Francis "Buddy" Powers is an American former ice hockey player, coach and scout.
He played 90 games during his time at BU, which placed third in the 1974 and ’75 NCAA Tournaments and compiled a 49-13-1 record over his final two years with the team.
He played two years (1976–78) as a defenseman for ESV Kaufbeuren and helped the team to a Division II Championship during his first season.
In 1984, his first season as assistant coach, BGSU posted a 34-8-2 record and won Bowling Green's only NCAA National Championship for ice hockey.
Powers served as the team’s top assistant, chief recruiter, and on-ice instructor for BGSU.
in league play and finished either first or second in the CCHA on five occasions[1][2] Following the 1988 season, Powers accepted the head coaching position with the Division III Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).
[3] Powers went on to become the head coach of Division I Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) for the 1989-90 season.
Holzinger won the NCAA All-American Award in ice hockey along with BGSU's Kelly Perrault.
Over eight seasons as BG's head coach, Powers has compiled a 135-149-26 record at Bowling Green.
Powers joined the USA Hockey National Team Development Program in 2002 and served as an assistant coach in the 2002-2003 season.