Scott Sandelin
Scott Sandelin | ||||||
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Born |
Hibbing, Minnesota, U.S. | August 8, 1964|||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | |||||
Position | Defense | |||||
Shot | Right | |||||
Played for |
Montreal Canadiens Philadelphia Flyers Minnesota North Stars | |||||
National team |
NHL Draft | 40th overall, | ||||
Playing career | 1986–1992 | |||||
Coaching career | ||||||
Current position | ||||||
Title | Head coach | |||||
Team | Minnesota Duluth | |||||
Conference | NCHC | |||||
Biographical details | ||||||
Alma mater | University of North Dakota | |||||
Playing career | ||||||
1982–1986 | North Dakota | |||||
Position(s) | Defenceman | |||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||
1992–1993 | Fargo–Moorhead Express | |||||
1993–1994 | Fargo–Moorhead jr. Kings | |||||
1994–2000 | North Dakota (assistant) | |||||
2000–Present | Minnesota Duluth | |||||
2005 | US World Junior Team | |||||
2012 | US World Junior Team (assistant) | |||||
2020 | US World Junior Team | |||||
Head coaching record | ||||||
Overall | 456–388–101 (.536) [college] | |||||
Tournaments | 23–8 (.742) | |||||
Accomplishments and honors | ||||||
Championships | ||||||
3× NCAA national champion (2011, 2018, 2019)6x NCAA Frozen Four Appearances (2004, 2011, 2017-2019, 2021)NCHC tournament champion (2017, 2019) WCHA tournament champion (2009) | ||||||
Awards | ||||||
Spencer Penrose Award (2004) WCHA Coach of the Year (2004) | ||||||
Scott Alan Sandelin (born August 8, 1964) is an American former professional
Collegiate career
During his senior year at North Dakota, Sandelin was chosen as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, ALL-WCHA First Team, All American Second Team, and the MVP of the Fighting Sioux.
Professional career
Sandelin's NHL career totaled seven seasons with the Canadiens (1986–88), Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91), and his home state team, the Minnesota North Stars (1991–92). His career was cut short with continuous injuries, but he managed four assists in 25 games. His playing years also included stints with the US World Junior Championship team in 1984 and World Championships in 1986.
Coaching
Sandelin started his coaching career with the Fargo-Moorhead Junior Kings of the Junior Elite Hockey League, which he was with from 1993 to 1994. From there he went to work on the North Dakota staff from 1994 to 2000. The first three as a recruiter and assisting with games and practices. The last three were spent as an associate head coach to Dean Blais. In his years with Fighting Sioux, they went on to make four NCAA from (1996 to 2000), win two National Champions in (1996–97 and 1999–2000), three WCHA regular season champions from (1996–99) and two WCHA conference tournament champions in (1996–97 and 1999–2000).
Minnesota-Duluth
On March 30, 2000, Sandelin accepted the job as the head coach of the University of Minneasota-Duluth Bulldogs for long time Bulldog coach
He led the 2017 Bulldogs to an NCHC conference tournament championship, the season ended in 3–2 loss to conference foe Denver as NCAA Runner up. In 2018 he led the Bulldogs to a 2nd National Title beating Notre Dame 2–1. The Bulldogs made the 2018 NCAA Hockey Tournament by 0.0001% besting in state rival Minnesota for the last at-large tournament bid. Scott's 2nd National championship as head coach in 2018 was unexpected by many in the hockey community after losing to Denver in the 2017 title game, losing many key players to graduation and early departures to the NHL. Each time the NCAA Frozen Four has been held at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, a Minnesota team has won in overtime, University of Minnesota in (2001–02) beating the University of Maine 4–3 and the Bulldogs in (2010–11) against the University of Michigan 3–2, and again in 2017-2018 beating Notre Dame 2–1.
Sandelin led the 2018-19 Bulldogs to an NCHC conference championship, besting St. Cloud 3–2 in a 2 OT game. The Bulldog's earned a trip to the Frozen Four by beating Bowling Green (2-1 OT) and Quinnipiac (3-1). The semifinal match-up with Providence ended in a 4–1 win. The Bulldog's finished the season by beating UMass (3-0) earning Sandelin's third coaching championship.
Sandelin led the 2019-20 Bulldogs to 2nd place in the NCHC regular season, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference and NCAA tournaments were cancelled. His team goes into the next season still the reigning NCAA hockey champions.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1981–82 | Hibbing High School | HS-MN | 20 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1982–83 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 30 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1983–84 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 41 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1984–85 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 38 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1985–86 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 40 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1985–86 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1986–87 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 74 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
1986–87 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1987–88 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1987–88 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 58 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1988–89 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 12 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988–89 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 39 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
1989–90 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 70 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990–91 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 39 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
1990–91 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991–92 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 49 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
1991–92 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 25 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
International
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1984 | United States | WJC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
1986 | United States | WC | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Junior totals | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||
Senior totals | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs (WCHA ) (2000–2013)
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2000–01 | Minnesota–Duluth | 7–28–4 | 3–22–3 | 10th | WCHA first round
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2001–02 | Minnesota–Duluth | 13–24–3 | 6–19–3 | 9th | WCHA first round
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2002–03 | Minnesota–Duluth | 22–15–5 | 14–10–4 | 5th | WCHA third-place game (win)
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2003–04 | Minnesota–Duluth | 28–13–4 | 19–7–2 | 2nd | NCAA Frozen Four
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2004–05 | Minnesota–Duluth | 15–17–6 | 11–13–4 | 6th | WCHA first round
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2005–06 | Minnesota–Duluth | 11–25–4 | 6–19–3 | 9th | WCHA Quarterfinal
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2006–07 | Minnesota–Duluth | 13–21–5 | 8–16–4 | 9th | WCHA first round
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2007–08 | Minnesota–Duluth | 13–17–6 | 9–14–5 | 9th | WCHA first round
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2008–09 | Minnesota–Duluth | 22–13–8 | 10–11–7 | 7th | NCAA West Regional Final
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2009–10 | Minnesota–Duluth | 22–17–1 | 16–11–1 | t-4th | WCHA Quarterfinal
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2010–11 | Minnesota–Duluth | 26–10–6 | 15–8–5 | 4th | NCAA national champion
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2011–12 | Minnesota–Duluth | 25–10–6 | 16–7–5 | 2nd | NCAA Northeast Regional Final
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2012–13 | Minnesota–Duluth | 14–19–5 | 10–13–5 | 9th | WCHA first round
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Minnesota–Duluth: | 231–229–63 | 143–170–51 | |||||||
Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs (NCHC) (2013–present) | |||||||||
2013–14 | Minnesota–Duluth | 16–16–4 | 11–11–2–2 | t-4th | NCHC Quarterfinals | ||||
2014–15 | Minnesota–Duluth | 21–16–3 | 12–9–3–0 | 5th | NCAA Northeast Regional Final
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2015–16 | Minnesota–Duluth | 19–16–5 | 11–10–3–1 | 4th | NCAA Northeast Regional Final
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2016–17 | Minnesota–Duluth | 28–7–7 | 15–5–4–3 | 2nd | NCAA runner-up
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2017–18 | Minnesota–Duluth | 25–16–3 | 13–11–0–0 | 3rd | NCAA national champion
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2018–19 | Minnesota–Duluth | 29–11–2 | 14–9–1–0 | 2nd | NCAA national champion
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2019–20 | Minnesota Duluth | 22–10–2 | 17–5–2–0 | 2nd | Tournament Cancelled | ||||
2020–21 | Minnesota Duluth | 15–11–2 | 13–9–2 | 3rd | NCAA Frozen Four
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2021–22 | Minnesota Duluth | 22–16–4 | 10–10–4 | T–4th | NCAA West Regional Final
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2022–23 | Minnesota Duluth | 16–20–1 | 10–14–0 | T–5th | NCHC Quarterfinals | ||||
2023–24 | Minnesota Duluth | 12–20–5 | 8–14–2 | 7th | NCHC Quarterfinals | ||||
Minnesota Duluth: | 225–159–38 | 135–107–23 | |||||||
Total: | 456–388–101 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Awards and honors
Award | Year | |
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All- First Team
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1985–86 | [1] |
AHCA West Second-Team All-American | 1985–86 | [2] |
See also
References
- ^ "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database