George Menard

George Menard
Biographical details
Born	1927; Burrillville, Rhode Island
Playing career
Ice hockey
1947–1950	Brown
Position(s)	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Ice hockey
1955–1967	St. Lawrence
1968–1971	St. Lawrence
Baseball
1967–1972	St. Lawrence
Head coaching record
Overall	204–137–14 (ice hockey); 46–25 (baseball)
Tournaments	2–8 (ice hockey)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Ice hockey; 1959 Tri-State League Champion; 1960 Tri-State League Champion; 1961 Tri-State League Champion; 1962 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion
Awards
	1976 Brown Athletic Hall of Fame; 1981 St. Lawrence Athletic Hall of Fame

George F. Menard (born 1927) is a retired American ice hockey coach. He was the head coach of St. Lawrence during their renaissance after World War II taking them to five Frozen Fours during his tenure.^[1]

Career

As many people did during the second world war George Menard enlisted in the armed services after graduating high school,^[2] but as he enlisted in October 1945 his services were unneeded for the war effort. The following fall he began attending Brown University, playing both ice hockey and baseball for the Bears to such an outstanding degree that he was signed by the New York Yankees.^[3]

George eschewed a professional playing career in favor of coaching, becoming the head coach at St. Lawrence in 1955 for both ice hockey and baseball.^[4] Menard continued the Saint's winning ways from the beginning, getting his team to a second straight NCAA tournament in his first season.^[5] In each of his first nine seasons behind the bench Menard would get St. Lawrence to finish with winning records as well as making five tournament appearances (four coming in consecutive seasons). When St. Lawrence became a founding member of ECAC Hockey in 1961–62 Menard led the Saints to the inaugural conference tournament title and followed it up with the school's first 20-win season, a feat they wouldn't repeat for 20 years.^[4]

Menard took off the 1967–68 season to earn an MBA from Syracuse University^[3] and though he returned to Canton the next year he couldn't recover the success he had had his first dozen years as coach. Menard resigned after the 1970–71 season, turning the program over to Bernie McKinnon who had served as a stand-in during his year off and then resigned as the baseball head coach after the following season. After his retirement Menard was inducted into the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976^[3] and the St. Lawrence Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981.^[6]

Head coaching record

Ice hockey

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
St. Lawrence Saints (Tri-State League) (1955–1961)
1955-56	St. Lawrence	18-5-0	4-2-0	2nd	NCAA Consolation Game (Win)
1956-57	St. Lawrence	13-7-0	3-3-0	3rd
1957-58	St. Lawrence	10-8-2	1-4-0	4th
1958-59	St. Lawrence	14-7-1	5-0-0	1st	NCAA Consolation Game (Loss)
1959-60	St. Lawrence	14-8-2	4-0-0	1st	NCAA Consolation Game (Loss)
1960-61	St. Lawrence	16-5-0	3-1-0	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
St. Lawrence:		85-40-5	20-10-0
St. Lawrence Saints (ECAC Hockey) (1961–1967)
1961-62	St. Lawrence	17-9-1	9-5-1	10th	NCAA Consolation Game (Loss)
1962-63	St. Lawrence	20-6-1	12-3-1	4th	ECAC Third Place Game (Loss)
1963-64	St. Lawrence	13-10-2	8-7-1	14th	ECAC Runner-Up
1964-65	St. Lawrence	5-16-1	1-12-1	15th
1965-66	St. Lawrence	15-8-1	8-6-1	5th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1966-67	St. Lawrence	17-8-1	9-5-1	4th	ECAC Third Place Game (Loss)
St. Lawrence:		87-57-7	47-38-6
St. Lawrence Saints (ECAC Hockey) (1968–1971)
1968-69	St. Lawrence	11-11-2	8-8-2	9th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1969-70	St. Lawrence	11-15-0	8-9-0	9th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1970-71	St. Lawrence	10-14-0	5-12-0	12th
St. Lawrence:		32-40-2	21-29-2
Total:		204-137-14
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

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References

^ "George Menard Year-By-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
^ "George F. Menard". Ancient Faces. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c "George F. Menard". Brown Bears. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
^ ^a ^b "St. Lawrence men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
^ "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
^ "George Menard". St. Lawrence Saints. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
^ "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

[1] "George Menard Year-By-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-11.

[2] "George F. Menard". Ancient Faces. Retrieved 2014-07-11.

[brown-3] "George F. Menard". Brown Bears. Retrieved 2014-07-11.

[history-4] "St. Lawrence men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-11.

[5] "NCAA Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-11.

[6] "George Menard". St. Lawrence Saints. Retrieved 2014-07-11.

[7] "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guides". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

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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