Todd Milewski has a really nice column today that reviews Coach Howard's place in Badger Hockey History. As Todd points out, one of the most impressive aspects of Howards career is that he was able to adapt to the changes in goaltending over the years and remain highly successful.
The column also has more on Howard's decision to step down, indicating the Howard was unsatisfied with his increasingly limited coaching role, as the role was being more and more limited to just coaching the goaltenders.