Brad Buetow

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Brad Buetow
Biographical details
Born (1950-10-28) October 28, 1950 (age 73)
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Playing career
1970–1973 Minnesota
1973–1974 Cleveland Crusaders
1973–1974 Jacksonville Barons
Position(s) Left wing
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1974–1979 Minnesota (assistant)
1979–1985Minnesota
1985–1988 U.S. International
1988–1992 Colorado College
1995–1996 Quad City Mallards
1996–1997 Waco Wizards
Head coaching record
Overall299-236-19
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1976 NCAA National Champion (assistant)
1979 NCAA national champion (assistant)
1980 WCHA tournament champion
1981 WCHA regular season champion
1981 WCHA tournament champion
1983 WCHA tournament champion
1986 Great West regular season champion
Awards
1980 WCHA Coach of the Year
1992 WCHA Coach of the Year

Bradly Buetow (born October 28, 1950) is a retired ice hockey player and coach. In college, he played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He played 25 regular season games in the World Hockey Association for the Cleveland Crusaders and 37 games for the Jacksonville Barons of the American Hockey League in 1973–74. Following his playing career, Buetow was head coach at Minnesota, [1] US International University, Colorado College, the Quad City Mallards, and the Waco Wizards.

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Career

Brad Buetow began attending the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1969 and started playing under head coach Glen Sonmor the following year. Buetow's playing career coincided with an unstable period in the program's history as Sonmor left in the middle of Buetow's Junior year and was replaced by Ken Yackel who lasted only the remainder of the season in his position before being succeeded by Herb Brooks. [2] Buetow tried to put the upheaval of his time at Minnesota behind him with a professional career when he signed on to play for the Cleveland Crusaders of the WHA, but he went scoreless in 25 games before finishing out the season with the AHL's Jacksonville Barons and hung up his skates when the season finished. [3]

The next season Buetow returned to the Twin Cities to serve as an assistant under Herb Brooks [4] who had taken the Golden Gophers to the first National title the year before. [5] Under Brooks Buetow was part of two more national champion teams. When Brooks accepted the position of head coach/GM for Team USA at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Buetow stepped in as interim coach for the 1979–80 season. When his old boss opted not to return, Minnesota removed the interim tag from his title. Buetow was incredibly successful in Minnesota, providing three 30-win seasons and four NCAA tournament berths in six seasons, including two WCHA regular-season titles, two WCHA tournament titles and two Final Fours. His best team was the 1980-81 unit, which swept the WCHA regular season and tournament titles and advanced all the way to the 1981 national title game. However, Gopher fans had gotten used to winning national titles, and when Buetow was unable to deliver one, he was fired by his alma mater after the 1984–85 season. [6] [7]

Buetow moved west to take over at U.S. International which was set to begin play in the newly formed Great West Hockey Conference the next season. [8] The Gulls won the first conference title, going 9–3 against the competition, but immediately the conference was in trouble when Northern Arizona dropped their program at the end of the year. [9] U.S. International managed to hold on for the next two seasons but after 1987–88 both the conference and the school's Division I hockey program ceased to exist and Buetow was out of a job. [10]

Fortunately a position at Colorado College opened up and Buetow stepped in to take over for Mike Bertsch. As with many coaches in CC's recent past Buetow had a difficult time getting the team to win games but managed to get the team its first non-losing season in over a decade in 1991–92 and received the WCHA Coach of the Year for his efforts. Unfortunately, he was forced to resign after the following season when an NCAA investigation revealed that Buetow had committed recruiting violations. [11] While Buetow would continue to coach he would never again have a chance at an NCAA school. [12]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1970–71 Minnesota NCAA 70000—————
1971–72 MinnesotaNCAA1810114—————
1972–73 MinnesotaNCAA2823512—————
1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 250004—————
1973–74 Jacksonville Barons AHL 379101969—————
WHA totals250004—————

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Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Minnesota Golden Gophers (WCHA)(1979–1985)
1979-80 Minnesota 26-15-018-14-02nd NCAA Quarterfinal
1980-81 Minnesota 33-12-020-8-01st NCAA runner-up
1981-82 Minnesota 22-12-213-11-23rd WCHA Semifinals
1982-83 Minnesota 32-12-118-7-11st NCAA consolation game (loss)
1983-84 Minnesota 27-11-216-9-13rd WCHA Semifinals
1984-85 Minnesota 31-13-321-10-32nd NCAA Quarterfinals
Minnesota:171-75-8106-59-7
US International Gulls (Great West)(1985–1988)
1985-86 US International 20-13-09-3-01st
1986-87 US International 17-17-17-8-12nd
1987-88 US International 23-13-04-4-02nd
US International:60-43-020-15-0
Colorado College Tigers (WCHA)(1988–1993)
1988-89 Colorado College 11-26-39-23-38th WCHA first round
1989-90 Colorado College 18-20-210-17-17th WCHA first round
1990-91 Colorado College 13-26-19-22-18th WCHA first round
1991-92 Colorado College 18-18-514-14-44th WCHA third-place game (loss)
1992-93 Colorado College 8-28-06-26-09th WCHA first round
Colorado College:68-118-1148-102-9
Total:299-236-19

      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

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by WCHA Coach of the Year
1979–80
1991–92 		Succeeded by
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