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Dave Flint Year-by-Year Record
Dave Flint was named the sixth head coach of the women’s ice hockey program in 2008, and has led a women’s hockey renaissance on Huntington Avenue ever since. In 17 seasons behind the bench, Flint has guided Northeastern a 397-174-47 overall record (.680 winning percentage) and has helped the program to its first eight NCAA tournament appearances (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026). Additionally, the two-time National Coach of the Year (2021, 2023), Flint has been behind the bench for six Hockey East tournament championships (2018, 2019, 2020. 2021, 2022, 2023), six Hockey East regular season titles (2012, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2026), six Beanpot crowns (2012, 2013, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025) and four Frozen Four appearances (2021, 2022, 2023, 2026). He enters his 19th year at helm of the Huskies in 2026-27.
In another banner year for the Huskies in 2025-26, Flint guided NU back to the Frozen Four for the first time since 2023. Northeastern appeared in a record 10th-straight Hockey East Championship game, while capturing the regular season title with a 21-2-1 record in conference. Under Flint's tutelage, freshman phenom Stryker Zablocki became the first Husky in program history to earn Hockey East Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honors. Six Huskies earned Hockey East All-Star accolades, including first team honorees, Zablocki, Lily Shannon and Jules Constantinople.
Flint has been named the Hockey East Coach of the Year five times (2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023) as well as the All-New England Coach of the Year (2012, 2019, 2023), and has overseen the development of four Patty Kazmaier top-three finalists in Florence Schelling (2012), 2016 award winner Kendall Coyne, Alina Mueller (2020, 2023) and 2021 award winner Aerin Frankel. Flint holds the Hockey East all-time tournament coaching record at 39-12, and Northeastern owns a Hockey East-best 10-straight championship game appearances.
The 2020-23 stretch stands as the high-water mark of the Flint era: three-straight Frozen Fours, five-straight Hockey East titles (the first time any league team had accomplished that feat) and a 2022-23 campaign that set a program record with 34 wins, capped by a sixth-straight Hockey East title and 18th Beanpot in program history. Gwyneth Philips earned National Goaltender of the Year honors that season, while Philips, Mueller and Maureen Murphy were all named Top-10 Patty Kazmaier finalists.
The 2015-16 campaign served as a breakout campaign for Flint’s Huskies, as the program owned a 28-9-1 record, and the Huskies reached the NCAA tournament for the first time. Under Flint's tutelage, senior Kendall Coyne was named the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner as the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey after leading the nation in goals (50), goals per game (1.35), points per game (2.27), shorthanded goals (5) and hat tricks (5). A member of Flint's 2011 recruiting class, Coyne finished her career as the all-time leading scorer at Northeastern (249 points) and the ninth-highest scorer in the NCAA since 2000. The two-time Olympian (and 2018 gold medalist) was also named the 2016 Cammi Granato Award Winner for the Player of the Year in Hockey East, becoming the second Husky and third honoree to win the award under Flint's guidance (Florence Schelling won in 2010 and 2012).
In addition to his four Patty Kazmaier top-three finalists, Flint has produced seven CCM/AHCA All-Americans (Coyne, Schelling, Mueller, Frankel, Skylar Fontaine, Murphy and Philips), 11 Olympians, 45 Hockey East All-Star selections (including 17 first-team honorees) and 21 Hockey East All-Rookie honorees. Flint's Huskies have excelled in the classroom as well, accumulating over 100 Hockey East All-Academic selections. Flint's Huskies have also excelled in the classroom as NU has accumulated over 100 Hockey East All-Academic selections.
Flint's track record for developing Northeastern's netminders speaks for itself. Olympic bronze medalist Florence Schelling graduated as the program's all-time leader in career goals against average (1.74) and save percentage (.940). Aerin Frankel left Huntington Avenue as the most decorated goaltender in program history. Frankel was the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner in 2020-21, a two-time National Goalie of the Year and four-time Hockey East Goaltender of the Year. Additionally, Frankel closed out her career with 103 wins, becoming just the ninth goaltender in NCAA history to reach that milestone and owns every single career goaltending record in program history. Upon graduation, Gwyneth Philips posted the highest career save percentage in NCAA history at .958 percent.
Flint arrived at Northeastern from St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., where he built the women's hockey program from the ground up. After seven years as an assistant coach with the St. Anselm men's team, Flint took over the women's program in 2003 and oversaw its transition to varsity status, leading the Hawks to an 88-15-2 record over four seasons, three ECAC Open titles and three ECAC East Coach of the Year honors.
Since 2005, Flint has also been a member of the USA Hockey staff, serving since 2008 as goaltending coach and advisor for the women's national program. He was on staff for the U.S. National Team that won silver at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and gold at the 2008 World Championship in Harbin, China.
A 1993 graduate of North Adams State College (now the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts), Flint was a four-year varsity goalie there and earned his bachelor's degree in Biology with a concentration in Sports Medicine. He is a Certified Athletic Trainer and a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, and currently resides in Merrimack, N.H., with his wife, Alison, and their two children, Paige and Tate.
| Dave Flint Year-by-Year Record |
| Team |
Year |
Record |
Win Pct. |
Conf. Record |
Finish |
Win Pct. |
Beanpot |
Postseason Finish |
| St. Anselm |
2004-05 |
21-3-1 |
.860 |
8-2-1 |
7th |
.772 |
-- |
ECAC Open Champions |
| St. Anselm |
2005-06 |
20-7-0 |
.741 |
17-2-0 |
2nd |
.895 |
-- |
-- |
| St. Anselm |
2006-07 |
24-3-0 |
.889 |
18-1-0 |
1st |
.947 |
-- |
ECAC Open Champions |
| St. Anselm |
2007-08 |
23-2-1 |
.904 |
17-1-1 |
1st |
.921 |
-- |
ECAC Open Champions |
| Northeastern |
2008-09 |
12-20-3 |
.386 |
7-13-1 |
6th |
.357 |
4th |
Hockey East Quarterfinals |
| * Served as an assistant coach with Team USA at the 2010 Winter Olympics during the 2009-10 season * |
| Northeastern |
2010-11 |
16-13-8 |
.541 |
6-10-5 |
5th |
.405 |
T-3rd |
Hockey East Final |
| Northeastern |
2011-12 |
22-7-4 |
.727 |
15-3-3 |
1st |
.786 |
1st |
Hockey East Semifinals |
| Northeastern |
2012-13 |
23-11-2 |
.667 |
13-7-1 |
3rd |
.643 |
1st |
Hockey East Final |
| Northeastern |
2013-14 |
19-14-2 |
.571 |
13-6-2 |
3rd |
.667 |
2nd |
Hockey East Semifinals |
| Northeastern |
2014-15 |
14-17-5 |
.458 |
11-8-2 |
3rd |
.571 |
4th |
Hockey East Semifinals |
| Northeastern |
2015-16 |
28-9-1 |
.750 |
20-4-0 |
2nd |
.833 |
2nd |
NCAA Tournament |
| Northeastern |
2016-17 |
22-12-3 |
.635 |
14-8-2 |
2nd |
.625 |
2nd |
Hockey East Final |
| Northeastern |
2017-18 |
19-17-3 |
.526 |
11-11-2 |
4th |
.500 |
4th |
Hockey East Champions / NCAA Tournament |
| Northeastern |
2018-19 |
27-6-5 |
.776 |
21-3-3 |
1st |
.833 |
4th |
Hockey East Champions / NCAA Tournament |
| Northeastern |
2019-20 |
32-4-2 |
.868 |
24-3-0 |
1st |
.889 |
1st |
Hockey East Champions
/ NCAA Tournament |
| Northeastern |
2020-21 |
22-2-1 |
.900 |
17-1-1 |
1st |
.921 |
-- |
Hockey East Champions
/ NCAA Tournament Championship Game |
| Northeastern |
2021-22 |
31-5-2 |
.842 |
21-3-2 |
1st |
.846 |
3rd |
Hockey East Champions
/ NCAA Tournament Semifinal Game |
| Northeastern |
2022-23 |
34-3-1 |
.908 |
24-2-1 |
1st |
.907 |
1st |
Hockey East Champions
/ NCAA Tournament Semifinal Game |
| Northeastern |
2023-24 |
25-11-3 |
.679 |
16-8-3 |
2nd |
.648 |
1st |
Hockey East Final |
| Northeastern |
2024-25 |
22-14-1 |
.608 |
15-11-1 |
5th |
.574 |
1st |
Hockey East Final |
| Northeastern |
2025-26 |
29-9-1 |
.756 |
21-2-1 |
1st |
.896 |
3rd |
Hockey East Final / NCAA Tournament Semifinal game |
| St. Anselm (total) |
-- |
88-15-2 |
.848 |
60-6-2 |
-- |
.897 |
-- |
-- |
| Northeastern (total) |
-- |
397-174-47 |
.680 |
269-107-30 |
-- |
.700 |
6 titles |
-- |
| TOTAL |
-- |
485-189-49 |
.705 |
329-113-32 |
-- |
.728 |
6 titles |
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