Jared Bednar

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Jared Bednar
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Bednar in 2016
Born (1972-02-28) February 28, 1972 (age 52)
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for St. John's Maple Leafs
Rochester Americans
Grand Rapids Griffins
Current NHL coach Colorado Avalanche
Playing career 1993–2002
Coaching career 2002–present

Jared Bednar (born February 28, 1972) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously coached the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League, leading them to a Calder Cup championship in the 2015–16 season. He also led the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL to a Kelly Cup championship in the 2008–09 season. Bednar won the Stanley Cup with Colorado in 2022, becoming the first coach to win the current ECHL, AHL, and NHL trophies.

Playing career

Bednar played junior hockey with the Western Hockey League's Saskatoon Blades, Spokane Chiefs, Medicine Hat Tigers, and Prince Albert Raiders, from 1990 to 1993, playing in 152 games with 520 combined penalty minutes, establishing himself as a physical player. After going undrafted by the NHL, Bednar made his professional debut during the 1993–94 season, with the Huntington Blizzard of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). He played three seasons with the team, posting a career high in points during the 1994–95 season, with 45 points in 64 games.

Bednar joined the ECHL's South Carolina Stingrays halfway through the 1995–96 season, posting 24 points and 126 penalty minutes in his first 39 games. From 1995 to 1998, he played mostly with the Stingrays, with small stints in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the St. John's Maple Leafs and Rochester Americans. He played the 1998–99 season with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the International Hockey League (IHL), racking up 21 points and 220 PIMS in 71 games with the Griffins. Bednar re-joined the Stingrays for the 1999–2000 season and played two more seasons with the Rays. He announced his retirement after the 2001–02 season.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Bednar became the assistant coach of the Stingrays from 2002 to 2007. After head coach Jason Fitzsimmons stepped down, Bednar was promoted and became the new head coach for the 2007–08 season. His first season as coach was extremely successful, with the Stingrays winning 47 games in the regular season, and making it to the American Conference finals in the playoffs. After another successful season in 2008–09, the Stingrays won the Kelly Cup, giving Bednar his first championship as a coach in only his second season.

After winning the Cup, Bednar stepped down as head coach of the Stingrays and became the assistant coach of the Abbotsford Heat of the AHL for the 2009–10 season. He was then the head coach of the AHL's Peoria Rivermen from 2010 through 2012.

The Columbus Blue Jackets hired Bednar as an assistant coach for their minor league AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons, beginning with the 2012–13 season. After serving in this role for two seasons, he was promoted to head coach following the promotion of Brad Larsen to Columbus' staff. For the 2015–16 season, Columbus shifted their AHL affiliation to the Lake Erie Monsters in Cleveland. Bednar followed the affiliation to Cleveland and continued as head coach. Lake Erie went 15–2 in the 2016 Calder Cup playoffs to capture the franchise's first championship and the first for the city of Cleveland since the original Cleveland Barons won the 1964 Calder Cup.[1] He was later rewarded by the Blue Jackets with a two-year contract extension through to the 2018–19 season on July 19, 2016.[2]

On August 25, 2016, Bednar was named head coach of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).[3][4] Bednar walked into a difficult situation. He was hired less than a month before training camp, and did not have nearly enough time to implement his own system, nor have enough time to hire his own staff, and had to make do with the holdovers from his predecessor, Patrick Roy. Despite having talented players, such as Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Matt Duchene on the roster, the team slumped to only 48 points, the worst record in the league. It was also one of the worst records for a non-expansion team since 1967, and the worst since the team moved from Quebec City in 1995.

In his second season with the team, Bednar guided the team to a 47-point improvement. The team faced some adversity early in the season with the distraction of Duchene's public trade request. Following the trade, Bednar guided the team to one of the hottest second half records, snapping a four-year playoff drought in the process. After the Avalanche's first round exit in six games to the Nashville Predators, Bednar was signed to a one-year contract extension on April 23, 2018.[5] A few days after signing a new contract, Bednar was nominated for the Jack Adams Award.[6]

In Bednar's third season coaching the Avalanche, he led the team to back-to-back playoff appearances, the first Avalanche coach to do so since Joel Quenneville in the 2005–06 season. The Avalanche defeated the Calgary Flames 4–1 in the Western Conference's First Round, and then were defeated in the Second Round in seven games by the San Jose Sharks. On July 9, 2019, Bednar signed a two-year contract extension.[7] In 2021–22, after an outstanding regular season campaign, Bednar led the Avalanche to the Stanley Cup title in an impressive playoff showing by losing just four games out of 20 (16–4).[8]

Career playing statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 Saskatoon Blades WHL 28 1 5 6 30 — — — — —
1991–92 Spokane Chiefs WHL 62 7 17 24 200 7 2 1 3 9
1992–93 Spokane Chiefs WHL 16 2 14 16 62 — — — — —
1992–93 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 9 1 4 5 20 — — — — —
1992–93 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 37 6 16 22 56 — — — — —
1993–94 Huntington Blizzard ECHL 66 8 11 19 115 — — — — —
1994–95 Huntington Blizzard ECHL 64 9 36 45 211 2 0 2 2 4
1995–96 Huntington Blizzard ECHL 25 4 10 14 90 — — — — —
1995–96 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 39 2 22 24 126 8 0 0 0 26
1996–97 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 55 1 2 3 151 — — — — —
1996–97 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 15 1 2 3 28 15 1 4 5 59
1997–98 Rochester Americans AHL 19 0 2 2 49 — — — — —
1997–98 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 36 4 4 8 126 5 1 2 3 17
1998–99 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 74 3 18 21 220 — — — — —
1999–00 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 61 4 13 17 214 10 0 2 2 25
1999–00 Rochester Americans AHL — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0
2000–01 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 57 6 9 15 155 15 0 5 5 24
2001–02 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 71 5 23 28 145 1 0 0 0 2
ECHL totals 434 61 130 191 1,210 46 2 15 15 157
IHL totals 74 3 18 21 220 — — — — —
AHL totals 74 1 4 5 200 1 0 0 0 0

Coaching record

Team Year Regular season Postseason
G W L OTL Pts Finish W L Win% Result
COL 2016–17 82 22 56 4 48 7th in Central — — — Missed playoffs
COL 2017–18 82 43 30 9 95 4th in Central 2 4 .333 Lost in First Round (NSH)
COL 2018–19 82 38 30 14 90 5th in Central 7 5 .583 Lost in Second Round (SJS)
COL 2019–20 70* 42 20 8 92 2nd in Central 9 6 .600 Lost in Second Round (DAL)
COL 2020–21 56 39 13 4 82 1st in West 6 4 .600 Lost in Second Round (VGK)
COL 2021–22 82 56 19 7 119 1st in Central 16 4 .800 Won Stanley Cup (TBL)
Total 454 240 168 46     40 23 .635 5 playoff appearances
1 Stanley Cup title
  • Season shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2019–20 season. Playoffs were played in August 2020 with a different format.

References

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External links

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Preceded by South Carolina Stingrays head coach
2007–2009		 Succeeded by
Cail MacLean
Preceded by Springfield Falcons head coach
2014–15		 Succeeded by
Ron Rolston
Preceded by Lake Erie Monsters head coach
2015–16		 Succeeded by
John Madden
Preceded by Head coach of the Colorado Avalanche
2016–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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