Mike Addesa

Mike Addesa (born January 8, 1945) is a former American ice hockey coach and football player. Addesa was the head coach of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute men's ice hockey team from 1979 to 1989.^[1] Addesa played collegiate football at Holy Cross.^[2]

Coaching career

In 1974, Addesa became an assistant ice hockey coach at Holy Cross. He was elevated to head coach in 1976 and stayed in that position until the end of the 1978–1979 season, when he was hired by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.^[3]

Addesa was hired by RPI to replace Jim Salfi who had coached the team from 1972 to 1979.

In his 10 years with RPI, Mike Addesa won one NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship in 1985 and two ECAC Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championships in 1984 and 1985.^[4]

He was for ed to resign as head coach at RPI in 1989 due to philosophical differences, stemming from the controversy over accusations of making racist comments towards one of two black players on his team, one of whom was future NHL player Graeme Townshend: "If you don’t put forth a greater effort, the world will only see you as a stereotypical nigger.” He has apologized for the comments. Townshend accepted the apology, and has voiced 100% support for Addesa from the beginning. Townshend has stated that his relationship with Addesa was unlike any player/coach relationship he had ever experienced, and that Addesa went above and beyond the job of just being a coach. Townshend viewed their relationship as being closer to a father/son thing. "I loved the guy.”^[5] Addesa would later go on to say that he had not meant the comments "racially" ^[6] and to describe his firing from RPI as a "scam" which had made it impossible for him to continue coaching.^[7]

Scouting career

Mike worked as a scout for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League from 1990–1995 and the Calgary Flames from 2011–2013.^[8] On August 4, 2015, Addesa was named as a scout for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League.^[9]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Holy Cross (ECAC 2) (1976–1979)
1976–1977	Holy Cross	10–12–0
1977–1978	Holy Cross	14–7–0
1978–1979	Holy Cross	15–8–0
RPI (ECAC Hockey) (1979–1989)
1979–1980	RPI	16–11–0
1980–1981	RPI	16–13–0
1982–1983	RPI	18–11–0	13–7–0	3rd West Region
1983–1984	RPI	32–6–0	17–3–0	1st West Region	ECAC Champions
1984–1985	RPI	35–2–1	20–1–0	1st	ECAC Champions, NCAA Champions
1985–1986	RPI	20–11–1	13–7–1	4th
1986–1987	RPI	13–18–2	9–13–0	T-7th
1987–1988	RPI	15–17–0	9–13–0	8th
1988–1989	RPI	12–17–3	8–12–2	8th
Holy Cross:		39–27–0
RPI:		186–124–9
Total:		225–151–9
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

References

^ "MHKY All-Time Coaching Records". RPI Athletics Website. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
^ "All-Time Letterwinners" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross, Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Mike Addesa". Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
^ "R.P.I. Hockey Mixes Class and Classes". New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
^ http://onecanuck.com/2015/08/07/mike-addesa-state-racism-nhl/
^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8121460.html
^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19910526&id=lHQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ogFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1206,6470358&hl=en
^ "Elite Prospects Hockey: Mike Addesa".
^ "Canucks name Weisbrod assistant general manager". Sportsnet. August 4, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

External links

Mike Addesa career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

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[RPIcoachBio-1] "MHKY All-Time Coaching Records". RPI Athletics Website. Retrieved October 14, 2014.

[HCfootball-2] "All-Time Letterwinners" (PDF). College of the Holy Cross, Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[ihdprof-3] "Mike Addesa". Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved October 14, 2014.

[RPIrecord-4] "R.P.I. Hockey Mixes Class and Classes". New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2014.

[5] ttp://onecanuck.com/2015/08/07/mike-addesa-state-racism-nhl/

[6] ttp://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8121460.html

[7] ttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19910526&id=lHQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ogFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1206,6470358&hl=en

[8] "Elite Prospects Hockey: Mike Addesa".

[9] "Canucks name Weisbrod assistant general manager". Sportsnet. August 4, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

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v t e Holy Cross Crusaders men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Hart Center (1975–present)
Head coaches	Bill Kane (1966–1976) Mike Addesa (1976–1979) Peter Van Buskirk (1979–1988, 1996–1997) Bill Bellerose (1988–1994) Paul Pearl (1994–1996, 1997–2014) David Berard (2014–2021) Bill Riga (2021–Present)
Seasons	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 2 (1967–1984) ECAC East (1984–1998) MAAC (1998–2003) Atlantic Hockey (2003–present)
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Joe Lunny (219 Points) Larry Murphy (119 Goals) Tony Quesada (61 Wins)
NCAA Tournament appearances	2004 2006
Conference Tournament titles	MAAC: 1999 Atlantic Hockey: 2004 2006
College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA

v t e RPI Engineers men's ice hockey
Formerly the RPI Bachelors
Playing venues	Houston Field House (1949–present)
Head coaches	Leroy Clark (1917–1923) W. J. Cook (1924–1925) Marvin Callan (1925–1931, 1936–1937) Ned Harkness (1949–1963) Rube Bjorkman (1963–1964) Garry Kearns (1964–1969) Leon Abbott (1969–1972) Jim Salfi (1972–1979) Mike Addesa (1979–1989) Buddy Powers (1989–1994) Dan Fridgen (1994–2006) Seth Appert (2006–2017) Dave Smith (2017– )
Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1936–37 1937–38 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 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	Tri-State League (1950–1972) ECAC Hockey (1961–present)
Rivalries	Union Dutchmen Clarkson Golden Knights
Culture & lore	Rensselaer Holiday Tournament
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Frank Chiarelli (265 Points) Frank Chiarelli (155 Goals) Neil Little (58 Wins)
National championships	1954 1985
Frozen Four appearances	1953 1954 1961 1964 1985
NCAA Tournament appearances	1953 1954 1961 1964 1984 1985 1994 1995 2011
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC: 1984 1985 1995
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY