Joe Howe

Joe Howe (born March 5, 1990) is an American ice hockey coach and former goaltender. He is currently the interim Malcolm G. Chace Head Coach of Men's Hockey at Yale.

Career Joe Howe began his career in college hockey with Colorado College in 2009. He became the team's starting goaltender as a freshman (for which he was named to the WCHA All–Rookie Team) and served in that capacity for most of his four-year tenure with the program. His performance in Colorado Springs was enough to earn Howe a professional career after graduating, however, he saw limited success. In two years, Howe played for six different clubs. While his numbers weren't bad they weren't enough to make any of his teams want to keep him around. After the 2014–15 season, Howe hung up his skates and embarked on a coaching career.

His first stop was as a volunteer assistant/goaltending coach for Denver. Despite having played for the Pioneers' arch-rival, Howe proved to be a welcome addition to the staff and helped turn Denver's starting goaltender, Tanner Jaillet into a two-time All-American. The goaltender was outstanding while backstopping Denver to the National championship in 2017. After serving as the Director of Hockey Operations for the program in 2018, Howe got his first full-time assistant position with Alaska. While there, Howe worked with the offense, defense and goaltending positions as well as the Nanooks' power play unit.

After the COVID-19 pandemic, Howe was hired for a similar role at Yale. Just four years later, after the retirement of Keith Allain, Howe was named the team's interim head coach.

Playing career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2007–08 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 22 13 5 1 1215 43 2 2.12 .915 — — — — — — — — 2008–09 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 34 17 13 2 1865 109 1 3.51 .882 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Colorado College WCHA 36 17 15 3 2097 98 3 2.80 .907 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Colorado College WCHA 36 18 15 2 2081 102 3 2.94 .903 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Colorado College WCHA 16 5 8 1 827 48 0 3.48 .882 — — — — — — — — 2012–13 Colorado College WCHA 31 14 12 4 1754 87 2 2.98 .915 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 18 10 3 4 1058 49 1 2.78 .907 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 Missouri Mavericks CHL 7 3 2 1 405 17 0 2.52 .915 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Utah Grizzlies ECHL 8 3 3 2 478 29 0 3.64 .886 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Reading Royals ECHL 2 1 0 0 104 4 0 2.30 .905 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Rapid City Rush ECHL 5 2 1 0 232 16 0 4.14 .846 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 Orlando Solar Bears ECHL 3 1 1 1 147 8 0 3.27 .881 — — — — — — — —

Head coaching record

Awards and honors Award Year WCHA All-Rookie Team 2009–10