Northeastern University Athletics

Ferny Flaman was elected to the Hall of Fame for his accomplishments in the sport of ice hockey.

Flaman retired from coaching the Northeastern ice hockey team in the spring of 1989. He did so as the winningest coach in Northeastern hockey history, with 255 wins over 19 seasons. Northeastern hockey and Flaman flowered together as a Division I upstart in the 1970's, and blossomed in the mercurial 1980's, as they captured four Beanpot Championships, an ECAC title, and a Hockey East Tournament Championship. The Huskies stormed to the NCAA Final Four and 25 victories in 1982. Flaman, who intricately weaved his professional background and a fondness for the college game into a winning pattern at Northeastern, guided the Huskies to their first ever Beanpot Championship in 1980, and then he was named National, Division I Coach of the Year in 1982, as the program began to accelerate.

Flaman is a product of the professional ranks and somewhat of a National Hockey League icon. He starred in the NHL with the Boston Bruins (1946-50, 55-61) and the Toronto Maple Leafs, (1950-55) with whom he won a coveted Stanley Cup ring in 1951. He returned to the Bruins as captain from 1955-61. Flaman made the NHL all star team six times and was referred to by the legendary Gordie Howe as "the toughest defenseman I ever skated against." He proceeded his life in hockey as player/coach of the Providence Reds (1961-65), and subsequently in the World Hockey League as Coach/General Manager of the Fort Worth and Los Angeles franchises.