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Rand Pecknold directs his Quinnipiac players at Wednesday’s practice (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TAMPA, Fla.<\/b> — It’s been a long journey for Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold, who in 1994 took over the Bobcats on a part-time basis when they were a Division II team playing in a Division III conference.<\/p>\n

“My first goal? Survival,” said Pecknold, now in his 22nd season at Quinnipiac.<\/p>\n

“We had midnight practices. I taught high school. I had to get up at 6 a.m. By the time I got to bed, it was 3 a.m. Sleep 3 to 6, go teach my job, get home. The teaching job and Quinnipiac were 71 miles apart, if I remember that correctly. Then I would sleep 3 to 6 p.m., get up, go down, recruit, midnight practice.”<\/p>\n

The Bobcats opened 1-14 that season, leading Pecknold to question whether he was cut out for the coaching life.<\/p>\n

“That first year was tough,” he said. “I was like, ‘What am I doing?’ But I loved it. I knew we’d get better. In year two we brought in 19 freshmen, and we were off and running. My fifth year, we went Division I.”<\/p>\n

Averaging more than 20 wins a season, Quinnipiac and Pecknold went from the Division III ECAC Northeast to the Division I MAAC\/Atlantic Hockey, and finally to ECAC Hockey.<\/p>\n

In 2007, the school christened the $52 million TD Bank Sports Center. Pecknold’s Bobcats are in their fourth consecutive NCAA tournament, having also made the Frozen Four in 2013, losing to Yale in the title game.<\/p>\n

But it started with survival.<\/p>\n

“That was my main goal, was just survive,” Pecknold said. “Survive that first year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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