David Quinn (ice hockey player)

David Quinn
Date of birth	July 30, 1966
place of birth	Cranston , Rhode Island , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1984 , 1st round, 13th position Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1984-1987	Boston University
1992	Binghamton Rangers
1992-1993	Cleveland Lumberjacks

David Quinn (born July 30, 1966 in Cranston , Rhode Island ) is a retired American ice hockey player and current coach . The defender was selected in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft in 13th position by the Minnesota North Stars , but had to end his active career early due to a hemophilia disease. He then worked as head coach for the Lake Erie Monsters and at Boston University , among others , before being introduced as the new head coach of the New York Rangers in May 2018 .

Career

As a player

David Quinn attended the Kent School in Kent , Connecticut in his youth and played for their ice hockey team in a regional high school league. At that time he was considered a talented defender, so that he was considered in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft in 13th position by the Minnesota North Stars . For the 1984/85 season he moved to Boston University and was appointed to the First All-Star Team of Hockey East in 1986 , a league in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In addition, he represented the U20 national team in his home country at the 1986 World Junior Championship , where he won the bronze medal with the team.

Before the start of the 1987/88 season, Quinn took part in a selection process that was to determine the squad of the senior US team at the upcoming 1988 Winter Olympics . In the course of this, he was diagnosed with type B haemophilia , a blood clotting disorder also known colloquially as hemophilia . As a result, the American was forced to end his professional ice hockey career, so he returned to Boston University and graduated there in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in sociology .

However, newly developed therapies and corresponding financial support for the expensive drugs made it possible for Quinn to resume ice hockey after a break of several years. In a training camp for preparation for the 1992 Winter Olympics , he was not included in the final squad, but was recommended for a contract with the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League (NHL). For their farm team , the Binghamton Rangers , the defender made his professional debut in the American Hockey League (AHL) in February 1992 , before moving to the Cleveland Lumberjacks in the International Hockey League for the 1992/93 season. After his first full season in the professional field, however, Quinn decided to end his active career for good.

As a trainer

David Quinn
Coaching stations
1994-1996	Northeastern University (assistant coach)
1996-2002	University of Nebraska Omaha (Assistant Coach)
2002-2004	USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2004-2009	Boston University (assistant coach)
2009–2012	Lake Erie Monsters
2012-2013	Colorado Avalanche (Assistant Coach)
2013-2018	Boston University
since 2018	New York Rangers

A year after the end of his active career, Quinn began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Northeastern University . He was active there for two years before moving to the University of Nebraska Omaha in the same role and supervising the ice hockey team there from 1996 to 2002. During this time he also worked as an assistant to the US women's national team at the 1999 and 2000 World Championships , where he won the silver medal with the team. In 2002 he was hired as head coach for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (NTDP), the central talent factory of the US American Association USA Hockey .

After two years at the NTDP, Quinn returned to college ice hockey by taking on as an assistant coach at Boston University. His first tenure at his alma mater lasted five years, during which he won the championship of the entire NCAA with the team in 2009. He also accompanied the United States men's national team as an assistant at the 2007 World Cup , as well as later at the 2012 and 2016 World Cups . For the 2009/10 season he made the leap into the professional field when he took over the position of head coach at the Lake Erie Monsters from the AHL. He coached the team for three seasons before being promoted to assistant coach for the Colorado Avalanche within the organization . There he gained his first experience in the NHL under Joe Sacco , but was dismissed with him after just one season. He then returned to Boston University for a second term, but now as head coach. With the Terriers he subsequently won the Hockey East championship in 2015 and 2018.

In May 2018, Quinn was introduced as the new head coach of the New York Rangers from the NHL, where he succeeded Alain Vigneault .

Achievements and Awards

As a player

• 1986 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1986 Hockey East First All-Star Team

As a trainer

• 1999 silver medal at the women's world championship (as assistant coach)
• 2000 silver medal at the women's world championship (as assistant coach)
• 2009 NCAA championship with Boston University (as assistant coach)
• 2015 Hockey East Championship with Boston University
• 2018 Hockey East Championship with Boston University

Career statistics

Player statistics

				Regular season							Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
1984/85	Boston University	NCAA		30th	3	11	14th		26th
1985/86	Boston University	NCAA		37	2	20th	22nd		58
1986/87	Boston University	NCAA		27	1	11	12		34
1987-1992	not played due to a blood disorder
1991/92	Binghamton Rangers	AHL	19th	0	0	0	-4	6th	2	0	0	0	-1	0
1992/93	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL	60	8th	13	21st	-1	102	3	0	0	0	-2	0
NCAA overall			94	6th	42	48		118

International

Represented the USA at:

• Junior World Championship 1986

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1986	United States	June World Cup			7th	1	3	4th	8th
Juniors overall					7th	1	3	4th	8th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

NHL coaching statistics

				Regular season							Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	S.	N	OTL	Pt	space		Sp	S.	N	result
2018/19	New York Rangers	NHL		82	32	36	14th	78	7th, Metropolitan		not qualified
2019/20	New York Rangers	NHL		70	37	28	5	79	7th, Metropolitan		3	0	3	Qualification round
NHL overall				152	69	64	19th	157	0 division title		3	0	3	no Stanley Cup

( Legend for coach statistics: Sp or GC = total games; W or S = wins scored; L or N = losses scored; T or U = draws scored; OTL or OTN = losses scored after overtime or shootout ; Pts or Pkt = points scored ; Pts% or Pkt% = point rate; Win% = win rate; result = round reached in the play-offs )

Web links

• David Quinn at eliteprospects.com (English)
• David Quinn at hockeydraftcentral.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David Quinn. goterriers.com, accessed May 22, 2018 . 
2. ↑ David Quinn Named Rangers Head Coach. nhl.com, May 23, 2018, accessed on May 23, 2018 .