Len Quesnelle

Len Quesnelle
Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Boston University
Conference	Hockey East
Biographical details
Born	May 24, 1966 (age 58); Bramalea, Chinguacousy Township, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	Princeton University
Playing career
1984–1988	Princeton
Position(s)	Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–2000	Princeton (assistant)
2000–2004	Princeton
2004–2013	Massachusetts (assistant)
2013–2017	Detroit Red Wings (Scout)
2017- present	Boston University (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	29–84–11 (.278)

Leonard 'Lenny' Quesnelle is a Canadian ice hockey former player and head coach who is most well known for his long tenure with the men's program at Princeton.^[1]

Career

Quesnelle started his college career with Princeton in 1984, playing for the ice hockey team for four seasons. After graduating in 1988 he stayed on as an assistant with the program and served in that capacity for the next twelve years. When Don Cahoon left to take the position at Massachusetts in 2000 Quesnelle was selected as his successor.^[2]

In his first two seasons leading the program Quesnelle's Tigers finished with subpar records but no worse than Princeton faithful were used to seeing. Beginning in his third campaign the team took a downturn, finishing dead-last in the conference with a 3-win season. The following year started off much better but the team went winless after December 16 and finished in last place for a second year in a row. Shortly after the season ended Quesnelle was fired, ending his 20-year career at Princeton.

Quesnelle joined his former boss as an assistant at Massachusetts the following season and worked for the Minutemen for nine years. After Cahoon retired in 2012 Quesnelle was still under contract for a year so he stayed on under the new regime before leaving in 2013.^[3]

After leaving UMass Quesnelle was hired by the Detroit Red Wings as an amateur scout for the New England area.^[4]

Personal

As of 2017, Quesnelle resided in Sunderland, Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.

College Head Coaching record^[5]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Princeton Tigers (ECAC Hockey) (2000–2004)
2000–01	Princeton	10–16–5	9–9–4	7th	ECAC Hockey First Round
2001–02	Princeton	11–18–2	10–10–2	t-6th	ECAC Hockey First Round
2002–03	Princeton	3–26–2	2–18–2	12th	ECAC Hockey First Round
2003–04	Princeton	5–24–2	5–15–2	12th	ECAC Hockey First Round
Princeton:		29–84–11	26–52–10
Total:		29–84–11
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

References

^ "Quesnelle Fired By Princeton". USCHO.com. 2004-03-08. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
^ "PRINCETON NAMES LEN QUESNELLE HEAD COACH OF HOCKEY". USCHO.com. 2000-05-30. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
^ "Assistant Coach Len Quesnelle leaves UMass". SB Nation. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
^ "Len Quesnelle". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
^ "Men's Hockey Year-by-Year". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from

[1] "Quesnelle Fired By Princeton". USCHO.com. 2004-03-08. Retrieved 2017-07-11.

[2] "PRINCETON NAMES LEN QUESNELLE HEAD COACH OF HOCKEY". USCHO.com. 2000-05-30. Retrieved 2017-07-11.

[3] "Assistant Coach Len Quesnelle leaves UMass". SB Nation. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2017-07-11.

[4] "Len Quesnelle". Detroit Red Wings. Retrieved 2017-07-11.

[media-5] "Men's Hockey Year-by-Year". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

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v t e Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Lake Carnegie (1907–1923) Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (1923–present)
Head coaches	Russell O. Ellis (1920–1921) Moylan McDonnell (1921–1922) Chippy Gaw (1922–1924) Beattie Ramsay (1924–1927) Lloyd Neidlinger (1927–1933) Frank Fredrickson (1933–1935) Richard Vaughan (1935–1943, 1946–1959) R. Norman Wood (1959–1965) Johnny Wilson (1965–1967) Bill Quackenbush (1967–1973) Jack Semler (1973–1977) Jim Higgins (1977–1991) Don Cahoon (1991–2000) Len Quesnelle (2000–2004) Guy Gadowsky (2004–2011) Bob Prier (2011–2014) Ron Fogarty (2014–2024) Ben Syer (2024–Present)
Seasons	1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1899–1913) Intercollegiate Hockey League (1912–1917) Triangular Hockey League (1919–1926) Pentagonal League (1933–1943, 1946–1955) ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders John Messuri (178 Points) Ryan Kuffner (75 Goals) Zane Kalemba (57 Wins)
NCAA Tournament appearances	1998 2008 2009 2018
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC: 1998 2008 2018
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