Boys Ice Hockey

Coach Dale Reinhardt

Coach Reinhardt has served as the head coach of the Boys Varsity Hockey Team at Kent School since 2013.  Prior to Kent, he served as an assistant coach at Canterbury School, and at his alma mater, College of the Holy Cross, at the NCAA D-I level.

While at Holy Cross he was a four-year letter-winner and voted assistant captain for his senior season. He helped the Crusaders to an Atlantic Hockey Championship in 2006 and a berth in the Elite Eight of the NCAA D-I Tournament.  In 2008, he was a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS award, which honors the attributes of community, classroom, character, and competition. After his collegiate career, Coach Reinhardt played professional hockey for the affiliates of the Anaheim Ducks (Bakersfield Condors) and LA Kings (Ontario Reign) in the ECHL. He has worked with USA Hockey’s select national festivals since 2009.  During his tenure at Kent, he has coached the Lions to 2 Earl/Martin Large School New England Championships (2019, 2022) and a Founders League Championship (2014) 

In his words, Coach Reinhardt and his coaching staff aim to "attract great people and help to create a culture that allows them to continue to grow and develop into young adults that we are proud to see wearing the Kent Lion.  Our school's mission is to 'educate our students intellectually, socially, ethically, and spiritually so that they will be prepared to contribute to the common good in the world beyond Kent School.'  That helps to guide us in our approach to working with our players." 

Furthermore, Coach Reinhardt sees the importance of "creating an environment that allows for these student-athletes to put an emphasis on their academics and to have that work in concert with their athletic aspirations.  Additionally, with an understanding of the goals our players have in the hockey arena, we aim to partner with them to meet their individual goals within the framework of our team goals."

Coach Reinhardt also serves as Kent's Dean of Community Life and lives on campus with his wife Cara and two young children, Molly and Miles.

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