Len Quesnelle

Len Quesnelle
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
TeamBoston University
ConferenceHockey East
Biographical details
Born (1966-05-24) May 24, 1966 (age 58)
Bramalea, Chinguacousy Township, Ontario, Canada
Alma materPrinceton University
Playing career
1984–1988Princeton
Position(s)Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–2000Princeton (assistant)
2000–2004Princeton
2004–2013Massachusetts (assistant)
2013–2017Detroit Red Wings (Scout)
2017- presentBoston University (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall29–84–11 (.278)

Leonard 'Lenny' Quesnelle is a Canadian ice hockey former player and head coach who is most well known for his long tenure with the men's program at Princeton.[1]

Career

Quesnelle started his college career with Princeton in 1984, playing for the ice hockey team for four seasons. After graduating in 1988 he stayed on as an assistant with the program and served in that capacity for the next twelve years. When Don Cahoon left to take the position at Massachusetts in 2000 Quesnelle was selected as his successor.[2]

In his first two seasons leading the program Quesnelle's Tigers finished with subpar records but no worse than Princeton faithful were used to seeing. Beginning in his third campaign the team took a downturn, finishing dead-last in the conference with a 3-win season. The following year started off much better but the team went winless after December 16 and finished in last place for a second year in a row. Shortly after the season ended Quesnelle was fired, ending his 20-year career at Princeton.

Quesnelle joined his former boss as an assistant at Massachusetts the following season and worked for the Minutemen for nine years. After Cahoon retired in 2012 Quesnelle was still under contract for a year so he stayed on under the new regime before leaving in 2013.[3]

After leaving UMass Quesnelle was hired by the Detroit Red Wings as an amateur scout for the New England area.[4]

Personal

As of 2017, Quesnelle resided in Sunderland, Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.

College Head Coaching record[5]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Princeton Tigers (ECAC Hockey) (2000–2004)
2000–01 Princeton 10–16–5 9–9–4 7th ECAC Hockey First Round
2001–02 Princeton 11–18–2 10–10–2 t-6th ECAC Hockey First Round
2002–03 Princeton 3–26–2 2–18–2 12th ECAC Hockey First Round
2003–04 Princeton 5–24–2 5–15–2 12th ECAC Hockey First Round
Princeton: 29–84–11 26–52–10
Total: 29–84–11

      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

References

  1. ^ "Quesnelle Fired By Princeton". USCHO.com. 2004-03-08. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  2. ^ "PRINCETON NAMES LEN QUESNELLE HEAD COACH OF HOCKEY". USCHO.com. 2000-05-30. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  3. ^ "Assistant Coach Len Quesnelle leaves UMass". SB Nation. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  4. ^ "Len Quesnelle". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  5. ^ "Men's Hockey Year-by-Year". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
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