Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold has agreed to a four-year contract extension that will run through the 2007-2008 season. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.<\/p>\n
In Pecknold’s 10 seasons at Quinnipiac, he has become the all-time winningest coach in Quinnipiac hockey history, won two MAAC regular season titles, one MAAC tournament title and guided the team to its first-ever NCAA berth.<\/p>\n
A 2002 finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award, given to college hockey’s national Division I Coach of the Year, Pecknold has amassed a 181-105-28 career record, including a 107-31-19 record in conference play at the Division I level.<\/p>\n
“Rand Pecknold represents all that is good about college ice hockey and intercollegiate athletics,” said Quinnipiac athletic director Jack McDonald. “In addition to his very successful winning seasons, his student-athletes are very active in the community and excel in the classroom.” <\/p>\n
Said Pecknold: “I am extremely excited about the future of the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey program. I am very proud of program’s accomplishments over the past 10 years, but I feel that the best is yet to come as we continue to elevate Quinnipiac hockey on a national level.” <\/p>\n
Pecknold was recently interviewed for the vacant Princeton head coaching opening, which went to Guy Gadowsky. Quinnipiac has recent applied for acceptance into the ECAC. The school will give a presentation to the ECAC on Wednesday, with a decision expected by July.<\/p>\n
The conclusion of the 2003-2004 season marked the sixth straight winning season at the Division I level for Quinnipiac and the eighth in a row dating back to the Division II days. The only Division I clubs to own such an active streak are Michigan, Michigan State, New Hampshire and Maine.<\/p>\n
The Bobcats finished the 2003-2004 season with a 15-14-6 mark and played the most challenging non-conference slate in program history. Quinnipiac lost four games against No. 7 Michigan (twice), No. 8 Wisconsin and No. 9 Ohio State by a combined four goals, including one in overtime and another with less than one second to play. The Bobcats also became the first MAAC\/Atlantic Hockey school to defeat a Hockey East opponent when they defeated Merrimack, 3-2, on Nov. 29, 2003.<\/p>\n
Since Quinnipiac made the jump to Division I for the 1998-99 season, the school ranks among the top Division I schools in win percentage and total victories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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