Larry Brzeczkowsi
Class of 2025
Niagara University 1996-2018
Larry Brzeczkowski nurtured and coached Niagara University’s ACHA Men’s Division I program for 24 years. After arriving at Niagara in 1996, Brzeczkowski started the Niagara ACHA program with minimal resources or financial assistance and only 13 players playing a local schedule in mismatched uniforms.
In the ensuing 24 years behind the bench for the Purple Eagles, Brzeczkowski’s teams won six Northeast Collegiate Hockey League (NECHL) conference titles and played in five ACHA Men’s Division I National Championship tournaments. Brzeczkowski turned Niagara ACHA hockey into an institution and a model for non-varsity sports at the collegiate level.
Retiring in June 2020, Brzeczkowski finished his Niagara coaching career with 387 victories, which ranks second on the ACHA coaching all-time win list. Brzeczkowski was named NECHL Coach of the Year four times during his time at Niagara behind the bench and guided Niagara to several top 15 rankings in ACHA Men’s Division I play.
In addition to his on-paper accomplishments, Brzeczkowski has served as a father-figure, player representative, spokesperson, role model, friend, sponsor and colleague to an infinite amount of people throughout his career leading the Niagara University ACHA program. Brzeczkowski’s philanthropic nature continues today through the charitable donations the Niagara ACHA program continues to make on an annual basis, the most notable foundation being Suneel’s Light, an organization dedicated to funding research to help eradicate Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy from the world.
