Paul Pearl

Paul Pearl is an American ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the associate head coach for Boston University, having previously served as head coach for Holy Cross for 19 seasons.[1]

Paul Pearl
Current position
TeamBoston University
Biographical details
BornWinthrop, Massachusetts
Alma materCollege of the Holy Cross
Playing career
1985–1989Holy Cross
Position(s)Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1992Portsmouth Abbey School (director)
1992–1994Connecticut (assistant)
1994–1996Holy Cross
1996–1997Brown (assistant)
1997–2014Holy Cross
2014–2018Harvard (associate)
2018–PresentBoston University (associate)
Head coaching record
Overall297–293–69 (.503)
Tournaments1–2 (.333)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1999 MAAC Tournament Champion
2004 Atlantic Hockey Champion
2004 Atlantic Hockey Tournament Champion
2006 Atlantic Hockey Champion
2006 Atlantic Hockey Tournament Champion
Awards
1998 New England Sports Writers Coach of the Year
1998 ECAC East Div. II Coach of the Year
2002 MAAC Coach of the Year
2004 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year
2011 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year

Career

Pearl began attending Holy Cross in 1985 and played for the Division II program for four years, becoming captain of the team in his senior season.[2] Pearl was also a four year letter winner of the Division I baseball team and captained the team his senior year. After graduating Pearl became director of the ice hockey program at Portsmouth Abbey School for two years before returning to college as an assistant at Connecticut under Bruce Marshall. In 1994 he was named as head coach for his alma mater. He became just the fifth head hockey coach for the Crusaders and would go on to lead his teams to 9 of the 11 most successful seasons in their history.

Holy Cross became a founding member of the MAAC ice hockey conference in 1998 and Pearl helped the team celebrate by winning a then-team record 22 wins capped off by capturing the inaugural conference tournament. Unfortunately the MAAC did not possess an automatic bid for the NCAA tournament and Holy Cross was not invited despite its achievement. As they had done before Holy Cross won the premier conference tournament for the successor Atlantic Hockey conference but this time were invited to the 2004 tournament. While Pearl's team was blanked by North Dakota their second berth two years later provided what is widely considered the biggest upset in college hockey history when the 15th seed Crusaders downed the second ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers 4-3 in overtime.[3]

In addition to hockey, Pearl was also the head coach of the Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team from 1999 to 2001. He coached the first two teams to ever make the post season tournament and was twice named Patriot League coach of the year.

In 2014 Pearl resigned as head coach and took a position as the associate head coach with Harvard.[4]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Holy Cross Crusaders (ECAC East) (1994–1996)
1994–95 Holy Cross 15–10–0
1995–96 Holy Cross 13–11–2
Holy Cross: 28–21–2
Holy Cross Crusaders (ECAC East) (1997–1998)
1997–98 Holy Cross 16–8–2
Holy Cross: 16–8–2
Holy Cross Crusaders (MAAC) (1998–2003)
1998–99 Holy Cross 22–9–419–6–32ndMAAC Champion
1999–00 Holy Cross 8–24–38–16–37thMAAC Quarterfinals
2000–01 Holy Cross 8–22–28–16–210th
2001–02 Holy Cross 17–12–514–7–5t-3rdMAAC Quarterfinals
2002–03 Holy Cross 17–18–114–11–1t-3rdMAAC Semifinals
Holy Cross: 72–85–1563–56–14
Holy Cross Crusaders (Atlantic Hockey) (2003–2014)
2003–04 Holy Cross 22–10–417–4–31stNCAA West Regional Semifinals
2004–05 Holy Cross 16–14–612–7–54thAtlantic Hockey Semifinals
2005–06 Holy Cross 27–10–219–7–21stNCAA West Regional Final
2006–07 Holy Cross 10–20–59–14–56thAtlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2007–08 Holy Cross 10–19–79–15–49thAtlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2008–09 Holy Cross 13–20–510–15–37thAtlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2009–10 Holy Cross 12–19–610–13–57thAtlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2010–11 Holy Cross 17–16–514–8–53rdAtlantic Hockey Semifinals
2011–12 Holy Cross 20–15–415–8–4t-3rdAtlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2012–13 Holy Cross 20–14–315–9–33rdAtlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2013–14 Holy Cross 14–22–311–13–3t-7thAtlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
Holy Cross: 181–179–50141–113–42
Total:297–293–69

      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. "Holy Cross Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  2. "Paul Pearl". Go Holy Cross. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  3. "Remembering the Holy Cross Upset 10 Years Later". SB Nation. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  4. "Holy Cross confirms Pearl's departure; AD says he's 'saddened to see Coach Pearl go'". USCHO.com. 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Rick Gotkin		 MAAC Coach of the Year
2001–02		 Succeeded by
Ryan Soderquist
Preceded by
Inaugural
C. J. Marottolo		 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year
2003–04
2010–11		 Succeeded by
Rand Pecknold
Ryan Soderquist
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