Delventhal is carried by RIT players after they won the national championship in 1985. | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Hamilton College |
| Playing career | |
| 1965–1968 | Hamilton |
| Position | Defenseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1983 | Princeton (asst.) |
| 1984–1988 | RIT |
| 1988–1996 | Union |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2005–2016 | Plattsburgh State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 176–150–23 (.537) |
| Tournaments | 7–3 (.700) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1985 ECAC West Champion 1985NCAANational Champion (D-III) 1986 ECAC West Champion 1986 ECAC West Tournament Champion | |
| Awards | |
| 1994ECAC Coach of the Year 2015 John "Snooks" Kelly Founders Award | |
Bruce Delventhal is an American retiredice hockey player, coach and administrator who led two ice hockey programs before becoming theathletic director forPlattsburgh State.[1]
Born inEnglewood, New Jersey, Delventhal is a graduate ofHamilton College.[2] earned aMasters fromPrinceton Seminary and became an assistant coach for the Tigers ice hockey team.[3] In 1984 Delventhal became the head coach forRIT and led the team to its firstDivision IIInational title the same year. After finishing third in the national with a school record 31 wins the following year the Tigers declined to middling records over the proceeding two years before Delventhal left to take over atUnion.
In his first three seasons with the Skating Dutchmen Delventhal got the team to produce records well above .600 and reached the NCAA tournament in 1989.[4] In 1991 Union was accepted intoECAC Hockey and promoted their ice hockey team toDivision I. As a result of playing much more talented teams the Dutchmen's record dropped to 3–21–2 in1991–92 but by their third season in the top echelon Union produced a winning record and Delventhal was named theECAC Coach of the Year for his efforts. The Dutchmen declined to sub-.500 records for the next two years and Delventhal left the program in 1996.
With his coaching career over Delventhal spent eight years as theNorth Americansales manager for fishing companies Yo-Zuri and Seaguar. In 2005 he was named as theathletic director forPlattsburgh State and remained with the school until his retirement in 2016. During his time as AD he was responsible for the $2.1 million of theStafford Ice Arena and founding the Friends of Plattsburgh State Athletics, a fundraiser for the department. At the time of his retirement Delventhal had been the Secretary/Treasurer for theAHCA since 1988 and a board member of Hockey Coaches Care, anNCO.[1]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIT Tigers(ECAC 2)(1984–1985) | |||||||||
| 1984–85 | RIT | 26–6–1 | 20–2–0 | 1st | NCAA National Champion | ||||
| RIT Tigers(ECAC West)(1985–1988) | |||||||||
| 1985–86 | RIT | 31–6–0 | 22–3–0 | 1st | NCAA Consolation Game (Win) | ||||
| 1986–87 | RIT | 16–12–0 | 10–3–0 | ECAC West Quarterfinals | |||||
| 1987–88 | RIT | 14–15–1 | 8–6–1 | ECAC West Semifinals | |||||
| RIT: | 87–39–2 | 60–14–1 | |||||||
| Union Skating Dutchmen(ECAC West)(1988–1991) | |||||||||
| 1988–89 | Union | 19–8–2 | 16–6–1 | 4th | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1989–90 | Union | 16–8–3 | 14–5–3 | 5th | ECAC West Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1990–91 | Union | 17–6–3 | 16–4–3 | 4th | ECAC West Quarterfinals | ||||
| Union: | 52–22–8 | 46–15–7 | |||||||
| Union Skating Dutchmen(ECAC Hockey)(1991–1996) | |||||||||
| 1991–92 | Union | 3–21–1 | 2–19–1 | 12th | |||||
| 1992–93 | Union | 3–22–0 | 3–19–0 | 12th | |||||
| 1993–94 | Union | 15–11–4 | 10–9–3 | 6th | ECAC Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1994–95 | Union | 9–16–4 | 6–12–4 | T–10th | ECAC Preliminary | ||||
| 1995–96 | Union | 7–19–4 | 4–15–3 | 11th | |||||
| Union: | 37–89–13 | 25–74–11 | |||||||
| Total: | 176–150–23 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
† Lowell was a provisional member of ECAC Hockey and only played a non-conference schedule.
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | ECAC Coach of the Year 1993–94 | Succeeded by |