Mike Bertsch

Mike Bertsch is a former ice hockey player and coach for Colorado College. Bertsch is currently working for USA Hockey after spending several years in the private sector.

Career Over Bertsch's 4-year stint as a player for the Tigers, he posted several good seasons as a scorer, finishing 6th all time in school history in 1972–73 with 145 points in 124 games. The scoring prowess did not, however, translate into much on-ice success as CC finished each season with a losing record and made the playoffs only once during his tenure (albeit as the final qualifier). Once Bertsch graduated from Colorado College his playing days were over, but his affiliation with his alma mater had only just begun. Bertsch returned to Colorado Springs in the fall of 1978 to join the staff of his former head coach Jeff Sauer as an assistant. After a stumble out of the gate, Bertsch pushed the Tigers to at least respectable records in the mid-1980s, but CC bottomed out in 1987–88 with a school record 33-loss season (though not the worst season in program history) and Bertsch was done as coach after the season.

After leaving CC Bertsch moved on to the private sector, working for both Current Inc. and Deluxe Corporation over a 14-year span. As of 2014 Bertsch is still working for USA Hockey as Senior Director of Corporate Affairs.

Career statistics Source: Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1969–70 Colorado College NCAA 30 2 6 9 24 — — — — — 1970–71 Colorado College NCAA 28 13 14 27 16 — — — — — 1971–72 Colorado College NCAA 32 22 29 51 25 — — — — — 1972–73 Colorado College NCAA 34 19 39 58 20 — — — — — NCAA totals 124 56 88 145 85 — — — — —

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