Brett Larson
{{short description|American ice hockey player and coach}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| name = Brett Larson
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1972|8|20}}
| birth_place = Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 175
| position = Defenseman
| shoots = Right
| league =
| team =
| played_for = Minnesota–Duluth
Madison Monsters
Louisville Riverfrogs
San Diego Gulls
Utah Grizzlies
Long Beach Ice Dogs
Las Vegas Thunder
Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim
Odense Bulldogs
Basingstoke Bison
Florida Seals
Minnesota Arctic Blast
Orlando Jackals
Minnesota Blue Ox
| ntl_team = USA
| draft = 213th overall
| draft_year = 1990
| draft_team = Detroit Red Wings
| career_start = 1991
| career_end = 2007
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{{Infobox college coach|embed=yes
| name = Brett Larson
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = St. Cloud State
| current_conference = NCHC
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| alma_mater = University of Minnesota Duluth
| player_years1 = 1991–1995
| player_team1 = Minnesota–Duluth
| player_positions = Defenseman
| coach_years1 = 1999–2001
| coach_team1 = San Diego Gulls
| coach_years2 = 2006–2007
| coach_team2 = Florida Seals (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 2008–2011
| coach_team3 = Minnesota–Duluth (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 2011–2013
| coach_team4 = Sioux City Musketeers
| coach_years5 = 2013–2015
| coach_team5 = Ohio State (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2015–2018
| coach_team6 = Minnesota–Duluth (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 2018–present
| coach_team7 = St. Cloud State
| overall_record = 123–76–21 ({{winpct|123|76|21}})
| tournament_record = 4–4 ({{winpct|4|4}})
| championships =
| awards =
Herb Brooks Coach of the Year (2019)
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Brett Larson is an American ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of St. Cloud State, having been named to the position in April 2018.{{cite news|title=Brett Larson Named New Men's Hockey Coach at St. Cloud State|url=https://scsuhuskies.com/news/2018/4/13/mens-ice-hockey-brett-larson-named-new-mens-hockey-coach-at-st-cloud-state.aspx|publisher=St. Cloud State Huskies|date=2018-04-13|accessdate=2018-09-28}}
Playing career
After being drafted out of high school, Larson waited a year before beginning his college career at Minnesota–Duluth. In his freshman season he scored only three points in 26 games for a middling team. The following year the Bulldogs rocketed up the standings, winning the WCHA and making the NCAA tournament. In his junior season Larson was given a great role with the team and responded by posting more than quintuple his previous season's total. Despite this Duluth dropped to 7th in the WCHA and stayed there for the rest of Larson's college career. After graduating Larson embarked on a long career that was spent mostly in the minor leagues in North America. During the later half of the 1990s he also played roller hockey in the RHI, stopping only due to the league ceasing operations.{{cite web|url=http://thehockeywriters.com/roller-hockey-international-gone-but-not-forgotten/ |title=roller hockey international, professional roller hockey |website=Thehockeywriters.com |date=2010-09-23 |accessdate=2017-01-23}}
In 2001, After winning the Taylor Cup with San Diego Larson signed with Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim of the German second league playing one season for the Red Devils before joining the Odense Bulldogs. In his first season with the Bulldogs he helped the team win the regular season title but fell in the championship match. The team had diminishing returns each of the following two years and after splitting the 2005–06 season between Bad Nauheim and Basingstoke Larson returned to the states for one more season before retiring as a player.
Coaching career
During his playing career Larson had twice served as a player/coach; for two years with the San Diego Gulls and in his brief stint with Florida Seals. After his playing days were over Larson took a year off before returning as a full-time coach, joining the staff at his alma mater as an assistant. After only three years behind the bench he was hired as the head coach/GM for the Sioux City Musketeers, but after two poor seasons he headed back to the college ranks. After a two-year stop at Ohio State he began a third stint with Minnesota–Duluth, staying for another three seasons before he received his first opportunity to lead a college program with St. Cloud State.{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/icehockey-men/article/2018-04-13/college-hockey-brett-larson-named-head-coach-st-cloud-state |title=Brett Larson named head coach at St. Cloud State|website=NCAA.com |date=2018-04-13 |accessdate=2018-09-28}}
Career statistics
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
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| 1991–92 | NCAA | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1992–93 | Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs | NCAA | 33 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1993–94 | Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs | NCAA | 38 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1994–95 | Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs | NCAA | 37 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1995–96 | CHL | 70 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
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| 1996–97 | ECHL | 27 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1997–98 | WCHL | 52 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1997–98 | IHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1998–99 | WCHL | 60 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 |
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| 1998–99 | IHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1998–99 | Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1998–99 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 1999–00 | San Diego Gulls | WCHL | 69 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
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| 1999–00 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 2000–01 | San Diego Gulls | WCHL | 70 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
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| 2001–02 | DEL2 | 43 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 2002–03 | Denmark | 27 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 83 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
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| 2003–04 | Odense Bulldogs | Denmark | 31 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
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| 2004–05 | Odense Bulldogs | Denmark | 33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
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| 2005–06 | Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim | Germany3 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 2005–06 | EIHL | 16 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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| 2006–07 | SPHL | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – |
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! colspan="3" | NCAA totals !134 !24 !43 !67 !118 !– !– !– !– !– |
Awards and honours
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|+ style="text-align:center; background:#e0e0e0" |West Coast Hockey League |
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| Taylor Cup champion
| 2001 |
Head coaching record
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| rowspan="2"|Team | rowspan="2"|Year | colspan="6"|Regular season | colspan="1"|Post season | |||
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| G | W | L | T | Pts | Finish | Result |
| Sioux City Musketeers||2011–12
|60||29||30||1||(59)||5th in West||Lost in Conference Quarterfinals 0–2 | ||||||
| Sioux City Musketeers||2012–13
|64||23||30||11||(57)||6th in West||Missed Postseason |
=College=
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey
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|startyear = 2018
|conflong = National Collegiate Hockey Conference
|conference = NCHC
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2018–19
| name = St. Cloud State
| overall = 30–6–3
| conference = 19–2–3–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = St. Cloud State
| overall = 13–15–6
| conference = 10–12–2–1
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = Tournament cancelled
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = St. Cloud State
| overall = 20–11–0
| conference = 15–9–0
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Runner-Up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = St. Cloud State
| overall = 18–15–4
| conference = 10–10–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason = NCAA Regional Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2022–23
| name = St. Cloud State
| overall = 25–13–3
| conference = 12–9–3
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = NCAA Regional Final
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = St. Cloud State
| overall = 17–16–5
| conference = 11–9–4
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = NCHC Semifinals
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = St. Cloud State
| overall = 123–76–21
| confrecord = 77–51–16
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = 123–76–21
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References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats|elite=33308|hockeydb=2987}}
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