Rick Allain

Rick Allain (born May 20, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. Allain's coaching career followed three seasons as a defenceman for the Maine Mariners/Providence Bruins franchise in the American Hockey League.

Rick Allain
Born	(1969-05-20) May 20, 1969 (age 56) Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Maine Mariners Providence Bruins
NHL draft	164th overall, 1989 Boston Bruins
Playing career	1990–1993

Coaching career

Allain made the transition to coaching in 1997, when he spent a season as assistant coach for the Guelph Storm in the junior-level Ontario Hockey League (OHL). The following season he accepted the head coach position with the Peterborough Petes of the OHL, where he coached for six seasons, 1998–2004. Under his command the Petes had a record of 191–179–38.

In 2004 Allain moved to Florida. In the summer of 2006 he assumed the position of head coach for the Jacksonville Barracudas of the Southern Professional Hockey League, a position he held until the conclusion of the 2007-08 SPHL season, in which the Barracudas requested a one-year suspension from the SPHL due to "not having a suitable venue in for SPHL hockey in North Florida.^[1]"

Allain was named as Hockey Operations Advisor to the Augusta RiverHawks on April 23, 2010.^[2]

Awards and honours

Awards	Year
SPHL Coach of the Year	2007–08	[3]