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Rand Pecknold
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Quinnipiac
Conference	ECAC Hockey
Biographical details
Born	February 4, 1967 (age 57); Bedford, New Hampshire
Alma mater	Connecticut College (1990)
Playing career
1986–1990	Connecticut College
Position(s)	Defense
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–93	Connecticut College (assistant)
1994–present	Quinnipiac
Head coaching record
Overall	642–347–105 (.635)
Tournaments	13–9 (.591)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	2023 NCAA Champion; 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
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)

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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.

Early life

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

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

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
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
Quinnipiac Braves (Independent) (1997–1998)
1997–98	Quinnipiac	19–3–1
Quinnipiac:		19–3–1
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	77–18–11
Quinnipiac Bobcats (MAAC) (2002–2003)
2002–03	Quinnipiac	22–13–1	18–7–1	2nd	MAAC runner-up
Quinnipiac:		22–13–1	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	28–12–8
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	27–10–2	17–4–1	1st	NCAA East Regional Final
Quinnipiac:		434–228–73 (.640)	237–226–72 (.641)
Total:		642–347–105 (.635)
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

^ "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

Quinnipiac Bobcats bio
Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Rand Pecknold career record at College Hockey News

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Paul Pearl	Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year 2004–05	Succeeded by Brian Riley
Preceded by Rick Bennett Greg Carvel Mike Schafer	Tim Taylor Award 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 / 2021–22 / 2022–23	Succeeded by Don Vaughan Rick Bennett Reid Cashman
Preceded by Mike Hastings	Spencer Penrose Award 2015–16	Succeeded by Jim Montgomery

[1] "Rand Pecknold". NH Legends of Hockey. Retrieved 2023-04-09.

[2] "2016". Connecticut College. Retrieved 2023-04-09.

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

[4] How Quinnipiac University Became A Men’s College Hockey Power, Advanced To Frozen Four

[5] Casey, Tim. "How Quinnipiac University Became A Men's College Hockey Power, Advanced To Frozen Four". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-09.

[6] Yale knocks off Quinnipiac for Frozen Four championship

[7] Quinnipiac Falls To North Dakota, 5-1, In NCAA National Championship Game

[8] Rand Pecknold Bio

[9] Rand Pecknold Named Head Coach of 2023 U.S. National Junior Team

[10] U.S. outscores Swedes for bronze in OT

[11] Bobcats Crowned 2023 National Champions

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v t e Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey
Formerly the Quinnipiac Braves
Playing venues	East Haven Rink (1975–1999) Northford Ice Pavilion (1999–2007) M&T Bank Arena (2007–present)
Head coaches	Jim Kennedy (1975–1979) Ralph O'Connor (1979–1980) Jim Armstrong (1980–1994) Rand Pecknold (1994–present)
Seasons	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
Conference affiliations	ECAC 3 (1976–1985) ECAC North/South (1985–1992) ECAC North/South/Central (1992–1997) MAAC (1998–2003) Atlantic Hockey (2003–2005) ECAC Hockey (2005–present)
Rivalries	Battle of Whitney Avenue (Yale Bulldogs)
Culture & lore	Connecticut Ice
All-time leaders	Chris Cerrella (205 Points) Chris Cerrella (99 Goals) Michael Garteig (78 Wins)
National championships	2023
Frozen Four appearances	2013 2016 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances	2002 2013 2014 2015 2016 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	MAAC: 2002 ECAC: 2016
Quinnipiac University Hamden, Connecticut