Mike McShane, Norwich’s Men’s Hockey Head Coach, has been named coach of the year by the NCAA. Photo by Bill Langley, The Northfield News Mike McShane, who led Norwich University to a 26-1-4 record and the school’s third NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey National Championship, has been named the 42nd recipient of the Edward Jeremiah Award, given annually to the Men’s Division III Ice Hockey Coach of the Year.

For McShane, the recognition marks the fourth time he has been so honored, tying Middlebury’s Bill Beaney for the most such awards.

Norwich Hockey celebrated its 100th season in 2009-10 and it couldn’t have had a better ending. In defeating St. Norbert College, 2-1 in double overtime, the Cadets scored the winning goal in the 100th minute of the game in their 100th season.

This past season, McShane guided the Cadets to their eighth Final Four appearance in 15 years behind the NU bench. He led a young team that won just 13 games last year to the national title, the ECAC East regular season title and the ECAC East tournament title.

McShane, who was selected as the ECAC East “Coach of the Year” for the third season in a row, completed his 10th 20-win season since arriving at Norwich. His career record at Norwich is 319-90-21 and his overall record, including stints at Providence College and St. Lawrence University, is 563- 308-58.

McShane, a native of Wakefield, Mass., played college hockey at the University of New Hampshire for Charlie Holt, graduating in 1971 as the third leading scorer in Wildcat history. Before becoming a head coach in the college ranks, he was a prep school coach at the New Hampton School (N.H.) and also served as an assistant coach at Dartmouth College.

This season, McShane was assisted by Steve Mattson and Cory Gustafson.

The Edward Jeremiah Award is named in honor of the great Dartmouth College head coach and was first presented in 1970. The runners-up for this year’s Edward Jeremiah Award were Ed Gosek of SUNY Oswego and Tim Coghlin of St. Norbert College. Both are past winners of the award.

The Coach of the Year Awards are chosen by members of the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). Winners will receive their awards at the annual AHCA Celebration of Men’s Ice Hockey Banquet, held in conjunction with the AHCA Convention in Naples, Fla. This year’s banquet is scheduled for Saturday, May 1.

Past Winners of the Edward Jeremiah Award:

1970 Sid Watson, Bowdoin 1971 Sid Watson, Bowdoin

1972 Jack Canniff, UMass- Amherst

1973 Jim Cross, Vermont

1974 Barry Urbanski, Boston State

1975 Wendall Forbes, Middlebury

1976 Don Roberts, Gustavus Adolphus

1977 Bill Riley, Jr., UMass- Lowell

1978 Sid Watson, Bowdoin

1979 Don Brose, Mankato State

1980 Steve Stirling, Babson

1981 Herb Hammond, Plattsburgh

1982 Steve Stirling, Babson 1983 Mike Gibbons, Bemidji Peter Van Buskirk, Holy Cross 1984 Bob Peters, Bemidji 1985 Rob Riley, Babson 1986 Terry Meagher, Bowdoin

1987 Tony Mariano, Norwich 1988 Glenn Thomaris, Elmira 1989 Terry Meagher, Bowdoin 1990 Bill Beaney, Middlebury 1991 Glenn Thomaris, Elmira 1992 Bruce Marshall, Connecticut

1993 Joe Baldarotta, Wisconsin Stevens Point

1994 Jeff Meredith, Fredonia

1995 Bill Beaney, Middlebury

1996 Dean Talafous, Wisconsin River Falls

1997 Mike McShane, Norwich

1998 Mike Schwartz, Augsburg

1999 Mike McShane, Norwich

2000 Mike McShane, Norwich

2001 Wayne Wilson, RIT

2002 Dan Stauber, Wisconsin- Superior

2003 George Roll, Oswego

2004 Bill Beaney, Middlebury

2005 Terry Skrypek, St. Thomas

2006 Bill Beaney, Middlebury

2007 Ed Gosek, Oswego

2008 Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert College

2009 Dominick Dawes, Neumann

2010 Mike McShane, Norwich