Dave O'Connor

Dave O'Connor
Biographical details
Born	Belmont, Massachusetts
Playing career
1964–1966	New Hampshire
Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1987	New Hampshire (assistant)
1987–1988	New Hampshire
1991–1992	New Hampshire (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	7–20–3 (.283)

David O'Connor is an American former ice hockey coach and player. He was the interim head coach of the University of New Hampshire for a year while head coach Bob Kullen was recovering from a heart transplant.^[1]

Career[]

O'Connor played for the Wildcats hockey team in the mid-60's for the brief time while the team played in the lower classification while also playing for the football team. He returned to his alma mater in 1972 as an assistant coach for the football program and remained with the team for the next 18 seasons. In 1976 he added to his coaching responsibilities by becoming an assistant for the hockey team, a post he held until 1987 when he was named as the interim head coach for the 1987–88 season.^[2] O'Conner stepped away from the hockey team afterwards but returned for one more season as an assistant in 1992 before retiring.

He was inducted into UNH sports hall of fame in 2008.

Head coaching record[]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
New Hampshire Wildcats (Hockey East) (1987–1988)
1987–88	New Hampshire	7–20–3	6–18–2	7th
New Hampshire:		7–20–3	6–18–2
Total:		7–20–3
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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References[]

^ "UNH Won't Forget 'Kully'". Times Union. 1992-03-26. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
^ "UNH announces 2008 Hall of Fame inductees". Fosters.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.
^ "2013–14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

External links[]

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

[1] "UNH Won't Forget 'Kully'". Times Union. 1992-03-26. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-12.

[2] "UNH announces 2008 Hall of Fame inductees". Fosters.com. Retrieved 2017-06-09.

[3] "2013–14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

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v t New Hampshire Wildcats men's ice hockey
Playing venues	(1926–1955) Harry C. Batchelder Rink (1955–1965) Snively Arena (1965–1995) Whittemore Center (1995–present)
Head coaches	(1924–1925) (1925–1936, 1937–1938) (1936–1937) (1938–1939) (1939–1943, 1946–1947) Joseph Petroski (1947–1951) Horace "Pepper" Martin (1951–1962) A. Barr Snively (1962–1964) Rube Bjorkman (1964–1968) Charlie Holt (1968–1986) Bob Kullen (1986–1987, 1988–1990) Dave O'Connor (1987–1988) Dick Umile (1990–2018) Michael Souza (2018–present)
Seasons	2014–15 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Conference affiliations	ECAC Hockey (1961–1964, 1966–1984) ECAC 2 (1964–1966) Hockey East (1984–present)
Rivalries	Dartmouth Maine
All-time leaders	Ralph Cox (243 Points) Ralph Cox (127 Goals) Kevin Regan (70 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1977 1979 1982 1998 1999 2002 2003
NCAA Tournament appearances	1977 1979 1982 1983 1992 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC Hockey: 1979 Hockey East: 2002 2003
Hobey Baker winners	Jason Krog (1999)