Matt Herr

Matthew Gregory Herr (born May 26, 1976) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played for part of four National Hockey League (NHL) seasons.

Playing career Herr was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, and raised in Alpine, New Jersey As a youth, he played in the 1990 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Tri-States Selects minor ice hockey team.

Herr lived in New Windsor, New York as a teenager and played before Newburgh Free Academy's club hockey team while in middle school.

Herr played his college hockey at the University of Michigan from 1994–98, where he was teammates with future NHL player Bill Muckalt. He helped the Michigan Wolverines win the 1996 and 1998 NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Championships.

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 1994 NHL entry draft, Herr also played for the Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Herr played with the DEG Metro Stars and head coach Butch Goring in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

International play Internationally, Herr competed for the United States men's national junior ice hockey team at the 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Personal Herr has taught history and psychology, and has coached hockey and baseball at Kent School, in Kent, Connecticut.

In 2021, Herr became a Head Coach for the Washington Pride U14 Majors. The D.C. area’s only Tier 1 AAA Girls program. He led the team to a 24-20-6 record, and ended the season ranked #25 in the country.

Following in 2022, Herr coached the team to the USA Hockey National Tournament and one of the best records in Washington Pride 14u history.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Hotchkiss School USHS 26 9 5 14 — — — — — — 1991–92 Hotchkiss School USHS 25 17 16 33 — — — — — — 1992–93 Hotchkiss School USHS 24 48 30 78 — — — — — — 1993–94 Hotchkiss School USHS 24 28 19 47 — — — — — — 1994–95 University of Michigan CCHA 37 11 8 19 51 — — — — — 1995–96 University of Michigan CCHA 40 18 13 31 55 — — — — — 1996–97 University of Michigan CCHA 43 29 23 52 67 — — — — — 1997–98 University of Michigan CCHA 31 14 17 31 62 — — — — — 1998–99 Washington Capitals NHL 30 2 2 4 8 — — — — — 1998–99 Portland Pirates AHL 46 15 14 29 29 — — — — — 1999–00 Portland Pirates AHL 77 22 21 43 51 4 1 1 2 4 2000–01 Portland Pirates AHL 40 21 13 34 58 — — — — — 2000–01 Washington Capitals NHL 22 2 3 5 17 — — — — — 2000–01 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 11 2 4 6 18 9 2 1 3 8 2001–02 Hershey Bears AHL 61 18 16 34 68 7 1 2 3 15 2001–02 Florida Panthers NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2002–03 Providence Bruins AHL 77 34 38 72 146 4 0 1 1 12 2002–03 Boston Bruins NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Providence Bruins AHL 71 18 26 44 108 2 0 1 1 0 2004–05 DEG Metro Stars DEL 44 13 7 20 96 — — — — — NHL totals 58 4 5 9 25 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1996 United States WJC 5th 6 1 0 1 0 Junior totals 6 1 0 1 0

Awards and honors Award Year AHL All-Star Game 2002, 2003, 2004 First All-Star Team 2003