Fernie Flaman, Northeastern University's longest-tenured men's hockey coach from 1970 to 1989 and leader for all four Huskies' Beanpot championships, will be inducted into the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. at Lombardo's in Randolph, Mass.

Veteran sports broadcaster and current NESN studio host for the Boston Bruins, Dale Arnold, will serve as Master of Ceremonies at the 17th annual induction ceremony.

Flaman is Northeastern's winningest coach after racking up 255 victories in 19 years behind the Huskies' bench. He was also the coach of NU's current skipper, Jim Madigan, who played from 1981 to 1985.

Flaman's 1981-82 club set the program record for wins in a season (25) which was recently matched in 2008-09.

The Dysart, Saskatchewan native led the Huskies to all four Beanpot titles in 1980, 1984, 1985 and 1988 and represented Northeastern in half of its NCAA Tournament appearances in 1982 and 1988. In 1982, Flaman was named United States college coach of the year and directed Northeastern to its only Hockey East championship in 1988.

Immediately after stepping down from his post, Flaman was inducted into the Northeastern Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.

Before taking over at Northeastern, Flaman was a success at the professional level. He was signed by the Bruins in 1943 and played three years for the minor-league Boston Olympians before making the NHL ranks with Boston in 1947. Flaman played five years for the Bruins before being traded to Toronto where he won the Stanley Cup in his first season with the Maple Leafs in 1951. He played three more years in Toronto before coming back to the Bruins in 1954, for whom he played seven more seasons. Flaman was named the Bruins captain in 1955 and wore the 'C' for the duration of his career. NU's famed coach played in five All-Star games and was named to three NHL Second All-StarTeams (1955, 1957 and 1958).

Flaman finished his NHL career with 34 goals and 174 assists for 208 points in 910 games, and added 1,370 penalty minutes. At the time of his retirement, he was third in NHL history in career penalty minutes.

He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990.

The most recent Northeastern representative to be voted into the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame is Associate Athletics Director for Communications Emeritus, Jack Grinold. Grinold was inducted in 2009.

Flaman will be inducted into the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame alongside former Bruin Mike O'Connell, Bruin Bobby Miller, revered hockey writer, Jack Falla, Massachusetts Hockey builders Dan Lynch, Phil Re, Gloria Heerman, Barbara Wright and Jeanette Duval.

Nominees of the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame are chosen on the basis of accomplishments in the game of hockey, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to his or her teams or organizations in college, amateur or professional hockey, or on international teams representing the United States. Each nominee must have distinguished himself or herself by exceptional performance and outstanding character reflecting favorably upon the game of hockey in Massachusetts, be in good public standing in the community, an appropriate role model for young hockey players and an exemplary representative of the game of hockey.

A limited number of tickets ($60) to the 2011 Hall of Fame Induction Dinner are available and may be purchased by contacting Jim Prior at jimprior@easternjunior.com or (781) 938-4400.