Barry Thorndycraft

Barry Thorndycraft
Biographical details
Born	October 29, 1933; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died	September 22, 2005 (aged 71)
Playing career
1950–1951	Winnipeg Canadiens
1951–1954	St. Boniface Canadiens
1954–1955	Cincinnati Mohawks
1955–1956	Montreal Royals
Position(s)	Left wing
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958–1959	North Dakota (assistant)
1959–1964	North Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall	71–65–8 (.521)
Tournaments	2–0 (1.000)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1963 NCAA National Champion
Awards
	1963 WCHA Coach of the Year

Barry Thorndycraft (October 29, 1933 – September 22, 2005) was a Canadian ice hockey player and head coach most well known for his time at North Dakota where he won a National Title in 1963.^[1]

Career

Thorndycraft played junior and minor league hockey for several seasons in the 1950s, winning a Turner Cup with the Cincinnati Mohawks, before trying his hand at coaching. His first job behind the bench was as an assistant for North Dakota in the year they won their first national title. When head coach Bob May left the program in the offseason Thorndycraft was chosen to replace him. His first year was promising but the team had to suffer through two down seasons before breaking through with the program's second national title in 1963.^[2] Thorndycraft coached the team one more year before moving to Switzerland to continue his coaching career.^[3]

After he retired from coaching Thorndycraft went on to work for Texaco and also became a realtor. He died in the fall of 2005 after a short illness.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (WCHA) (1959–1964)
1959–60	North Dakota	19–11–2	14–7–1	3rd	WCHA Finals
1960–61	North Dakota	9–19–1	7–16–0	5th
1961–62	North Dakota	9–17–0	7–11–0	5th
1962–63	North Dakota	22–7–3	11–5–1	2nd	NCAA National Champion
1963–64	North Dakota	12–11–2	5–8–1	5th
North Dakota:		71–65–8	44–47–3
Total:		71–65–8
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

References

^ "North Dakota men's hockey national champions: 1962-63". UND Sports. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
^ "Barry Thorndycraft Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
^ "Barry Thorndycraft Obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.

External links

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

Awards and achievements
Preceded by John MacInnes	WCHA Coach of the Year 1962–63	Succeeded by Al Renfrew

[1] "North Dakota men's hockey national champions: 1962-63". UND Sports. Retrieved 2017-06-13.

[2] "Barry Thorndycraft Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.

[3] "Barry Thorndycraft Obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey
Formerly the North Dakota Flickertails and North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Venues	Winter Sports Building (1936–1972) Ralph Engelstad Arena (old; 1972–2001) Ralph Engelstad Arena (new; 2001–present)
Head coaches	Joe Brown (1929–1932) Noland Franz (1932–1933) Buck Cameron (1935–1936) John Jamieson (1946–1947) Don Norman (1947–1949) Fido Purpur (1949–1956) Al Renfrew (1956–1957) Bob May (1957–1959) Barry Thorndycraft (1959–1964) Bob Peters (1964–1966) Bill Selman (1966–1968) Rube Bjorkman (1968–1978) John Gasparini (1978–1994) Dean Blais (1994–2004) Dave Hakstol (2004–2015) Brad Berry (2015–present)
Seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 Program Suspended (1933–34) 1935–36 Program Suspended (1936–37 through 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 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) (1951–1958, 1959–2013) National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) (2013–present)
Rivalries	Denver Minnesota Wisconsin
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Greg Johnson (272 Points) Ben Cherski (131 Goals) Karl Goehring (80 Wins)
National championships	1959 1963 1980 1982 1987 1997 2000 2016
Frozen Four appearances	1958 1959 1963 1965 1967 1968 1979 1980 1982 1984 1987 1997 2000 2001 2005 2006 2007 2008 2011 2014 2015 2016
NCAA Tournament appearances	1958 1959 1963 1965 1967 1968 1979 1980 1982 1984 1987 1990 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2021 2024
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1967 1968 1979 1980 1987 1997 2000 2006 2010 2011 2012 NCHC: 2021
Hobey Baker winners	Tony Hrkac (1987) Ryan Duncan (2007)
Mike Richter winners	Zane McIntyre (2015)
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND