BU Parts Ways with Head Coach O'Connell

Boston University is again in the market for a new men's ice hockey head coach.

BU parted ways on Tuesday with former Terriers forward and assistant/associate coach Albie O'Connell, who helmed the Terriers these past four seasons after David Quinn left to coach the New York Rangers in 2018.

O'Connell, 45, led BU to a 58-49-16 record overall in his tenure, including a 19-13-3 overall mark in 2021-22 as they finished tied for fourth in the final Hockey East standings at 10-6-3-5. The Terriers also made the 2021 NCAA Tournament under his watch, where they fell to eventual national runner-up St. Cloud State in an Albany regional semifinal, and then won the 2022 Beanpot Tournament.

O'Connell, a 1999 graduate of BU, skated four years for the Terriers, in which he tallied 42 goals and 66 assists for 108 points in 149 career games. He played three years of professional hockey afterwards before entering the coaching ranks in 2002 with The Berkshire School. He then made collegiate stops at Colby, Niagara, Holy Cross, Merrimack, Northeastern and Harvard as an assistant before returning to his alma mater in 2014.