David Berard (born October 17, 1970) is the current head coach for the Stonehill Skyhawks men's ice hockey team.

Career

Berard started his college career as a goaltender for

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. He spent four years as a

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for the Friars, playing in only 5 games before graduating with a degree in

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. He remained at the college level by taking an assistant coaching position with Colby, staying with the program for two years before returning to his

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. Berard was an assistant for the Friars for two more seasons and accepted a similar post from Lake Superior State starting in 1996. Two years later he was back in

for a third time but decided to remain with the Friars for an extended period. From 1998 through 2011 he was an assistant coach under Paul Pooley and

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, but he also served as the teams recruiting coordinator for seven seasons, was promoted to an associate coach from 2003 through 2005 and was USA Hockey's director of player development for the

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region from 2003 to 2008. When Tim Army was replaced by Nate Leaman in 2011, Berard was replaced and he became an assistant with

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. In just over a year, he suddenly found himself as the interim head coach for the Huskies when

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took a medical leave of absence. Berard remained behind the bench for Connecticut for the remainder of the season, compiling a record of 19–10–3 and getting the Huskies into a 3rd place finish in the conference. His efforts were not enough, however, and Connecticut opted to name Mike Cavanaugh as the bench boss for the next season. Berard found himself back with the Friars yet again the next season as the Director of Hockey Operations but after only one year at that post he left to receive his first full-time head coaching post with Holy Cross. In his short time with the Crusaders Berard has seen a moderate amount of success, recording three consecutive double-digit win seasons but only one of them was above .500.

Personal life

Berard's son Brett Berard is an ice hockey forward for the

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of the AHL as a prospect of the for the

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. He previously played for the

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team. Brett was drafted by the Rangers in the 5th round (134th overall) of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Brett won a gold medal with the

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at the

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. Berard's youngest son, Brady, is a forward for

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Head coaching record

† Berard assumed head coaching duties on November 6, 2012

References

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