Tim Army

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| played_for = Maine Mariners

| position = Forward

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

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| weight_lb = 173

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|26}}

| birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.

| draft = 171st overall

| draft_team = Colorado Rockies

| draft_year = 1981

| career_start = 1985

| career_end = 1987

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| alma_mater = Providence College

| player_years1 = 1981–1985

| player_team1 = Providence

| player_years2 = 1985–1986

| player_team2 = Maine Mariners

| player_years3 = 1986–1987

| player_team3 = Peliitat Heinola

| player_years4 = 1986–1987

| player_team4 = HC Fribourg-Gottéron

| player_positions = Right Wing

| coach_years1 = 1987–1993

| coach_team1 = Providence (Assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1991

| coach_team2 = Team USA (Assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1993

| coach_team3 = Team USA (Assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1993–1997

| coach_team4 = Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (Assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1994

| coach_team5 = Team USA (Assistant)

| coach_years6 = 1995–1996

| coach_team6 = Team USA

| coach_years7 = 1996

| coach_team7 = Team USA (Assistant)

| coach_years8 = 1997–2002

| coach_team8 = Washington Capitals (Assistant)

| coach_years9 = 2002–2005

| coach_team9 = Portland Pirates

| coach_years10 = 2004

| coach_team10 = Team USA (Assistant)

| coach_years11 = 2005

| coach_team11 = Team USA

| coach_years12 = 2005–2011

| coach_team12 = Providence

| coach_years13 = 2011–2017

| coach_team13 = Colorado Avalanche (Assistant)

| coach_years14 = 2013

| coach_team14 = Team USA (Assistant)

| coach_years15 = 2017–2018

| coach_team15 = Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (Assistant)

| coach_years16 = 2018–2023

| coach_team16 = Iowa Wild

| coach_years17 = 2024-Present

| coach_team17 = Anaheim Ducks (Assistant)

| overall_record = 66–116–28 ({{winpct|66|116|28}}) [college]

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Tim Army (born April 26, 1963) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He currently serves as an assistant coach for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. Army was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 9th round (171st overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

Army played four seasons at Providence College with the Providence Friars, where during the 1984–85 season he was rewarded for his outstanding play when he was named to the NCAA (East) First All-American Team and was selected as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.{{cite web | url = http://providence.scout.com/2/388484.html | publisher = Scout.Com | title = PC Names Tim Army New Hockey Coach | date = 2005-05-05 | accessdate = 2005-05-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140513111102/http://providence.scout.com/2/388484.html# | archive-date = May 13, 2014 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}

He was inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2020.

Coaching career

Army played just two professional seasons before retiring due to injury. He returned to the Friars in serving as an assistant coach from 1988 to 1993, before accepting an NHL assistant coaching role with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim from 1993 to 1997. After five seasons with the Washington Capitals as an assistant, Army secured his first head coach role with the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2002.

In 2005, Army left the Pirates to take up the head coaching role with Providence College. Army directed the Friars program for six seasons before he returned to the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche as a video coach for the 2011–12 season. He was elevated to an assistant coach for the following season under Joe Sacco. He continued in an assistant coach role over the next five seasons under Sacco, Patrick Roy and Jared Bednar before his release from the club following the 2016–17 season.{{cite news| url = http://www.denverpost.com/2017/05/24/tim-army-former-avalanche-assistant/ | title = Former Avalanche assistant not surprised he was let go | newspaper = Denver Post | date = 2017-05-24 | accessdate = 2017-05-24}}

Army then became an assistant coach for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the AHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2017–18 season.{{cite web| url = https://theahl.com/penguins-add-army-as-assistant-coach | title = Penguins Add Army as Assistant Coach | website = AHL | date = August 10, 2017}} After one season, he was hired as the head coach of the Iowa Wild, the AHL affiliate of the Minnesota Wild, for the 2018–19 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/tim-army-named-next-iowa-wild-head-coach/n-5372224 |title=Tim Army Named Next Iowa Wild Head Coach |website=OurSportsCentral.com |date=July 19, 2018}}

Army has served as an assistant coach for the United States men's national ice hockey team at the 1994 and 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, and at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and also the 2012 World Cup of Hockey

Army was hired by the Anaheim Ducks for the 2024-25 NHL Season. This is his second stint with the team. First under head coach Greg Cronin.

Head coaching record

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|startyear = 2005

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|conference = Hockey East

|endyear = 2011

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| season = 2005–06

| name = Providence

| overall = 17–16–3

| conference = 14–10–3

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason = Hockey East Quarterfinals

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| season = 2006–07

| name = Providence

| overall = 10–23–3

| conference = 9–15–3

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason = Hockey East Quarterfinals

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| season = 2007–08

| name = Providence

| overall = 14–17–5

| conference = 11–11–5

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason = Hockey East Quarterfinals

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| season = 2008–09

| name = Providence

| overall = 7–22–5

| conference = 4–18–5

| confstanding = t-9th

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| season = 2009–10

| name = Providence

| overall = 10–20–4

| conference = 5–18–4

| confstanding = 10th

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| season = 2010–11

| name = Providence

| overall = 8–18–8

| conference = 4–16–7

| confstanding = 9th

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| overall = 66–116–28

| confrecord = 47–88–27

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| overall = 66–116–28

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Awards and honors

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All-Hockey East First Team

| 1984–85

| {{cite news|title=Hockey East All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/hea_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}

AHCA West First-Team All-American

| 1984–85

| [http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/hea/allamer.php HockeyEastOnline.com - All-Americans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520174303/http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/men/hea/allamer.php |date=May 20, 2014 }}

Hobey Baker Award Finalist

| 1984–85

| [http://www.uscho.com/faq/hobey/ Hobey Baker Award winners, finalists :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online]