Brad Buetow

Brad Buetow
Biographical details
Born	October 28, 1950 (age 74); Saint Paul, Minnesota
Playing career
1970–1973	Minnesota
1973–1974	Cleveland Crusaders
1973–1974	Jacksonville Barons
Position(s)	Left wing
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1979	Minnesota (assistant)
1979–1985	Minnesota
1985–1988	U.S. International
1988–1992	Colorado College
1995–1996	Quad City Mallards
1996–1997	Waco Wizards
Head coaching record
Overall	299-236-19
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1976 NCAA National Champion (assistant); 1979 NCAA national champion (assistant); 1980 WCHA tournament champion; 1981 WCHA regular season champion; 1981 WCHA tournament champion; 1983 WCHA tournament champion; 1986 Great West regular season champion
Awards
	1980 WCHA Coach of the Year; 1992 WCHA Coach of the Year

Bradly Buetow (born October 28, 1950) is a retired ice hockey player and coach. In college, he played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He played 25 regular season games in the World Hockey Association for the Cleveland Crusaders and 37 games for the Jacksonville Barons of the American Hockey League in 1973–74. Following his playing career, Buetow was head coach at Minnesota,^[1] US International University, Colorado College, the Quad City Mallards, and the Waco Wizards.

Career

Brad Buetow began attending the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1969 and started playing under head coach Glen Sonmor the following year. Buetow's playing career coincided with an unstable period in the program's history as Sonmor left in the middle of Buetow's Junior year and was replaced by Ken Yackel who lasted only the remainder of the season in his position before being succeeded by Herb Brooks.^[2] Buetow tried to put the upheaval of his time at Minnesota behind him with a professional career when he signed on to play for the Cleveland Crusaders of the WHA, but he went scoreless in 25 games before finishing out the season with the AHL's Jacksonville Barons and hung up his skates when the season finished.^[3]

The next season Buetow returned to the Twin Cities to serve as an assistant under Herb Brooks^[4] who had taken the Golden Gophers to the first National title the year before.^[5] Under Brooks Buetow was part of two more national champion teams. When Brooks accepted the position of head coach/GM for Team USA at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Buetow stepped in as interim coach for the 1979–80 season. When his old boss opted not to return, Minnesota removed the interim tag from his title. Buetow was incredibly successful in Minnesota, providing three 30-win seasons and four NCAA tournament berths in six seasons, including two WCHA regular-season titles, two WCHA tournament titles and two Final Fours. His best team was the 1980-81 unit, which swept the WCHA regular season and tournament titles and advanced all the way to the 1981 national title game. However, Gopher fans had gotten used to winning national titles, and when Buetow was unable to deliver one, he was fired by his alma mater after the 1984–85 season.^[6]^[7]

Buetow moved west to take over at U.S. International which was set to begin play in the newly formed Great West Hockey Conference the next season.^[8] The Gulls won the first conference title, going 9–3 against the competition, but immediately the conference was in trouble when Northern Arizona dropped their program at the end of the year.^[9] U.S. International managed to hold on for the next two seasons but after 1987–88 both the conference and the school's Division I hockey program ceased to exist and Buetow was out of a job.^[10]

Fortunately a position at Colorado College opened up and Buetow stepped in to take over for Mike Bertsch. As with many coaches in CC's recent past Buetow had a difficult time getting the team to win games but managed to get the team its first non-losing season in over a decade in 1991–92 and received the WCHA Coach of the Year for his efforts. Unfortunately, he was forced to resign after the following season when an NCAA investigation revealed that Buetow had committed recruiting violations.^[11] While Buetow would continue to coach he would never again have a chance at an NCAA school.^[12]

Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1970–71	Minnesota	NCAA	7	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
1971–72	Minnesota	NCAA	18	1	0	1	14	—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	Minnesota	NCAA	28	2	3	5	12	—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	Cleveland Crusaders	WHA	25	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	Jacksonville Barons	AHL	37	9	10	19	69	—	—	—	—	—
WHA totals			25	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—

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Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Minnesota Golden Gophers (WCHA) (1979–1985)
1979-80	Minnesota	26-15-0	18-14-0	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinal
1980-81	Minnesota	33-12-0	20-8-0	1st	NCAA runner-up
1981-82	Minnesota	22-12-2	13-11-2	3rd	WCHA Semifinals
1982-83	Minnesota	32-12-1	18-7-1	1st	NCAA consolation game (loss)
1983-84	Minnesota	27-11-2	16-9-1	3rd	WCHA Semifinals
1984-85	Minnesota	31-13-3	21-10-3	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinals
Minnesota:		171-75-8	106-59-7
US International Gulls (Great West) (1985–1988)
1985-86	US International	20-13-0	9-3-0	1st
1986-87	US International	17-17-1	7-8-1	2nd
1987-88	US International	23-13-0	4-4-0	2nd
US International:		60-43-0	20-15-0
Colorado College Tigers (WCHA) (1988–1993)
1988-89	Colorado College	11-26-3	9-23-3	8th	WCHA first round
1989-90	Colorado College	18-20-2	10-17-1	7th	WCHA first round
1990-91	Colorado College	13-26-1	9-22-1	8th	WCHA first round
1991-92	Colorado College	18-18-5	14-14-4	4th	WCHA third-place game (loss)
1992-93	Colorado College	8-28-0	6-26-0	9th	WCHA first round
Colorado College:		68-118-11	48-102-9
Total:		299-236-19
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

^ "University of Minnesota Gophers Hockey". Vintage Minnesota Hockey.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
^ "Minnesota Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Brad Buetow". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Hockey Savvy Gophers eye Maine series". Bangor Daily News. 1984-10-24. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Brad Buetow Era: 1979-1980 through 1984-1985". Vintage Minnesota Hockey. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ Reusse, Patrick (2014-03-31). ""The Don" again deserving of his respected title". The Star Tribune.
^ "United States International University Statistics and History". Hockey DB. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Great West Standings". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Hockey Dropped by USIU". LA Times. 1988-04-23. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ ""Miracle Worker" Rescues Tiger Hockey Team". Colorado College. Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Brad Buetow Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Brad Buetow". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "2013-14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide" (PDF). Minnesota Golden Gophers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "2013-14 Colorado College Media Guide" (PDF). Colorado College Tigers. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
The Complete World Hockey Association, 9e by Scott Surgent, Xaler Press, ISBN 1-4909674-0-0

Awards and achievements
Preceded by John Gasparini Rick Comley	WCHA Coach of the Year 1979–80 1991–92	Succeeded by John Giordano Mike Sertich

[1] "University of Minnesota Gophers Hockey". Vintage Minnesota Hockey.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.

[2] "Minnesota Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[3] "Brad Buetow". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[4] "Hockey Savvy Gophers eye Maine series". Bangor Daily News. 1984-10-24. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[5] "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[6] "Brad Buetow Era: 1979-1980 through 1984-1985". Vintage Minnesota Hockey. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[7] Reusse, Patrick (2014-03-31). ""The Don" again deserving of his respected title". The Star Tribune.

[8] "United States International University Statistics and History". Hockey DB. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[9] "Great West Standings". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[10] "Hockey Dropped by USIU". LA Times. 1988-04-23. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[11] ""Miracle Worker" Rescues Tiger Hockey Team". Colorado College. Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[12] "Brad Buetow Year-by-Year Coaching Record". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[13] "Brad Buetow". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[14] "2013-14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide" (PDF). Minnesota Golden Gophers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[15] "2013-14 Colorado College Media Guide" (PDF). Colorado College Tigers. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

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v t e Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	St. Paul Hippodrome (1923–1934) St. Paul Auditorium (1932–1950) (occasionally) Minneapolis Arena (1925–1950) (primary arena) Williams Arena (1950–93) 3M Arena at Mariucci (1993–present)
Head coaches	I. D. MacDonald (1921–23) Emil Iverson (1923–30) Frank Pond (1930–35) Larry Armstrong (1935–47) Doc Romnes (1947–52) John Mariucci (1952–55, 1956–66) Marsh Ryman (1955–56) Glen Sonmor (1966–71) Ken Yackel (1971–72) Herb Brooks (1972–79) Brad Buetow (1979–85) Doug Woog (1985–99) Mike Guentzel (1996) Don Lucia (1999–2018) Bob Motzko (2018–present)
Seasons	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 2024–25
Conference affiliations	WCHA (1951–1958, 1959–2013) Big Ten (1958–1981, 2013–present)
Rivalries and trophy games	Minnesota Duluth North Dakota St. Cloud State Wisconsin Mariucci-Bessone Trophy with Michigan State Mariucci-Renfrew Trophy with Michigan
Culture & lore	Mariucci Classic North Star College Cup
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders John Mayasich (298 Points) John Mayasich (144 Goals) Kellen Briggs (84 Wins)
National championships	1974 1976 1979 2002 2003
Runner-Up Finishes	1953 1954 1971 1975 1981 1989 2014
Frozen Four appearances	1953 1954 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1981 1983 1986 1987 1988 1989 1994 1995 2002 2003 2005 2012 2014 2022 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances	1953 1954 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2021 2022 2023 2024
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA 1961 1971 1974 1975 1976 1979 1980 1981 1993 1994 1996 2003 2004 2007
Notable players	Aaron Broten Neal Broten Kellen Briggs Mike Crowley Tim Harrer Jordan Leopold John Mayasich Pat Micheletti Todd Richards Robb Stauber
Hobey Baker Award winners	Neal Broten (1981) Robb Stauber (1988) Brian Bonin (1996) Jordan Leopold (2002)
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN

v t e United States International Gulls men's ice hockey
Playing venues	San Diego Ice Arena (1978–1988)
Head coaches	Maynard Howe (1978–1985) Brad Buetow (1985–1988)
Seasons	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88
Conference affiliations	GWHC (1985–1988)
United States International University San Diego, CA

v t e Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Broadmoor World Arena I (1938–1994) Cadet Ice Arena (1994–1998) Broadmoor World Arena II (1998–2021) Ed Robson Arena (2021–present)
Head coaches	John Atwood (1937–1938) Garrett Livingston (1938–1942) C.E. Moore (1944–1945) Cheddy Thompson (1945–1955) Tom Bedecki (1955–1958) Tony Frasca (1958–1963) Bob Johnson (1963–1966) John Matchefts (1966–1971) Jeff Sauer (1971–1982) Mike Bertsch (1982–1988) Brad Buetow (1988–1993) Don Lucia (1993–1999) Scott Owens (1999–2014) Mike Haviland (2014–2021) Kris Mayotte (2021–Present)
Seasons	1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 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 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	Air Force Falcons Battle for Pikes Peak Denver Pioneers Battle for the Gold Pan
All-time leaders	Dave Delich (285 Points) Ron Hartwell (112 Goals) Jeff Sanger (76 Wins)
National championships	1950 1957
Frozen Four appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1955 1957 1996 1997 2005
NCAA Tournament appearances	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1955 1957 1978 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2008 2011
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1978
Hobey Baker winners	Peter Sejna (2003) Marty Sertich (2005)
Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO