Ben Smith (ice hockey coach)

Ben Smith
Ben Smith
Born	Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Defence
Played for	NCAA; Harvard University
Playing career	1964–1968

Benjamin Atwood Smith III is a former American ice hockey player and Olympic coach. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2016, and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017.

Early life

Smith was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts. His father was Benjamin A. Smith II, a U.S. Senator.^[1]

Playing career

Smith played ice hockey at Harvard University and graduated in 1968. For three of his four years at Harvard, Ben Smith was on the men's hockey team. His coach was Cooney Weiland.

Coaching career

Upon graduation from Harvard, Weiland advised Smith to make coaching a career. In autumn 1968, Smith served as an assistant at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. After several years of coaching high school hockey in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Smith became an assistant with the Yale Bulldogs.

Smith left Yale to become an assistant with the Boston University Terriers. At BU, Smith worked with Jack Parker, who played for BU while Smith played at Harvard.

Smith's time at BU would represent some of the first success in his coaching career. After helping to lead the Terriers to the NCAA Frozen Four in 1990, he accepted the head coaching job for the Dartmouth Big Green. In his first and only season with Dartmouth, he had 1 win, 24 losses and 3 ties. His only victory was against the Northeastern Huskies, the team he would coach the following season.^[2]

Smith became the Northeastern coach in 1991, inheriting a team that had 8 wins, 25 losses and 2 ties in the 1990–91 season.

While he was an assistant coach at Boston University, he took a year off from BU to assume a role as the assistant coach of the U.S. men's hockey team in Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Ten years later, Smith would return to the Olympics as the coach of the first ever US women's team. Smith coached the first three women's Olympic teams and won a gold (1998), silver (2002) and bronze (2006) medal.^[3] In 2009, the 1998 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.^[4]

Smith is known for his self-deprecating style and the "amusing and often puzzling sayings" that he uses to motivate his players, such as "The hay is in the barn, ladies".^[1]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Dartmouth Big Green (ECAC Hockey) (1990–1991)
1990–91	Dartmouth	1–24–3	0–19–3	12th
Dartmouth:		1–24–3
Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East) (1991–1996)
1991–92	Northeastern	16–19–0	7–14–0	7th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1992–93	Northeastern	7–18–0	4–17–0	8th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1993–94	Northeastern	19–13–7	10–8–6	4th	NCAA Regional Quarterfinals
1994–95	Northeastern	16–14–5	11–8–5–5	4th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1995–96	Northeastern	10–21–5	6–13–5–5	7th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
Northeastern:		68–85–17	38–60–16
Total:		69–109–20
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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Honors

Smith was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2016.^[6]^[7] He was elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2017.^[8]

References

1 2 Golen, Jimmy (February 18, 2002). "Women's Hockey: Smith is a study in history". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
↑ "NU's Ben Smith Back Home | News | the Harvard Crimson".
↑ Lloyd, Janice (November 19, 2008). "Next USA Hockey women's coach: Female or legacy?". USA Today.
↑ "Ben Smith '68, 1998 U.S. Women's Team Inducted to Hall: GoCrimson.com". Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
↑ "Ben Smith Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
↑ Regan, J. J. (17 December 2015). "Two former Caps named to IIHF Hall of Fame class". NBC Sports. Stamford, Connecticut. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
↑ "Fedorov among IIHF Hall of Fame class". The Sports Network. Toronto, Ontario. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
↑ "Ben Smith". United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 19, 2018.

External links

Ben Smith career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

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[gazette-1] 1 2 Golen, Jimmy (February 18, 2002). "Women's Hockey: Smith is a study in history". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved July 25, 2011.

[2] "NU's Ben Smith Back Home | News | the Harvard Crimson".

[3] Lloyd, Janice (November 19, 2008). "Next USA Hockey women's coach: Female or legacy?". USA Today.

[4] "Ben Smith '68, 1998 U.S. Women's Team Inducted to Hall: GoCrimson.com". Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2010-03-11.

[5] "Ben Smith Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

[6] Regan, J. J. (17 December 2015). "Two former Caps named to IIHF Hall of Fame class". NBC Sports. Stamford, Connecticut. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

[7] "Fedorov among IIHF Hall of Fame class". The Sports Network. Toronto, Ontario. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

[8] "Ben Smith". United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 19, 2018.

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USA Hockey
Figures	Herb Brooks Cal Marvin Cooney Weiland
Men’s coaches	Henry Boucha Herb Brooks Ron Wilson
Notable players	Aaron Broten Neal Broten Dave Christian Chris Chelios Jim Craig Mike Eruzione Brett Hull Brian Leetch Mike Modano Mike Richter Jeremy Roenick
Olympic Gold	1960 1980
Olympic Captains	Herb Brooks (1964) Mike Eruzione (1980) Chris Chelios (2006) Jamie Langenbrunner (2010) List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for the United States
IIHF Men	1933
IIHF Juniors	2004
Lore	Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics 1996 World Cup of Hockey Ray LeBlanc Ryan Miller Miracle on Ice
Women’s coaches	Ben Smith Mark Johnson
Women’s seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Notable players	Karyn Bye Julie Chu Natalie Darwitz Molly Engstrom Cammi Granato Chanda Gunn Angela Ruggiero Jenny Schmidgall-Potter Sarah Tueting Krissy Wendell Erin Whitten
Olympic Gold	1998 2018
Olympic Captains	Cammi Granato (1998, 2002) Krissy Wendell (2006) Natalie Darwitz (2010) Meghan Duggan (2014, 2018)
IIHF Champs	2005 2008 2009 2011
Lore	Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics 2005 IIHF Women's World Championship
¹ Hall of Fame :United States Hockey Hall of Fame ² Director: Ron DeGregorio

Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey
Formerly the Dartmouth Indians
Venues	Occom pond (1905–1929) Davis Rink (1929–1975) Thompson Arena (1975–present)
Coaches	No coach (1905–08) John Eames (1908–09) Thomas Hodge (1909–10) H. I. Vye (1910–11) W. Rawley (1911–12) Fred Rocque (1912–15) Clarence Wanamaker (1915–17, 1919–20) John H. Murphy (1917–18) Leon Tuck (1920–21, 1922–24) Chippy Gaw (1921–22) H. R. Denesha (1924–26) J. Philip Bower (1926–33) Herbert Gill (1933–37) Eddie Jeremiah (1937–42, 1945–63, 1964–67) George T. Barclay/Dick Rondeau (1942–43) Charles Arthur (1943–45) Abner Oakes (1963–64, 1967–70) Grant Standbrook (1970–75) George Crowe (1975–84) Brian Mason (1984–90) Ben Smith (1990–91) Roger Demment (1991–97) Bob Gaudet (1997–2020) Reid Cashman (2020–present)
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1906–1913) Pentagonal League (1933–1943, 1946–1955) ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
Rivalries	New Hampshire Vermont
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Bill Riley (228 Points) Bill Riley (118 Goals) Nick Boucher (50 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1948 1949 1979 1980
NCAA Tournament appearances	1948 1949 1979 1980
NHL players	T. J. Galiardi Tanner Glass David Jones Grant Lewis Ben Lovejoy Lee Stempniak
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH

Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Matthews Arena (1930–present)
Head coaches	H. Nelson Raymond (1929–1936) Herb Gallagher (1936–1942, 1946–1955) William L. Linskey (1942–1943) Jim Bell (1955–1970) Fernie Flaman (1970–1989) Don McKenney (1989–1991) Ben Smith (1991–1996) Bruce Crowder (1996–2005) Greg Cronin (2005–2011) Jim Madigan (2011–2021) Jerry Keefe (2021–Present)
Seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	ECAC Hockey (1961–1984) Hockey East (1984–present)
Culture & lore	Beanpot
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Jim Martel (210 Points) Art Chisholm (100 Goals) Bruce Racine (57 Wins)
Frozen Four appearances	1982
NCAA Tournament appearances	1982 1988 1994 2009 2016 2018 2019 2022
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC Hockey: 1982 Hockey East: 1988 2016 2019
Northeastern University Boston, MA