# Keith Allain

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. 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.
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 | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason | 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 | NCAA totals | 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: | Yale: | 276–233–51 | 187–162–33 | | |
| Total: | 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 ||||||