Yale University Men's Ice Hockey

Allain 80 took over in 2006 has elevated the Bulldogs to be recognized among the nations perennial powers. The numbers - like six NCAA Tournament appearances (1 national title, 3 regional finals) and seven Ivy League Championships in 10 seasons - tell the story of Yales ascension in the Allain era.   THE NUMBERS   NATIONAL TITLE Allain, Yales Malcolm G. Chace Head Coach of Hockey, took a team that was seeded 15th overall in the NCAA Tournament to a 2013 Frozen Four title after wins over three top seeds and a No. 2 seed. His Bulldogs won twice in OT (Minnesota, UMass Lowell), came from behind to beat North Dakota, and beat No. 1 Quinnipiac 4-0 at Pittsburgh for the national title. Prior to that, he led the Blue to the best win percentage (.752) among Division I teams from 2008 to 2011 while coming within a game of two straight Frozen Four appearances. The 2010-11 campaign had been the programs best. Allains squad set the school record for wins (28-7-1), became the first Bulldog team to be voted No. 1 in the national polls (2 straight months), held the top PairWise Ranking for most of the year, won four straight conference playoff games to capture the ECAC Hockey Championship and beat Air Force in OT at the NCAA East Regional as the top seed in the 16-team field. In addition, the Blue ended the season with Division Is top offense, defense and winning percentage. Allain's 2009-10 team became Yale's first to take consecutive ECAC Hockey regular-season titles and have 20-win seasons. The Elis, who led the nation in scoring and finished with a No. 5 ranking in the polls, capped it off with a 3-2 win over North Dakota in the NCAA Northeast Regional at Worcester, Mass, that was considered the greatest win for the program to date. Yale fell to eventual national champion Boston College the next day despite scoring seven times. The 2008-09 Tim Taylor Award as ECAC Hockeys Coach of the Year went to Allain after he led Yale to a 24-win season, Yales first ECAC Tournament Championship and a No. 5 national ranking. That season College Hockey News named him national coach of the year.   FOLLOWING LEGENDS The current Yale head coach replaced his original mentor, Tim Taylor (1976-2006), whose first team included Allain. Taylor hired Allain to be his assistant from 1982 to 1985 before the prized pupil left the collegiate game to coach and scout in Sweden. He completed his 16th overall year at Yale in 2014-15: four as a student, three as an assistant coach in the early 1980s and nine as head coach. Only Taylor (337, 28 years) and Murray Murdoch (278, 27) have more wins at Yale than Allain, who owns a 20-16 ECAC post-season record (6-4 in NCAAs).    YALE CONNECTION Allain, a former NHL and Olympics assistant, was named the 11th head coach of the Yale men's program on April 15, 2006. Allain is the third Yale graduate to take the position and the first since Holcomb York '17 led the Bulldogs from 1930 to 1938 (Lawrence M. Noble '27 coached the Elis from 1928 to 1930).   FORMER GOALIE The starting goalie on four Bulldog squads, Allain owns the fourth-most (31) wins for a Yale netminder and ranks fourth at the school with 2,337 career saves. He owns four of the top 10 Yale single-game save totals, including 55 stops in a 7-3 loss at Minnesota on Dec. 28, 1978. Allain played two years (1980-82) of professional hockey in Sweden before suffering a career-ending injury.   NHL Allain, the goalie coach for the St. Louis Blues from 1998 to 2006, watched his netminders give up the fewest goals in the NHL in 1999-2000, claiming the William M. Jennings Trophy. That season the Blues captured the President's Trophy for the best regular-season record in the league. His professional hockey coaching experience also includes serving as a scout for the NHL's Nashville Predators in 1997-98 and a four-year (1993-97) stint as an assistant coach for the Washington Capitals, where he helped Jim Carey win the 1996 Vezina Trophy.   TEAM USA His extensive international coaching career includes serving as an assistant coach for the United States Olympic Team at the 1992 (Albertville) and 2006 (Torino) Games. He was an assistant for teams that played in the 1996 (won championship) and 2004 World Cup of Hockey. Allain's 1996 U.S. World Cup team is now in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. His involvement with USA Hockey includes guiding the U.S. as head coach at the 2001, 2002 and 2011 IIHF World Junior Championships. He also assisted with the 2005 and 2006 U.S. National Teams at the world championships.   FAMILY Allain is a Worcester, Mass., native who has six brothers (five of them played college hockey) and a father who had played professionally in the old Eastern League. He and his wife, Mi, have three children: Josefine, Julia and Niklas.   ALLAIN TIMELINE YEARS: Position/Team 1976-80: Attended Yale 1980-81: Professional player in Sweden 1982-85: Yale Assistant Coach 1985-86: Professional player/coach in Sweden 1986-89: Worked in the investment business 1989-91: Head Coach Jarfalla Hockey Club Sweden 1989-93: European Scout for Washington Capitals 1989-94: Assistant Coach Washington Capitals 1997-98:Professional Scout for Nashville Predators 1998-06: Assistant Coach St. Louis Blues 2006-07: Became Yale Head Coach   ALLAIN'S INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE Years: Position, Team, Tournament 2011: Head Coach, U.S. Junior National, World Championships (Bronze) 2006: Assistant, U.S. National, World Championships 2006: Assistant, U.S. National, Olympic Games (Torino) 2005: Assistant, U.S. National, World Championships 2004: Goalie, U.S. National, World Cup 2002: Head, U.S. Junior National, World Championships (4-1-2) 2001: Head, U.S. Junior National, World Championships (5-2) 1996: Assistant, U.S. National, World Cup (1st) 1995: Head, U.S. National 17, Mexico Cup (2nd) 1994: Head, U.S. National 17, Pacific Cup (2nd) 1991-92: Assistant, U.S. National, Olympic Games (Albertville) 1990: Assistant, U.S. National 17, Summer Challenge   Articles on Allain NHL.com: Allain's arrival rejuvenates Yale New Haven Register: Allain Era Starts With Fond Memories Hartford Courant: Allain's Allegiance Brings Him Back as Yale Coach CSTV.com: True Blue, and a Dream Come True ESPN.com: Blues Assistant Allain Named Yale Hockey Coach   Keith Allain/USA Hockey Feature on Versus:

Siembida helped Jeff Malcolm 13 become one of the most successful goalies in the history of Yale hockey during his first season as a volunteer coach at Yale in 2012-13. That work enabled Yale to win the 2013 national championship and get Malcolm All-Frozen Four honors. For the last two seasons, Siembida mentored Alex Lyon on the way to the class of 2018 Eli becoming the first-ever two-time winner of the Ken Dryden Award for the ECAC's top goalie. Lyon was also a two-time finalist for the Mike Richter Award after leading the nation in most categories. The Timmins, Ontario, native played for the USHL Waterloo Blackhawks before going to the University of North Dakota (2001-03) and then Quinnipiac University (2004-06), where he played goalie for both schools. He began his coaching career after graduating from Quinnipiac in 2006. Siembida, who resides in Hamden, was also coaching Connecticut Yankees AAA teams, while helping develop numerous prep, college and pro players. View: | Desktop

Donald, the captain of the 2009-10 Yale hockey team that won the ECAC Hockey regular-season championship, returned to the Bulldogs as an assistant coach in October of 2015. Donald, who had just been named assistant coach and assistant general manager of the Trail Smoke Eaters of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League, jumped at the chance to return to his alma mater and join Keith Allains staff. Since I got into coaching, Ive been thinking how exciting it would be to return to Yale as a coach. Its truly a dream coming true, said Donald, who led the Elis to a win over North Dakota in the 2010 NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal at Worcester, Mass. The former Yale defenseman and four-year letterman helped the Elis win three Ivy League Championships and ECAC regular season and tournament titles. He arrived in New Haven for Allains first season as head coach and left with 72 victories. Donald went on to play for the Providence Bruins and Charlotte Checkers of the AHL and the ECHLs Gwinnett Gladiators. This is also a great opportunity for me to learn from a coach [Allain] with a wealth of knowledge and experience, said Donald, whose junior career included Fort Saskatchewan (AJHL Rookie of Year) and Camrose (assistant captain). The former bruising Bulldog blueliner was a coach and assistant GM of the Maritime Junior Hockey Leagues Woodstock Slammers from 2013-15. Prior to that, Donald, a political science major at Yale, served as a volunteer assistant coach with the Florida Junior Everblades (EJHL) during the 2011-12 season.     Feature Story by Ryan Donald for College Hockey Inc.: My Journey Feature Story by Ryan Donald for College Hockey Inc.: My Journey