Dave O'Connor

Dave O'Connor
Sport(s) Ice hockey
Biographical details
Born Belmont, MA, USA
Playing career
1964–1966 New Hampshire
Position(s) Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1987 New Hampshire (assistant)
1987–1988 New Hampshire
1991–1992 New Hampshire (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall 7–20–3 (.283)

David O'Connor is an American former ice hockey coach and player. He was the interim head coach of the University of New Hampshire for a year while head coach Bob Kullen was recovering from a heart transplant.[1]

Career

O'Connor played for the Wildcats hockey team in the mid-60's for the brief time while the team played in the lower classification while also playing for the football team. He returned to his alma mater in 1972 as an assistant coach for the football program and remained with the team for the next 18 seasons. In 1976 he added to his coaching responsibilities by becoming an assistant for the hockey team, a post he held until 1987 when he was named as the interim head coach for the 1987–88 season.[2] O'Conner stepped away from the hockey team afterwards but returned for one more season as an assistant in 1992 before retiring.

He was inducted into UNH sports hall of fame in 2008.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
New Hampshire Wildcats (Hockey East) (1987–1988)
1987–88 New Hampshire 7–20–36–18–27th
New Hampshire: 7–20–36–18–2
Total:7–20–3

      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

[3]

References

  1. ↑ "UNH Won't Forget 'Kully'". Times Union. 1992-03-26. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  2. ↑ "UNH announces 2008 Hall of Fame inductees". Fosters.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
  3. ↑ "2013–14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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