Bruce Crowder

Bruce James Crowder (born March 25, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played four seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins from 1981–82 to 1984–85. He is the brother of Keith Crowder and also the brother of Craig Crowder.

Bruce Crowder
Crowder in 2005
Born	(1957-03-25) March 25, 1957 Essex, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shot	Right
Played for	Boston Bruins Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL draft	153rd overall, 1977 Philadelphia Flyers
WHA draft	84th overall, 1977 Calgary Cowboys
Playing career	1979–1985
Coaching career
Biographical details
Alma mater	University of New Hampshire
Playing career
1975–1979	New Hampshire
Position(s)	Right wing
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1990	Maine (Assistant)
1990–1991	Massachusetts–Lowell (Associate)
1991–1996	Massachusetts–Lowell
1996–2005	Northeastern
2006–2007	Portland Pirates
Head coaching record
Overall	223–243–52 (.481)
Tournaments	2–2 (.500)

Playing career

Crowder was drafted 153rd overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1977 NHL amateur draft. He played 243 career NHL games, scoring 47 goals and 51 assists for 98 points. His best offensive season was the 1982–83 season when he garnered career highs in goals with 21, assists with 19, and points with 40.

Coaching career

After leaving the professional game, Crowder spent 14 seasons in the collegiate coaching ranks. Crowder spent the 1987–1988 and 1989–1990 as an assistant at the University of Maine, before joining UMass Lowell. In 1991, he was promoted to the head coach of the River Hawks and posted a record of 11–19–4. In the following four seasons with UMass Lowell Crowder's record was an impressive 88–56–15, and in 1996 he took over the head coaching job at Northeastern where he was 124–168–33 over 9 seasons, finishing last in the conference 4 times. He was released from his coaching responsibilities at Northeastern in the Spring of 2005 and was replaced by Greg Cronin.

Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1975–76	New Hampshire Wildcats	ECAC		31	6	12	18	14		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	New Hampshire Wildcats	ECAC		39	9	9	18	28		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	New Hampshire Wildcats	ECAC		30	10	35	45	58		—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	New Hampshire Wildcats	ECAC		35	22	30	52	34		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Maine Mariners	AHL		49	16	11	27	23		11	3	1	4	13
1980–81	Maine Mariners	AHL		68	25	19	44	94		20	11	6	17	29
1981–82	Boston Bruins	NHL		63	16	11	27	31		11	5	3	8	9
1981–82	Erie Blades	AHL		15	6	6	12	6		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Boston Bruins	NHL		80	21	19	40	58		17	3	1	4	34
1983–84	Boston Bruins	NHL		74	6	14	20	44		3	0	0	0	0
1984–85	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		26	4	7	11	23		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				243	47	51	98	156		31	8	4	12	43

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Massachusetts–Lowell Chiefs (Hockey East) (1991–1994)
1991–92	Massachusetts–Lowell	11–19–4	6–11–4	6th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1992–93	Massachusetts–Lowell	20–17–2	10–13–1	t-4th	Hockey East Consolation Game (win)
1993–94	Massachusetts–Lowell	25–10–5	14–6–4	2nd	NCAA West Regional semifinals
Massachusetts–Lowell:		56–46–11	30–30–9
Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks (Hockey East) (1994–1996)
1994–95	Massachusetts–Lowell	17–19–4	11–12–1–1	5th	Hockey East Consolation Game (loss)
1995–96	Massachusetts–Lowell	26–10–4	16–6–2–1	2nd	NCAA West Regional semifinals
Massachusetts–Lowell:		43–29–8	27–18–3–2
Northeastern Huskies (Hockey East) (1996–2005)
1996–97	Northeastern	12–23–0	7–17–0	9th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1997–98	Northeastern	21–15–3	13–8–3	4th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1998–99	Northeastern	11–20–3	6–16–2	9th
1999–00	Northeastern	12–19–5	8–11–5	t-5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2000–01	Northeastern	13–19–4	7–13–4	7th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2001–02	Northeastern	19–17–3	11–11–2	5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2002–03	Northeastern	10–21–3	5–17–2	t-8th
2003–04	Northeastern	11–16–7	5–13–6	9th
2004–05	Northeastern	15–18–5	10–10–4	6th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
Northeastern:		124–168–33	72–116–28
Total:		223–243–52
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

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database