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Bob Deraney enters his 11th season as head coach of the women's ice hockey program at Providence College. In his 10 seasons at Providence, Deraney has continued the level of excellence that the hockey program has come to expect over the last 35 seasons. In 2008-09, Deraney led PC to a 17-16-3 record, besting the 16 win total of the previous two seasons. The Friars reached the Hockey East Tournament for the seventh-consecutive season and defeated Connecticut, 3-0, at Schneider Arena in the first-ever Hockey East quarterfinal game. PC traveled to Durham, N.H. but fell to eventual champion UNH, 3-1, in the semifinals. Providence joined New Hampshire as the only two programs to reach the postseason in all seven years of Hockey East play. After the 17 wins in 2008-09, Deraney finds himself just 10 wins shy of joining former coach John Marchetti as the only coaches to reach 200 wins on the Friar bench. The Friar program will look to celebrate its 600th victory as it stands at 593 coming into the season. The Friars finished the `07-08' season with a 16-16-4 record and advanced to post-season play for the 25th straight season. Deraney helped the Friars upset No. 10 Connecticut on their way to making their fifth Hockey East title game appearance in the last six seasons. In 2004-05, Deraney led the Friars to their 10th tournament title and their fourth in a row, including the ECAC Eastern title in 2002. En route to capturing the 2005 Hockey East Tournament crown, the Friars defeated Boston College and ninth-ranked Connecticut. The Friars earned an automatic bid and made their first NCAA appearance against No. 1 Minnesota. The Friars also posted their 14th 20-win season, the fifth in Deraney's seven-year tenure. The Friars finished with a 21-11-5 record. During the 2003-04 season, Deraney led the Friars to their 500th victory after defeating Boston College, 5-2, on February 22, 2004. The Friars defeated UNH, 3-0, earning their third straight Hockey East Championships as well as an ECAC Championship. The 2002-03 season saw the Friars finish with the best record in the program's history, 24-6-6, and as the Inaugural Hockey East Regular Season and Tournament Champions. In 2001-02, Deraney led the Friars to their seventh ECAC Tournament title and their first since 1995. The Friars defeated second-ranked Niagara and fifth-ranked Northeastern to capture the 2002 ECAC Eastern League crown. Providence also posted their 11th 20-win season, the second in Deraney's three-year tenure. The Friars finished 20-13-4. In his first season, 1999-2000, Deraney led the Friars to their 10th 20-win season with a 20-10-3 mark. Deraney's first season saw many high points, including an eight-game unbeaten streak, a road victory over No. 1 ranked Harvard and a shutout win over eventual National Champion, the University of Minnesota. The Friars reached the ECAC playoffs for the 17th consecutive year. The squad traveled to Dartmouth for the ECAC quarterfinals, and after 85 minutes of scoreless play, the Friars' season came to an end, as they fell to the Big Green, 1-0 in double overtime. Deraney, who graduated from Boston University in 1987, has extensive experience in college hockey. As a goaltender he had an opportuity to play for some of head coach Jack Parker's greatest teams at Boston University. In 1984-85, Deraney was named Most Improved Player on the Terrier squad. Duing that season, he helped the team to a 24-14-4 record and a second-place finish in Hockey East. The following year, 1985-86, was the most successful during his time at BU. The Terriers captured the Beanpot and Hockey East titles with a 25-14-4 record, as they earned a spot in the NCAA, making it to the fourth round. In 1989, Deraney served as an assistant/goalie coach at Northeastern University. After one season at Northeastern, Deraney joined the staff at Dartmouth College. He spent three seasons at Dartmouth as the recruiting coordinator and working with the team's forwards, defensemen and goaltenders. During that period, the program experienced a significant turnaround, going from the 45th-ranked team in the country in 1990 to No. 29 in 1993. During his first season at Dartmouth, Deraney was an assistant under Ben Smith, the former head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team. He went on to become the top assistant coach at UMass-Amherst from 1993-98. His responsibilities at UMass included working with the defense and goaltenders, recruiting and acting as the program's university liaison. Deraney was instrumental in helping rebuild the hockey program at UMass which was re-instituted in 1993. In addition to his coaching duties at the collegiate level, Deraney has coached at various levels with USA Hockey. In 2008, he was on the coaching staff for the U-18 Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the inaugural IIHF World Women's U-18 Championships. He joined with sophomores, Ashley Cottrell and Kate Bacon to defeat Canda, 5-2. Deraney helped select the 1998 Men's USA Select Team, which competed at the IIHF A Pool World Championship Qualification Tournament in Austria. Deraney also worked closely with the 1996 Men's U.S. World Junior National Team and has been involved with all levels of national player development since 1989 for both men and women. Deraney, a native of West Roxbury, Mass., resides in Shrewsbury with his wife, Michelle, and their two daughters, Danielle and Alexa. |
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