David Berard
{{Short description|American ice hockey player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = David Berard
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Stonehill
| current_conference = Independent
| current_record = 12–22–0 ({{winpct|12|22|0}})
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|10|17}}
| birth_place = West Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.
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| alma_mater = Providence College
| player_years1 = 1988–1992
| player_team1 = Providence
| player_positions = Goaltender
| coach_years1 = 1992–1994
| coach_team1 = Colby (Assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1994–1996
| coach_team2 = Providence (Assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1996–1998
| coach_team3 = Lake Superior State (Assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1998–2011
| coach_team4 = Providence (Assistant)
| coach_years5 = 2011–2012
| coach_team5 = Connecticut (Assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2012–2013
| coach_team6 = Connecticut (Interim)
| admin_years1 = 2013–2014
| admin_team1 = Providence (Dir. of Hockey Ops.)
| coach_years7 = 2014–2021
| coach_team7 = Holy Cross
| admin_years2 = 2021–2024
| admin_team2 = Providence (Vice President)
| coach_years8 = 2024–Present
| coach_team8 = Stonehill
| overall_record = 115–138–37 ({{winpct|115|138|37}})
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David Berard (born October 17, 1970) is the current head coach for the Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey team.{{cite news|title=Stonehill hires David Berard as next men’s hockey coach |url=https://www.hockeyjournal.com/stonehill-hires-david-berard-as-next-mens-hockey-coach/ |work=New England Hockey Journal |accessdate=April 2, 2024}}
Career
Berard started his college career as a goaltender for Providence in 1988. He spent four years as a backup for the Friars, playing in only 5 games before graduating with a degree in business marketing.{{cite news|title=David Berard Bio|url=http://www.goholycross.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210220372|publisher=Go Holy Cross|accessdate=2017-05-04|archive-date=2018-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009232330/http://www.goholycross.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210220372|url-status=dead}} He remained at the college level by taking an assistant coaching position with Colby, staying with the program for two years before returning to his alma mater. Berard was an assistant for the Friars for two more seasons and accepted a similar post from Lake Superior State starting in 1996. Two years later he was back in Providence for a third time but decided to remain with the Friars for an extended period. From 1998 through 2011 he was an assistant coach under Paul Pooley and Tim Army, but he also served as the teams recruiting coordinator for seven seasons, was promoted to an associate coach from 2003 through 2005 and was USA Hockey's director of player development for the New England region from 2003 to 2008.
When Tim Army was replaced by Nate Leaman in 2011, Berard was replaced{{cite news|title=Former Michigan Tech coach Russell replaces Berard as Providence assistant|url=http://www.uscho.com/2011/05/31/former-michigan-tech-coach-russell-replaces-berard-as-providence-assistant/|publisher=USCHO.com|date=2011-05-31|accessdate=2017-05-04}} and he became an assistant with Connecticut. In just over a year, he suddenly found himself as the interim head coach for the Huskies when Bruce Marshall took a medical leave of absence.{{cite news|title=Connecticut coach Marshall taking medical leave; Berard steps in|url=http://www.uscho.com/2012/11/06/connecticut-coach-marshall-taking-medical-leave-berard-steps-in/|publisher=USCHO.com|date=2012-11-06|accessdate=2017-05-04}} Berard remained behind the bench for Connecticut for the remainder of the season, compiling a record of 19–10–3 and getting the Huskies into a 3rd place finish in the conference. His efforts were not enough, however, and Connecticut opted to name Mike Cavanaugh as the bench boss for the next season.{{cite news|title=Mike Cavanaugh Named Men's Ice Hockey Coach|url=http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/050813aac.html|publisher=UConn Huskies|date=2013-05-08|accessdate=2014-08-28|archive-date=2016-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104093334/http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/050813aac.html|url-status=dead}}
Berard found himself back with the Friars yet again the next season as the Director of Hockey Operations but after only one year at that post he left to receive his first full-time head coaching post with Holy Cross.{{cite news|title=Atlantic Hockey: Holy Cross hires David Berard|url=http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/atlantic-hockey/2014/6/23/5835062/holy-cross-hockey-hires-david-berard-former-uconn-providence-assistant-paul-pearl|publisher=SB Nation|date=2014-06-23|accessdate=2017-05-04}} In his short time with the Crusaders Berard has seen a moderate amount of success, recording three consecutive double-digit win seasons but only one of them was above .500.
Personal life
Berard's son Brett Berard is an ice hockey forward for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL as a prospect of the for the New York Rangers.{{cite web|title=Wolf Pack Ink Forward Brett Berard to ATO|publisher=Hartford Wolf Pack|accessdate=2023-03-21|date=March 21, 2023|url=https://www.hartfordwolfpack.com/news/detail/wolf-pack-ink-forward-brett-berard-to-ato}}{{cite web|title=Brett Berard has sights on excelling at 'next chapter' of career with Rangers|url=https://nypost.com/2023/07/04/brett-berard-has-sights-on-next-chapter-of-rangers-career/|publisher=New York Post|date=July 4, 2023|accessdate=2023-07-05|author=Walker, Mollie}} He previously played for the Providence Friars men's ice hockey team.{{cite web|title=Brett Berard|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/201740/brett-berard|publisher=Elite Prospects|accessdate=2020-10-07}} Brett was drafted by the Rangers in the 5th round (134th overall) of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Brett won a gold medal with the United States men's national junior ice hockey team at the 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.{{cite web|title=Rangers sign college forward Berard to entry-level contract|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/new-york-rangers-sign-college-forward-brett-berard-to-entry-level-contract-1.1934647|publisher=TSN|accessdate=2023-03-21|date=March 21, 2023}}
Berard's youngest son, Brady, is a forward for Boston College.{{cite web|title=Brady Berard|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/603642/brady-berard|publisher=Elite Prospects|accessdate=2023-07-05}}
Head coaching record
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Connecticut Huskies men's ice hockey
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|startyear = 2012
|conflong = Atlantic Hockey
|conference = Atlantic Hockey
|endyear = 2013
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Connecticut
| overall = 19–10–3†
| conference = 14–7–3†
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Connecticut
| overall = 19–10–3
| confrecord = 14–7–3
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#602D89; {{box-shadow border|a|#000000|2px}}
|startyear = 2014
|conference = Atlantic Hockey
|endyear = 2021
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Holy Cross
| overall = 14–18–5
| conference = 12–11–5
| confstanding = t-6th
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey Opening Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Holy Cross
| overall = 18–13–5
| conference = 16–7–5
| confstanding = t-2nd
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Holy Cross
| overall = 14–15–7
| conference = 11–10–7
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2017–18
| name = Holy Cross
| overall = 13–16–7
| conference = 12–10–6
| confstanding = t-3rd
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Holy Cross
| overall = 10–21–5
| conference = 10–14–4
| confstanding = t-8th
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey First Round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Holy Cross
| overall = 11–21–5
| conference = 9–16–3–2
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason = Atlantic Hockey First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Holy Cross
| overall = 4–12–0
| conference = 3–9–0
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason = Participation cancelled due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Holy Cross
| overall = 84–116–34
| confrecord = 73–77–30
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey
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|startyear = 2024
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Division I Independent
|endyear =
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Stonehill
| overall = 12–22–0
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = 115–138–37 ({{winpct|115|138|37}})
|confrecord =
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† Berard assumed head coaching duties on November 6, 2012
References
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External links
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{{Connecticut Huskies men's ice hockey navbox}}
{{Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey navbox}}
{{Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey navbox}}
{{NCAA Division I ice hockey independents coach navbox}}
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Category:Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey coaches
Category:Providence Friars men's ice hockey coaches
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Category:People from West Warwick, Rhode Island
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