Mike Gabinet

Mike Gabinet (born September 26, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current head men's hockey ice hockey coach at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.[1]

Mike Gabinet
Born (1981-09-26) September 26, 1981
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for SaiPa
Iowa Stars
Springfield Falcons
Abbotsford Heat
HC Vita Hästen
NHL Draft 237th overall, 2001
Los Angeles Kings
Playing career 2004–2012
Current position
TeamOmaha
Biographical details
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska Omaha
Playing career
2000–2004Nebraska–Omaha
Position(s)Defenceman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2012–2015Northern Alberta IT (assistant)
2015–2016Northern Alberta IT
2016–2017Nebraska–Omaha (assistant)
2017–presentNebraska–Omaha
Head coaching record
Overall26–41–5 (.379)
Tournaments0–0 (–)

Playing career

Gabinet was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 8th round (237th overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks from 2000-2004, serving as an alternate captain during his senior season. Gabinet played in 130 career games, earning six goals and 41 assists for 47 points. He currently ranks ninth all-time in scoring for UNO defensemen. Gabinet graduated with a business finance degree from UNO.

Gabinet played eight seasons of professional ice hockey in Europe and North America, including his rookie 2004–05 SM-liiga season with SaiPa.

Coaching career

He previously was an associate head coach for the men's hockey team.[2] He was previously head coach of the men's ice hockey team at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology located in Edmonton, Alberta.[3] In his first season as head coach of NAIT, he led his team to the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Championship with a perfect 36-0 record. He was the first rookie head coach to guide his team to the conference championship since 2005-06 and he was also the first rookie head coach in Canadian college hockey history to guide his team to an undefeated season. Under Gabinet's guidance, the Ooks set an ACAC record for regular season wins (32) and overall wins (36). They were also just the third team in 51 years to go undefeated in the ACAC regular season & the ACAC playoffs. Gabinet was named the ACAC Coach of the Year in 2016.[4]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Omaha Mavericks (NCHC) (2017–present)
2017–18 Omaha 17–17–210–13–1T–5thNCHC First Round
2018–19 Omaha 9–24–35–17–2T–5thNCHC First Round
Omaha: 26–41–515–30–3
Total:26–41–5

      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. "Gabinet Named Omaha Hockey Coach". omavs.com. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  2. "Former Maverick Gabinet Added To Hockey Staff". omavs.com. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  3. http://www.nait.ca/68810.htm
  4. "ACAC - Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference - News". www.acac.ab.ca. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
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