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Nate Leaman Tabbed as an Assistant Coach for the 2021 U.S. Men's National Team
5/10/2021 10:36:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Hockey announced on Monday (May 10) that Providence College's Nate Leaman has been named to the staff of the 2021 U.S. Men's National Team as an assistant coach. Leaman joins a staff comprised of Jack Capuano (Head Coach), Adam Nightingale (Assistant Coach), Kevin Reiter (Goaltending Coach) and Mike King (Video Coach).
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The U.S. Men's National Team will take part in the 2021 IIHF Men's World Championship from May 21-June 6, 2021, in Riga, Latvia. The U.S. Men's National Team will compete in Group B alongside Canada, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Italy and Kazakhstan and play at Arena Riga.
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Most recently, the U.S. finished seventh of 16 teams in the 83rd edition of the IIHF Men's World Championship in 2019 with wins in five of eight games (4-1-0-3/w-otw-otl-l) and has gone 19-7 over the last three world championships.
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To date, the U.S. has earned 12 podium finishes, including one gold medal (1933), four silver medals(1950, 1939, 1934, 1931)Â and seven bronze medals (2018, 2015, 2013, 2004, 1996, 1952, 1949).Â
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Leaman has been a part of three previous staffs on the international stage - all U.S. National Junior Team coaching staffs, including his first stint as head coach in 2021, winning Team USA's fifth gold medal in tournament history. Leaman will return to the 2022 U.S. National Junior Team staff as head coach. He also served as an assistant coach for the bronze medal-winning 2007 squad that competed in Leksand and Mora, Sweden. Additionally, he served as an assistant coach for the 2009 team that played in Ottawa, Ontario. Leaman made his USA Hockey coaching debut as an assistant coach in 2005 at the IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship, where the U.S. won gold in Ceske Budejorke and Plzen, Czech Republic.
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The 2020-21 campaign was Leaman's tenth as head coach at Providence, where he has led the Friars to NCAA tournament berths in six of the past eight campaigns, including the school's first-ever NCAA title in 2015. During his tenure, Leaman has coached 27 NHL draft picks in addition to six undrafted players currently under NHL contracts. He has also coached five players selected to play for the U.S. National Junior Team, including Jon Gillies (2013, 2014), Erik Foley (2017), Parker Ford (2020), Brett Berard (2021) and Patrick Moynihan (2021). Gillies, Foley, Berard and Moynihan were all part of gold medal-winning teams.
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Prior to Providence, Leaman spent eight seasons (2003-11) at the helm of the Union College men's ice hockey team where he led the school to its first ECAC regular-season championship and NCAA Division I tournament appearance in 2010-11, a year that marked the program's fourth consecutive winning campaign and a then school-best 26 wins. Leaman departed Union with 138 wins, which at the time marked the most in Dutchmen history.
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Leaman was awarded the Spencer Penrose Award as the top coach in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey in 2011, and has also been a finalist for the honor four other times (2019, 2016, 2015, 2010). Leaman was honored as the Hockey East Coach of the Year in 2016, and was named ECAC Coach of the Year in both 2011 and 2010.
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Born and raised in Centerville, Ohio, Leaman captained the SUNY Cortland men's ice hockey team his junior and senior years, finishing as one of the top-20 scorers in school history. He was inducted into the Red Dragons Hall of Fame in 2014.
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For more updates on the Providence College men's hockey program, follow the team on Twitter @FriarsHockey.
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The U.S. Men's National Team will take part in the 2021 IIHF Men's World Championship from May 21-June 6, 2021, in Riga, Latvia. The U.S. Men's National Team will compete in Group B alongside Canada, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Italy and Kazakhstan and play at Arena Riga.
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Most recently, the U.S. finished seventh of 16 teams in the 83rd edition of the IIHF Men's World Championship in 2019 with wins in five of eight games (4-1-0-3/w-otw-otl-l) and has gone 19-7 over the last three world championships.
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To date, the U.S. has earned 12 podium finishes, including one gold medal (1933), four silver medals(1950, 1939, 1934, 1931)Â and seven bronze medals (2018, 2015, 2013, 2004, 1996, 1952, 1949).Â
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Leaman has been a part of three previous staffs on the international stage - all U.S. National Junior Team coaching staffs, including his first stint as head coach in 2021, winning Team USA's fifth gold medal in tournament history. Leaman will return to the 2022 U.S. National Junior Team staff as head coach. He also served as an assistant coach for the bronze medal-winning 2007 squad that competed in Leksand and Mora, Sweden. Additionally, he served as an assistant coach for the 2009 team that played in Ottawa, Ontario. Leaman made his USA Hockey coaching debut as an assistant coach in 2005 at the IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship, where the U.S. won gold in Ceske Budejorke and Plzen, Czech Republic.
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The 2020-21 campaign was Leaman's tenth as head coach at Providence, where he has led the Friars to NCAA tournament berths in six of the past eight campaigns, including the school's first-ever NCAA title in 2015. During his tenure, Leaman has coached 27 NHL draft picks in addition to six undrafted players currently under NHL contracts. He has also coached five players selected to play for the U.S. National Junior Team, including Jon Gillies (2013, 2014), Erik Foley (2017), Parker Ford (2020), Brett Berard (2021) and Patrick Moynihan (2021). Gillies, Foley, Berard and Moynihan were all part of gold medal-winning teams.
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Prior to Providence, Leaman spent eight seasons (2003-11) at the helm of the Union College men's ice hockey team where he led the school to its first ECAC regular-season championship and NCAA Division I tournament appearance in 2010-11, a year that marked the program's fourth consecutive winning campaign and a then school-best 26 wins. Leaman departed Union with 138 wins, which at the time marked the most in Dutchmen history.
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Leaman was awarded the Spencer Penrose Award as the top coach in NCAA Division I men's ice hockey in 2011, and has also been a finalist for the honor four other times (2019, 2016, 2015, 2010). Leaman was honored as the Hockey East Coach of the Year in 2016, and was named ECAC Coach of the Year in both 2011 and 2010.
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Born and raised in Centerville, Ohio, Leaman captained the SUNY Cortland men's ice hockey team his junior and senior years, finishing as one of the top-20 scorers in school history. He was inducted into the Red Dragons Hall of Fame in 2014.
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For more updates on the Providence College men's hockey program, follow the team on Twitter @FriarsHockey.
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