Ryan Soderquist

Ryan Soderquist is an American ice hockey coach. He has coached at Bentley University since 2001 and is the program's longest tenured head coach.[1]

Ryan Soderquist

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Bentley
Conference	Atlantic Hockey
Biographical details
Born	December 30, 1976 Stoneham, MA, USA
Playing career
1995–1996	Winchendon Prep
1996–2000	Bentley
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2002	Bentley (assistant)
2002–Present	Bentley
Head coaching record
Overall	247–325–81 (.440)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2009 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year 2012 Atlantic Hockey Coach of the Year

Career

Soderquist arrived at Bentley in the fall of 1996 and got off to a fast start, leading the team in scoring as a freshman. His sophomore season was even more impressive as he set team records for both goals (33) and points (59) in one season that still stand (as of 2014). in 1998–99 Bentley began to make a move to become a Division I program, playing a stronger collection of opponents over the course of the season, and it was reflected in Soderquist's decrease in scoring, posting less than half of the previous year's totals, but when the Falcons became an official member of the MAAC the following year he rebounded, netting 48 points and finishing his career as the all-time leader in goals (84) and points (173).[2]

After graduating in 2000 Soderquist spent a year away from his alma mater before returning as an assistant coach in 2001–02.[1] With the team struggling for wins at the D-I level, Jim McAdam stepped down in favor of Soderquist, allowing the 25-year-old to become one of the youngest head coaches in NCAA history. The team responded by winning 15 games in his first season, more than three times the number they had won the year prior. Over 12 year as head coach Soderquist has slowly been building Bentley into a good team, pushing the team to three .500 seasons[3] and received two Coach of the Year awards for his efforts.[4]

Career statistics

Source[5]

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996–97	Bentley	ECAC North/South/Central		26	17	24	41	16		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Bentley	ECAC North/South/Central		25	33	26	59	16		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Bentley	NCAA		20	15	10	25	36		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Bentley	MAAC		28	19	29	48	31		—	—	—	—	—
NCAA totals				99	84	89	173	99		—	—	—	—	—

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Bentley Falcons (MAAC) (2002–03)
2002–03	Bentley	15–19–0	13–13–0	5th	MAAC Semifinals
Bentley:		15–19–0	13–13–0
Bentley Falcons (Atlantic Hockey) (2003–present)
2003–04	Bentley	9–19–4	7–13–4	7th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2004–05	Bentley	8–20–6	6–13–5	7th	Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
2005–06	Bentley	15–17–5	11–12–5	4th	Atlantic Hockey Runner-Up
2006–07	Bentley	12–22–1	11–7–0	t-7th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2007–08	Bentley	9–21–6	9–13–6	8th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2008–09	Bentley	19–17–2	15–11–2	4th	Atlantic Hockey Semifinals
2009–10	Bentley	12–19–4	10–15–3	8th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2010–11	Bentley	10–18–6	9–13–5	10th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2011–12	Bentley	16–16–8	13–7–7	6th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2012–13	Bentley	12–20–3	10–14–3	10th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2013–14	Bentley	19–14–4	16–7–4	2nd	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2014–15	Bentley	17–15–5	14–9–5	t-3rd	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2015–16	Bentley	14–20–6	9–13–6	8th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2016–17	Bentley	13–19–7	10–12–6	t-6th	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2017–18	Bentley	13–18–6	9–14–5	t-9th	Atlantic Hockey First Round
2018–19	Bentley	17–15–5	15–9–4	2nd	Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals
2019–20	Bentley	17–16–3	13–13–2–0	T–6th	Tournament Cancelled
Bentley:		232–306–81	187–195–72
Total:		247–325–81
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

Source[2]

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-MAAC First Team	1999–00	[6]

References

1. "Ryan Soderquist". Bentley Falcons. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
2. "Program History" (PDF). Bentley Falcons. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
3. "Bentley Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
4. "Atlantic Hockey Awards". College Hockey Historical Archive. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
5. "Ryan Soderquist". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
6. "MAAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 18, 2013.

External links

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