Bruce Crowder

Bruce Crowder
Bruce Crowder
	Crowder in 2005
Born	March 25, 1957 (age 67); Essex, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shot	Right
Played for	Boston Bruins; Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL draft	153rd overall, 1977; Philadelphia Flyers
WHA draft	84th overall, 1977; Calgary Cowboys
Playing career	1979–1985
	Coaching career
Biographical details
Alma mater	University of New Hampshire
Playing career
1975–1979	New Hampshire
Position(s)	Right wing
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1990	Maine (Assistant)
1990–1991	Massachusetts–Lowell (Associate)
1991–1996	Massachusetts–Lowell
1996–2005	Northeastern
2006–2007	Portland Pirates
Head coaching record
Overall	223–243–52 (.481)
Tournaments	2–2 (.500)

Bruce James Crowder (born March 25, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins from 1981–82 to 1984–85. He is the brother of Keith Crowder and also the brother of Craig Crowder.

Playing career

Crowder was drafted 153rd overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1977 NHL amateur draft. He played 243 career NHL games, scoring 47 goals and 51 assists for 98 points. His best offensive season was the 1982–83 season when he garnered career highs in goals with 21, assists with 19, and points with 40.

Coaching career

After leaving the professional game, Crowder spent 14 seasons in the collegiate coaching ranks. Crowder spent the 1987–1988 and 1989–1990 as an assistant at the University of Maine, before joining UMass Lowell. In 1991, he was promoted to the head coach of the River Hawks and posted a record of 11–19–4. In the following four seasons with UMass Lowell Crowder's record was an impressive 88–56–15, and in 1996 he took over the head coaching job at Northeastern where he was 124–168–33 over 9 seasons, finishing last in the conference 4 times. He was released from his coaching responsibilities at Northeastern in the Spring of 2005 and was replaced by Greg Cronin.

Career statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1975–76	New Hampshire Wildcats	ECAC	31	6	12	18	14	—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	New Hampshire Wildcats	ECAC	39	9	9	18	28	—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	New Hampshire Wildcats	ECAC	30	10	35	45	58	—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	New Hampshire Wildcats	ECAC	35	22	30	52	34	—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Maine Mariners	AHL	49	16	11	27	23	11	3	1	4	13
1980–81	Maine Mariners	AHL	68	25	19	44	94	20	11	6	17	29
1981–82	Boston Bruins	NHL	63	16	11	27	31	11	5	3	8	9
1981–82	Erie Blades	AHL	15	6	6	12	6	—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Boston Bruins	NHL	80	21	19	40	58	17	3	1	4	34
1983–84	Boston Bruins	NHL	74	6	14	20	44	3	0	0	0	0
1984–85	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	26	4	7	11	23	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			243	47	51	98	156	31	8	4	12	43

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Massachusetts–Lowell Chiefs (Hockey East) (1991–1994)
1991–92	Massachusetts–Lowell	11–19–4	6–11–4	6th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1992–93	Massachusetts–Lowell	20–17–2	10–13–1	t-4th	Hockey East Consolation Game (win)
1993–94	Massachusetts–Lowell	25–10–5	14–6–4	2nd	NCAA West Regional semifinals
Massachusetts–Lowell:		56–46–11	30–30–9
Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks (Hockey East) (1994–1996)
1994–95	Massachusetts–Lowell	17–19–4	11–12–1–1	5th	Hockey East Consolation Game (loss)
1995–96	Massachusetts–Lowell	26–10–4	16–6–2–1	2nd	NCAA West Regional semifinals
Massachusetts–Lowell:		43–29–8	27–18–3–2
Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East) (1996–2005)
1996–97	Northeastern	12–23–0	7–17–0	9th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1997–98	Northeastern	21–15–3	13–8–3	4th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1998–99	Northeastern	11–20–3	6–16–2	9th
1999–00	Northeastern	12–19–5	8–11–5	t-5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2000–01	Northeastern	13–19–4	7–13–4	7th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2001–02	Northeastern	19–17–3	11–11–2	5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2002–03	Northeastern	10–21–3	5–17–2	t-8th
2003–04	Northeastern	11–16–7	5–13–6	9th
2004–05	Northeastern	15–18–5	10–10–4	6th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
Northeastern:		124–168–33	72–116–28
Total:		223–243–52
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

^ "2016-17 Northeastern Huskies Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Northeastern Huskies. Retrieved 2017-06-19.

External links

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

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Shawn Walsh Shawn Walsh Dick Umile	Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award 1993–94 1995–96 1997–98	Succeeded by Shawn Walsh Dick Umile Dick Umile
Preceded by Shawn Walsh	Spencer Penrose Award 1995–96	Succeeded by Dean Blais

[media-1] "2016-17 Northeastern Huskies Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). Northeastern Huskies. Retrieved 2017-06-19.

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v t e 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 2024–25
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

v t e UMass Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey
Formerly the Lowell Chiefs and Lowell Tech Terriers
Playing venues	Skate 3 (−1980) Tully Forum (1980–1998) Tsongas Center (1998–present)
Head coaches	Richard Morrison 1967–1969 Bill Riley Jr. (1969–1991) Bruce Crowder (1991–1996) Tim Whitehead (1996–2001) Blaise MacDonald (2001–2011) Norm Bazin (2011–present)
Seasons	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	ECAC 2 (1968–1983) Hockey East (1984–present)
All-time leaders	Mike Carr (279 Points) Mike Carr (134 Goals) Brian Doyle (74 Wins)
National championships	D-II: 1979 1981 1982
Frozen Four appearances	D-II: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 D-I: 2013
NCAA Tournament appearances	D-II: 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 D-I: 1988 1994 1996 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017 2022
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC 2 (East): 1979 1981 1982 1983 Hockey East: 2013 2014 2017
Mike Richter winners	Connor Hellebuyck (2014)
University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA