Rick Bennett

For other uses, see Richard A. Bennett.

Rick Bennett
Born	(1967-07-24) July 24, 1967 Springfield, MA, USA
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	New York Rangers
NHL Draft	54th overall, 1986 Minnesota North Stars
Playing career	1990–1999

Rick Bennett
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Union
Biographical details
Born	(1967-07-24) July 24, 1967 Springfield, MA, USA
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–05	Providence (assistant)
2007–08	Union (assistant head coach)
2011–present	Union
Head coaching record
Overall	80–27–16
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2014 NCAA National Championship
Awards
2014 Spencer Penrose Award

Eric John "Rick" Bennett (born July 24, 1967) is a retired American ice hockey left winger. He is currently the head coach of the Union Dutchmen ice hockey team at Union College. He coached Union to the NCAA championship in 2014.

Bennett played for Providence College from 1986 to 1990. He was drafted 54th overall by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft and played a total of 15 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Union (ECAC Hockey) (2011–present)
2011–2012	Union	26–8–7	14–4–4	1st^[1]	NCAA 3rd Place
2012–2013	Union	22–13–5	10–8–4	4th^[2]	NCAA Regional final
2013–2014	Union	32–6–4	18–3–1	1st^[3]	NCAA Champions
Union:		80–27–16	42–15–9
Total:		80–27–16
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

Award	Year
All-Hockey East Rookie Team	1986–87	^[4]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American	1988–89	^[5]
All-Hockey East Second Team	1989–90	^[6]

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Nate Leaman	Tim Taylor Award 2011–12	Succeeded by Rand Pecknold
Preceded by Norm Bazin	Spencer Penrose Award 2013–14	Succeeded by Mike Hastings

Union Dutchmen ice hockey

Formerly the Union Skating Dutchmen

Playing venues	Achilles Rink (1975–present)

Head coaches	Ambrose Clark (1919–1920, 1921–1924) Henry Gardner (1924–1925) H. A. Larrabee (1925–1930) William Harkness (1930–1933) H. L. Achilles (1933–1935) Art Lawrence (1935–1936, 1940–1942, 1947–1949) Duke Nelson (1936–1940) Ned Harkness (1975–1977) Bob Driscoll (1978) Charles Morrison (1978–1988) Bruce Delventhal (1988–1996) Stan Moore (1996–1998) Kevin Sneddon (1998–2003) Nate Leaman (2003–2011) Rick Bennett (2011–present)

Seasons	2013–14

Conference affiliations	ECAC West (1975–1991) ECAC Hockey (1991–present)

Rivalries	RPI Engineers

National championships	2014

Frozen Four appearances	2012 2014

NCAA Tournament appearances	2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference Tournament champions	ECAC: 2012 2013 2014

Union College Schenectady, NY

Current men's head coaches of ECAC Hockey

Brendan Whittet (Brown) Casey Jones (Clarkson) Don Vaughan (Colgate) Mike Schafer (Cornell) Bob Gaudet (Dartmouth) Ted Donato (Harvard) Ron Fogarty (Princeton) Rand Pecknold (Quinnipiac) Seth Appert (RPI) Mark Morris (St. Lawrence) Rick Bennett (Union) Keith Allain (Yale)

Union Dutchmen Ice Hockey 2013–14 NCAA Champions

Mat Bodie Daniel Carr Daniel Ciampini Shayne Gostisbehere (MOP) Colin Stevens Head Coach Rick Bennett Assistant Coaches Jason Tapp

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