Bruce Delventhal

Bruce Delventhal
	Delventhal is carried by RIT players after they won the national championship in 1985.
Biographical details
Born	Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Hamilton College
Playing career
1965–1968	Hamilton
Position	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1983	Princeton (asst.)
1984–1988	RIT
1988–1996	Union
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2005–2016	Plattsburgh State
Head coaching record
Overall	176–150–23 (.537)
Tournaments	7–3 (.700)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1985 ECAC West Champion; 1985 NCAA National Champion (D-III); 1986 ECAC West Champion; 1986 ECAC West Tournament Champion
Awards
	1994 ECAC Coach of the Year ; 2015 John "Snooks" Kelly Founders Award

Last updated October 29, 2025

Bruce Delventhal is an American retired ice hockey player, coach and administrator who led two ice hockey programs before becoming the athletic director for Plattsburgh State.^[1]

Career

Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Delventhal is a graduate of Hamilton College.^[2] earned a Masters from Princeton Seminary and became an assistant coach for the Tigers ice hockey team.^[3] In 1984 Delventhal became the head coach for RIT and led the team to its first Division III national title the same year. After finishing third in the national with a school record 31 wins the following year the Tigers declined to middling records over the proceeding two years before Delventhal left to take over at Union.

In his first three seasons with the Skating Dutchmen Delventhal got the team to produce records well above .600 and reached the NCAA tournament in 1989.^[4] In 1991 Union was accepted into ECAC Hockey and promoted their ice hockey team to Division I. As a result of playing much more talented teams the Dutchmen's record dropped to 3–21–2 in 1991–92 but by their third season in the top echelon Union produced a winning record and Delventhal was named the ECAC Coach of the Year for his efforts. The Dutchmen declined to sub-.500 records for the next two years and Delventhal left the program in 1996.

With his coaching career over Delventhal spent eight years as the North American sales manager for fishing companies Yo-Zuri and Seaguar. In 2005 he was named as the athletic director for Plattsburgh State and remained with the school until his retirement in 2016. During his time as AD he was responsible for the $2.1 million of the Stafford Ice Arena and founding the Friends of Plattsburgh State Athletics, a fundraiser for the department. At the time of his retirement Delventhal had been the Secretary/Treasurer for the AHCA since 1988 and a board member of Hockey Coaches Care, an NCO.^[1]

College head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
RIT Tigers (ECAC 2)(1984–1985)
1984–85	RIT	26–6–1	20–2–0	1st	NCAA National Champion
RIT Tigers(ECAC West)(1985–1988)
1985–86	RIT	31–6–0	22–3–0	1st	NCAA Consolation Game (Win)
1986–87	RIT	16–12–0	10–3–0		ECAC West Quarterfinals
1987–88	RIT	14–15–1	8–6–1		ECAC West Semifinals
RIT:		87–39–2	60–14–1
Union Skating Dutchmen (ECAC West)(1988–1991)
1988–89	Union	19–8–2	16–6–1	4th	NCAA Quarterfinals
1989–90	Union	16–8–3	14–5–3	5th	ECAC West Quarterfinals
1990–91	Union	17–6–3	16–4–3	4th	ECAC West Quarterfinals
Union:		52–22–8	46–15–7
Union Skating Dutchmen(ECAC Hockey)(1991–1996)
1991–92	Union	3–21–1	2–19–1	12th
1992–93	Union	3–22–0	3–19–0	12th
1993–94	Union	15–11–4	10–9–3	6th	ECAC Quarterfinals
1994–95	Union	9–16–4	6–12–4	T–10th	ECAC Preliminary
1995–96	Union	7–19–4	4–15–3	11th
Union:		37–89–13	25–74–11
Total:		176–150–23
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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† Lowell was a provisional member of ECAC Hockey and only played a non-conference schedule.

References

1 2 "Director of Athletics Bruce Delventhal to Retire in January 2016". Plattsburgh State Cardinals. July 29, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
↑ Bruce Delventhal, HockeyDB.com. Accessed October 11, 2018. "Born -- Englewood, NJ"
↑ "Bruce Delventhal - Staff Directory - Plattsburgh State". Plattsburgh State Cardinals. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
↑ "Union Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
↑ "RIT Hockey 2010-11 Media Guide" (PDF). RIT Tigers. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
↑ "Union Hockey 2017-18 Media Guide" (PDF). Union Dutchmen. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Roger Demment	ECAC Coach of the Year 1993–94	Succeeded by Bob Gaudet

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[retire-1] 1 2 "Director of Athletics Bruce Delventhal to Retire in January 2016". Plattsburgh State Cardinals. July 29, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[2] Bruce Delventhal, HockeyDB.com. Accessed October 11, 2018. "Born -- Englewood, NJ"

[3] "Bruce Delventhal - Staff Directory - Plattsburgh State". Plattsburgh State Cardinals. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[4] "Union Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[5] "RIT Hockey 2010-11 Media Guide" (PDF). RIT Tigers. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

[6] "Union Hockey 2017-18 Media Guide" (PDF). Union Dutchmen. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

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v t e RIT Tigers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Ritter-Clark Rink (1962–1968) Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena (1968–2014) Gene Polisseni Center (2014–present)
Head coaches	James E. Musker (1961–1962) Jim Heffer (1962–1968) Daryl Sullivan (1968–1980) Brian Mason (1980–1984) Bruce Delventhal (1984–1988) Buddy Powers (1988–1989) Eric Hoffberg (1989–1999) Wayne Wilson (1999–2025) Matt Thomas (2025–present)
Seasons	1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Conference affiliations	ECAC 3 (1972–1980) ECAC 2 (1980–1984) NYCHA (1981–1986) ECAC West (1984–2005) Atlantic Hockey Association (2006–2024) Atlantic Hockey America (2024–present)
Rivalries	Air Force Falcons Canisius Golden Griffins Niagara Purple Eagles
All-time leaders	Chris Johnstone (250 Points) (D-III) Chris Johnstone (114 Goals) (D-III) Jamie Morris (87 Wins) (D-III)
National championships	1983 (DII) 1985 (DIII)
Frozen Four appearances	1983 1984 1985 1986 1989 1996 1999 2001 2010
NCAA Tournament appearances	1983 1985 1986 1989 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2010 2015 2016 2024
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC 2: 1984 ECAC West: 1986 1989 1994 1996 1999 2000 2001 2002 Atlantic Hockey: 2010 2015 2016 2024
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY

v t e Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey
Formerly the Union Skating Dutchmen and Union Dutchmen
Playing venues	Achilles Rink (1975–2025) Mohawk Harbor Event Center (2025–future)
Head coaches	Ambrose Clark (1919–1920, 1921–1922, 1923–1924) Elmer Oliphant (1922–1923) Henry Gardner (1924–1925) Harold A. Larrabee (1925–1930) William Harkness (1930–1933) Henry L. Achilles (1933–1935) Arthur C. Lawrence (1935–1936, 1939–1942, 1947–1949) Duke Nelson (1936–1939) 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 (2011–2022) John Ronan (2022) Josh Hauge (2022–present)
Seasons	1903–04 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1919–20 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1947–48 1948–49 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Conference affiliations	ECAC 2 (1975–1984) ECAC West (1984–1991) ECAC Hockey (1991–present)
Rivalries	RPI Engineers
All-time leaders	Mike Vecchione (176 Points) Gil Egan (83 Goals) Colin Stevens (53 Wins)
National championships	2014
Frozen Four appearances	1984 1985 2012 2014
NCAA Tournament appearances	1984 1985 1986 1989 2011 2012 2013 2014 2017
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC West: 1985 ECAC: 2012 2013 2014
Union College Schenectady, NY

Bruce Delventhal

Contents

Career

College head coaching record

References

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