Head Coach Bob Gaudet
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T H E C O A C H I N G S T A F F m HEAD COACH BOB GAUDET o Bob Gaudet enters his 11th season as Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League. He played for minor league c . head coach of the Big Green. Gaudet affiliates of Winnipeg in the CHL and IHL for one year before a knee injury s t is a 1981 graduate of Dartmouth cut short his promising career. r o and played four years for the varsity In the summer of 1990, Gaudet served as the assistant coach of the p hockey team as a goaltender. He came East team in the Olympic Sports Festival, held in Minneapolis. In 1994, he S h back to Dartmouth after nine suc- served again as head coach of the East team, and also coached the East All- t u cessful seasons behind the Brown Star Team in the East-West Shrine College Hockey Classic. Gaudet spent o University bench. the summer of 1998 behind the bench of the New England Select 16-Team m At Dartmouth, Gaudet has t at USA Hockey’s Summer Festival in Ann Arbor, Mich. r guided the Big Green to seven straight Gaudet and his wife Lynne – also a 1981 Dartmouth graduate – reside a winning seasons, including two 20- in Etna, N.H. and have three children: sons Joe and Jim plus daughter Kelly. D . win seasons in 2002-03 and 2004- Joe is a member of the current Big Green team with Jim coming to Dart- w 05. The 20-13-2 record in 2004-05 mouth for the 2008-09 season. w marked the fifth consecutive campaign above .500, the first time that’s hap- w pened in school history. Gaudet has also led the Big Green to home playoff series the last seven years and in 2001, the program made its first trip to the ECAC semifinals in 20 years. He earned his 200th career win against St. Lawrence on Feb. 11, 2005 and has a Dartmouth record of 151-135-37. Last year the Big Green captured a share of its first Ivy title since Gaudet was in net in 1980. The 2005-06 season gave Dartmouth its first- ever ECACHL title, sharing the honors with Colgate. Gaudet was also named the ECAC Hockey League’s Coach of the Year, making him the second coach to earn the award with two separate teams. He was also a finalist for the Division I Coach of the Year award. Gaudet has now had two Ivy League players of the year. Mike Ouellette earned the honor in 2005-06 while David Jones was given the title last season. Jones was also All-America, 6 giving Gaudet four back-to-back players to earn that award. 1 16 e Gaudet took over Brown’s coaching reins in 1988 and immediately g a went about transforming the Bears from a perennial cellar-dweller into one PPage of the ECAC’s top programs. During his tenure, Brown steadily climbed BBobob GaudetGaudet andand hhisis aassistantsssistants shareshare thethe BigBig Green’sGreen’s in the league standings, from 12th in ’89 to eighth in ’90 and ’91, fifth in fi rrsstt-ever-ever EECACHLCACHL rregularegular sseasoneason titletitle inin 2006.2006. ’92, third in ’93, fourth in ’94 and all the way to second in ’95. Gaudet has begun the same process at Dartmouth. The Big Green finished 11th his first two years, eighth in 2000, fifth in ’01, third in ’05 and was tied for first last season. During Gaudet’s time at Brown, the Bears were crowned Ivy League champions twice (1991 and 1995) and, in 1993, made the school’s first NCAA appearance since 1976. In both 1993 and 1995, he was a finalist for Division I Coach of the Year honors. He was named ECAC Coach of the Year in 1995 after leading Brown to a second-place finish in the league, just one-and-a-half games behind first-place Clarkson. The Bears also spent y much of the year in and out of the top 10 in the national polls. e k Gaudet’s career coaching record stands at a respectable 244-277-68. c Gaudet originally came to Brown in 1988 following a five-year tenure o H as an assistant coach at Dartmouth. He assisted in all aspects of the Big Hockey Hockey www.DartmouthSports.com s Green hockey program under head coaches George Crowe and Brian Mason ’ while coordinating recruiting efforts and serving as varsity goaltender coach. n e In addition, he directed the junior varsity program his first season at Dart- M mouth. n Gaudet graduated in 1981 with a degree in visual arts after four pro- e D’ A-T ductive seasons for the Big Green hockey team. In 1979 and 1980, Gaudet e r led the Big Green to Ivy League titles and appearances in the NCAA Final W C G Four. As a senior, he served as co-captain and was a recipient of the Philip D. g C Y R W i McInnis Award for spirit, loyalty and dedication to Dartmouth ice hockey. Edward Jeremiah ‘37-‘42 300-247-10 .548 B In 76 career games, he made a school-record 2,129 saves while allowing only ‘45-‘63 8 299 goals for a 4.00 career goals against average and an .877 save percentage. ‘64-‘67 0 - He had his most successful campaign as a sophomore when he recorded two Bob Gaudet ‘97-Present 151-135-37 .523 7 of his four career shutouts to go along with a 3.03 goals against average. He George Crowe ‘75-‘84 109-127-8 .463 0 0 was first team All-Ivy in 1978-79 and 1979-80, and was a two-time recipient Grant Standbrook ‘70-‘75 53-65-3 .450 2007-08 Big Green Men’s Green Big 2007-08 2 of the Canterbury Society Award for the best Ivy League goalie. Herbert Gill ‘33-‘37 50-34-1 .594 Following graduation, Gaudet signed a free-agent contract with the J. Philip Bower ‘26-‘33 42-41-5 .506 wwww.DartmouthSports. G Y-B-Y w w Ye a r S c h o ol W- L -T . 1988-89 Brown 1-25-0 D 1989-90 Brown 10-16-3 a 1990-91 Brown 9-15-3 r t 1991-92 Brown 11-15-4 m 1992-93 Brown 16-12-3 1993-94 Brown 15-13-4 o 1994-95 Brown 15-12-3 u t 1995-96 Brown 9-15-8 h 1996-97 Brown 7-19-3 S 1997-98 Dartmouth 11-13-5 p 1998-99 Dartmouth 10-17-2 o r 1999-00 Dartmouth 9-17-4 t 2000-01 Dartmouth 16-14-4 s . 2001-02 Dartmouth 14-13-5 ccom 2007-08 Big Gr 2002-03 Dartmouth 20-13-1 o 2003-04 Dartmouth 14-11-9 m 2004-05 Dartmouth 20-13-2 2005-06 Dartmouth 19-12-2 2006-07 Dartmouth 18-12-3 Dartmouth Totals 151-135-37 Brown Totals 93-142-31 Overall Totals 244-277-68 *Ivy League Champions – 1991, 1995, 2007 *ECACHL Champions – 2006 *NCAA Tournament Appearance – 1993 *ECAC Coach of the Year – 1995, 2006 D Y K • Since Bob Gaudet took over the men’s hockey program in 1997, Dart- mouth has improved to 133-123-34. • Th e Big Green has captured a conference regular-season championship and made six consecutive postseason appearances under Gaudet’s reign. PPage • Bob Gaudet is the 21st coach in Dartmouth’s 100-year history. He is the a g second winningest coach. It took Gaudet 246 games to reach 100 wins at e 17 1 Dartmouth. 7 • Gaudet has had a winning season six straight years. • Dartmouth logged its second 20-win season under Gaudet in 2004-05. Th e Big Green had won 20 games in just two seasons prior to Gaudet’s ar- rival. • Dartmouth has had unprecedented success in the classroom since Gaudet’s took over the coaching reins. Gaudet has had six players named Academic All-Ivy, one named Academic All-America and 28 have been named Academic All-ECACHL. • Th e Big Green has established a terrifi c winning tradition at home, com- piling an impressive 431-340-24 record in 100 seasons while going 82-46-15 2 under Gaudet. 0 • Gaudet has been named the ECAC Hockey League’s Coach of the Year 0 7 twice and is the only current coach to have earned the award with two diff erent - 0 teams. 8 • Gaudet has coached nine players who have been drafted into the NHL B including a fi rst and second round draft pick and one player currently playing i g in the National Hockey League. G r “M“Myy familyfamily and I are extremely grateful for the opportunity that Coach Gaudet provided eeen Men’s meme at Dartmouth CoCollege.llege. He is incrediblyincredibly passionate and he makes sure that each pplayerlayer e kknowsnows the rich tradition of Big Green Hockey. Wearing the Dartmouth jersey is an honor, n and every player knows both the pride and responsibility that come with playing for the Big M Green. Coach Gaudet is dedicated to every pplayer,layer, anandd he cares aaboutbout aallll aspects ooff your llifeife e including your academics and family. n ’ “Coach Gaudet and the entire coaching staff were instrumental in my develop- s “Coach Gaudet and the entire coaching staff were instrumental in my develop- mmentent as a pplayer.layer.