| Guy Gadowsky | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Penn State |
| Current Conference: | Big Ten |
| Birth Date: | 10 August 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, CAN |
| Alma Mater: | Colorado College |
| Player Years1: | 1984–1985 |
| Player Team1: | Fort Saskatchewan Traders |
| Player Years2: | 1985–1989 |
| Player Team2: | Colorado College |
| Player Years3: | 1991–1992 |
| Player Team3: | San Diego Gulls (1990–95) |
| Player Years4: | 1991–1993 |
| Player Team4: | Richmond Renegades |
| Player Years5: | 1992–1993 |
| Player Team5: | St. John's Maple Leafs |
| Player Years6: | 1993–1994 |
| Player Team6: | Canadian National Team |
| Player Years7: | 1993–1994 |
| Player Team7: | Straubing EHC |
| Player Years8: | 1994–1995 |
| Player Team8: | Prince Edward Island Senators |
| Player Years9: | 1995–1996 |
| Player Team9: | Fresno Falcons |
| Player Positions: | Right wing |
| Coach Years1: | 1995–1996 |
| Coach Team1: | Oklahoma Coyotes |
| Coach Years2: | 1996–1997 |
| Coach Team2: | Fresno Falcons |
| Coach Years3: | 1996–1997 |
| Coach Team3: | San Jose Rhinos |
| Coach Years4: | 1997–1998 |
| Coach Team4: | Fresno Fighting Falcons |
| Coach Years5: | 1998–1999 |
| Coach Team5: | Fresno Falcons |
| Coach Years6: | 1999–2004 |
| Coach Team6: | Alaska–Fairbanks |
| Coach Years7: | 2004–2011 |
| Coach Team7: | Princeton |
| Coach Years9: | 2011–Present |
| Coach Team9: | Penn State |
| Tournament Record: | 2–5 |
Guy Gadowsky (born August 10, 1967) is a 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 attended Strathcona High School alongside sports broadcaster Gord Miller.[1]
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.[2] He also represented Canada on the 1993–94 Canada men's national ice hockey team, recording three goals and three assists in six games.[2] Gadowsky also spent one season with the San Jose Rhinos professional roller hockey team in 1994.[2]
Following his retirement as a player in 1996, Gadowsky 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.[3] 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.[4] On April 25, 2011 he became the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey team,[5] becoming the program's first varsity head coach in the NCAA era for Penn State. Gadowsky took over the program starting in the 2011–12 season, during the team's transition from ACHA DI level to NCAA Division I.[6] The team finished the regular season with a record of 27–4 and received a bid to the 2012 ACHA DI National Tournament as the number one seed and ranked first in the ACHA.[7] The team defeated West Virginia 4–1, followed by Oklahoma 6–3 in the first rounds of the tournament before Penn State lost 3–5 to Oakland (MI) in the semifinal round.[8] In first year as head coach of Penn State, the team finished the season with an overall record of 29–5.[8]
| Team | Year | Regular season | Post Season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Total | 198 | 106 | 80 | 0 | 12 | 224 | |||