Former Boston University player and recent associate coach
Albie O’Connell is the new head coach of the Terriers. He succeeds David Quinn,
who left BU last month to take the head coaching job with the NHL’s New York
Rangers.
A fifth-round draft choice of the New York islanders in
1994, O'Connell skated at forward for BU from 1995 to 199, and tallied 42 goals
and 108 points. As a sophomore, he was part of the Terriers’ squad that advanced
to the 1997 NCAA title game. After playing two seasons in the ECHL, sandwiched
around two seasons in the British League, he turned to coaching, and first
served as an assistant at Colby College in 2003-04.
O'Connell, 42, then spent time as an NCAA Division I
assistant at Niagara, Holy Cross, Merrimack, Northeastern and Harvard, before
returning to his alma mater in 2014 and helping the Terriers to the 2015 NCAA
championship contest in Boston. He served the last three years an associate at
BU, and aided BU’s run to a Hockey East Tournament title and an NCAA Tournament
berth this past season.
O’Connell becomes the sixth-ever head coach in BU men's
hockey history, and the fifth alumnus.
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