Mike McShane (ice hockey)

Mike McShane
Biographical details
Born	September 27, 1947 (age 77); Wakefield, MA, USA
Alma mater	University of New Hampshire
Playing career
1968–1971	New Hampshire
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1972	Phillips Exeter Academy
1972–1978	New Hampton School
1978–1980	Dartmouth (assistant)
1980–1985	St. Lawrence
1985–1994	Providence
1995–2018	Norwich
Head coaching record
Overall	742–349–69 (.669)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1983 ECAC West Division Champion; 1999 ECAC East Champion; 1999 ECAC East tournament champion; 2000 ECAC East Champion; 2000 ECAC East tournament champion; 2000 NCAA national champion; 2001 ECAC East Champion; 2002 ECAC East Champion; 2002 ECAC East tournament champion; 2003 ECAC East Champion; 2003 ECAC East tournament champion; 2003 NCAA national champion; 2004 ECAC East Champion; 2004 ECAC East tournament champion; 2005 ECAC East Champion; 2006 ECAC East Champion; 2006 ECAC East tournament champion; 2007 ECAC East Champion; 2008 ECAC East Champion; 2008 ECAC East tournament champion; 2009 ECAC East Champion; 2010 ECAC East Champion; 2010 ECAC East tournament champion; 2010 NCAA national champion; 2011 ECAC East Champion; 2011 ECAC East tournament champion; 2012 ECAC East Champion; 2012 ECAC East tournament champion; 2013 ECAC East Champion; 2014 ECAC East Champion; 2015 ECAC East Champion; 2015 ECAC East tournament champion; 2017 NEHC Champion; 2017 NEHC tournament champion; 2017 NCAA national champion
Awards
	1997 Edward Jeremiah Award; 1999 Edward Jeremiah Award; 2000 Edward Jeremiah Award; 2010 Edward Jeremiah Award; 2017 Edward Jeremiah Award
Records
	17 consecutive conference titles

Mike McShane is a college men's ice hockey coach. He ranks ninth all-time among NCAA men's ice hockey coaches with 653 wins in 30 years as a head coach. As the head coach at Norwich University since 1996, he has led his teams to the Frozen Four nine times and NCAA Division III national championships in 2000, 2003, 2010 and 2017.

Athlete

McShane grew up in Wakefield, Massachusetts and attended Wakefield High School and Tabor Academy.^[1] He attended the University of New Hampshire where he was the assistant captain of the UNH hockey team. He was also named to the New England all-star team,^[1] and became the third-leading scorer in New Hampshire Wildcats' history.^[2]^[3]

Coaching career

Exeter and New Hampton

After graduating from UNH in 1971, McShane coached at Exeter Academy for one year and for six years at New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire. In six years at New Hampton, McShane compiled a 122-26-2 record and led the school to three Division I Prep Championships.^[1]^[2]

Dartmouth College

McShane was hired as an assistant hockey coach at Dartmouth College in 1978 and was part of the coaching staff on Dartmouth teams that played in the Frozen Four in 1978 and 1980.^[1]

St. Lawrence University

McShane was hired by St. Lawrence University as its head hockey coach in 1980. In five years as head coach, he led the St. Lawrence Saints ice hockey teams to one NCAA tournament berth and four straight appearances in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division One tournament.^[1]

Providence College

In July 1985, McShane signed a multiyear contract to serve as the head ice hockey coach at Providence College. At the time of his hiring, Providence College athletic director Lou Lamoriello called McShane "probably one of the strongest people I've met in the coaching ranks ... a tireless worker and, most important, he's the type of person we want to represent us at Providence College."^[1] McShane spent nine years as the hockey coach at Providence, including four consecutive seasons with at least 21 wins between 1989 and 1992.^[4] He was named the New England Coach of the Year in 1989.^[2]

Norwich University

During the 1994-1995 season, McShane worked as a consultant for the Ottawa Senators,^[2] and took time off to complete a master's degree program at Boston University.^[5] In the fall of 1995, McShane became the head hockey coach, golf coach and rink manager at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. In December 1995, McShane told the Boston Herald, "People asked me why I'd want to go up here. Hey, I worked in the woods before. It's a great spot. They're great kids. It's a unique atmosphere."^[5] After a 12-12 record in his first season at Norwich, McShane has strung together 21 consecutive winning seasons from 1997 to 2017. His Norwich teams advanced to the Frozen Four eight times and won NCAA Division III national championships in 2000, 2003, 2010, and 2017.^[6]^[7]

McShane led Norwich to its third national championship in March 2010 with a 2-1 in double-overtime win over St. Norbert College in the longest game (99 minutes, 29 seconds) in Division III championship history. After the game, McShane said, "The kids played great. It was wild, crazy. It was a beautiful goal. Serino made a great play to keep the puck in and put it down low to Thomas. He threw it out front. (Cotnoir) got a whack at it and then got the rebound. Bam! What an atmosphere. Some years you get lucky."^[8]

In 2014, McShane's longtime assistant coach Steve Mattson was honored as the recipient of the prestigious Terry Flanagan Award. The Flanagan Award presented by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) and is named in honor of the former New Hampshire player and Bowling Green assistant coach and has been given annually since 1997 to honor an assistant coaches' career body of work. Mattson is just the second Division III coach to win the award in the 18-year history.^[9]

McShane announced his retirement from Norwich as Head Coach on June 15, 2018.^[10]

Career records and honors

In 36 years as a head coach, McShane compiled a record of 721 wins, 343 losses, and 66 ties.^[4] He has received the Edward Jeremiah Award five times (1997, 1999, 2000, 2010, and 2017).^[7] The award is presented each year by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the Division III men's ice hockey Coach of the Year.^[3] McShane and Bill Beaney are the only coaches to have received the award four times.^[3] At the end of the 2009-2010 hockey season, McShane ranked ninth all-time among college men's ice hockey coaches.^[11]

McShane has coached a number of players who went on to professional hockey careers, including Tom Fitzgerald, Rob Gaudreau, Craig Darby, Chris Therien, Joe Hulbig, Hal Gill, Chris Terreri, Keith Aucoin, Randy Sexton, Marc Bellemare, and Kurtis McLean.^[2]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
St. Lawrence Saints (ECAC Hockey) (1980–1985)
1980–81	St. Lawrence	15–16–2	9–12–1	12th
1981–82	St. Lawrence	19–11–1	12–8–1	6th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1982–83	St. Lawrence	23–12–1	14–6–0	4th	NCAA Quarterfinals
1983–84	St. Lawrence	19–13–0	10–10–0	t-9th
1984–85	St. Lawrence	17–13–2	12–9–0	6th	ECAC Quarterfinals
St. Lawrence:		93–65–6	57–45–2
Providence Friars (Hockey East) (1985–1994)
1985–86	Providence	14–24–1	11–22–1	4th	Hockey East Consolation Game (loss)
1986–87	Providence	7–23–3	7–22–3	6th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1987–88	Providence	13–18–5	8–13–5	6th	Hockey East Semifinals
1988–89	Providence	22–18–2	13–8–2	t-3rd	Hockey East Consolation Game (win)
1989–90	Providence	22–10–3	11–7–3	4th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1990–91	Providence	22–12–2	10–9–2	t-4th	Hockey East Semifinals
1991–92	Providence	21–13–2	11–8–2	3rd†	Hockey East Semifinals
1992–93	Providence	16–16–4	9–12–3	t-4th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1993–94	Providence	14–19–3	9–13–2	5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
Providence:		151–153–25	89–114–18
Norwich Cadets (ECAC East) (1995–2015)
1995–96	Norwich	12–12–0	8–11–0	12th
1996–97	Norwich	21–7–2	15–3–1	2nd	NCAA third-place game (loss)
1997–98	Norwich	13–12–2	9–8–2	T–10th
1998–99	Norwich	27–2–2	15–1–1	1st	NCAA third-place game (win)
1999–00	Norwich	29–2–1	16–0–1	1st	NCAA national champion
2000–01	Norwich	18–9–1	13–3–1	1st	ECAC East Runner-Up
2001–02	Norwich	27–5–0	15–4–0	1st	NCAA runner-up
2002–03	Norwich	27–3–0	16–3–0	1st	NCAA national champion
2003–04	Norwich	24–4–0	16–2–0	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2004–05	Norwich	18–5–3	15–2–2	1st	ECAC East Semifinals
2005–06	Norwich	22–5–2	15–2–2	1st	NCAA Quarterfinals
2006–07	Norwich	20–8–0	14–5–0	1st	NCAA Quarterfinals
2007–08	Norwich	23–7–0	15–4–0	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2008–09	Norwich	13–8–4	11–5–3	1st	ECAC East Quarterfinals
2009–10	Norwich	26–1–4	16–1–2	1st	NCAA national champion
2010–11	Norwich	22–6–3	15–1–3	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2011–12	Norwich	24–3–2	15–2–1	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2012–13	Norwich	24–4–1	16–1–1	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2013–14	Norwich	20–7–3	13–3–2	t-1st	NCAA Quarterfinals
2014–15	Norwich	25–4–1	17–1–0	1st	NCAA Quarterfinals
Norwich:		435–114–31
Norwich Cadets (NEHC) (2015–2018)
2015–16	Norwich	17–8–2	12–6–2	3rd	NEHC Semifinals
2016–17	Norwich	27–1–3	18–1–1	1st	NCAA national champion
2017–18	Norwich	19–7–2	13–3–2	1st	NEHC Runner-up
Norwich:		63–18–7	43–10–5
Total:		742–349–69
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

† Providence finished the season in 3rd place but was surpassed by Boston University after Maine was retroactively forced to forfeit 13 games.

Family

McShane is married to Shawn McShane and resides in Montpelier, Vermont. He has two adult children, Daniel and Megan.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dave Philips (1985-07-19). "McShane named PC hockey coach St. Lawrence boss receives multiyear pact". Providence Journal. p. B-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Mike McShane profile". Norwich University. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MIKE McSHANE of NORWICH UNIVERSITY IS NAMED AHCA MEN'S DIVISION III COACH of the YEAR". American Hockey Coaches Association. 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
^ ^a ^b "NCAA Career Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
^ ^a ^b John Connolly (1995-12-18). "McShane right at home". Boston Herald.
^ "Mike McShane Year-by-Year Record". USCHO. Archived from the original on June 22, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
^ ^a ^b "Men's Ice Hockey: Mike McShane Named AHCA Division III "Coach Of The Year"". Norwich University. 2010-03-24.
^ John Connolly (2010-03-24). "Timely win for Norwich". McClatchy-Tribune Business News (Washington).
^ "Men's Hockey: Mattson earns prestigious Terry Flanagan Award from AHCA". Norwich University Athletic Department.
^ McCune, Mike. "McShane announces retirement". www.wcax.com.
^ "All-Time Coaching Records". USCHO. Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-06-22.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dean Talafous Mike Schwartz Dominik Dawes Chris Schultz/Peter Belisle	Edward Jeremiah Award 1996–97 1998–99, 1999–00 2009–10 2016–17	Succeeded by Mike Schwartz Wayne Wilson Tim Coghlin Blaise MacDonald

[PC-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dave Philips (1985-07-19). "McShane named PC hockey coach St. Lawrence boss receives multiyear pact". Providence Journal. p. B-01.

[Profile-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Mike McShane profile". Norwich University. Retrieved 2010-06-23.

[AHCA-3] "MIKE McSHANE of NORWICH UNIVERSITY IS NAMED AHCA MEN'S DIVISION III COACH of the YEAR". American Hockey Coaches Association. 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2010-06-24.

[NCAA_Career_Statistics-4] "NCAA Career Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved 2010-06-21.

[Nor-5] John Connolly (1995-12-18). "McShane right at home". Boston Herald.

[6] "Mike McShane Year-by-Year Record". USCHO. Archived from the original on June 22, 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-23.

[EJA-7] "Men's Ice Hockey: Mike McShane Named AHCA Division III "Coach Of The Year"". Norwich University. 2010-03-24.

[8] John Connolly (2010-03-24). "Timely win for Norwich". McClatchy-Tribune Business News (Washington).

[9] "Men's Hockey: Mattson earns prestigious Terry Flanagan Award from AHCA". Norwich University Athletic Department.

[10] McCune, Mike. "McShane announces retirement". www.wcax.com.

[11] "All-Time Coaching Records". USCHO. Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-06-22.

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v t e St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Weeks Field Rink (1925–1929) Brewer Field Rink (1929–1930) Appleton Arena (1951–present)
Head coaches	D. F. McCarthy (1925–1926) Formoza Degre (1926–1928) James Mallon (1929–1930) Alfred Sheard (1938–1941) Jack Klemens (1946–1947) Paul Patten (1947–1950) Olav Kollevoll (1950–1955) George Menard (1955–1967, 1968–1971) Bernie McKinnon (1967–1968, 1971–1976) Leon Abbott (1976–1979) Dale Henwood (1979–1980) Mike McShane (1980–1985) Joe Marsh (1985–2012) Greg Carvel (2012–2016) Mark Morris (2016–2019) Brent Brekke (2019–present)
Seasons	1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 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	Tri-State League (1950–1972) ECAC Hockey (1961–present)
Rivalries	Clarkson Golden Knights
Culture & lore	North Country Thanksgiving Festival
All-time leaders	Pete Lappin (187 Points) Brian McFarlane (101 Goals) Bill Sloan (65 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1952 1955 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1988 2000
NCAA Tournament appearances	1952 1955 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1983 1987 1988 1989 1992 1999 2000 2001 2007 2021*
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC: 1962 1988 1989 1992 2000 2001 2021
St. Lawrence University Canton, NY

v t e Providence Friars men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Rhode Island Auditorium (1952–1973) Schneider Arena (1973–present)
Head coaches	Joseph T. Landry (1926–1927) John Graham (1926–1927) Clement Trihey (1926–1927) Dick Rondeau (1952–1956) Tom Eccleston (1956–1964) Zellio Toppazzini (1964–1968) Lou Lamoriello (1968–1983) Steve Stirling (1983–1985) Mike McShane (1985–1994) Paul Pooley (1994–2005) Tim Army (2005–2011) Nate Leaman (2011–present)
Seasons	1926–27 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 (1961–1984) Hockey East (1984–Present)
Rivalries	Brown
Culture & lore	Mayor's Cup
All-time leaders	Ron Wilson (250 Points) Rob Gaudreau (103 Goals) Hayden Hawkey (72 Wins)
National championships	2015
Frozen Four appearances	1964 1983 1985 2015 2019
NCAA Tournament appearances	1964 1978 1981 1983 1985 1989 1991 1996 2001 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC Hockey: 1964 1981 Hockey East: 1985 1996
Providence College · Providence, RI