:Blaise MacDonald
{{Short description|American ice hockey coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Blaise MacDonald
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
| death_date =
| death_place =
| current_title = Head Coach
| current_team = Colby College{{cite web|title=Men's Ice Hockey—Coaches|url=http://www.colby.edu/athletics_cs/mens_hockey/index.cfm?content=coaches|accessdate=October 15, 2012}}
| current_conference = New England Small College Athletic Conference
| alma_mater = Rochester Institute of Technology
| player_years1 = 1981–1985
| player_team1 = RIT
| player_positions = Defenceman
| coach_years1 = 1985–1987
| coach_team1 = Dartmouth (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1987–1988
| coach_team2 = Princeton (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1988–1990
| coach_team3 = Massachusetts–Lowell (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1990–1996
| coach_team4 = Boston University (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1996–2001
| coach_team5 = Niagara
| coach_years6 = 2001–2011
| coach_team6 = Massachusetts–Lowell
| coach_years7 = 2011–2012
| coach_team7 = Massachusetts (assistant)
| coach_years8 = 2012–Present
| coach_team8 = Colby
| overall_record = 321–324–87 ({{winpct|321|324|87}})
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 3–2 ({{winpct|3|2|0}})
| championships = 2000 CHA Champion
2000 CHA Tournament champion
2018 NESCAC tournament champion
| awards = 2000 CHA Coach of the Year
2018 Edward Jeremiah Award
| coaching_records =
}}
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),{{cite web|title=Blaise MacDonald Minutemen Profile|url=http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/macdonald_blaise00.html|accessdate=October 15, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150246/http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/macdonald_blaise00.html|archivedate=December 22, 2015}} 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
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{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Niagara Purple Eagles men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#582C83; {{box-shadow border|a|#C7C8CA|2px}}
|startyear = 1996
|conflong = ECAC West
|conference = ECAC West
|endyear = 1998
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1996–97
| name = Niagara
| overall = 16–9–2
| conference = 6–2–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = Ineligible
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 1997–98
| name = Niagara
| overall = 14–10–3
| conference = 8–1–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = ECAC West Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Niagara
| overall = 30–19–5
| confrecord = 14–3–3
}}
{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = {{color|white|Niagara Purple Eagles}}
|color = color:white; background:#582C83; {{box-shadow border|a|#C7C8CA|2px}}
|startyear = 1998
|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
|conference = Independent
|endyear = 1999
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1998–99
| name = Niagara
| overall = 17–12–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Niagara
| overall = 17–12–3
| confrecord =
}}
{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = {{color|white|Niagara Purple Eagles}}
|color = color:white; background:#582C83; {{box-shadow border|a|#C7C8CA|2px}}
|startyear = 1999
|conflong = College Hockey America
|conference = CHA
|endyear = 2001
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 1999–00
| name = Niagara
| overall = 30–8–4
| conference = 15–0–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA West Regional semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2000–01
| name = Niagara
| overall = 14–19–5
| conference = 10–7–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = CHA consolation game (Tie)
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Niagara
| overall = 44–27–9
| confrecord = 25–7–5
}}
{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = UMass Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey
|color = color:white; background:#00549F; {{box-shadow border|a|#CF202F|2px}}
|startyear = 2001
|conflong = Hockey East
|conference = Hockey East
|endyear = 2011
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2001–02
| name = Massachusetts–Lowell
| overall = 22–13–3
| conference = 12–9–3
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = Hockey East Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002–03
| name = Massachusetts–Lowell
| overall = 11–20–5
| conference = 4–16–4
| confstanding = t-8th
| postseason = Hockey East Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003–04
| name = Massachusetts–Lowell
| overall = 15–18–7
| conference = 7–12–5
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason = Hockey East Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2004–05
| name = Massachusetts–Lowell
| overall = 20–12–4
| conference = 11–10–3
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = Hockey East Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2005–06
| name = Massachusetts–Lowell
| overall = 14–20–2
| conference = 11–14–2
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason = Hockey East Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006–07
| name = Massachusetts–Lowell
| overall = 8–21–7
| conference = 7–16–4
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = Massachusetts–Lowell
| overall = 16–17–4
| conference = 10–13–4
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason = Hockey East Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Massachusetts–Lowell
| overall = 20–16–2
| conference = 14–11–2
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = Hockey East runner-up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009–10
| name = Massachusetts–Lowell
| overall = 19–16–4
| conference = 12–11–4
| confstanding = t-3rd
| postseason = Hockey East Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = Massachusetts–Lowell
| overall = 5–25–4
| conference = 4–21–2
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Massachusetts–Lowell
| overall = 150–178–42
| confrecord = 92–133–33
}}
{{CIH yearly record subhead
|name = Colby Mules
|color = color:white; background:#002878; {{box-shadow border|a|#E3D7D1|2px}}
|startyear = 2012
|conflong = New England Small College Athletic Conference
|conference = NESCAC
|endyear =
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Colby
| overall = 7–15–3
| conference = 5–11–2
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason = NESCAC quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Colby
| overall = 11–11–3
| conference = 8–9–1
| confstanding = t-6th
| postseason = NESCAC quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Colby
| overall = 5–16–3
| conference = 2–13–3
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Colby
| overall = 9–11–5
| conference = 6–9–3
| confstanding = t-7th
| postseason = NESCAC quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Colby
| overall = 13–7–4
| conference = 11–4–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NESCAC quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2017–18
| name = Colby
| overall = 17–11–2
| conference = 9–7–2
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Colby
| overall = 10–10–5
| conference = 7–7–4
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason = NESCAC quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Colby
| overall = 7–14–3
| conference = 3–13–2
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Colby
| overall = 1–3–0
| conference = —
| confstanding = N/A
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Colby
| overall = 80–88–28
| confrecord = 51–73–20
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall = 321–324–87
|conference =
}}
References
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External links
- [http://gocolbymules.com/sports/mice/coaches/Blaise_MacDonald?view=bio Colby profile]
- {{icehockeystats}}
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{{succession box | before = Mike McShane| title = Edward Jeremiah Award | years = 2017–18 | after = Tyler Krueger}}
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