Rand Pecknold

Rand Pecknold

Sport(s)	Ice hockey
Biographical details
Born	Bedford, New Hampshire
Alma mater	Connecticut College ('90)
Playing career
1986–1990	Connecticut College
Position(s)	Defense
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–93	Connecticut College (assistant)
1994–present	Quinnipiac University
Head coaching record
Overall	446–264–83
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1999 MAAC Regular Season Champion 2000 MAAC Regular Season Champion 2002 MAAC Tournament Champion 2005 Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Champion 2013 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 2015 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 2016 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 2016 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Champions
Awards
2005 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year 2013 ECAC Coach of the Year 2016 ECAC Coach of the Year 2015-16 College Hockey News Coach of the Year 2016 Spencer Penrose Award
Records
Quinnipiac school record for wins: (446)

Rand Pecknold is an American ice hockey coach. He is currently the head coach of the Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey team.^[1] He took over the program at Quinnipiac in 1994 and led the transition from Division 2 to Division 1. Since moving to Division 1 in the 1998–1999 season he has led the Bobcats to 17 consecutive winning seasons the longest stretch after Michigan's streak of 25 years was broken in the 2012–13 season. In the 19th season behind the bench he led the Bobcats to the 2013 Frozen Four where they lost the National Championship to arch rival Yale. In the 2014–2015 season Coach Rand Pecknold reached 400 career wins, making him the 33rd D1 Head Coach to reach such a feat. Rand Pecknold once again led the Bobcats to the Frozen Four in 2015-16 where they fell in the National Championship to North Dakota 5-1.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Quinnipiac (Division II Independent) (1994–1995–1997–1998)
1994–1995	Quinnipiac	6–15–1
1995–1996	Quinnipiac	11–12–4
1996–1997	Quinnipiac	13–12–2
1997–1998	Quinnipiac	19–3–1
Quinnipiac:		49–42–8
Quinnipiac (MAAC) (1998–1999–2002–2003)
1998–1999	Quinnipiac	26–6–2	22–4–2	1st	MAAC Semifinals
1999–2000	Quinnipiac	27–6–3	23–1–2	1st	MAAC Semifinals
2000–2001	Quinnipiac	22–11–4	17–7–2	2nd	MAAC Runner-Up
2001–2002	Quinnipiac	20–13–5	15–6–5	2nd	NCAA First Round
2002–2003	Quinnipiac	22–13–1	18–7–1	2nd	MAAC Runner-Up
Quinnipiac:		117–49–15	95–25–12
Quinnipiac (Atlantic Hockey) (2003–2004–2004–2005)
2003–2004	Quinnipiac	15–14–6	12–6–6	3rd	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2004–2005	Quinnipiac	21–13–3	16–6–2	1st	Atlantic Hockey Runner-Up
Quinnipiac:		36–27–9	28–12–8
Quinnipiac (ECAC Hockey) (2005–2006–Present)
2005–2006	Quinnipiac	20–18–1	8–13–1	10th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2006–2007	Quinnipiac	21–14–5	10–8–4	5th	ECAC Runner-Up
2007–2008	Quinnipiac	20–15–4	9–9–4	6th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2008–2009	Quinnipiac	18–18–3	9–10–3	7th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2009–2010	Quinnpiac	20–18–2	11–11–0	7th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2010–2011	Quinnipiac	16–15–8	6–9–7	8th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2011–2012	Quinnipiac	20–14–6	9–8–5	5th	ECAC Quarterfinals
2012–2013	Quinnipiac	30–8–5	17–2–3	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
2013–2014	Quinnipiac	24–10–6	12–6–4	3rd	NCAA First Round
2014–2015	Quinnipiac	23–12–4	16–3–3	1st	NCAA First Round
2015–2016	Quinnipiac	32–4–7	16–1–5	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
Quinnipiac University:		446–264–83
Total:		446–264–83
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. With Rand Pecknold leading the way, Quinnipiac completes long climb to the top of the college hockey world – New York Daily News

External links

• Rand Pecknold's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database