Former Boston University, Olympic and National Hockey League standout Scott Young was promoted to assistant coach on head coach David Quinn's staff in September 2015. He returned to Commonwealth Ave. in 2014 to become the director of men's ice hockey operations for the Terriers.
Young, who retired from the NHL in 2006, was the head coach at St. Mark's School - his alma mater - in Southborough for four seasons from 2010-14. He vastly improved the program by leading the Winged Lions to three winning seasons, including their first back-to-back winning seasons in a dozen years.
An inductee in both the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame and the St. Mark's Athletic Hall of Fame, Young is one of three Terrier hockey alumni to participate in three Olympiads (1988, 1992, 2002) for Team USA and he captured a silver medal with the 2002 squad in Salt Lake City. He also was a member of the U.S. squad that claimed the gold medal at the inaugural World Cup of Hockey in 1996.
The 1986 Hockey East Rookie of the Year, Young was a standout at right wing for the Terriers under Coach Jack Parker, totaling 65 points (31g, 34a) in 71 games over the course of two seasons. After taking his junior year off to compete in his first Olympics, Young turned professional upon his return from the Calgary Games when he signed a contract with the Hartford Whalers, the team that selected him 11th overall in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.
Young went on to have an accomplished 17-season NHL career, winning the Stanley Cup twice - first with Pittsburgh in 1991 before raising it once more with Colorado five years later. The only Terrier to win the Cup with two different NHL organizations, Young played for seven NHL franchises and appeared in 1,181 career games, scoring 342 goals and 414 assists for 756 career points.
A Clinton, Mass., native, Young participated in three World Junior Championships (1985, 1986, 1987) and was named to the All-Tournament Team in 1987. The 1986 squad earned Team USA's first-ever medal at World Juniors, as Young, David Quinn and Mike Kelfer represented BU on that bronze-medal team. USA Hockey also tabbed Young for three World Championship teams (1987, 1989, 1994).
