Mike Pomichter

Mike Pomichter is an American ice hockey coach and former left wing who was an All-American for Boston University. Pomichter was named an All-American and helped BU win a conference title, enabling the team to receive the top eastern seed in the NCAA tournament. The Terriers won their first two games by identical 4–1 margins and reached the championship game. They faced off against a surprising Lake Superior State who had knocked them out the year before and were looking for a measure of revenge. Instead, BU was stunned by a dominating performance and were handed the worst championship defeat in over 30 years. Pomichter assisted on Boston University's only goal of the game and ended up as the runner-up after a 1–9 loss.

Despite having a year of eligibility remaining, Pomichter left school in 1994 and began his professional career. He spent his entire first season with the Indianapolis Ice but didn't produce anything like he would have wanted. Despite the low offensive numbers, Pomichter joined the US national team for the World Championships. He helped the team finish atop their bracket but they lost their quarterfinal match and finished the tournament in 6th place. The following season, Pomichter's right were traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs and he began a life as a hockey vagabond. For four consecutive years, Pomichter played for at least three different teams, wearing 10 different uniforms across 4 minor leagues. His last real chance at an NHL stint came with a 25-game tryout contract with the expansion Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins but he was released after 16 games. Pomichter returned to the United Hockey League the following year and retired in 2002.

After 9 years away from the game, Pomichter returned for a handful of games in the Federal Hockey League. After his final game in 2016, Pomichter turned to coaching, appearing as an assistant for the New England Prospects in the 2019 Quebec pee-wee tournament.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1991–92 Boston University Hockey East 3511273814————— 1992–93 Boston University Hockey East 3016143023————— 1993–94 Boston University Hockey East 4028265437————— 1994–95 Indianapolis Ice IHL 761392247————— 1995–96 Indianapolis Ice IHL 40000————— 1995–96 Cornwall Aces AHL 60110————— 1995–96 Portland Pirates AHL 20000————— 1995–96 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 192464————— 1996–97 Chicago Wolves IHL 20000————— 1996–97 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 6137407726————— 1996–97 Baltimore Bandits AHL 4213430000 1997–98 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 35052————— 1997–98 Springfield Falcons AHL 20761314————— 1997–98 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 26681418————— 1998–99 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 331018283121230 1998–99 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 2522414————— 1998–99 Saginaw Gears UHL 1082100————— 1999–00 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 1612311————— 2000–01 Springfield Falcons AHL 10002————— 2000–01 New Haven Knights UHL 713125564780660 2001–02 Manchester Monarchs AHL 10000————— 2001–02 New Haven Knights UHL 581630463730220 2011–12 Delaware Federals FHL 23140————— 2012–13 Pennsylvania Blues FHL 31560————— 2015–16 Delaware Federals FHL 10000————— NCAA totals 105 55 67 122 74 — — — — — AHL totals 120 20 24 44 67 3 0 0 0 0 IHL totals 82 13 9 22 47 — — — — — ECHL totals 97 52 58 110 59 2 1 2 3 0 UHL totals 139 55 57 112 84 11 0 8 8 2 FHL totals 6 4 6 10 0 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1993 United States WJC 4th 7 0 2 2 4 1995 United States WC 6th 6 1 2 3 2

Awards and honors Award Year AHCA East First-Team All-American 1993–94 All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1994