Keith Allain

American ice hockey coach

Keith Allain
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Yale Bulldogs
Conference	ECAC
Biographical details
Born	(1958-09-26) September 26, 1958 (age 65) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Yale University
Playing career
1976–80	Yale Bulldogs
1980–82	Väsby IK

Position(s)	Goaltender
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–85	Yale Bulldogs (Assistant)
1993–1997	Washington Capitals (Assistant)
2002–2003	Worcester IceCats (Goalie Coach)
2003	St. Louis Blues (Goalie Coach)
2003–2005	Worcester IceCats (Goalie Coach)
2005–2006	St. Louis Blues (Goalie Coach)
2006–present	Yale Bulldogs

Head coaching record
Overall	276–233–51 (.538)
Tournaments	6–5 (.545)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2009 ECAC Champion 2009 ECAC Tournament champion 2010 ECAC Champion 2011 ECAC tournament champion 2013 NCAA National Champion 7× Ivy League Champion (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Awards
2009 Tim Taylor Award 2× Ivy League Coach of the Year (2015, 2016)
Records
Most wins in one season in Yale history (28)

Keith Allain (born September 26, 1958) is an American ice hockey coach. He is currently the head coach of the Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey team.^[1] He took over the program following Tim Taylor in 2006. In 2013, he led Yale to its first ever NCAA men's ice hockey National Championship.

Allain, who played as a goaltender with the Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey team, was an assistant coach in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals from 1993–1997, and also served as the goaltending coach for the St. Louis Blues from 1998 to 2006.^[2]

Allain served as an assistant coach with the United States men's national ice hockey team at the 1992, 2006, and 2018 Winter Olympics.

Allain led teams have struggled against Quinnipiac since the NCAA championship game in 2013, compiling a record of 0-20-3. Yale's lone victory during this span came when Allain was in South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Playing career statistics

			Regular season					Postseason
Season	Team	League	GP	A	PIM	GAA	SV%	GP	A	PIM	GAA	SV%
1976–77	Yale Bulldogs	ECAC Hockey	23	0	8	5.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Yale Bulldogs	ECAC Hockey	20	0	0	4.38	.863	—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Yale Bulldogs	ECAC Hockey	16	0	0	4.56	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Yale Bulldogs	ECAC Hockey	16	0	0	4.50	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCAA totals			39	0	8	4.79	—	—	—	—	—	—

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Yale Bulldogs (ECAC Hockey) (2006–present)
2006–07	Yale	18–15–0	11–9–0	T-10th	ECAC first round
2007–08	Yale	11–17–3	8–13–1	T-6th	ECAC quarterfinals
2008–09	Yale	24–8–2	15–5–2	1st	NCAA regional semifinals
2009–10	Yale	21–10–3	15–5–2	1st	NCAA Regional finals
2010–11	Yale	28–7–1	17–4–1	2nd	NCAA Regional finals
2011–12	Yale	16–16–3	10–10–2	6th	ECAC quarterfinals
2012–13	Yale	22–12–3	12–9–1	3rd	NCAA Champions
2013–14	Yale	17–11–5	10–8–4	T-5th	ECAC quarterfinals
2014–15	Yale	18–10–5	12–6–4	3rd	NCAA regional semifinals
2015–16	Yale	19–9–4	14–5–3	2nd	NCAA regional semifinals
2016–17	Yale	13–15–5	7–11–4	8th	ECAC quarterfinals
2017–18	Yale	15–15–1	10–11–1	8th	ECAC first round
2018–19	Yale	15–15–3	11–10–1	T-5th	ECAC quarterfinals
2019–20	Yale	15–15–2	10–10–2	6th	ECAC quarterfinals
2021–22	Yale	8–21–1	7–14–1	T–11th	ECAC first round
2022–23	Yale	8–20–4	6–14–2	10th	ECAC quarterfinals
2023–24	Yale	10–18–2	7–13–2	T–9th	ECAC first round
Yale:		276–233–51	187–162–33
Total:		276–233–51
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ State Colleges: On the state colleges scene, high expectations for Yale hockey – Hartford Courant
^ Allain '80 Named Head Coach of Men's Hockey Team :: Former Eli Goalie Becomes 2nd Graduate to Serve as Yale Head Coach

External links

Official biography, Yale Bulldogs
Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Guy Gadowsky	Tim Taylor Award 2008–09	Succeeded by Nate Leaman

Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey

Venues

Yale Rink (1911–1913)
Yale Arena (1913–1914)
New Haven Arena (1914–1917, 1921–1924, 1927–1958)
Ingalls Rink (1958–present)

Head coaches

Fred Rocque (1916–17)
Talbot Hunter (1919–20)
Francis Bangs (1920–21)
Clarence Wanamaker (1921–28)
Lawrence Noble (1928–30)
Holcomb York (1930–38)
Murray Murdoch (1938–65)
Richard Gagliardi (1965–72)
Paul Lufkin (1972–76)
Tim Taylor (1976–83, 1984–93, 1994–2006)
Mike Gilligan (1983–84)
Daniel Poliziani (1993–94)
Keith Allain (2006–present)

Seasons

1895–96
1896–97
1897–98
1898–99
1899–1900
1900–01
1901–02
1902–03
1903–04
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
~~2020–21~~
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24

Underline denotes Championship season, underlined italics denotes NCAA Championship season

Conference affiliations

Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1898–1912)
Intercollegiate Hockey League (1912–1917)
Triangular Hockey League (1919–1926)
Pentagonal League (1933–1943, 1946–1955)
ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)

Rivalries

Culture & lore

Connecticut Ice

All-time leaders

Jeff Hamilton (173 Points)
Ding Palmer (87 Goals)
Alex Lyon (50 Wins)

National championships

2013

Frozen Four appearances

1952
2013

NCAA Tournament appearances

Conference Tournament titles

ECAC: 2009
2011

Yale University
New Haven, CT

v t e Current men's head coaches of ECAC Hockey
Brendan Whittet (Brown) Casey Jones (Clarkson) Mike Harder (Colgate) Mike Schafer (Cornell) Reid Cashman (Dartmouth) Ted Donato (Harvard) Ben Syer (Princeton) Rand Pecknold (Quinnipiac) Dave Smith (RPI) Brent Brekke (St. Lawrence) Josh Hauge (Union) Keith Allain (Yale)