Mike Addesa

Mike Addesa
Sport(s) Ice hockey
Biographical details
Born (1945-01-08) January 8, 1945
Boston, MA, USA
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1966–1967 Stoneham High School (Asst.)
1967–1968 St. Mary's High School
1968–1973 Randolph High School
1973–1974 Wellesley High School
1974–1976 Holy Cross (Asst.)
1976–1979 Holy Cross
1979–1989 Rensselaer
1989–1990 Notre Dame Hounds (GM)
1990–1995 Detroit Red Wings (Scout)
1995–2012 Boston Bulldogs (HC/GM/Owner)
2011–2013 Calgary Flames (Scout)
2015–2017 Vancouver Canucks (Scout)
2015–2017 Seacoast Spartans (GM)
Head coaching record
Overall 183–192–7 (.488) [College]

Mike Addesa (born January 8, 1945) is a former American ice hockey coach and football player. Addesa was the head coach of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute men's ice hockey team from 1979 to 1989.[1] Addesa played collegiate football at Holy Cross.[2]

Coaching career

In 1974, Addesa became an assistant ice hockey coach at Holy Cross. He was elevated to head coach in 1976 and stayed in that position until the end of the 1978–1979 season, when he was hired by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.[3]

Addesa was hired by RPI to replace Jim Salfi who had coached the team from 1972 to 1979.

In his 10 years with RPI, Mike Addesa won one NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship in 1985 and two ECAC Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championships in 1984 and 1985.[4]

He was for ed to resign as head coach at RPI in 1989 due to philosophical differences, stemming from the controversy over accusations of making racist comments towards one of two black players on his team, one of whom was future NHL player Graeme Townshend: "If you don’t put forth a greater effort, the world will only see you as a stereotypical nigger.” He has apologized for the comments. Townshend accepted the apology, and has voiced 100% support for Addesa from the beginning. Townshend has stated that his relationship with Addesa was unlike any player/coach relationship he had ever experienced, and that Addesa went above and beyond the job of just being a coach. Townshend viewed their relationship as being closer to a father/son thing. "I loved the guy.”[5] Addesa would later go on to say that he had not meant the comments "racially" [6] and to describe his firing from RPI as a "scam" which had made it impossible for him to continue coaching.[7]

Scouting career

Mike worked as a scout for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League from 1990–1995 and the Calgary Flames from 2011–2013.[8] On August 4, 2015, Addesa was named as a scout for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League.[9]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Holy Cross Crusaders (ECAC 2) (1976–1979)
1976–77 Holy Cross 10–12–0
1977–78 Holy Cross 14–7–0
1978–79 Holy Cross 15–8–0
Holy Cross: 39–27–0
Rensselaer Engineers (ECAC Hockey) (1979–1989)
1979–80 Rensselaer 16–11–014–8–06thECAC Quarterfinals
1980–81 Rensselaer 16–13–010–11–0t–10th
1981–82 Rensselaer 9–18–26–12–214th
1982–83 Rensselaer 18–11–013–7–07thECAC Quarterfinals
1983–84 Rensselaer 32–6–017–3–01stNCAA Quarterfinals
1984–85 Rensselaer 35–2–120–1–01stNCAA Champion
1985–86 Rensselaer 20–11–113–7–14thECAC Quarterfinals
1986–87 Rensselaer 13–18–29–13–0T-7thECAC Third Place Game (Tie)
1987–88 Rensselaer 15–17–09–13–08thECAC Quarterfinals
1988–89 Rensselaer 12–17–38–12–28thECAC Quarterfinals
Rensselaer: 186–124–9119–87–5
Total:225–151–9

      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

  1. ↑ "MHKY All-Time Coaching Records". RPI Athletics Website. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ "All-Time Letterwinners" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross, Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Mike Addesa". Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "R.P.I. Hockey Mixes Class and Classes". New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ http://onecanuck.com/2015/08/07/mike-addesa-state-racism-nhl/
  6. ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8121460.html
  7. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19910526&id=lHQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ogFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1206,6470358&hl=en
  8. ↑ "Elite Prospects Hockey: Mike Addesa".
  9. ↑ "Canucks name Weisbrod assistant general manager". Sportsnet. August 4, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
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