Bredin Named Women's Hockey Assistant at Rensselaer

Bredin Named Women's Hockey Assistant at Rensselaer

TROY, N.Y. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) director of athletics Ken Ralph has announced the hiring of Colette Bredin as women's ice hockey assistant coach. A former standout at Cornell University, she will aide fourth-year head coach John Burke.

"Colette is a quality individual who we are thrilled to have on staff," said Burke. "She has a tremendous amount of experience and has enjoyed a great deal of success as a recruiter and as a coach on the ice."

"I am very excited to be coming back to the ECAC," said Bredin. "I'm looking forward to working with Coach Burke, and the Rensselaer student-athletes, to help bring the women's ice hockey program into the national spotlight."

A native of Warburg, Alb., Bredin spent the last four years as an assistant coach for the women's hockey program at the University of New Hampshire. During her tenure she helped guide the Wildcats to back-to-back regular season Hockey East titles as well as each of the last three league tournament title games. In 2005-06, New Hampshire finished 33-3-1, and captured its third regular season title, the league tournament title, and appeared in the Women's NCAA Frozen Four. In addition to her coaching duties, she taught a course within the school's kinesiology department.

Prior to joining UNH, Bredin spent a year as an assistant coach at the University of Findlay (2001-02).

As a player, Bredin played forward at Cornell, where she was named team's Rookie of the Year in 1997 and served as an assistant captain during her final year. She was an All-ECAC selection in her sophomore season, leading the Big Red in goals (24), assists (12) and points (36). During that same year, she finished sixth in the ECAC in scoring. In 104 career games, Bredin, who was a nominee for the 2000 Hockey Humanitarian Award, recorded 56 goals and 40 assists for 96 points.

Following her college career, Bredin played for Reinach Women's Hockey Club in Switzerland, where she captured the league scoring title and led the team to the Swiss Championship. She has also represented Canada on the international stage, helping the 1996 Under 19 National Team to a silver medal.

An instructor at numerous hockey schools in the United States and Canada, Bredin graduated from Cornell in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Marketing. She went on to earn her M.B.A. in Sport and Event Management from Findlay in 2002.