Dave Burkholder
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dave Burkholder
| image = Dave Burkholder, RIT NandE Vol14 Num52 1983 May5 Complete.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Burkholder circa 1983
| current_title =
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1962}}
| birth_place = Welland, Ontario, Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Rochester Institute of Technology
| player_years1 = 1980–1984
| player_team1 = RIT
| player_positions = Goaltender
| coach_years1 = 1994–1996
| coach_team1 = Niagara Falls Thunder (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1996–2001
| coach_team2 = Niagara (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 2001–2017
| coach_team3 = Niagara
| overall_record = 247–279–68 ({{winpct|247|279|68}})
| tournament_record = 0–3 ({{winpct|0|3}})
| championships = 2004 CHA Tournament champion
2006 CHA Champion
2007 CHA Champion
2008 CHA tournament champion
2013 Atlantic Hockey Champion
| awards = 2006 CHA Coach of the Year
2007 CHA Coach of the Year
2013 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year
| coaching_records =
}}
Dave Burkholder (born 1962) is a Canadian college ice hockey coach and former college player. He coached the Niagara University program from 2001 to 2017, taking over from Blaise MacDonald, a former teammate of his with the RIT Tigers. Burkholder also previously served as the assistant general manager and assistant coach of the Niagara Falls Thunder of the Ontario Hockey League.
Career
Burkholder played college ice hockey as a goaltender with the RIT Tigers, winning the 1983 Division II National Championship and being selected tournament MVP. He was a three-time ECAC First-Team All-Star and garnered all-American status in 1984.
Burkholder entered the coaching ranks in 1994 as an assistant coach and assistant GM for the Niagara Falls Thunder. Two years later he accepted an assistant coaching role with the newly created Niagara program.{{cite news|title=2013-14 Men's Ice Hockey Coaching Staff|url=http://www.purpleeagles.com/coaches.aspx?rc=139&path=mhockey|publisher=Niagara Purple Eagles|accessdate=2017-06-10}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Burkholder remained in that position until he was named as the head coach following Blaise MacDonald leaving to take over at Massachusetts–Lowell.{{cite news|title=MACDONALD EXITS NIAGARA IN BLAISE OF GLORY|url=http://buffalonews.com/2001/04/07/macdonald-exits-niagara-in-blaise-of-glory/|publisher=The Buffalo News|date=2001-04-07|accessdate=2017-06-10}}
Burkholder built in the success that his former teammate started, winning two conference tournaments, a pair of league title and consistently finishing near the top of the CHA standings over the next nine seasons.{{cite news|title=Dave Burkholder Year-by-Year Coaching Record|url=http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,49/dave-burkholder/|publisher=USCHO.com|accessdate=2017-06-10}} Once the CHA folded Niagara joined Atlantic Hockey in 2010–11.{{cite news|title=Niagara Men's Hockey Team History|url=http://www.uscho.com/stats/history/niagara/mens-hockey/|publisher=USCHO.com|accessdate=2017-06-10}} Burkholder's team played well the first several seasons, including a league title in his third year, but afterwards the program fell on hard times. For three straight years the team finished with only single-digit win totals and it was announced in the spring of 2017 that Niagara would not be bringing Burkholder back.{{cite news|title=After 16 seasons, Burkholder out as Niagara head coach|url=http://www.uscho.com/2017/03/13/after-16-seasons-dave-burkholder-out-as-niagara-head-coach/|publisher=USCHO.com|date=2017-03-13|accessdate=2017-06-10}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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|poll = coaches
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Niagara Purple Eagles men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#582C83; {{box-shadow border|a|#C7C8CA|2px}}
|startyear = 2001
|conflong = College Hockey America
|conference = CHA
|endyear = 2010
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2001–02
| name = Niagara
| overall = 17–17–1
| conference = 8–10–1
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = CHA Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002–03
| name = Niagara
| overall = 15–17–5
| conference = 11–4–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = CHA Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2003–04
| name = Niagara
| overall = 21–15–3
| conference = 14–6–0
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Northeast regional semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2004–05
| name = Niagara
| overall = 15–19–2
| conference = 9–9–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = CHA Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2005–06
| name = Niagara
| overall = 20–15–1
| conference = 13–6–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA runner-up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2006–07
| name = Niagara
| overall = 18–13–6
| conference = 9–5–6
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CHA Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2007–08
| name = Niagara
| overall = 22–11–4
| conference = 12–6–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA East regional semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Niagara
| overall = 16–14–6
| conference = 9–5–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = CHA third-place game (Tie)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009–10
| name = Niagara
| overall = 12–20–4
| conference = 6–10–2
| confstanding = t-3rd
| postseason = CHA runner-up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Niagara
| overall = 156–141–32
| confrecord = 91–61–23
}}
{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = {{color|white|Niagara Purple Eagles}}
|color = color:white; background:#582C83; {{box-shadow border|a|#C7C8CA|2px}}
|startyear = 2010
|conference = Atlantic Hockey
|endyear = 2017
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = Niagara
| overall = 18–13–4
| conference = 15–10–2
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Niagara
| overall = 17–11–9
| conference = 14–6–7
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2012–13
| name = Niagara
| overall = 23–10–5
| conference = 20–5–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA West regional semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Niagara
| overall = 15–20–5
| conference = 11–11–5
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Niagara
| overall = 7–28–4
| conference = 5–19–4
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Niagara
| overall = 6–25–6
| conference = 5–18–5
| confstanding = t-10th
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Niagara
| overall = 5–31–3
| conference = 3–23–2
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Niagara
| overall = 91–138–36
| confrecord = 73–92–27
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = 247–279–68
|conference =
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References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
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{{succession box | before = Paul Lohnes| title = NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player | years = 1983| after = Joel Otto}}
{{succession box | before = Tom Serratore| title = CHA Coach of the Year | years = 2005–06, 2006–07| after = Tom Serratore}}
{{succession box | before = Ryan Soderquist| title = Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year | years = 2012–13| after = Rick Gotkin}}
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