Rand Pecknold
Rand Pecknold (born February 4, 1967) is an American ice hockey coach who serves as the head coach for the men's ice hockey team at Quinnipiac University.
| Current position | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Title | Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Quinnipiac | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Conference | ECAC Hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 433–227–74 (.640) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Biographical details | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 4, 1967 Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Connecticut College (1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1990 | Connecticut College | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Connecticut College (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–present | Quinnipiac | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall | 641–346–106 (.635) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 12–8 (.600) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accomplishments and honors | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 MAAC Champion 2000 MAAC Champion 2002 MAAC Tournament champion 2005 Atlantic Hockey Champion 2013 ECAC Hockey Champion 2015 ECAC Hockey Champion 2016 ECAC Hockey Champion 2016 ECAC Hockey Tournament champion 2019 ECAC Hockey Champion 2021 ECAC Hockey Champion 2022 ECAC Hockey Champion 2023 ECAC Hockey Champion 2023 NCAA National Champion | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year 2013 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year 2016 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year 2016 College Hockey News Coach of the Year 2016 Spencer Penrose Award 2021 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year 2022 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year 2023 ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Records | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac school record for wins: (615) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life edit
Pecknold was born February 4, 1967, in Bedford, New Hampshire. He attended, and played varsity hockey, for Manchester High School West and Lawrence Academy. He went on to play collegiately at Division III Connecticut College, where he set single season scoring records for goals and points by a defenseman.[1]
Career edit
Pecknold was an assistant hockey coach at Connecticut College for three years.[2] Pecknold is currently the head coach of the Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team.[3] He took over the program at Quinnipiac in 1994 and led the transition from Division II to Division I in the 1998–99 season, when he was able to become full time as coach of the program.[4] In his first five years at Quinnipiac, he continued to teach high school history at North Haven High School.[5]
In his 19th season behind the bench, he led the Bobcats to the 2013 Frozen Four where they lost the National Championship game to archrival Yale.[6] In the 2014–15 season, Pecknold reached 400 career wins, making him the 33rd Division I head coach to reach such a feat. Pecknold once again led the Bobcats to the Frozen Four in 2015–16 where they fell in the National Championship game to North Dakota 5–1.[7] In April 2017, Pecknold selected by USA Hockey as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Team at the 2017 IIHF World Championship in Germany and France.[8] In 2022, he was named head coach of the U.S. National Junior Team at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship in Canada.[9] After losing to the defending and eventual back-to-back world junior champions Canada in the semifinals, Pecknold led the U.S. to the bronze medal game, where they defeated Sweden 8–7 in overtime to win the bronze medal.[10] He coached the Quinnipiac Bobcats to the 2022–23 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Division I National Championship.[11]
Head coaching record edit
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Quinnipiac Braves (ECAC South) (1994–1997) | |||||||||
| 1994–95 | Quinnipiac | 6–15–1 | 5–8–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1995–96 | Quinnipiac | 11–12–4 | 6–3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1996–97 | Quinnipiac | 13–12–2 | 8–6–0 | 4th | |||||
| Quinnipiac: | 30–39–7 (.441) | 19–17–4 (.525) | |||||||
| Quinnipiac Braves (Independent) (1997–1998) | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | Quinnipiac | 19–3–1 | |||||||
| Quinnipiac: | 19–3–1 (.848) | ||||||||
| Quinnipiac Braves (MAAC) (1998–2002) | |||||||||
| 1998–99 | Quinnipiac | 26–6–2 | 22–4–2 | 1st | MAAC semifinals | ||||
| 1999–00 | Quinnipiac | 27–6–3 | 23–1–2 | 1st | MAAC semifinals | ||||
| 2000–01 | Quinnipiac | 22–11–4 | 17–7–2 | 2nd | MAAC runner-up | ||||
| 2001–02 | Quinnipiac | 20–13–5 | 15–6–5 | 2nd | NCAA first round | ||||
| Quinnipiac: | 95–36–14 (.703) | 77–18–11 (.778) | |||||||
| Quinnipiac Bobcats (MAAC) (2002–2003) | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Quinnipiac | 22–13–1 | 18–7–1 | 2nd | MAAC runner-up | ||||
| Quinnipiac: | 22–13–1 (.625) | 18–7–1 | |||||||
| Quinnipiac Bobcats (Atlantic Hockey) (2003–2005) | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | Quinnipiac | 15–14–6 | 12–6–6 | 3rd | Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals | ||||
| 2004–05 | Quinnipiac | 21–13–3 | 16–6–2 | 1st | Atlantic Hockey runner-up | ||||
| Quinnipiac: | 36–27–9 (.563) | 28–12–8 (.667) | |||||||
| Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC Hockey) (2005–present) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Quinnipiac | 20–18–1 | 8–13–1 | 10th | ECAC quarterfinals | ||||
| 2006–07 | Quinnipiac | 21–14–5 | 10–8–4 | 5th | ECAC runner-up | ||||
| 2007–08 | Quinnipiac | 20–15–4 | 9–9–4 | 6th | ECAC quarterfinals | ||||
| 2008–09 | Quinnipiac | 18–18–3 | 9–10–3 | 7th | ECAC quarterfinals | ||||
| 2009–10 | Quinnpiac | 20–18–2 | 11–11–0 | 7th | ECAC quarterfinals | ||||
| 2010–11 | Quinnipiac | 16–15–8 | 6–9–7 | 8th | ECAC quarterfinals | ||||
| 2011–12 | Quinnipiac | 20–14–6 | 9–8–5 | 5th | ECAC quarterfinals | ||||
| 2012–13 | Quinnipiac | 30–8–5 | 17–2–3 | 1st | NCAA runner-up | ||||
| 2013–14 | Quinnipiac | 24–10–6 | 12–6–4 | 3rd | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2014–15 | Quinnipiac | 23–12–4 | 16–3–3 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Quinnipiac | 32–4–7 | 16–1–5 | 1st | NCAA runner-up | ||||
| 2016–17 | Quinnipiac | 23–15–2 | 13–8–2 | 5th | ECAC semifinals | ||||
| 2017–18 | Quinnipiac | 16–18–4 | 9–11–2 | 9th | ECAC quarterfinals | ||||
| 2018–19 | Quinnipiac | 26–10–2 | 14–6–2 | 1st | NCAA Midwest Regional final | ||||
| 2019–20 | Quinnipiac | 21–11–2 | 14–6–2 | 3rd | Tournament cancelled | ||||
| 2020–21 | Quinnipiac | 17–8–4 | 10–4–4 | 1st | NCAA West Regional semifinals | ||||
| 2021–22 | Quinnipiac | 32–7–3 | 17–4–1 | 1st | NCAA Midwest Regional finals | ||||
| 2022–23 | Quinnipiac | 34–4–3 | 20–2–0 | 1st | NCAA National Champion | ||||
| 2023–24 | Quinnipiac | 26–9–2 | 17–4–1 | 1st | |||||
| Quinnipiac: | 433–227–74 (.640) | 237–226–73 (.510) | |||||||
| Total: | 641–346–106 (.635) | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Rand Pecknold". NH Legends of Hockey. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
- ^ "2016". Connecticut College. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
- ^ With Rand Pecknold leading the way, Quinnipiac completes long climb to the top of the college hockey world – New York Daily News
- ^ How Quinnipiac University Became A Men’s College Hockey Power, Advanced To Frozen Four
- ^ Casey, Tim. "How Quinnipiac University Became A Men's College Hockey Power, Advanced To Frozen Four". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
- ^ Yale knocks off Quinnipiac for Frozen Four championship
- ^ Quinnipiac Falls To North Dakota, 5-1, In NCAA National Championship Game
- ^ Rand Pecknold Bio
- ^ Rand Pecknold Named Head Coach of 2023 U.S. National Junior Team
- ^ U.S. outscores Swedes for bronze in OT
- ^ Bobcats Crowned 2023 National Champions
External links edit
- Quinnipiac Bobcats bio
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Rand Pecknold career record at College Hockey News