Blaise MacDonald
Current position | |
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Title | Head Coach |
Team | Colby College[1] |
Conference | New England Small College Athletic Conference |
Biographical details | |
Born | Billerica, Massachusetts, USA |
Alma mater | Rochester Institute of Technology |
Playing career | |
1981–1985 | RIT |
Position(s) | Defenceman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1985–1987 | Dartmouth (assistant) |
1987–1988 | Princeton (assistant) |
1988–1990 | Massachusetts–Lowell (assistant) |
1990–1996 | Boston University (assistant) |
1996–2001 | Niagara |
2001–2011 | Massachusetts–Lowell |
2011–2012 | Massachusetts (assistant) |
2012–Present | Colby |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 321–324–87 (.498) |
Tournaments | 3–2 (.600) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2000 CHA Champion 2000 CHA Tournament champion 2018 NESCAC tournament champion | |
Awards | |
2000 CHA Coach of the Year 2018 Edward Jeremiah Award | |
Blaise MacDonald is an American college ice hockey coach currently heading the men's team at Colby College.
Career
Previously he was an assistant coach at Dartmouth (1986–87), Princeton (1987–88), UMass Lowell (1988–90) and Boston University (1991–96),[2] and a head coach at Niagara (1996–2001), where he compiled an all-time record of 91–58–17 and UMass Lowell (2001–11) with an overall record of 150–178–44.
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Niagara Purple Eagles (ECAC West) (1996–1998) | |||||||||
1996–97 | Niagara | 16–9–2 | 6–2–2 | 2nd | Ineligible | ||||
1997–98 | Niagara | 14–10–3 | 8–1–1 | 1st | ECAC West Champion | ||||
Niagara: | 30–19–5 | 14–3–3 | |||||||
Niagara Purple Eagles (Independent) (1998–1999) | |||||||||
1998–99 | Niagara | 17–12–3 | |||||||
Niagara: | 17–12–3 | ||||||||
Niagara Purple Eagles (CHA) (1999–2001) | |||||||||
1999–00 | Niagara | 30–8–4 | 15–0–2 | 1st | NCAA West Regional semifinals | ||||
2000–01 | Niagara | 14–19–5 | 10–7–3 | 2nd | CHA consolation game (Tie) | ||||
Niagara: | 44–27–9 | 25–7–5 | |||||||
Massachusetts–Lowell River Hawks (Hockey East) (2001–2011) | |||||||||
2001–02 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 22–13–3 | 12–9–3 | 4th | Hockey East Semifinals | ||||
2002–03 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 11–20–5 | 4–16–4 | t-8th | Hockey East Quarterfinals | ||||
2003–04 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 15–18–7 | 7–12–5 | 6th | Hockey East Quarterfinals | ||||
2004–05 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 20–12–4 | 11–10–3 | 5th | Hockey East Quarterfinals | ||||
2005–06 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 14–20–2 | 11–14–2 | 7th | Hockey East Quarterfinals | ||||
2006–07 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 8–21–7 | 7–16–4 | 9th | |||||
2007–08 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 16–17–4 | 10–13–4 | 7th | Hockey East Quarterfinals | ||||
2008–09 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 20–16–2 | 14–11–2 | 5th | Hockey East runner-up | ||||
2009–10 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 19–16–4 | 12–11–4 | t-3rd | Hockey East Quarterfinals | ||||
2010–11 | Massachusetts–Lowell | 5–25–4 | 4–21–2 | 10th | |||||
Massachusetts–Lowell: | 150–178–42 | 92–133–33 | |||||||
Colby Mules (NESCAC) (2012–present) | |||||||||
2012–13 | Colby | 7–15–3 | 5–11–2 | 7th | NESCAC quarterfinals | ||||
2013–14 | Colby | 11–11–3 | 8–9–1 | t-6th | NESCAC quarterfinals | ||||
2014–15 | Colby | 5–16–3 | 2–13–3 | 9th | |||||
2015–16 | Colby | 9–11–5 | 6–9–3 | t-7th | NESCAC quarterfinals | ||||
2016–17 | Colby | 13–7–4 | 11–4–3 | 2nd | NESCAC quarterfinals | ||||
2017–18 | Colby | 17–11–2 | 9–7–2 | T–5th | NCAA Frozen Four | ||||
2018–19 | Colby | 10–10–5 | 7–7–4 | 6th | NESCAC quarterfinals | ||||
2019–20 | Colby | 7–14–3 | 3–13–2 | 10th | |||||
2020–21 | Colby | 1–3–0 | — | N/A | |||||
Colby: | 80–88–28 | 51–73–20 | |||||||
Total: | 321–324–87 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
References
External links
- Colby profile
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Award Created | CHA Coach of the Year 1999–00 | Succeeded by Craig Barnett |
Preceded by Mike McShane | Edward Jeremiah Award 2017–18 | Succeeded by |
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- Dwyer Arena (1996–present)
- Blaise MacDonald (1996–2001)
- Dave Burkholder (2001–2017)
- Jason Lammers (2017–present)
- ECAC West (1996–1998)
- CHA (1999–2010)
- Atlantic Hockey (2010–present)
- Canisius Golden Griffins
- Battle of the Bridge
- RIT Tigers
- Ted Cook (78 Goals)
- Chris Moran (102 Assists)
- Barret Ehgoetz (166 Points)
- Greg Gardner (64 Wins)
- Niagara University
- Lewiston, New York