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Bob Gaudet ’81 to Receive AHCA Major Award
1/12/2022 12:00:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Gaudet will receive the John MacInnes Award.
HANOVER, N.H. — Bob Gaudet, a member of the Dartmouth Class of 1981, has been chosen as this year's winner of the John MacInnes Award, one of the major awards from the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA).
Established by AHCA in 1982 to honor former MTU coach, John MacInnes, this award recognizes those people who have shown a great concern for amateur hockey. The recipients have had high winning percentages, as well as outstanding graduating percentages among their former players. The winners of this award have helped young men grow not only as hockey players, but also more importantly, as men.
Gaudet coached more than 1,000 games during a 32-year span as a head coach. He spent nine seasons at the helm at Brown, before taking over at his alma mater prior to the 1997-98 season, where he led the program for the next 23 seasons.
Gaudet finished his time at Dartmouth as the program's all-team leader in wins (331) and games coached (752). Gaudet became the winningest coach in the history of Dartmouth hockey with his 309th victory behind the bench on Nov. 30, 2018 against No. 16 Cornell, passing the legendary Eddie Jeremiah '30, who had owned the record for more than a half century. The previous season, Gaudet won his 300th game at Dartmouth by defeating No. 7 Clarkson and joining Jeremiah as the only two coaches in program history to reach the milestone.
A member of the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2018, Gaudet became the 23rd Division I coach in history to win his 400th career game when Dartmouth beat No. 15 Quinnipiac on Nov. 3, 2018.
He coached in his 1,000th career game as Dartmouth defeated Princeton on January 3, 2020. In doing so, he became just the seventh coach in NCAA hockey history to reach 1,000 games within one conference and the first in the long and storied ranks of ECAC Hockey.
A former Dartmouth goaltender, Gaudet led his team to a pair of Frozen Four appearances in 1979 and 1980 in Detroit and Providence. Following his playing career at Dartmouth, he signed a pro contract with the Winnipeg Jets and played in their minor league system before returning to Hanover to start his coaching career as an assistant under former head coaches George Crowe and Brian Mason.
Hockey and coaching have long been at the core of Gaudet's life; a former player, assistant coach, and celebrated head coach. The Gaudets are a Dartmouth family as he met his wife and classmate, Lynne, as an undergrad and all three of their children - Joe '10, Jim '12, and Kelly '17 – have also graduated from Dartmouth. Gaudet fondly recalls coaching his sons, Joe and Jim, both four-year letter winners with the men's hockey team at Dartmouth. During his coaching career, Gaudet not only developed strong, winning programs and talented players, but also imparted on his players the importance of teamwork, integrity, dedication, gratitude, and humility...playing for something bigger than yourself. The coaching legacy he is most proud of is that of inspiring young men to grow and be successful both on and off the ice.
Established by AHCA in 1982 to honor former MTU coach, John MacInnes, this award recognizes those people who have shown a great concern for amateur hockey. The recipients have had high winning percentages, as well as outstanding graduating percentages among their former players. The winners of this award have helped young men grow not only as hockey players, but also more importantly, as men.
Gaudet coached more than 1,000 games during a 32-year span as a head coach. He spent nine seasons at the helm at Brown, before taking over at his alma mater prior to the 1997-98 season, where he led the program for the next 23 seasons.
Gaudet finished his time at Dartmouth as the program's all-team leader in wins (331) and games coached (752). Gaudet became the winningest coach in the history of Dartmouth hockey with his 309th victory behind the bench on Nov. 30, 2018 against No. 16 Cornell, passing the legendary Eddie Jeremiah '30, who had owned the record for more than a half century. The previous season, Gaudet won his 300th game at Dartmouth by defeating No. 7 Clarkson and joining Jeremiah as the only two coaches in program history to reach the milestone.
A member of the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2018, Gaudet became the 23rd Division I coach in history to win his 400th career game when Dartmouth beat No. 15 Quinnipiac on Nov. 3, 2018.
He coached in his 1,000th career game as Dartmouth defeated Princeton on January 3, 2020. In doing so, he became just the seventh coach in NCAA hockey history to reach 1,000 games within one conference and the first in the long and storied ranks of ECAC Hockey.
A former Dartmouth goaltender, Gaudet led his team to a pair of Frozen Four appearances in 1979 and 1980 in Detroit and Providence. Following his playing career at Dartmouth, he signed a pro contract with the Winnipeg Jets and played in their minor league system before returning to Hanover to start his coaching career as an assistant under former head coaches George Crowe and Brian Mason.
Hockey and coaching have long been at the core of Gaudet's life; a former player, assistant coach, and celebrated head coach. The Gaudets are a Dartmouth family as he met his wife and classmate, Lynne, as an undergrad and all three of their children - Joe '10, Jim '12, and Kelly '17 – have also graduated from Dartmouth. Gaudet fondly recalls coaching his sons, Joe and Jim, both four-year letter winners with the men's hockey team at Dartmouth. During his coaching career, Gaudet not only developed strong, winning programs and talented players, but also imparted on his players the importance of teamwork, integrity, dedication, gratitude, and humility...playing for something bigger than yourself. The coaching legacy he is most proud of is that of inspiring young men to grow and be successful both on and off the ice.
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