Michael Souza

Michael Souza
Michael Souza
Born	January 28, 1978 (age 46); Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	Norfolk Admirals; Bridgeport Sound Tigers; Portland Pirates; Hershey Bears; EHC Basel; Kölner Haie; SG Cortina; HC Bolzano
National team	Italy
NHL draft	67th overall, 1997; Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career	2000–2011
	Coaching career
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	New Hampshire
Conference	Hockey East
Biographical details
Alma mater	New Hampshire
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011–2013	Brown (assistant)
2013–2015	UConn (assistant)
2015–2018	New Hampshire (assistant)
2018–present	New Hampshire
Head coaching record
Overall	47–63–17 (.437)

Michael Souza (born January 28, 1978) often referred to as Mike Souza, is a former Italian-American professional ice hockey forward who currently is the head coach of the University of New Hampshire men's ice hockey team.^[1]

Playing career

Souza was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Souza attended the University of New Hampshire from 1996 to 2000. He is a cousin of fellow UNH player Paul Thompson.^[2] In 1997 Souza was drafted 67th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. At UNH, Souza was noted for his speed and skating skill.^[3] In 1999 UNH reached the championship game of the 1999 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. In the championship game Souza scored a key goal in the third period to force overtime. Maine won in overtime, however.^[4] In 2000 Souza was a member of the Hockey East All Star team.^[5]

After leaving UNH he played in the AHL for three seasons with the Norfolk Admirals and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. In 2001 and 2002 he attended the Chicago Blackhawks' training camp.^[6]^[7] The next two seasons Souza split his time between the ECHL and the AHL, playing for the Florence Pride and Reading Royals of the ECHL, and the Portland Pirates, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, and Hershey Bears of the AHL.^[8]^[9]

In 2005 Souza began to play in Europe. In the 2005–06 season Souza played for the Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, EHC Basel of the Swiss National League A, and EHC Olten of the Swiss National League B. In 2006, he moved to Italy to play in the Serie A.^[10] He played with SG Cortina for four seasons before moving to the Bolzano-Bozen Foxes in 2010.

International career

By playing in Italy, Souza later gained Italian citizenship and participated at the 2009 and 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Italy men's national ice hockey team.^[11]^[10]

Coaching career

Souza retired in 2011 and became an assistant ice hockey coach with Brown University. In 2013, he became an assistant coach with the University of Connecticut, and in 2015 he joined the staff at the University of New Hampshire. On March 14, 2018, Souza officially took over as the head coach of the Wildcats, replacing the retiring Dick Umile.

Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996–97	U. of New Hampshire	HE	39	15	11	26	20	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	U. of New Hampshire	HE	38	13	12	25	36	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	U. of New Hampshire	HE	41	23	42	65	38	—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	U. of New Hampshire	HE	38	15	25	40	58	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	75	14	17	31	44	3	0	0	0	2
2001–02	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	66	20	11	31	58	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	5	2	2	4	7	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL	59	7	15	22	89	9	0	1	1	12
2003–04	Florence Pride	ECHL	17	8	13	21	29	—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Portland Pirates	AHL	27	5	5	10	16	—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL	14	4	1	5	22	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Reading Royals	ECHL	12	6	3	9	20	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Hershey Bears	AHL	53	14	8	22	36	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Kölner Haie	DEL	5	0	1	1	6	9	1	1	2	14
2005–06	EHC Basel	NLA	3	1	0	1	4	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	EHC Olten	NLB	23	16	18	34	38	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	SG Cortina	Serie A	31	22	31	53	32	8	5	5	10	12
2007–08	SG Cortina	Serie A	31	13	15	28	32	—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	SG Cortina	Serie A	42	23	20	43	34	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	SG Cortina	Serie A	28	6	11	17	12	—	—	—	—	—
Serie A totals			132	64	77	141	110	8	5	5	10	12

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-Hockey East Rookie Team	1996–97
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team	1999	^[12]
All-Hockey East Second Team	1999–00

Head Coaching Record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
New Hampshire Wildcats (Hockey East) (2018–present)
2018–19	New Hampshire	12–15–9	8–10–6	8th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2019–20	New Hampshire	15–15–4	9–12–3	9th
2020–21	New Hampshire	6–14–3	5–13–3	10th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2021–22	New Hampshire	14–19–1	8–15–1	9th	Hockey East Opening Round
New Hampshire:		47–63–17 (.437)	30–50–13 (.392)
Total:		47–63–17 (.437)
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

^ "Mike Souza Introduced As Men's Hockey Head Coach". University of New Hampshire.
^ McMahon, Mike (13 December 2010). "Thompson follows cousin to UNH, paves his own path". The Eagle-Tribune. North Andover, MA. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ Monahan, Bob (21 March 1999). "Wakefield's Souza has made a big impact for UNH hockey". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
^ "Maine Skates Past New Hampshire". The Telegraph-Herald. Dubuque, Iowa. Associated Press. 4 April 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
^ "Hockey East All Stars". HockeyEastOnline.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
^ Fornabaio, Michael (9 November 2002). "Fresh face, legs: Newcomer Mike Souza gets Sound Tigers rolling". Connecticut Post. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
^ Sassone, Tim (11 September 2001). "Let the competition begin for Hawks". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, Illinois. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
^ "Sound Tigers Re-Sign Mike Souza". Our Sports Central. 20 February 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
^ "Transactions". The New York Times. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Mike Souza si trasferisce dal Cortina al Bolzano". HockeyTime.net (in Italian). 13 August 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
^ IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.
^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

External links

Official Biography, New Hampshire Wildcats
Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

[1] "Mike Souza Introduced As Men's Hockey Head Coach". University of New Hampshire.

[et-2] McMahon, Mike (13 December 2010). "Thompson follows cousin to UNH, paves his own path". The Eagle-Tribune. North Andover, MA. Retrieved 3 February 2011.

[tbg-3] Monahan, Bob (21 March 1999). "Wakefield's Souza has made a big impact for UNH hockey". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

[tth-4] "Maine Skates Past New Hampshire". The Telegraph-Herald. Dubuque, Iowa. Associated Press. 4 April 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

[heo-5] "Hockey East All Stars". HockeyEastOnline.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

[cp-6] Fornabaio, Michael (9 November 2002). "Fresh face, legs: Newcomer Mike Souza gets Sound Tigers rolling". Connecticut Post. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

[dh-7] Sassone, Tim (11 September 2001). "Let the competition begin for Hawks". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, Illinois. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

[osc-8] "Sound Tigers Re-Sign Mike Souza". Our Sports Central. 20 February 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

[tnyt-9] "Transactions". The New York Times. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

[ht-10] "Mike Souza si trasferisce dal Cortina al Bolzano". HockeyTime.net (in Italian). 13 August 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

[11] IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.

[ncaa-12] "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

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v t e New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey
Formerly the New Hampshire Bulls
Playing venues	UNH Ice Rink (1926–1955) Harry C. Batchelder Rink (1955–1965) Snively Arena (1965–1995) Whittemore Center (1995–present)
Head coaches	Hank Swasey (1924–1925) Ernest Christensen (1925–1936, 1937–1938) Carl Lundholm (1936–1937) George Thurston (1938–1939) Anthony Dougal (1939–1943, 1946–1947) Joseph Petroski (1947–1951) Horace "Pepper" Martin (1951–1962) A. Barr Snively (1962–1964) Rube Bjorkman (1964–1968) Charlie Holt (1968–1986) Bob Kullen (1986–1987, 1988–1990) Dave O'Connor (1987–1988) Dick Umile (1990–2018) Michael Souza (2018–present)
Seasons	1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC Hockey (1961–1964, 1966–1984) ECAC 2 (1964–1966) Hockey East (1984–present)
Rivalries	Dartmouth Maine
All-time leaders	Ralph Cox (243 Points) Ralph Cox (127 Goals) Kevin Regan (70 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1977 1979 1982 1998 1999 2002 2003
NCAA Tournament appearances	1977 1979 1982 1983 1992 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC Hockey: 1979 Hockey East: 2002 2003
Hobey Baker winners	Jason Krog (1999)