Buddy Powers

Buddy Powers
Current position
Sport(s)	Ice hockey
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Boston University
Playing career
1972–1975	Boston University
Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1982	Colgate (assistant)
1982–1988	Bowling Green (assistant)
1988–1989	RIT
1989–1994	Rensselaer
1994–2002	Bowling Green
2002–present	Boston University (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	255-220-41 (.534)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1989 ECAC West Tournament Champion
Awards
1995 CCHA CCHA Coach of the Year

Francis "Buddy" Powers is the current assistant coach for the Boston University men's ice hockey team. He is the former Ice Arena Director for the BGSU Ice Arena and play by play commentator for the Bowling Green Ice Hockey on The Buckeye Cable Sports Network.

Playing career

Buddy Powers played Left Wing for three seasons at Boston University (BU) from 1972 to '75. He played 90 games during his time at BU, which placed third in the 1974 and ’75 NCAA Tournaments and compiled a 49-13-1 record over his final two years with the team.^[1] After graduating from BU in 1975, Powers went on to play professional hockey in Europe. He played two years (1976–78) as a defenseman for Kaufbeuren, West Germany and helped the team to a Division II Championship during his first season. He finished his playing career at Krefeld, Germany in 1979-80, assisting the team to the playoff finals.^[1]

College Coaching career

During his time coaching, Powers has had five players earn First-Team All-America honors, four have been finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, including 1995 Hobey Baker Award winner Brian Holzinger. Nineteen of his former players played professional hockey in North America, with four playing in the NHL.

Colgate

After finishing his professional hockey career in 1980, Powers joined the Colgate University coaching staff as an assistant coach under head coach Terry Slater. In his first season at Colgate, the team made the NCAA Tournament.

Bowling Green State University (assistant coach)

After the conclusion of the 1981-82 season, Powers became an assistant coach on the Bowling Green State University (BGSU) coaching staff under head coach Jerry York. In 1984, his first season as assistant coach, BGSU posted a 34-8-2 record and won Bowling Green's only NCAA National Championship for ice hockey. During his time as BGSU's assistant coach from 1982–1988, BGSU was the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) regular season champions in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987 and CCHA tournament champions in 1988. The team made the NCAA tournament in 1982, 1984, 1987, and 1988. Powers served as the team’s top assistant, chief recruiter, and on-ice instructor for BGSU. Under York and Powers, the Falcons were 174-74-8 (.695 pct.), including 129-50-8 (.710 pct.) in league play and finished either first or second in the CCHA on five occasions^[1]^[2]

Rochester Institute of Technology

Following the 1988 season, Powers accepted the head coaching position with the Division III Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). In his first and only season with RIT, he led the Tigers to a 26-8-2 record. The team won the ECAC West Championship. The team made it to the NCAA Championship game but lost to University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point by a score of 3-2.^[3]

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Powers went on to become the head coach of Division I Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) for the 1989-90 season. The Engineers enjoyed improved seasons during Powers' tenure as head coach. The team qualified for the ECAC Tournament in 1990, 1992, 1993, and 1994. In 1994, the team returned to the ECAC Championship Game and the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1985. In his five seasons at RPI, Powers led the Engineers to a record of 94-63-13 including three 20-or-more-wins seasons. in 1995, Powers returned to Bowling Green, this time as head coach.

Return to Bowling Green (head coach)

Powers was appointed the head coach at Bowling Green on July 12, 1994, becoming the fourth head coach in the program’s history. During the 1994-'95 campaign, Powers led the Falcons to a 25-11-2 record and a second-place finish in the CCHA. It marked their best finish in the league in eight years. He was named the CCHA’s Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award presented annually to the nation’s top head coach. Also that year, Brian Holzinger was named CCHA player of the Year. Holzinger won the NCAA All-American Award in ice hockey along with BGSU's Kelly Perrault. Holzinger became BGSU's second Hobey Baker Award winner, the other being George McPhee in 1982 during Powers' first season as BGSU's assistant coach.

Although the first half of his time as BGSU's head coach was strong, the lack of top players coming to BGSU affected his overall record; Powers finished sub-.500 in his last 5 seasons as BGSU's bench boss. Over eight seasons as BG's head coach, Powers has compiled a 135-149-26 record at Bowling Green. Powers is 12th all-time among CCHA coaches with 85 league victories with the Falcons and is 10 CCHA victories shy of entering the Top 10.

Return to Boston University (assistant coach)

In August, 2009, Powers joined BU as an assistant coach.^[4]

International Coaching career

Powers served as an assistant coach at the 1989 United States Olympic Festival and as head coach at the 1993 United States Olympic Festival games. He also coached the United States during the USA Cup Challenge in 1992. Powers joined the USA Hockey National Team Development Program in 2002 and served as an assistant coach in the 2002-2003 season.^[5]

Other Hockey Related Positions

Powers served on the Board of Governors of the American Hockey Coaches Association from 1993–1996 and was the director of BGSU’s Summer Hockey School held annually during the last two weeks of July. Powers was a representative of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and BGSU on the NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Committee. He also served as Ice Arena Director at BGSU and was the color commentator for BGSU ice hockey games on BCSN.

College Player Statistics

Player Stats

Season	Team
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1972-73	Boston University	ECAC	27	5	7	12	2
1973-74	Boston University	ECAC	31	5	6	11	10
1974-75	Boston University	ECAC	32	4	13	17	14
Total			90	14	26	40	26

College Head Coaching record^[6]^[7]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
RIT (ECAC West) (1988–89)
1988–89	RIT	26-8-2			NCAA Runner-Up (D-III)
RIT:		26-8-2
RPI (ECAC Hockey) (1989–90–1993–94)
1989-90	RPI	20-14-0	14-8-0	2nd	ECAC Runner-Up
1990-91	RPI	19-12-1	14-8-0	t-4th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1991-92	RPI	14-15-4	6-12-4	10th	ECAC Semifinals
1992-93	RPI	20-11-4	15-6-1	2nd	ECAC Third Place Game (Loss)
1993-94	RPI	21-11-4	12-6-4	3rd	NCAA East Regional Quarterfinals
RPI:		94-63-13	61-40-9
Bowling Green Falcons (CCHA) (1994–95–2001-02)
1994-95	Bowling Green	25-11-2	18-7-2	2nd	CCHA Semifinals
1995-96	Bowling Green	26-14-1	18-11-1	5th	CCHA Semifinals
1996-97	Bowling Green	17-16-5	10-12-5	t-5th	CCHA Semifinals
1997-98	Bowling Green	8-27-3	6-21-3	11th
1998-99	Bowling Green	17-18-3	13-14-3	7th	CCHA Quarterfinals
1999-00	Bowling Green	17-19-1	12-15-1	8th	CCHA Play-In
2000-01	Bowling Green	16-19-5	8-15-5	t-9th	CCHA Semifinals
2001-02	Bowling Green	9-25-6	7-18-3	11th	CCHA First Round
Bowling Green:		135-149-26	92-113-23
Total:		255-220-41
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

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↑ http://www.ncaa.com/icehockey-mens/default.aspx?id=284[]
↑ http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2009/08/04_bavispromoted.php
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↑ "2009-10 RPI Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). RPI Engineers. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
↑ "2013-14 Bowling Green Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green Falcons. Retrieved 2014-08-11.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Red Berenson	CCHA Coach of the Year 1994–95	Succeeded by Bill Wilkinson

RIT Tigers men's ice hockey

Playing venues	Ritter-Clark Rink (1962–1968) Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena (1968–2014) Gene Polisseni Center (2014–present)

Head coaches	James E. Musker (1961–1962) Jim Heffer (1962–1968) Daryl Sullivan (1968–1980) Brian Mason (1980–1984) Bruce Delventhal (1984–1988) Buddy Powers (1988–1989) Eric Hoffberg (1989–1999) Wayne Wilson (1999–present)

Seasons	2009–10

Conference affiliations	ECAC 2 (1962–1972, 1980–1984) ECAC 3 (1972–1980) ECAC West (1984–2005) Atlantic Hockey (2006–present)

Rivalries	Air Force Falcons Niagara Purple Eagles

All-time leaders	Chris Johnstone (250 Points) (D-III) Chris Johnstone (114 Goals) (D-III)

National championships	1983 (DII) 1985 (DIII)

Frozen Four appearances	2010

NCAA Tournament appearances	2010 2015

Conference Tournament champions	Atlantic Hockey: 2010 2015

Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY

RPI Engineers men's ice hockey

Playing venues	Houston Field House (1949–present)

Head coaches	Leroy Clark (1917–1924) W. J. Cook (1924–1925) Marvin Callan (1925–1931, 1936-1937) Ned Harkness (1949–1963) Rube Bjorkman (1963–1964) Garry Kearns (1964–1969) Leon Abbott (1969–1972) Jim Salfi (1972–1979) Mike Addesa (1979–1989) Buddy Powers (1989–1994) Dan Fridgen (1994–2006) Seth Appert (2006–present)

Conference affiliations	Tri-State League (1950–1972) ECAC Hockey (1961–present)

Rivalries	Union Dutchmen Clarkson Golden Knights

Culture & lore	Rensselaer Holiday Tournament

All-time leaders	Frank Chiarelli (265 Points) Frank Chiarelli (155 Goals) Neil Little (58 Wins)

National championships	1954 1985

Frozen Four appearances	1953 1954 1961 1964 1985

NCAA Tournament appearances	1953 1954 1961 1964 1984 1985 1994 1995 2011

Conference Tournament champions	ECAC: 1984 1985 1995

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY

Bowling Green Falcons men's ice hockey

Playing venues	BGSU Ice Arena (1969–present)

Head coaches	Jack Vivian (1969–1973) Ron Mason (1973–1979) Jerry York (1979–1994) Buddy Powers (1994–2002) Scott Paluch (2002–2009) Dennis Williams (2009–2010) Chris Bergeron (2010–present)

Seasons	2008–09 2009–10

Conference affiliations	CCHA (1971–2013) WCHA (2013–present)

All-time leaders	Nelson Emerson (294 Points) Jamie Wansbrough (127 Goals)

National championships	1984

Frozen Four appearances	1978 1984

NCAA Tournament appearances	1977 1978 1979 1982 1984 1987 1988 1989 1990

Conference Tournament champions	CCHA: 1973 1977 1978 1979 1988

Hobey Baker winners	George McPhee (1982) Brian Holzinger (1995)

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