Dave Hakstol

Dave Hakstol
Dave Hakstol being introduced as coach of the Flyers
Born	(1968-07-30) July 30, 1968 Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada

Dave Hakstol (born July 30, 1968) is a Canadian ice hockey coach. He is the head coach for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). A native of Warburg, Alberta, Hakstol was the head coach for Sioux City Musketeers for 4 seasons. He was also the head coach of University of North Dakota men's ice hockey team for 11 seasons. Hakstol played for the Fighting Sioux from 1989 to 1992 and in the International Hockey League for five years before becoming a coach.

Career

Dave Hakstol attended the University of North Dakota and played hockey there from 1989 to 1992. He played minor league hockey for five years, including stints with the Indianapolis Ice and Minnesota Moose. After retiring as a player, he moved to the coaching ranks with the Sioux City Musketeers. He replaced a fired head coach in the middle of their disappointing 1996–97, turned the team around, and remained for four years. He became an assistant coach with his alma mater North Dakota in 2000. In 2004, he was named head coach. In his tenure as North Dakota's head coach, he led the team to the NCAA Frozen Four seven times. Hakstol was honored with conference coach of the year awards in 2009 and 2015, and was an eight-time finalist for national coach of the year.

On May 18, 2015, it was announced that Hakstol would become the Philadelphia Flyers' 19th head coach. Hakstol is the first head coach to go directly from the NCAA to the NHL since 1987 (Herb Brooks from the University of Minnesota to the Minnesota North Stars). Hakstol picked up his first NHL victory in the Flyers' third game of the season, a 1–0 win over the Florida Panthers.

On April 11, 2017 it was announced that Hakstol would join Jon Cooper, Gerard Gallant, and Dave King as coaches of Canada's men's national ice hockey team for the 2017 IIHF World Championship tournament.

Head coaching record

USHL

Team	Year	Regular Season									Postseason
		G	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish
SC	1996–97	54	9	43	2	2	162	307	20	6th, South	Missed playoffs
	1997–98	56	32	21	3	3	195	155	67	4th, South	Lost in Quarterfinals
	1998–99	56	34	19	3	3	196	148	71	2nd, West	Lost in Quarterfinals
	1999–2000	58	27	26	5	5	170	162	59	6th, West	Lost in Quarterfinals

NCAA

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (WCHA) (2004–2011)
2004–05	North Dakota	25–15–5	13–12–3	5th	NCAA Runner-up
2005–06	North Dakota	29–16–1	16–12–0	t-4th	NCAA Frozen Four
2006–07	North Dakota	24–14–5	13–10–5	3rd	NCAA Frozen Four
2007–08	North Dakota	28–11–4	18–7–3	2nd	NCAA Frozen Four
2008–09	North Dakota	24–15–4	17–7–4	1st	NCAA 1st Round
2009–10	North Dakota	25–13–5	15–10–3	t-4th	NCAA 1st Round
2010–11	North Dakota	32–8–3	21–6–1	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
North Dakota (WCHA) (2011–2013)
2011–12	North Dakota	26–13–3	16–11–1	4th	NCAA 2nd Round
2012–13	North Dakota	22–12–7	14–7–7	3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
North Dakota (NCHC) (2013–2015)
2013–14	North Dakota	25–14–3	15–9–0	2nd	NCAA Frozen Four
2014–15	North Dakota	29–10–3	16–6–2	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
North Dakota:		289–141–43	174–97–31
Total:		289–141–43
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

NHL

Team	Year	Regular season						Postseason
		Games	Won	Lost	OTL	Points	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
PHI	2015–16	82	41	27	14	96	5th in Metropolitan	2	4	Lost in First Round
PHI	2016–17	82	39	33	10	88	6th in Metropolitan	—	—	Missed playoffs
PHI	2017–18	82	42	26	14	98	3rd in Metropolitan	2	4	Lost in First Round
PHI total		246	122	86	38	282		4	8
Total		246	122	86	38	282		4	8

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
• Dave Hakstol profile at siouxsports.com