March 27, 2010

Allain Feeling at Home in Worcester

The following article appeared in the March 27 issue of the New Haven Register.

 

WORCESTER, Mass. — As the Yale men’s hockey team waited outside the locker room for its Friday practice, coach Keith Allain spent the down time catching up with, it seemed, just about everyone who passed.

That’s because Allain grew up in Worcester, and the DCU Center once doubled as his office during three seasons as an assistant coach with the Worcester Ice Cats of the AHL.

As the Bulldogs practiced, two of Allain’s brothers and a handful of his nephews watched from the stands. And when Yale takes the ice for today’s NCAA Northeast Regional game against North Dakota, his mother and all six of his brothers will be among the legion of family and friends on hand.

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