Tim Richter enters his fourth season as head coach of the Post University Men's Hockey team in the 2025-2026 season.
After finishing in sixth place during his first two seasons and winning a combined nine games, Richter's third season saw the Eagles tie the record for their most single-season wins, going 11-16-0 to finish in fifth place for the Northeast-10 Tournament, where they would fall to fourth-seeded Assumption University, 3-0.Â
30 players in all for Post were named to the NE10 Academic Honor Roll under Richter in the Fall of 2024, while he coached freshman Aidan Canady to the program's second Rookie of the Year honor which also netted him All-Rookie Team alongside Scotty Swain, and Second Team accolades.Â
During the 2021-2022 campaign, Richter was an integral part in helping the Eagles reach the 2022 Northeast-10 Championship game in just their second season in the conference, including a 3-2 overtime win over top seed Southern New Hampshire in the semifinals.
Richter took over as head coach after spending seven seasons as the assistant coach under retired head coach Pete Whitney.
Richter was a standout player in his own right, both collegiately and professionally.
During his time at University of Massachusetts-Boston, Richter appeared in 51 games, tallying 18 goals and 19 assists for 37 points, including 12 goals and 14 assists during his senior season.
From there, Richter went on to play professionally with the Danbury Whalers/Titans of the Federal Prospects Hockey League for four seasons. During his rookie year in 2013-14, he appeared in 56 games, scoring 28 goals to go along with 42 assists, and was named Rookie of the Year. He followed it up with a sensational sophomore campaign, scoring 24 goals to go with 42 assists. He finished his career with 56 goals and 89 assists for 145 points in 113 games.
Richter also spent time playing professionally with the Evansville Icemen of the East Coast Hockey League and the Knoxville Ice Bears of the Southern Professional Hockey League. As a youth, Richter played in the Atlantic Junior Hockey League and Metropolitan Junior Hockey League.
Richter has also been a skills instructor the last ten years with IPH Hockey which specializes in private and small group skills training and organizational skill training. He was also the split season midget director for the CT Chiefs.
A Connecticut native, Richter graduated from UMass-Boston in 2013 with a degree in Sociology.
