Guy Gadowsky

Guy Gadowsky (born August 10, 1967) is an Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. Gadowsky is currently the head coach of the Penn State University men's ice hockey team. Gadowsky played collegiate hockey at Colorado College and played professional hockey for the San Diego Gulls, Richmond Renegades, St. John's Maple Leafs and Prince Edward Island Senators, and Fresno Falcons. He also represented Canada on the 1993–94 Canada men's national ice hockey team, recording three goals and three assists in six games. Gadowsky also spent one season with the San Jose Rhinos professional roller hockey team in 1994. 
Following his retirement as a player in 1996, Gadowski spent three seasons as the head coach of the Fresno Falcons of the West Coast Hockey League, leading the team to three straight Taylor Cup playoff appearances. In 1999 he became the head coach of Alaska-Fairbanks and coached the team for five seasons. In 2004 Gadowsky was hired as the head coach at Princeton University. During his tenure at Princeton he led the Tigers to the 2008 ECAC Hockey Championship and to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2008 and 2009. On April 25, 2011 he became the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey team, becoming the programs first varsity head coach during the team's transition from ACHA DI varsity-club level to NCAA Division I.
== Coaching record ==
Team 	Year 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season 	Post Season
Team 	Year 	G 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	Pts 	Finish 	Result
Fresno Falcons 	1996–97	64 	38 	20 	0 	6 	82 	3rd in WCHL 	Lost in 1st round
Fresno Fighting Falcons	1997–98	64 	33 	29 	0 	2 	68 	3rd in WCHL Southern Div.	Lost in 1st round
Fresno Falcons 	1998–99	70 	35 	31 	0 	4 	74 	2nd in WCHL Southern Div.	Lost in 2nd round
Alaska-Fairbanks 	1999-00	34 	6 	25 	3 	- 	- 	12 <SUP>th</SUP> in CCHA 	Did not Qualify
Alaska-Fairbanks 	2000–01	36 	8 	19 	8 	- 	- 	9th in CCHA 	Did not Qualify
Alaska-Fairbanks 	2001–02	37 	22 	12 	3 	- 	- 	4th in CCHA 	Did not Qualify
Alaska-Fairbanks 	2002–03	36 	15 	14 	7 	- 	- 	8th in CCHA 	Did not Qualify
Alaska-Fairbanks 	2003–04	36 	16 	19 	1 	- 	- 	4th in CCHA 	Did not Qualify
Princeton 	2004–05	31 	8 	20 	3 	- 	- 	10th in ECACHL 	Did not Qualify
Princeton 	2005–06	31 	10 	18 	3 	- 	- 	9th in ECACHL 	Did not Qualify
Princeton 	2006–07	34 	15 	16 	3 	- 	- 	7th in ECACHL 	Did not Qualify
Princeton 	2007–08	35 	21 	14 	0 	- 	- 	2nd in ECACHL 	NCAA First round
Princeton 	2008–09	35 	22 	12 	1 	- 	- 	3rd in ECACHL 	NCAA First round
Princeton 	2009–10	31 	12 	16 	3 	- 	- 	8th in ECACHL 	Did not Qualify
Princeton 	2010–11	32 	17 	13 	2 	- 	- 	5th in ECACHL 	Did not Qualify
Penn State 	2011–12	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	- 	TBD in ESCHL 	TBD
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Category:Born in 1967
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:San Diego Gulls (IHL) players
Category:Richmond Renegades (ECHL) players
Category:St. John's Maple Leafs players
Category:Prince Edward Island Senators players
Category:Fresno Falcons players
Category:Princeton Tigers coaches
Category:Penn State Nittany Lions coaches
Category:Canadian ice hockey coaches