Orono, Maine – University of Maine men's ice hockey head coach Red Gendron has been named a finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award, given annually to the CCM/AHCA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year. Selected by the nation's 60 NCAA Division I head coaches, the winner will be announced on Tuesday, April 7.
 
The 2019-20 AHCA Men's Ice Hockey Spencer Penrose Award Finalists (CCM/AHCA Division I Coach of the Year) are Brad Berry, North Dakota, Bob Motzko, Minnesota, Red Gendron, Maine, Greg Powers, Arizona State University, Mike Hastings, Minnesota State, Scott Sandelin, Minnesota-Duluth, Eric Lang, AIC, and Mike Schafer, Cornell.
 
Gendron guided the Black Bears to their best Hockey East regular season finish since the 2011-12 season, claiming the fourth seed in the Hockey East Tournament with a 12-9-3 record in league play, and a 18-11-5 mark overall, across a 2019-20 season that will go down as one of the most competitive in Hockey East history. His team also boasted a 13-1-3 mark at home in Alfond Arena. Gendron coached a squad that had the third-stingiest team defense in Hockey East play and 10^th in the country in 2019-20.

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