{"id":27259,"date":"2005-03-18T15:46:22","date_gmt":"2005-03-18T21:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2005\/03\/18\/crowder-out-at-northeastern\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:56:12","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:56:12","slug":"crowder-out-at-northeastern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2005\/03\/18\/crowder-out-at-northeastern\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowder Out at Northeastern"},"content":{"rendered":"
Northeastern has relieved coach Bruce Crowder of his coaching duties, following just two winning seasons in nine years.<\/p>\n
The Huskies went 15-18-5 this season, finishing sixth in Hockey East. They lost to New Hampshire in two games in the Hockey East playoffs. Crowder was 120-170-36 in nine seasons.<\/p>\n
Northeastern athletic director Dave O’Brien said the school’s search for a replacement will begin immediately.<\/p>\n
“Making this decision was very difficult,” O’Brien said. “Bruce is a hard-working gentleman who has always put the best interests of his players first. We greatly appreciate Coach Crowder’s many contributions to Northeastern over the years.”<\/p>\n
USCHO reported at the end of last season that Crowder, heading into 2004-05 under the last year of his contract and without an extension offer, was telling recruits to be prepared for his possible departure.<\/p>\n
Crowder became the eighth Northeastern coach in 1996 after leading Massachusetts-Lowell to a 99-75-19 record from 1991-96, including two NCAA appearances. He is a three-time Hockey East Coach of the Year, twice with Lowell and once with Northeastern. He was named National Coach of the Year while at Lowell in 1996.<\/p>\n
Crowder played at New Hampshire and graduated in 1979 before embarking on an NHL career with the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins from 1981-85. Before entering the head coaching ranks, Crowder was an assistant at Maine from 1986-90 and an assistant at Lowell for the 1990-91 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Northeastern has relieved coach Bruce Crowder of his coaching duties, following just two winning seasons in nine years. The Huskies went 15-18-5 this season, finishing sixth in Hockey East. They lost to New Hampshire in two games in the Hockey East playoffs. Crowder was 120-170-36 in nine seasons. Northeastern athletic director Dave O’Brien said the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n