Ben Kirtland

Ben Kirtland is a former coach for the Connecticut Huskies men's ice hockey team and former associate athletic director at the University of Kansas.

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Connecticut Huskies (ECAC 2) (1981–1985)
1981–82	Connecticut	9–11–0	5–11–0	22nd
1982–83	Connecticut	10–14–0	8–11–0	19th
1983–84	Connecticut	13–15–0	7–13–0	21st
1984–85	Connecticut	14–10–0	10–8–0	12th	ECAC East Quarterfinals
Connecticut:		46–50–0	30–43–0
Connecticut Huskies (ECAC East) (1985–1988)
1985–86	Connecticut	16–17–0	12–10–0	T–6th	ECAC East Quarterfinals
1986–87	Connecticut	11–16–2	10–9–2	6th	ECAC East Quarterfinals
1987–88	Connecticut	12–15–0	9–12–0	9th
Connecticut:		39–48–2	31–31–2
Total:		85–98–2
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

v t e UConn Huskies men's ice hockey
Formerly the Connecticut Agricultural College Aggies
Playing venues	UConn Ice Rink (1961–1998) Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum (1998–2016) PeoplesBank Arena (2014–present) Toscano Family Ice Forum (2023–present)
Head coaches	John Chapman (1960–1981) Ben Kirtland (1981–1988) Bruce Marshall (1988–2012) David Berard (2012–13) (interim) Mike Cavanaugh (2013–present)
Seasons	1911–12 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC Hockey (1961–1964) ECAC 2 (1964–1984) ECAC East (1984–1998) MAAC (1998–2003) Atlantic Hockey (2003–2014) Hockey East (2014–present)
Culture & lore	Connecticut Ice
All-time leaders	Bryan Krygier (219 Points) Todd Krygier (99 Goals) Louis Parker (54 Wins) Statistical leaders
NCAA Tournament appearances	2025
Conference Tournament titles	MAAC: 2000
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT

Ben Kirtland

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