Brian Yandle, who grew up in Milton, Mass, comes from a great bloodline of hockey in his family where his father was a long-time successful local High School coach and played at Boston College and his brother Keith currently is a star player in the NHL on the Florida Panthers. Brian was a standout player at Catholic Memorial High School and then Cushing Academy a private boarding school where his experience of living away and going to school as a High School student is invaluable to our boarding students. Brian then went on to an outstanding four-year career at the University of New Hampshire, where he played on a Hockey East champion and Frozen Four team in 2002-03, and was a two-time All-American.

After college Brian went on to play professionally for five seasons playing for 7 different teams at multiple professional levels. Brian is currently a youth coach for his 3 sons with the Boston Junior Terriers and has his own hockey Podcast, the Rink Shrinks, with fellow AHA skills instructor and retired NHL defenseman Mike Mottau.