Dave Hakstol

Dave Hakstol
Dave Hakstol being introduced as coach of the Flyers
Born	(1968-07-30) July 30, 1968 Drayton Valley, Alberta
Current general manager	Ron Hextall
Current team	Philadelphia Flyers
Previous team(s)	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
Years as a coach	1996–present
Years as an NHL coach	2015–present
Years with current team	2015–present

Dave Hakstol (born July 30, 1968) is the current head coach for the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL. A native of Warburg, Alberta, Canada; Hakstol previously was head coach of the University of North Dakota men's ice hockey team for 11 seasons. A former player himself, Hakstol played for the Fighting Sioux from 1989 to 1992 and in the International Hockey League for five years before becoming a coach.

Career

Dave Hakstol attended the University of North Dakota and played hockey there from 1989 to 1992. He went on to play minor league hockey for 5 years, including stints with the Indianapolis Ice and Minnesota Moose. After retiring as a player, he moved to the coaching ranks with the Sioux City Musketeers. Replacing a fired head coach in the middle of their disappointing 1996–97, he turned the team around and remained for 4 years. He became an assistant coach with his alma mater North Dakota Fighting Sioux in 2000. In 2004 he was named head coach. In his tenure as North Dakota's head coach, he led the team to the NCAA Frozen Four seven times. Hakstol was honored with conference coach of the year awards in 2009 and 2015, and was an 8-time finalist for national coach of the year.

On May 18, 2015, it was announced that Hakstol would become the Philadelphia Flyers' 19th head coach. Hakstol is the first head coach to go directly from the NCAA to the NHL since 1982 (Bob Johnson from the University of Wisconsin to the Calgary Flames).

Head coaching record

USHL

Team	Year	Regular Season									Post Season
		G	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish
Sioux City	1996–97	54	9	43	2	2	162	307	20	6th, South	DNQ
	1997–98	56	32	21	3	3	195	155	67	4th, South	DNQ
	1998–99	56	34	19	3	3	196	148	71	2nd, West	DNQ
	1999-00	58	27	26	5	5	170	162	59	6th, West	DNQ

NCAA

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota (WCHA) (2004–2013)
2004–2005	North Dakota	25–15–5	13–12–3	5th	NCAA Runner-up
2005–2006	North Dakota	29–16–1	16–12–0	t-4th	NCAA Frozen Four
2006–2007	North Dakota	24–14–5	13–10–5	3rd	NCAA Frozen Four
2007–2008	North Dakota	28–11–4	18–7–3	2nd	NCAA Frozen Four
2008–2009	North Dakota	24–15–4	17–7–4	1st	NCAA 1st Round
2009–2010	North Dakota	25–13–5	15–10–3	t-4th	NCAA 1st Round
2010–2011	North Dakota	32–8–3	21–6–1	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2011–2012	North Dakota	26–13–3	16–11–1	4th	NCAA 2nd Round
2012–2013	North Dakota	22–12–7	14–7–7	3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
North Dakota (NCHC) (2013–2015)
2013–2014	North Dakota	25–14–3	15–9–0	2nd	NCAA Frozen Four
2014–2015	North Dakota	29–10–3	16–6–2	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
North Dakota:		289–141–43	174–97–31
Total:		289–141–43
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

NHL

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
		Won	Lost	OTL	Pts	Division Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
PHI	2015–16	18	15	7	43	–	–	–	–	–
Total		18	15	7	43		–	–	–

External links

• David Hakstol's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
• Dave Hakstol profile at siouxsports.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by David Lohrei	Sioux City Musketeers Head Coach 1996–2000	Succeeded by Dave Siciliano
Preceded by Dean Blais	University of North Dakota Head Coach 2004–2015	Succeeded by Brad Berry
Preceded by Craig Berube	Head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers 2015–present	Succeeded by current

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Troy Jutting	WCHA Coach of the Year 2008–09	Succeeded by George Gwozdecky
Preceded by Bob Motzko	NCHC Coach of the Year 2014–15	Succeeded by Incumbent