The 2024 Commonwealth Coast Conference Coach of the Year, Peter Roundy, enters his fourth year as the Head Coach of the Colonels for the 2024-2025 season.

 

Coach Roundy guided the Colonels to their first ever regular season league championship during the 2023-2024 season. Finishing last season with a 21-6-1 record. He enters this season with an overall record of 59-21-4 and a conference record of 44-14-2.

 

Through his first three seasons at the helm of the Colonels, Coach Roundy’s players have achieved a team GPA average of 3.56 and a graduation rate of 96%, with sixteen of his players moving on to play professional hockey.

 

Coach Roundy has also led the Colonels to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last two seasons.

 

In the 2023-2024 season Coach Roundy led the Colonels to a top 10 finish in the NCAA Division III poll. Curry won its first ever road NCAA tournament game vs. Geneseo 3-0. This victory propelled the Colonels to a second consecutive quarterfinal showdown versus the number one ranked Hobart Statesman. The second longest game in NCAA tournament history took nearly four 20-minute overtimes to decide. Curry was down 3-2 with 6:45 minutes left in the 3rd period, the Colonels then scored to tie up the game and force overtime. Hobart scored late in the fourth overtime to come out on top and then went on to win their second consecutive NCAA Championship. Curry goaltender Shane Soderwall made 98 saves in the game, tying the NCAA record for saves in a game. The Colonels finished the 2023-2024 season ranked sixth in the final national poll.

 

2023 - 2024 season highlights:

 

- CCC Goalie of the Year (Shane Soderwall)

- CCC Rookie of the Year (Shane Soderwall)

- CCC Scholar Athlete of the Year (Tao Ishizuka)

- USCHO Rookie of the Year (Shane Soderwall)

- Three first team CCC All Conference selections (Gage Dill, Matt Connor and Shane Soderwall) 

- Two second team CCC All Conference selections (Jesse Galassi and Eelis Laaksonen)

- Three NE Hockey Writers Association All-Stars (Gage Dill, Matt Connor and Shane Soderwall)

- Shane Soderwall was Named a Finalist for the Joe Concannon Award

- Coach Roundy was named the 2023-2024 CCC Coach of the Year

- Coach Roundy was also a Finalist for the Edward Jeremiah Award for NCAA D-III National Coach of the Year.

- 2023-2024 Season Record: 21-6-1.

 

In the 2022-2023 season Coach Roundy led the Colonels to a top 10 finish in the NCAA Division III poll. Curry was ranked among the top 10 NCAA Division III programs throughout the majority of the 2022-23 season. The Colonels captured their first ever NCAA tournament victory defeating Bowdoin College 1-0 in an overtime thriller at the Canton Ice House. The Colonels then faced off and lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual NCAA champion Hobart Statesmen. The Colonels finished 2022-2023 season ranked ninth in the final national poll.

 

2022 - 2023 season highlights:

 

- Three Division III All Americans, Goaltender, Reid Cooper, Forward Timmy Kent, Defenseman Nick Favaro.

- Three first team CCC All Conference selections, Goaltender Reid Cooper, Forward Timmy Kent, Defenseman Nick Favaro.

- One Second Team CCC All-Conference selection, Forward Mark Zhukov.

- Two Third Team CCC All Conference selections, Forward Gage Dill and Defenseman Matt Connor.

- Academic All-American First Team Goaltender, Reid Cooper

- 2022-2023 Season Record 22-6-1.

 

The 2021 - 2022 season was Coach Roundy’s first at the helm of the Curry College Colonels Men’s Ice Hockey program. He led the Colonels to a

16-9-2 record and a fourth-place finish in the CCC Conference Regular Season.

 

2021 - 2022 season highlights:

 

- One first team CCC All-Conference selection, Forward Timmy Kent.

- New England Hockey Writers Association All Star Team, Forward Timmy Kent.

- One Second Team CCC All-Conference selection, Defenseman Kalle Sundell.

- Led Colonels to first playoff win since the 2014-2015 season.

 

Roundy came to Curry after spending six seasons coaching at The College of the Holy Cross, including as associate head men's hockey coach in his final two seasons.

 

Prior to his time at Holy Cross, Roundy spent four seasons at Trinity College. He served as an assistant coach his first two seasons and as the Bantams associate head coach his final two seasons. Throughout Peter’s four seasons at Trinity he led the team’s recruiting efforts, was the video coordinator, coached the defenseman and directed the penalty killing units. The 2015 team compiled a record of 23-5-1 and won the 2015 NCAA Division III national championship for its first national title in program history. The Bantams also won the NESCAC regular season championship for the second straight year. He coached three players that earned 2015 All-American accolades. Roundy directed the penalty kill to first place in the NESCAC, while the defense also led the league with 1.56 goals allowed per game. The Bantams qualified for the post-season in each of Roundy's four seasons and won the 2014 and 2015 NESCAC regular season championships. During the four years that Coach Roundy was at Trinity the teams posted a 68-30-6 record.

 

"It is with great pleasure and excitement that I announce Peter Roundy as the next head men's ice-hockey coach at Curry College," said Curry Athletic Director Vinnie Eruzione when Roundy was hired. "Peter's experience as the associate head coach at both NCAA Division I Holy Cross and Division III Trinity College, which won the national championship in 2015, make him a perfect fit for our men's hockey program. He is a tireless recruiter and extremely knowledgeable in skill development and numerous systems.  The care he has for student-athletes as a whole on the ice, in the classroom and in the community are evident by what Peter has accomplished in the past.  He will bring quality student-athletes to our campus that have great character and commitment to the College and the men's ice hockey program. Peter is ready to lead his own team and I could not be happier that he is going to be doing it at Curry."

 

"I am honored and grateful to have the opportunity to be the next head men's ice hockey coach at Curry College," said Roundy. "I am excited to work with our motivated and talented student-athletes, to help them realize their goals on and off the ice. The program has a great foundation for success, and I look forward to building upon that. I would like to thank President Quigley, Vinnie Eruzione, and the entire search committee for their confidence in me to lead the program into a new era."

 

Roundy started his coaching career at Becker College where he served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Hawks in 2010-2011. He helped guide the Hawks to a 7-4-3 mark against conference opponents and played a pivotal role in helping Becker complete one of the most successful seasons in the school's history, as the team reached the conference semifinals for only the second time.

 

A native of Simsbury, Conn., Roundy earned a bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration with a minor in Business Administration from Stonehill College in 2010. At Stonehill, Roundy was a four-year member and two-time captain of the hockey team, which won the 2007 Northeast-10 Championship, it’s first in school history. He ranks among the top-ten assist leaders in Stonehill program history. He earned his master's degree in Public Policy Studies at Trinity in 2013.

 

In addition to his coaching duties, here at Curry, Roundy serves as a Game Administrator and Scheduling Coordinator. Roundy and his wife, Patrice, have two daughters, Elle and Shae.