Andrew Lord (born February 22, 1985) is a

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former professional

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player and current head coach for the

Halifax Mooseheads The Halifax Mooseheads are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The team was founded in 1994 and began play in the Dilio Division of the QMJHL for the 1994–95 ...

of the

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(QMJHL).

Early life and education

Lord was born in

West Vancouver West Vancouver is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District, West Vancouver is situated on the north shore of Burrard Inlet to the northwest of the city ...

. He attended the

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (; RPI) is a private university, private research university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and the Western Hemisphere. It was establishe ...

(RPI) in

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, from 2004 to 2008, where he played collegiately for the

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and earned a bachelor's degree in business management.

Professional career

Lord launched his professional career in the

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, where he spent two and a half years with the

Wheeling Nailers The Wheeling Nailers are a professional ECHL ice hockey team based in Wheeling, West Virginia. They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey Lea ...

, before moving to the

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(AHL), signing with the

Oklahoma City Barons The Oklahoma City Barons were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). The team's first season was 2010–11 AHL season, 2010–11. They played their home games at the Cox Convention Center, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...

in late December 2010. He had to sit out the 2011-12 season with an injury. In 2012, Lord headed overseas to

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and signed a deal with

SC Riessersee SC Riessersee is a professional ice hockey team based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Oberbayern, Germany. They currently play in the Oberliga (ice hockey), Oberliga, the third level of ice hockey in Germany. Prior to the 2013–14 season, they played ...

of 2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga. After spending one year in Germany, he signed with the

Cardiff Devils The Cardiff Devils () are a Welsh professional ice hockey team who play in the UK-based Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). The team plays at Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff Bay, currently known as ''Vindico Arena'' for sponsorship reasons. Cardiff' ...

of the

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(EIHL) for the 2013–14 season. Showing his scoring ability, he tallied 23 goals and 36 assists in 60 games during his first year there. Prior to his second year with the Devils ( 2014–15), he accepted the position as player/coach and kept his scoring hot, chipping in with 23 goals and 38 assists in 62 contests, guiding his team to the EIHL

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title and a third-place finish in the EIHL, while receiving All-EIHL Coach of the Year honors.

Coaching career

Lord retired from playing in 2018, reverting to the sole title of head coach for the

. On 19 June 2020, the team announced that Lord would be leaving after seven years, six as coach, in order to pursue another coaching opportunity in North America. Later that same day, Lord was announced as the new head coach of the

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. In 2021, he was likewise given the title of general manager with the team. Lord was awarded the

John Brophy Award The John Brophy Award goes to the ECHL coach judged to have contributed the most to his team's success as voted by the coaches of each of the ECHL teams. The John Brophy Award has been awarded since 1988-89 ECHL season, 1989. The award is named aft ...

as ECHL Coach of the Year in 2024. On 14 June 2024, Lord was announced as the 14th head coach of the

in franchise history.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links

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