Boston College Men's Hockey Coach Jerry York Wins 900th Game

No. 3 Boston College registered a 4-2 win over No. 9 Merrimack on Friday night at Kelley Rink in a battle of two Hockey East rivals. The bigger story was that BC head coach Jerry York earned the 900th victory of his career with the win, making him just the second college hockey coach ever to attain that milestone.

“It’s an incredible milestone, it’s a lot of wins,” said BC senior captain Tommy Cross at USCHO.com. “The two points in the standings were very important, but also getting coach’s 900th at Kelley Rink at an important time of  the season was special for us, but even more special for him.”

Now in his 40th season of coaching, all in the collegiate ranks, York now sports a record of 900-557-94 (.611) with Clarkson, Bowling Green and Boston College in a career that began back in 1972. A 1967 BC alumnus, he has gone 433-222-60 in 17 seasons and counting at his alma mater, whom he has led to national titles in 2001, 2008 and 2010 since taking over the program in 1994.

He also won an NCAA crown with Bowling Green in 1984, and earned the Lester Patrick Trophy two years ago for service to American hockey.

York is just 24 wins away from tying all-time college coaching wins leader Ron Mason, who amassed a 924-380-83 mark (.696) with Lake Superior State, Bowling Green and Michigan State from 1966 until 2002. He also won an NCAA title with the Spartans in 1986.

York, a native of Watertown, Mass., has also sent numerous players on to the NHL in his coaching tenure. They include Dave Taylor from Clarkson and Rob Blake from Bowling Green, along with current NHLers Brian Boyle (NY Rangers), Scott Clemmensen (Florida), Nathan Gerbe (Buffalo), Brian Gionta (Montreal), Mike Mottau (NY Islanders), Brooks Orpik (Pittsburgh), Marty Reasoner (NY Islanders), Cory Schneider (Vancouver) and Rob Scuderi (Los Angeles) from BC.