March 22, 2009

Bulldog Resurgence

The following article appeared March 20 on the Washington Capitals Web site.


By Nate Ewell

Yale has been to only one Frozen Four, and that came in 1952, so it’s nothing but a distant memory in New Haven, Conn. But if the Bulldogs get to the event in Washington, D.C., next month, they’ll be led by a man who at least knows the area well.

Keith Allain, the head coach who has taken the Bulldogs from the depths of the ECAC Hockey standings to league champion in just three seasons, was a Washington Capitals assistant coach for four years on Jim Schoenfeld’s staff. He also spent four years as a European scout for the Caps.

Allain takes his Yale team to Albany, NY this weekend for ECAC Hockey’s playoff championship (five of college hockey’s six leagues play their conference tournaments this weekend). Regardless of the outcome, the Bulldogs can expect to have their names called during Sunday’s NCAA Tournament Selection Show (11:30 a.m., ESPN2) and will make their first NCAA appearance since 1998, the same year they won their last conference title.

Complete article can be accessed via the Capitals Web site by clicking here.