a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the top player in college hockey, and earned All-America accolades from two national media outlets. Off the ice, senior goaltender Jamie Holden was named a CoSIDA First-Team District I Academic All-America selection for his performance in the classroom. In 200304, Pecknold coached a unit that was decimated by injuries but still managed to achieve a winning record for the eighth straight year at 15146. During the 200203 campaign, Quinnipiac reached the MAAC tourna­ment final for the third consecutive season, but fell one goal short of its second straight NCAA Tournament berth. Nevertheless, the Bobcats did reach the 20-win plateau for the fifth straight year, closing with a 22131 mark. The 200102 campaign was arguably the most successful of Pecknolds tenure in Hamden. Despite being picked to finish fifth in the preseason coaches poll, the Bobcats closed out the regular season with a second-place effort. Then, in the MAAC Tournament, Quinnipiac registered one-goal wins over Iona and Sacred Heart before taking a 64 win over Mercyhurst in the title game. As a result, Quinnipiac earned its first-ever trip to the NCAA Division I Tournament. Pecknold became the winningest coach in program history with his 141st win on March 1, 2002, a 62 win over UConn. In 200001, Quinnipiac registered a final mark of 22114. After finish­ing with a 1772 mark in the regular season, the Bobcats finished one game shy of their first ever NCAA berth, falling to Mercyhurst, 65, in the MAAC Hockey League championship game. Quinnipiac finished the 19992000 season with a 2763 final record. The 27 wins broke the school record of 26, which was set in 199899. In its first season in Division I in 199899, Quinnipiac set a school record with 26 victories on its way to the inaugural MAAC Hockey League regular-season title. In 19971998, its final Division II campaign, Pecknold guided the Bobcats to a 1931 record. Quinnipiac also set a school record for win­ning percentage (.848). BEFORE QUINNIPIAC: Hired at Quinnipiac on May 5, 1994, Pecknold previously served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Connecticut College, for three seasons under head coach and former NHL player Doug Roberts. A standout for the Camels, Pecknold led Connecticut College to the 1990 ECAC South Championship. As a senior, Pecknold set school season records for goals (17) and points (47) by a defenseman. He earned First-Team All-ECAC South honors and a spot on the Division III All-England Team. Playing as a forward in his first three collegiate seasons, he led the Camels in goals as a sophomore (19) and junior (23). PERSONAL: An economics major, Pecknold earned his bachelors degree in 1990 and added a masters degree in education in 1993. A native of Bedford, N.H., Pecknold played scholastically at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass. Pecknold, his wife, Nikki, sons Tate and Rex, and daughters, Cecelia and Georgia currently live in Southport, Conn. RAND PECKNOLD'S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD Rand Pecknold Men's Ice Hockey Head Coach Rand Pecknold completed his 22nd season as Quinnipiac's men's ice hockey head coach in 2015-16. This past season marked the Bobcats fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, as well as their second appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four and National Championship Game in the last four seasons. In addition, the Bobcats captured their second-consecutive Cleary Clup, for the ECAC Hockey Regular-Season Championship, which was also their third in four seasons. Quinnipiac also won its first-ever Whitelaw Cup after winning the league's tournament championship. For his efforts, Pecknold was honored with the Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year Award, the College Hockey News National Coach of the Year as well as the ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor Coach of the Year Award. To date, Pecknold features a career record of 446-264-83 and currently ranks sixth among all active NCAA Division I coaches in career victories. Since Quinnipiac qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2012-13 and advanced to the national championship game, Quinnipiac has the most wins (108) among all NCAA Division I programs in the country.  This season, Quinnipiac won a program record 32 games while winning the ECAC Hockey Regular-Season (Cleary Cup) and Tournament (Whitelaw Cup) Championships. The Bobcats' 32-4-7 record made them the first team since Michigan in 1997 to finish the season with only four losses for the year. Quinnipiac then went on to win the NCAA East Regional with wins against RIT and UMass Lowell before advancing to its second NCAA Frozen Four. The Bobcats defeated perennial power Boston College before falling to North Dakota in the National Championship Game.  In 2014-15,  Quinnipiac posted a 23-12-4 overall record including a 16-3-3 record and its second Cleary Cup ECAC Hockey Regular Season Championship in that last three years. With the top seed in the ECAC Hockey Championship, the Bobcats topped Union in a best-of-three quarterfinals series at High Point Solutions Arena. In doing so, Quinnipiac has now won an ECAC Hockey playoff series in each of its 10 years in the league, dating back to 2005-06, and also ran its all-time streak to 17 years, giving them a series win in each year that they have been at the NCAA Division I level.  In 2013-14, Pecknold's Bobcats posted their 13th 20-win season, out of the head coach's 16-year NCAA Division I career, while also winning the fourth most game in the program's history as Quinnipiac went 24-10-6 for the year. The Bobcats winning percentage of .675 ranked seventh nationally, while Quinnipiac also finished the year ranked second on the penalty kill (89.8), sixth on the power play (24.3) and 10th in combined special teams (53.0). Additionally, Quinnipiac ranked third in scoring margin (1.50), as its 3.52 goals per game (fifth highest in program history) ranked fifth among all Division I programs. The Bobcats 2.02 goals-against average was ranked second overall. The Bobcats posted a 12-4-6 ECAC Hockey record, clinching the third seed in the league championship tournament and securing a first-round bye for the second consecutive season.  Individually, the 2013-14 team featured NCAA Division I men's ice hockey's top freshman in Sam Anas, who became the first Quinnipiac and ECAC Hockey player to win the National Rookie of the Year award. Anas and senior Kellen Jones were also named to the ECAC Hockey Second Team. Following the season, Pecknold saw the second player in Quinnipiac history play in an National Hockey League game in Bryce Van Brabant, who signed with the NHL's Calgary Flames. Zach Tolkinen also joined the Flames organization, while Connor and Kellen Jones signed with Edmonton and Jordan Samuels-Thomas signed with Buffalo.  In 2012-13, Rand Pecknold guided Quinnipiac to arguably its most successful season in program history. The Bobcats ascended to its first NCAA Frozen Four, and finished as the National Runner-up, after capturing the 2012-13 Cleary Cup for its first ECAC Hockey Regular-Season Championship. The Bobcats finished the season with an overall record of 30-8-5, good for a NCAA-leading .756 winning percentage, while also leading the country with the most wins (30) and fewest losses (8) in Division I ice hockey. Quinnipiac also posted a national-best 21-game unbeaten streak from Nov. 9, 2012 through Feb. 9, 2013.   In 2012-13, Pecknold was also named the ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor Coach of the Year and the New England Hockey Writers' Association Clark Hodder Coach of the Year while also recognized as a finalist for the prestigious Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year award. Individually, Eric Hartzell was named a Hobey Baker Award "Hobey Hat Trick" Finalist and was honored as the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year, the ECAC Hockey Ken Dryden Goalie of the Year as well as earning AHCA/CCM Hockey All-American Honors as well as USCHO.com Player of the Year, while also earning ECAC Hockey First Team Honors. Zach Davies was named the ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman and also named to the First Team while Jeremy Langlois earned Third Team honors. Quinnipiac won the first NCAA Tournament game in school history when it knocked-off Canisius, 4-3, before topping Union, 5-1, in the NCAA East Regional Final to advance to the NCAA Frozen Four for the first time in program history. The Bobcats rolled over St. Cloud State, 4-1, before losing to Yale in the National Championship Game, 4-0.  For his career, Pecknold is currently 39723277 (.617) at the Division I level with a combined 446-264-83 (.615) mark at both the Division I and Division II levels. His win total (464) and winning percentage (.615 over the past 22 years rank first all-time at Quinnipiac. Included in that overall mark is an astounding ledger of 26212365 (.654) in conference play at the Division I level.  Since taking over as head coach of the Quinnipiac University mens ice hockey team 22 years ago, Rand Pecknold has asserted himself as one of the nations best. He has seen plenty of changes, but one constant is a proven track record filled with success and accom­plishment, both on the team and individual fronts. Off the ice, the Bobcats have ranked among the top half of Quinnipiacs Department of Athletics in Positive Play points, which encourages community involvement by Quinnipiacs student-athletes and coaches. Academically, Quinnipiac men's ice hockey featured the most student-athletes honored on the ECAC Hockey Academic Honor Roll in 2015 while also placing in the top three in the 12-team league for each of the past six seasons.  For his career, Pecknold boasts a career record of 367-238-65, making him just the fifth coach in Quinnipiac Athletics history to reach the 300-win mark, while ranking among the top 10 in active coaches in NCAA Division I hockey. Since joining the Division I ranks for the 1998-99 season, Quinnipiac ranks in the top ten in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey in wins and winning percentage. In addition to his 2013-14 honors, Pecknold is a three-time Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year finalist, the 2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year, the 2006 InsideCollegeHockey.com ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year and was a member of the inaugural class of the Elm City Legends in 2008. Prior to the start of the 2010-11 season, Pecknold was selected as ECAC Hockey's representative on the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey committee. Pecknold served the second year of his two-year term in 2012-13 seasons.  In 2009-10, Quinnipiacs early-season success featured wins against nationally-ranked Ohio State on the Buckeyes home-ice to open the season before ultimately winning 12 of their first 13 games. Included in the run, that culminated with the No. 4 ranking, were wins against nationally-ranked UMass and Cornell, including Quinnipiac second win in their last three regular-season games at Lynah Rink. Pecknolds line-up featured a pair of early-season nationally-ranked scoring leaders in Brandon Wong and Eric Lampe, as well as the AHCA National Player of the Month in goalie Dan Clarke. Quinnipiac hit a lull over the middle part of the season, before clinching home-ice advantage for the ECAC Hockey First Round for the fifth consecutive year, while also extending their streak of Quarterfinal appearances to five. When the dust settled, Wong was signed by the Grand Rapids Griffens of the American Hockey League, while Lampe and Jean-Marc Beaudoin landed in the East Coast Hockey League, with Lampe lacing them up for the Florida Everglades while Beaudoin helped the Bakersfield Condors to their league championship for the first time in program history. In addi­tion to his teams success, Pecknold won his 300th career game as the Bobcats clinched their ECAC Hockey First Round series. In 200809, the Bobcats line-up included the nations leading scorer in Bryan Leitch, who also led the nation in assists. It was a first for the Quinnipiac mens ice hockey program at the Division I level and was also the first time since All-American Reid Cashman word the Bobcats sweater that Pecknold coached a player that landed among the nations leaders. In addition to Leitch, linemate David Marshall also ranked in the top ten in points scored as well as goals scored as the duo sat in the top two spots on the ECAC Hockey scoring list. Leitch was named to the ECAC Hockey Second Team, become Quinnipiacs first all-league player since 200607. Prior to the Bobcats joining ECAC Hockey, Pecknold guided Quinnipiac to two MAAC regular-season titles, one Atlantic Hockey regular-season title, one MAAC tourna­ment title and the first-ever NCAA berth in program history in 2002.In addition to individual success, the Bobcats won their second con­secutive in-season tournament when they knocked off Merrimack and nationally-ranked Air Force to win the Toyota UConn Hockey Classic. The Bobcats went on to defeat Harvard and Dartmouth, also nationally ranked at the time, for an impressive four wins in six days. The feat pushed Quinnipiac into the national polls for the first time that year while they were also named the College Hockey News National Team of the Week. The Quinnipiac mens ice hockey 200708 season started off on a high note when the team was ranked in the top 15 by both the USCHO.com/ CSTV Division I and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine College Hockey Preseason Polls. The Bobcats became mainstays in the national rankings for most of the season, rising to 10th in both polls while also being fea­tured in College Hockey News first NCAA Tournament prediction of the season.January 21, 2008 marked the date for Quinnipiacs highest ranking all-time in a national poll. The Bobcats locked down the 10th slot in the InsideCollegeHockey.com poll while also being ranked in the top 15 in the RPI and PairWise Standings. In addition to their accomplishments in the Blue and Gold, 14 play­ers were ECAC Hockey All-Academic selections, for the second straight season. Captain Jamie Bates was also signed by the Norfolk (Va.) Admirals, the top AHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning, before then signing with the Springfield (Mass.) Falcons, the top AHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers. The Bobcats took a strong step forward on the national stage in 200607. Quinnipiac was ranked in the top 20 for 18 weeks and reached the finals of the ECAC Hockey Tournament in just its second year in the league. During the league playoffs, the Bobcats recorded three victories against nationally ranked teams-including a two-game series sweep at Cornells hostile Lynah Rink. Ultimately, Quinnipiac fell one game shy of reaching the NCAA Tournament, as it was defeated by No. 5 nationally ranked Clarkson in the tournament final. On the individual front, 14 players earned All-Academic honors from ECAC Hockey. In addition, senior defenseman Reid Cashman was selected as a First-Team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association and signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs following the sea­son. Brandon Wong was tabbed as a Freshman All-American after earning league Co-Rookie of the Year honors. Faced with one of the biggest challenges since taking over as head coach of the program, Pecknold made sure that things didnt skip a beat while joining ECAC Hockey in 2005-06. The Bobcats reached the 20-win plateau for the seventh time in eight seasons, finishing at 20181. For his efforts, Pecknold was named ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year by Insidecollegehockey.com. Despite winning 15 of its final 18 games in 2004-05 to finish with a 21131 mark and the Atlantic Hockey regular-season title, Quinnipiac finished one victory shy of earning an NCAA Tournament berth, falling in the conference tournament final. Pecknold was selected as the 2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year and was tabbed as a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award. Cashman was voted a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the top player in college hockey, and earned All-America accolades from two national media outlets. Off the ice, senior goaltender Jamie Holden was named a CoSIDA First-Team District I Academic All-America selection for his performance in the classroom. In 200304, Pecknold coached a unit that was decimated by injuries but still managed to achieve a winning record for the eighth straight year at 15146. During the 200203 campaign, Quinnipiac reached the MAAC tourna­ment final for the third consecutive season, but fell one goal short of its second straight NCAA Tournament berth. Nevertheless, the Bobcats did reach the 20-win plateau for the fifth straight year, closing with a 22131 mark. The 200102 campaign was arguably the most successful of Pecknolds tenure in Hamden. Despite being picked to finish fifth in the preseason coaches poll, the Bobcats closed out the regular season with a second-place effort. Then, in the MAAC Tournament, Quinnipiac registered one-goal wins over Iona and Sacred Heart before taking a 64 win over Mercyhurst in the title game. As a result, Quinnipiac earned its first-ever trip to the NCAA Division I Tournament. Pecknold became the winningest coach in program history with his 141st win on March 1, 2002, a 62 win over UConn. In 200001, Quinnipiac registered a final mark of 22114. After finish­ing with a 1772 mark in the regular season, the Bobcats finished one game shy of their first ever NCAA berth, falling to Mercyhurst, 65, in the MAAC Hockey League championship game. Quinnipiac finished the 19992000 season with a 2763 final record. The 27 wins broke the school record of 26, which was set in 199899. In its first season in Division I in 199899, Quinnipiac set a school record with 26 victories on its way to the inaugural MAAC Hockey League regular-season title. In 19971998, its final Division II campaign, Pecknold guided the Bobcats to a 1931 record. Quinnipiac also set a school record for win­ning percentage (.848). BEFORE QUINNIPIAC: Hired at Quinnipiac on May 5, 1994, Pecknold previously served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Connecticut College, for three seasons under head coach and former NHL player Doug Roberts. A standout for the Camels, Pecknold led Connecticut College to the 1990 ECAC South Championship. As a senior, Pecknold set school season records for goals (17) and points (47) by a defenseman. He earned First-Team All-ECAC South honors and a spot on the Division III All-England Team. Playing as a forward in his first three collegiate seasons, he led the Camels in goals as a sophomore (19) and junior (23). PERSONAL: An economics major, Pecknold earned his bachelors degree in 1990 and added a masters degree in education in 1993. A native of Bedford, N.H., Pecknold played scholastically at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass. Pecknold, his wife, Nikki, sons Tate and Rex, and daughters, Cecelia and Georgia currently live in Southport, Conn. RAND PECKNOLD'S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD THE RAND PECKNOLD FILE Rand Pecknold Men's Ice Hockey Head Coach Rand Pecknold completed his 22nd season as Quinnipiac's men's ice hockey head coach in 2015-16. This past season marked the Bobcats fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, as well as their second appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four and National Championship Game in the last four seasons. In addition, the Bobcats captured their second-consecutive Cleary Clup, for the ECAC Hockey Regular-Season Championship, which was also their third in four seasons. Quinnipiac also won its first-ever Whitelaw Cup after winning the league's tournament championship. For his efforts, Pecknold was honored with the Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year Award, the College Hockey News National Coach of the Year as well as the ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor Coach of the Year Award. To date, Pecknold features a career record of 446-264-83 and currently ranks sixth among all active NCAA Division I coaches in career victories. Since Quinnipiac qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2012-13 and advanced to the national championship game, Quinnipiac has the most wins (108) among all NCAA Division I programs in the country.  This season, Quinnipiac won a program record 32 games while winning the ECAC Hockey Regular-Season (Cleary Cup) and Tournament (Whitelaw Cup) Championships. The Bobcats' 32-4-7 record made them the first team since Michigan in 1997 to finish the season with only four losses for the year. Quinnipiac then went on to win the NCAA East Regional with wins against RIT and UMass Lowell before advancing to its second NCAA Frozen Four. The Bobcats defeated perennial power Boston College before falling to North Dakota in the National Championship Game.  In 2014-15,  Quinnipiac posted a 23-12-4 overall record including a 16-3-3 record and its second Cleary Cup ECAC Hockey Regular Season Championship in that last three years. With the top seed in the ECAC Hockey Championship, the Bobcats topped Union in a best-of-three quarterfinals series at High Point Solutions Arena. In doing so, Quinnipiac has now won an ECAC Hockey playoff series in each of its 10 years in the league, dating back to 2005-06, and also ran its all-time streak to 17 years, giving them a series win in each year that they have been at the NCAA Division I level.  In 2013-14, Pecknold's Bobcats posted their 13th 20-win season, out of the head coach's 16-year NCAA Division I career, while also winning the fourth most game in the program's history as Quinnipiac went 24-10-6 for the year. The Bobcats winning percentage of .675 ranked seventh nationally, while Quinnipiac also finished the year ranked second on the penalty kill (89.8), sixth on the power play (24.3) and 10th in combined special teams (53.0). Additionally, Quinnipiac ranked third in scoring margin (1.50), as its 3.52 goals per game (fifth highest in program history) ranked fifth among all Division I programs. The Bobcats 2.02 goals-against average was ranked second overall. The Bobcats posted a 12-4-6 ECAC Hockey record, clinching the third seed in the league championship tournament and securing a first-round bye for the second consecutive season.  Individually, the 2013-14 team featured NCAA Division I men's ice hockey's top freshman in Sam Anas, who became the first Quinnipiac and ECAC Hockey player to win the National Rookie of the Year award. Anas and senior Kellen Jones were also named to the ECAC Hockey Second Team. Following the season, Pecknold saw the second player in Quinnipiac history play in an National Hockey League game in Bryce Van Brabant, who signed with the NHL's Calgary Flames. Zach Tolkinen also joined the Flames organization, while Connor and Kellen Jones signed with Edmonton and Jordan Samuels-Thomas signed with Buffalo.  In 2012-13, Rand Pecknold guided Quinnipiac to arguably its most successful season in program history. The Bobcats ascended to its first NCAA Frozen Four, and finished as the National Runner-up, after capturing the 2012-13 Cleary Cup for its first ECAC Hockey Regular-Season Championship. The Bobcats finished the season with an overall record of 30-8-5, good for a NCAA-leading .756 winning percentage, while also leading the country with the most wins (30) and fewest losses (8) in Division I ice hockey. Quinnipiac also posted a national-best 21-game unbeaten streak from Nov. 9, 2012 through Feb. 9, 2013.   In 2012-13, Pecknold was also named the ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor Coach of the Year and the New England Hockey Writers' Association Clark Hodder Coach of the Year while also recognized as a finalist for the prestigious Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year award. Individually, Eric Hartzell was named a Hobey Baker Award "Hobey Hat Trick" Finalist and was honored as the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year, the ECAC Hockey Ken Dryden Goalie of the Year as well as earning AHCA/CCM Hockey All-American Honors as well as USCHO.com Player of the Year, while also earning ECAC Hockey First Team Honors. Zach Davies was named the ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman and also named to the First Team while Jeremy Langlois earned Third Team honors. Quinnipiac won the first NCAA Tournament game in school history when it knocked-off Canisius, 4-3, before topping Union, 5-1, in the NCAA East Regional Final to advance to the NCAA Frozen Four for the first time in program history. The Bobcats rolled over St. Cloud State, 4-1, before losing to Yale in the National Championship Game, 4-0.  For his career, Pecknold is currently 39723277 (.617) at the Division I level with a combined 446-264-83 (.615) mark at both the Division I and Division II levels. His win total (464) and winning percentage (.615 over the past 22 years rank first all-time at Quinnipiac. Included in that overall mark is an astounding ledger of 26212365 (.654) in conference play at the Division I level.  Since taking over as head coach of the Quinnipiac University mens ice hockey team 22 years ago, Rand Pecknold has asserted himself as one of the nations best. He has seen plenty of changes, but one constant is a proven track record filled with success and accom­plishment, both on the team and individual fronts. Off the ice, the Bobcats have ranked among the top half of Quinnipiacs Department of Athletics in Positive Play points, which encourages community involvement by Quinnipiacs student-athletes and coaches. Academically, Quinnipiac men's ice hockey featured the most student-athletes honored on the ECAC Hockey Academic Honor Roll in 2015 while also placing in the top three in the 12-team league for each of the past six seasons.  For his career, Pecknold boasts a career record of 367-238-65, making him just the fifth coach in Quinnipiac Athletics history to reach the 300-win mark, while ranking among the top 10 in active coaches in NCAA Division I hockey. Since joining the Division I ranks for the 1998-99 season, Quinnipiac ranks in the top ten in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey in wins and winning percentage. In addition to his 2013-14 honors, Pecknold is a three-time Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year finalist, the 2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year, the 2006 InsideCollegeHockey.com ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year and was a member of the inaugural class of the Elm City Legends in 2008. Prior to the start of the 2010-11 season, Pecknold was selected as ECAC Hockey's representative on the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey committee. Pecknold served the second year of his two-year term in 2012-13 seasons.  In 2009-10, Quinnipiacs early-season success featured wins against nationally-ranked Ohio State on the Buckeyes home-ice to open the season before ultimately winning 12 of their first 13 games. Included in the run, that culminated with the No. 4 ranking, were wins against nationally-ranked UMass and Cornell, including Quinnipiac second win in their last three regular-season games at Lynah Rink. Pecknolds line-up featured a pair of early-season nationally-ranked scoring leaders in Brandon Wong and Eric Lampe, as well as the AHCA National Player of the Month in goalie Dan Clarke. Quinnipiac hit a lull over the middle part of the season, before clinching home-ice advantage for the ECAC Hockey First Round for the fifth consecutive year, while also extending their streak of Quarterfinal appearances to five. When the dust settled, Wong was signed by the Grand Rapids Griffens of the American Hockey League, while Lampe and Jean-Marc Beaudoin landed in the East Coast Hockey League, with Lampe lacing them up for the Florida Everglades while Beaudoin helped the Bakersfield Condors to their league championship for the first time in program history. In addi­tion to his teams success, Pecknold won his 300th career game as the Bobcats clinched their ECAC Hockey First Round series. In 200809, the Bobcats line-up included the nations leading scorer in Bryan Leitch, who also led the nation in assists. It was a first for the Quinnipiac mens ice hockey program at the Division I level and was also the first time since All-American Reid Cashman word the Bobcats sweater that Pecknold coached a player that landed among the nations leaders. In addition to Leitch, linemate David Marshall also ranked in the top ten in points scored as well as goals scored as the duo sat in the top two spots on the ECAC Hockey scoring list. Leitch was named to the ECAC Hockey Second Team, become Quinnipiacs first all-league player since 200607. Prior to the Bobcats joining ECAC Hockey, Pecknold guided Quinnipiac to two MAAC regular-season titles, one Atlantic Hockey regular-season title, one MAAC tourna­ment title and the first-ever NCAA berth in program history in 2002.In addition to individual success, the Bobcats won their second con­secutive in-season tournament when they knocked off Merrimack and nationally-ranked Air Force to win the Toyota UConn Hockey Classic. The Bobcats went on to defeat Harvard and Dartmouth, also nationally ranked at the time, for an impressive four wins in six days. The feat pushed Quinnipiac into the national polls for the first time that year while they were also named the College Hockey News National Team of the Week. The Quinnipiac mens ice hockey 200708 season started off on a high note when the team was ranked in the top 15 by both the USCHO.com/ CSTV Division I and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine College Hockey Preseason Polls. The Bobcats became mainstays in the national rankings for most of the season, rising to 10th in both polls while also being fea­tured in College Hockey News first NCAA Tournament prediction of the season.January 21, 2008 marked the date for Quinnipiacs highest ranking all-time in a national poll. The Bobcats locked down the 10th slot in the InsideCollegeHockey.com poll while also being ranked in the top 15 in the RPI and PairWise Standings. In addition to their accomplishments in the Blue and Gold, 14 play­ers were ECAC Hockey All-Academic selections, for the second straight season. Captain Jamie Bates was also signed by the Norfolk (Va.) Admirals, the top AHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning, before then signing with the Springfield (Mass.) Falcons, the top AHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers. The Bobcats took a strong step forward on the national stage in 200607. Quinnipiac was ranked in the top 20 for 18 weeks and reached the finals of the ECAC Hockey Tournament in just its second year in the league. During the league playoffs, the Bobcats recorded three victories against nationally ranked teams-including a two-game series sweep at Cornells hostile Lynah Rink. Ultimately, Quinnipiac fell one game shy of reaching the NCAA Tournament, as it was defeated by No. 5 nationally ranked Clarkson in the tournament final. On the individual front, 14 players earned All-Academic honors from ECAC Hockey. In addition, senior defenseman Reid Cashman was selected as a First-Team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association and signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs following the sea­son. Brandon Wong was tabbed as a Freshman All-American after earning league Co-Rookie of the Year honors. Faced with one of the biggest challenges since taking over as head coach of the program, Pecknold made sure that things didnt skip a beat while joining ECAC Hockey in 2005-06. The Bobcats reached the 20-win plateau for the seventh time in eight seasons, finishing at 20181. For his efforts, Pecknold was named ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year by Insidecollegehockey.com. Despite winning 15 of its final 18 games in 2004-05 to finish with a 21131 mark and the Atlantic Hockey regular-season title, Quinnipiac finished one victory shy of earning an NCAA Tournament berth, falling in the conference tournament final. Pecknold was selected as the 2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year and was tabbed as a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award. Cashman was voted a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the top player in college hockey, and earned All-America accolades from two national media outlets. Off the ice, senior goaltender Jamie Holden was named a CoSIDA First-Team District I Academic All-America selection for his performance in the classroom. In 200304, Pecknold coached a unit that was decimated by injuries but still managed to achieve a winning record for the eighth straight year at 15146. During the 200203 campaign, Quinnipiac reached the MAAC tourna­ment final for the third consecutive season, but fell one goal short of its second straight NCAA Tournament berth. Nevertheless, the Bobcats did reach the 20-win plateau for the fifth straight year, closing with a 22131 mark. The 200102 campaign was arguably the most successful of Pecknolds tenure in Hamden. Despite being picked to finish fifth in the preseason coaches poll, the Bobcats closed out the regular season with a second-place effort. Then, in the MAAC Tournament, Quinnipiac registered one-goal wins over Iona and Sacred Heart before taking a 64 win over Mercyhurst in the title game. As a result, Quinnipiac earned its first-ever trip to the NCAA Division I Tournament. Pecknold became the winningest coach in program history with his 141st win on March 1, 2002, a 62 win over UConn. In 200001, Quinnipiac registered a final mark of 22114. After finish­ing with a 1772 mark in the regular season, the Bobcats finished one game shy of their first ever NCAA berth, falling to Mercyhurst, 65, in the MAAC Hockey League championship game. Quinnipiac finished the 19992000 season with a 2763 final record. The 27 wins broke the school record of 26, which was set in 199899. In its first season in Division I in 199899, Quinnipiac set a school record with 26 victories on its way to the inaugural MAAC Hockey League regular-season title. In 19971998, its final Division II campaign, Pecknold guided the Bobcats to a 1931 record. Quinnipiac also set a school record for win­ning percentage (.848). BEFORE QUINNIPIAC: Hired at Quinnipiac on May 5, 1994, Pecknold previously served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Connecticut College, for three seasons under head coach and former NHL player Doug Roberts. A standout for the Camels, Pecknold led Connecticut College to the 1990 ECAC South Championship. As a senior, Pecknold set school season records for goals (17) and points (47) by a defenseman. He earned First-Team All-ECAC South honors and a spot on the Division III All-England Team. Playing as a forward in his first three collegiate seasons, he led the Camels in goals as a sophomore (19) and junior (23). PERSONAL: An economics major, Pecknold earned his bachelors degree in 1990 and added a masters degree in education in 1993. A native of Bedford, N.H., Pecknold played scholastically at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass. Pecknold, his wife, Nikki, sons Tate and Rex, and daughters, Cecelia and Georgia currently live in Southport, Conn. RAND PECKNOLD'S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD Rand Pecknold Men's Ice Hockey Head Coach Rand Pecknold completed his 22nd season as Quinnipiac's men's ice hockey head coach in 2015-16. This past season marked the Bobcats fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, as well as their second appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four and National Championship Game in the last four seasons. In addition, the Bobcats captured their second-consecutive Cleary Clup, for the ECAC Hockey Regular-Season Championship, which was also their third in four seasons. Quinnipiac also won its first-ever Whitelaw Cup after winning the league's tournament championship. For his efforts, Pecknold was honored with the Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year Award, the College Hockey News National Coach of the Year as well as the ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor Coach of the Year Award. To date, Pecknold features a career record of 446-264-83 and currently ranks sixth among all active NCAA Division I coaches in career victories. Since Quinnipiac qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2012-13 and advanced to the national championship game, Quinnipiac has the most wins (108) among all NCAA Division I programs in the country.  This season, Quinnipiac won a program record 32 games while winning the ECAC Hockey Regular-Season (Cleary Cup) and Tournament (Whitelaw Cup) Championships. The Bobcats' 32-4-7 record made them the first team since Michigan in 1997 to finish the season with only four losses for the year. Quinnipiac then went on to win the NCAA East Regional with wins against RIT and UMass Lowell before advancing to its second NCAA Frozen Four. The Bobcats defeated perennial power Boston College before falling to North Dakota in the National Championship Game.  In 2014-15,  Quinnipiac posted a 23-12-4 overall record including a 16-3-3 record and its second Cleary Cup ECAC Hockey Regular Season Championship in that last three years. With the top seed in the ECAC Hockey Championship, the Bobcats topped Union in a best-of-three quarterfinals series at High Point Solutions Arena. In doing so, Quinnipiac has now won an ECAC Hockey playoff series in each of its 10 years in the league, dating back to 2005-06, and also ran its all-time streak to 17 years, giving them a series win in each year that they have been at the NCAA Division I level.  In 2013-14, Pecknold's Bobcats posted their 13th 20-win season, out of the head coach's 16-year NCAA Division I career, while also winning the fourth most game in the program's history as Quinnipiac went 24-10-6 for the year. The Bobcats winning percentage of .675 ranked seventh nationally, while Quinnipiac also finished the year ranked second on the penalty kill (89.8), sixth on the power play (24.3) and 10th in combined special teams (53.0). Additionally, Quinnipiac ranked third in scoring margin (1.50), as its 3.52 goals per game (fifth highest in program history) ranked fifth among all Division I programs. The Bobcats 2.02 goals-against average was ranked second overall. The Bobcats posted a 12-4-6 ECAC Hockey record, clinching the third seed in the league championship tournament and securing a first-round bye for the second consecutive season.  Individually, the 2013-14 team featured NCAA Division I men's ice hockey's top freshman in Sam Anas, who became the first Quinnipiac and ECAC Hockey player to win the National Rookie of the Year award. Anas and senior Kellen Jones were also named to the ECAC Hockey Second Team. Following the season, Pecknold saw the second player in Quinnipiac history play in an National Hockey League game in Bryce Van Brabant, who signed with the NHL's Calgary Flames. Zach Tolkinen also joined the Flames organization, while Connor and Kellen Jones signed with Edmonton and Jordan Samuels-Thomas signed with Buffalo.  In 2012-13, Rand Pecknold guided Quinnipiac to arguably its most successful season in program history. The Bobcats ascended to its first NCAA Frozen Four, and finished as the National Runner-up, after capturing the 2012-13 Cleary Cup for its first ECAC Hockey Regular-Season Championship. The Bobcats finished the season with an overall record of 30-8-5, good for a NCAA-leading .756 winning percentage, while also leading the country with the most wins (30) and fewest losses (8) in Division I ice hockey. Quinnipiac also posted a national-best 21-game unbeaten streak from Nov. 9, 2012 through Feb. 9, 2013.   In 2012-13, Pecknold was also named the ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor Coach of the Year and the New England Hockey Writers' Association Clark Hodder Coach of the Year while also recognized as a finalist for the prestigious Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year award. Individually, Eric Hartzell was named a Hobey Baker Award "Hobey Hat Trick" Finalist and was honored as the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year, the ECAC Hockey Ken Dryden Goalie of the Year as well as earning AHCA/CCM Hockey All-American Honors as well as USCHO.com Player of the Year, while also earning ECAC Hockey First Team Honors. Zach Davies was named the ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman and also named to the First Team while Jeremy Langlois earned Third Team honors. Quinnipiac won the first NCAA Tournament game in school history when it knocked-off Canisius, 4-3, before topping Union, 5-1, in the NCAA East Regional Final to advance to the NCAA Frozen Four for the first time in program history. The Bobcats rolled over St. Cloud State, 4-1, before losing to Yale in the National Championship Game, 4-0.  For his career, Pecknold is currently 39723277 (.617) at the Division I level with a combined 446-264-83 (.615) mark at both the Division I and Division II levels. His win total (464) and winning percentage (.615 over the past 22 years rank first all-time at Quinnipiac. Included in that overall mark is an astounding ledger of 26212365 (.654) in conference play at the Division I level.  Since taking over as head coach of the Quinnipiac University mens ice hockey team 22 years ago, Rand Pecknold has asserted himself as one of the nations best. He has seen plenty of changes, but one constant is a proven track record filled with success and accom­plishment, both on the team and individual fronts. Off the ice, the Bobcats have ranked among the top half of Quinnipiacs Department of Athletics in Positive Play points, which encourages community involvement by Quinnipiacs student-athletes and coaches. Academically, Quinnipiac men's ice hockey featured the most student-athletes honored on the ECAC Hockey Academic Honor Roll in 2015 while also placing in the top three in the 12-team league for each of the past six seasons.  For his career, Pecknold boasts a career record of 367-238-65, making him just the fifth coach in Quinnipiac Athletics history to reach the 300-win mark, while ranking among the top 10 in active coaches in NCAA Division I hockey. Since joining the Division I ranks for the 1998-99 season, Quinnipiac ranks in the top ten in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey in wins and winning percentage. In addition to his 2013-14 honors, Pecknold is a three-time Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year finalist, the 2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year, the 2006 InsideCollegeHockey.com ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year and was a member of the inaugural class of the Elm City Legends in 2008. Prior to the start of the 2010-11 season, Pecknold was selected as ECAC Hockey's representative on the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey committee. Pecknold served the second year of his two-year term in 2012-13 seasons.  In 2009-10, Quinnipiacs early-season success featured wins against nationally-ranked Ohio State on the Buckeyes home-ice to open the season before ultimately winning 12 of their first 13 games. Included in the run, that culminated with the No. 4 ranking, were wins against nationally-ranked UMass and Cornell, including Quinnipiac second win in their last three regular-season games at Lynah Rink. Pecknolds line-up featured a pair of early-season nationally-ranked scoring leaders in Brandon Wong and Eric Lampe, as well as the AHCA National Player of the Month in goalie Dan Clarke. Quinnipiac hit a lull over the middle part of the season, before clinching home-ice advantage for the ECAC Hockey First Round for the fifth consecutive year, while also extending their streak of Quarterfinal appearances to five. When the dust settled, Wong was signed by the Grand Rapids Griffens of the American Hockey League, while Lampe and Jean-Marc Beaudoin landed in the East Coast Hockey League, with Lampe lacing them up for the Florida Everglades while Beaudoin helped the Bakersfield Condors to their league championship for the first time in program history. In addi­tion to his teams success, Pecknold won his 300th career game as the Bobcats clinched their ECAC Hockey First Round series. In 200809, the Bobcats line-up included the nations leading scorer in Bryan Leitch, who also led the nation in assists. It was a first for the Quinnipiac mens ice hockey program at the Division I level and was also the first time since All-American Reid Cashman word the Bobcats sweater that Pecknold coached a player that landed among the nations leaders. In addition to Leitch, linemate David Marshall also ranked in the top ten in points scored as well as goals scored as the duo sat in the top two spots on the ECAC Hockey scoring list. Leitch was named to the ECAC Hockey Second Team, become Quinnipiacs first all-league player since 200607. Prior to the Bobcats joining ECAC Hockey, Pecknold guided Quinnipiac to two MAAC regular-season titles, one Atlantic Hockey regular-season title, one MAAC tourna­ment title and the first-ever NCAA berth in program history in 2002.In addition to individual success, the Bobcats won their second con­secutive in-season tournament when they knocked off Merrimack and nationally-ranked Air Force to win the Toyota UConn Hockey Classic. The Bobcats went on to defeat Harvard and Dartmouth, also nationally ranked at the time, for an impressive four wins in six days. The feat pushed Quinnipiac into the national polls for the first time that year while they were also named the College Hockey News National Team of the Week. The Quinnipiac mens ice hockey 200708 season started off on a high note when the team was ranked in the top 15 by both the USCHO.com/ CSTV Division I and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine College Hockey Preseason Polls. The Bobcats became mainstays in the national rankings for most of the season, rising to 10th in both polls while also being fea­tured in College Hockey News first NCAA Tournament prediction of the season.January 21, 2008 marked the date for Quinnipiacs highest ranking all-time in a national poll. The Bobcats locked down the 10th slot in the InsideCollegeHockey.com poll while also being ranked in the top 15 in the RPI and PairWise Standings. In addition to their accomplishments in the Blue and Gold, 14 play­ers were ECAC Hockey All-Academic selections, for the second straight season. Captain Jamie Bates was also signed by the Norfolk (Va.) Admirals, the top AHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning, before then signing with the Springfield (Mass.) Falcons, the top AHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers. The Bobcats took a strong step forward on the national stage in 200607. Quinnipiac was ranked in the top 20 for 18 weeks and reached the finals of the ECAC Hockey Tournament in just its second year in the league. During the league playoffs, the Bobcats recorded three victories against nationally ranked teams-including a two-game series sweep at Cornells hostile Lynah Rink. Ultimately, Quinnipiac fell one game shy of reaching the NCAA Tournament, as it was defeated by No. 5 nationally ranked Clarkson in the tournament final. On the individual front, 14 players earned All-Academic honors from ECAC Hockey. In addition, senior defenseman Reid Cashman was selected as a First-Team All-American by the American Hockey Coaches Association and signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs following the sea­son. Brandon Wong was tabbed as a Freshman All-American after earning league Co-Rookie of the Year honors. Faced with one of the biggest challenges since taking over as head coach of the program, Pecknold made sure that things didnt skip a beat while joining ECAC Hockey in 2005-06. The Bobcats reached the 20-win plateau for the seventh time in eight seasons, finishing at 20181. For his efforts, Pecknold was named ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year by Insidecollegehockey.com. Despite winning 15 of its final 18 games in 2004-05 to finish with a 21131 mark and the Atlantic Hockey regular-season title, Quinnipiac finished one victory shy of earning an NCAA Tournament berth, falling in the conference tournament final. Pecknold was selected as the 2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year and was tabbed as a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award. Cashman was voted a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the top player in college hockey, and earned All-America accolades from two national media outlets. Off the ice, senior goaltender Jamie Holden was named a CoSIDA First-Team District I Academic All-America selection for his performance in the classroom. In 200304, Pecknold coached a unit that was decimated by injuries but still managed to achieve a winning record for the eighth straight year at 15146. During the 200203 campaign, Quinnipiac reached the MAAC tourna­ment final for the third consecutive season, but fell one goal short of its second straight NCAA Tournament berth. Nevertheless, the Bobcats did reach the 20-win plateau for the fifth straight year, closing with a 22131 mark. The 200102 campaign was arguably the most successful of Pecknolds tenure in Hamden. Despite being picked to finish fifth in the preseason coaches poll, the Bobcats closed out the regular season with a second-place effort. Then, in the MAAC Tournament, Quinnipiac registered one-goal wins over Iona and Sacred Heart before taking a 64 win over Mercyhurst in the title game. As a result, Quinnipiac earned its first-ever trip to the NCAA Division I Tournament. Pecknold became the winningest coach in program history with his 141st win on March 1, 2002, a 62 win over UConn. In 200001, Quinnipiac registered a final mark of 22114. After finish­ing with a 1772 mark in the regular season, the Bobcats finished one game shy of their first ever NCAA berth, falling to Mercyhurst, 65, in the MAAC Hockey League championship game. Quinnipiac finished the 19992000 season with a 2763 final record. The 27 wins broke the school record of 26, which was set in 199899. In its first season in Division I in 199899, Quinnipiac set a school record with 26 victories on its way to the inaugural MAAC Hockey League regular-season title. In 19971998, its final Division II campaign, Pecknold guided the Bobcats to a 1931 record. Quinnipiac also set a school record for win­ning percentage (.848). BEFORE QUINNIPIAC: Hired at Quinnipiac on May 5, 1994, Pecknold previously served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Connecticut College, for three seasons under head coach and former NHL player Doug Roberts. A standout for the Camels, Pecknold led Connecticut College to the 1990 ECAC South Championship. As a senior, Pecknold set school season records for goals (17) and points (47) by a defenseman. He earned First-Team All-ECAC South honors and a spot on the Division III All-England Team. Playing as a forward in his first three collegiate seasons, he led the Camels in goals as a sophomore (19) and junior (23). PERSONAL: An economics major, Pecknold earned his bachelors degree in 1990 and added a masters degree in education in 1993. A native of Bedford, N.H., Pecknold played scholastically at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass. Pecknold, his wife, Nikki, sons Tate and Rex, and daughters, Cecelia and Georgia currently live in Southport, Conn. 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McKenney enters his second season as the Director of Operation for the Mens Ice hockey team. McKenney comes to Quinnipiac with experience in  video analytics with the National Hockey Leagues Buffalo Sabres. McKenney has a depth of hockey knowledge highlighted by several years working with the Sabres. His most recent experience comes working in their video/analytics department for the past two seasons. His day-to-day operations included preparing video pre-scouts for upcoming opponents, traveling with the team on all road games to work with coaching staff on game-day prep, worked alongside coaches and player development staff to run drills and tracked game and team stats throughout the season. Before becoming a full-time employee in May 2013, he interned with the Sabres in scouting, video analysis and strength conditioning. He spent this past summer working with the East Coast Militia in Boston as the Head Coach during the spring season and with the summer select tournament team. McKenney developed management skills, prepared specific game plans for tournament games and communicated with players and parents about individual strengths and weaknesses. His first coaching opportunity came with Puckmasaters Hockey Training from 2007-08 in his hometown of Hamburg, New York. Here he ran a summer camp teaching and working with high school-aged hockey players. McKenney also ran the facility, handling client service questions and business operations. An opportunity with St. Francis High School Hockey Summer Strength & Condition Program followed as a coach for three straight summers from 2009-11. Neil McKenney Director of Men's Ice Hockey Operations Neil McKenney enters his second season as the Director of Operation for the Mens Ice hockey team. McKenney comes to Quinnipiac with experience in  video analytics with the National Hockey Leagues Buffalo Sabres. McKenney has a depth of hockey knowledge highlighted by several years working with the Sabres. His most recent experience comes working in their video/analytics department for the past two seasons. His day-to-day operations included preparing video pre-scouts for upcoming opponents, traveling with the team on all road games to work with coaching staff on game-day prep, worked alongside coaches and player development staff to run drills and tracked game and team stats throughout the season. Before becoming a full-time employee in May 2013, he interned with the Sabres in scouting, video analysis and strength conditioning. He spent this past summer working with the East Coast Militia in Boston as the Head Coach during the spring season and with the summer select tournament team. McKenney developed management skills, prepared specific game plans for tournament games and communicated with players and parents about individual strengths and weaknesses. His first coaching opportunity came with Puckmasaters Hockey Training from 2007-08 in his hometown of Hamburg, New York. Here he ran a summer camp teaching and working with high school-aged hockey players. McKenney also ran the facility, handling client service questions and business operations. An opportunity with St. Francis High School Hockey Summer Strength & Condition Program followed as a coach for three straight summers from 2009-11.

Onofrio has served as men's and women's ice hockey secretary since 2007 after previously serving as a secretary in Quinnipiac's alumni and development office, beginning in 2004.  In her previous role, Onofrio was involved in parent relations, as well as alumni engagement and various day-to-day clerical responsibilities. Before joining Quinnipiac in 2004, she was a medical assistant at Cardiology Associates of New Haven.  A native of Hamden, Connecticut, Onofrio attended Quinnipiac from 1973 through 1975 before attending Stone School of Business in New Haven, Connecticut.  Onofrio has two sons, Bill and Michael, and one daughter, Cherie, as well as five grandchildren. She currently resides in Hamden with her husband Bill, the deputy chief of police in Hamden.  Lori Onofrio Men's & Women's Ice Hockey Secretary Lori Onofrio has served as men's and women's ice hockey secretary since 2007 after previously serving as a secretary in Quinnipiac's alumni and development office, beginning in 2004.  In her previous role, Onofrio was involved in parent relations, as well as alumni engagement and various day-to-day clerical responsibilities. Before joining Quinnipiac in 2004, she was a medical assistant at Cardiology Associates of New Haven.  A native of Hamden, Connecticut, Onofrio attended Quinnipiac from 1973 through 1975 before attending Stone School of Business in New Haven, Connecticut.  Onofrio has two sons, Bill and Michael, and one daughter, Cherie, as well as five grandchildren. She currently resides in Hamden with her husband Bill, the deputy chief of police in Hamden.