Brian Mahoney-Wilson finished his third year with the Huskies, serving as an assistant coach for the Northeastern Men’s hockey team as announced by Fernie Flaman Head Coach Jerry Keefe ahead of the 2023-24 season.
In his first three years, Mahoney-Wilson helped develop the Huskies’ goaltending depth chart. As a group, the Northeastern netminders collected 46 wins and 11 shutouts. In the 2025-26 season, junior starter Lawton Zacher earned Mike Richter Award Semifinalist and AHCA/CCM Hockey Second Team East All-American accolades. He finished with 15 wins and five shuts, while ranking, among goaltenders with 30+ games played, tied for second in the NCAA with a .929 save percentage and tied for fifth with a 2.20 goals against average. In two season (2023-25), starter Cameron Whitehead, tied the program record for shutouts by a freshman in a single season (4), added his name to the Huskies’ Top Ten list for single-season goaltending records in five categories and was named the 2024 Eberly Award recipient for best save percentage in the Beanpot tournament. Whitehead signed a professional contract with the Vegas Golden Knights at the end of the 2024-25 season.
Mahoney-Wilson spent the past seven seasons as a goaltending coach for the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins, working with notable NHL goaltenders Jimmy Howard, Magnus Hellberg, Alex Nedelijkovic, Calvin Pickard, and Kevin Poulin.
Prior to his time with the Griffins, he spent two years coaching Division I college hockey with the University of Notre Dame during the 2015-16 season and with Army for the 2014-15 stint.
The San Jose Sharks draft pick (9th., 288th) played four years for Lake Superior State University from 2007-2011. He played in 99 games for the Lakers, recording a .905 save percentage, a 2.94 goals against average and three shutouts.
Following graduation, Mahoney-Wilson played three seasons in the CHL with the Allen Americans, Missouri Mavericks, and Bloomington Blaze.
