Tim Army

Tim Army
Born	(1963-04-26) April 26, 1963 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	174 lb (79 kg; 12 st 6 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Right
Played for	Maine Mariners
NHL Draft	171st overall, 1981 Colorado Rockies
Playing career	1985–1987

Tim Army (born April 26, 1963) is an American former professional ice hockey player who most recently served as the head coach of the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL). Army was selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 9th round (171st overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

Army played four seasons at Providence College with the Providence Friars, where during the 1984–85 season he was rewarded for his outstanding play when he was named to the NCAA (East) First All-American Team and was selected as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.

He was inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2020.

Coaching career

Army played just two professional seasons before retiring due to injury. He returned to the Friars in serving as an assistant coach from 1988 to 1993, before accepting an NHL assistant coaching role with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim from 1993 to 1997. After five seasons with the Washington Capitals as an assistant, Army secured his first head coach role with the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2002.

In 2005, Army left the Pirates to take up the head coaching role with Providence College. Army directed the Friars program for six seasons before he returned to the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche as a video coach for the 2011–12 season. He was elevated to an assistant coach for the following season under Joe Sacco. He continued in an assistant coach role over the next five seasons under Sacco, Patrick Roy and Jared Bednar before his release from the club following the 2016–17 season.

Army then became an assistant coach for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the AHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2017–18 season. After one season, he was hired as the head coach of the Iowa Wild, the AHL affiliate of the Minnesota Wild, for the 2018–19 season.

Army has served as an assistant coach for the United States men's national ice hockey team at the 1994 and 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, and at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, and also the 2012 World Cup of Hockey

Head coaching record

College

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
2005–06	Providence	17–16–3	14–10–3	5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2006–07	Providence	10–23–3	9–15–3	8th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2007–08	Providence	14–17–5	11–11–5	5th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2008–09	Providence	7–22–5	4–18–5	t-9th
2009–10	Providence	10–20–4	5–18–4	10th
2010–11	Providence	8–18–8	4–16–7	9th
Providence:		66–116–28	47–88–27
Total:		66–116–28
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

Awards and honors

Award	Year
All-Hockey East First Team	1984–85
AHCA West First-Team All-American	1984–85
Hobey Baker Award Finalist	1984–85

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Award created	Hockey East Scoring Champion 1984–85	Succeeded by Scott Harlow