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Binghamton
Hockey Hall Of Fame
2012 Inductee
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Mike
Busniuk |
Assitant Coach
Born Dec 13 1951 -- Thunder Bay, ONT |
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Assistant Coaching Stats |
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Seas. |
Team |
Lge |
Type |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
OTL |
SOL |
Pct |
Result |
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93-94 |
Rangers |
AHL |
Asst. |
80 |
44 |
30 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0.588 |
Lost in round 3 |
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94-95 |
Rangers |
AHL |
Asst. |
80 |
41 |
30 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0.569 |
Lost in round 2 |
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95-96 |
Rangers |
AHL |
Asst. |
80 |
57 |
13 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0.775 |
Lost in round 2 |
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96-97 |
Rangers |
AHL |
Asst. |
80 |
33 |
38 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0.469 |
Out of Playoffs |
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03-04 |
Senators |
AHL |
Asst. |
80 |
34 |
34 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
0.5 |
Lost in Q. R. |
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04-05 |
Senators |
AHL |
Asst. |
80 |
47 |
21 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
0.663 |
Lost in round 1 |
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05-06 |
Senators |
AHL |
Asst. |
80 |
35 |
37 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0.488 |
Out of Playoffs |
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06-07 |
Senators |
AHL |
Asst. |
80 |
23 |
48 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
0.344 |
Out of Playoffs |
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07-08 |
Senators |
AHL |
Asst. |
80 |
34 |
32 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
0.513 |
Out of Playoffs |
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08-09 |
Senators |
AHL |
Asst. |
80 |
41 |
30 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
0.569 |
Out of Playoffs |
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09-10 |
Senators |
AHL |
Asst. |
80 |
36 |
35 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
0.506 |
Out of Playoffs |
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Totals |
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880 |
425 |
348 |
43 |
35 |
29 |
0.544 |
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Mike was an assistant coach with 2 different
Binghamton Hockey teams, 4 seasons with the Binghamton Rangers and 7
seasons with the BInghamton Senators.
From Binghamton Senators.com (April of
2010)
 Busniuk enters his seventh season in the Senators’
organization as Assistant Coach in 2009-10. Prior to the B-Sens,
Busniuk was the Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations for
Muskegon (United Hockey League) He led the Fury to a 38-29-9 record
(3rd place – Western Conference) in his first season as head coach
in the minor-pro ranks. The Fury upset second-seeded Missouri three
games to none in the first round of the conference playoffs before
bowing out to Quad City four games to two in the conference final.
Busniuk was the Montreal Canadiens’ 10th pick (67th overall) in
the 1971 NHL Entry Draft. The Thunder Bay, Ontario, native appeared
in 143 NHL games, all with Philadelphia after being signed as a free
agent by the Flyers in October of 1977.
His American Hockey
League career spanned 397 games with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs and
the Maine Mariners in which he registered 160 career points and was
part of four Calder Cup championship clubs.
Busniuk’s pro
coaching career began in the Southern Tier as an assistant coach
with the Binghamton Rangers (AHL). When the franchise moved to
Hartford, CT, in 1997, Busniuk remained as the assistant for another
five seasons with the New York Ranger-affiliated Wolf Pack.
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Peter Ferraro, Mike Busniuk, Chris Ferraro in 2012 being
inducted into the Binghamton Hockey Hall of Fame, picture by Bob
Howard |
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Mike receiving his framed Binghamton Senators jersey at the
HOF ceremony, picture from Bob Howard |
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