Norm Bazin

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| name = Norm Bazin

| image = Norm Bazin (131833).jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| current_title = Head coach

| current_team = UMass Lowell

| current_conference = Hockey East

| current_record = 262–169–43 ({{winpct|262|169|43}})

| contract = $465,000 {{cite web |url=http://cthrupayroll.mass.gov |title=Statewide Payroll |access-date=June 7, 2019}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|1|18}}

| birth_place = Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1990–1994

| player_team1 = UMass Lowell

| player_years2 = 1994–1995

| player_team2 = Birmingham Bulls

| player_positions = Left wing

| coach_years1 = 1997–2000

| coach_team1 = UMass Lowell (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 2000–2008

| coach_team2 = Colorado College (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 2008–2011

| coach_team3 = Hamilton

| coach_years4 = 2011–present

| coach_team4 = UMass Lowell

| overall_record = 300–200–50 ({{winpct|300|200|50}})

| tournament_record = 6–6 ({{winpct|6|6}})

| championships = 2013 Hockey East Champion
2013 Hockey East Tournament champion
2014 Hockey East tournament champion
2017 Hockey East Champion
2017 Hockey East tournament champion

| awards = 2012 Bob Kullen Coach of The Year Award
2012 Clark Hodder Coach of the Year Award
2013 Bob Kullen Coach of The Year Award
2013 Spencer Penrose Award
2017 Bob Kullen Coach of The Year Award

| coaching_records =

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Normand M. Bazin (born January 18, 1971) is the current head coach of the University of Massachusetts Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey team. In 2013 he led the team to their first Hockey East Championship and their first appearance in the Frozen Four.

Career

Bazin played left wing for the University of Massachusetts Lowell from 1990 (as the University of Lowell) until he graduated in 1994, where he played alongside future NHL goaltender Dwayne Roloson.Fluto Shinzawa (2012-11-18) [https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/11/18/dwayne-roloson-turns-coaching-fill-nhl-lockout-void/YlqNiMzWeC6QBnqT68LnVM/story.html Dwayne Roloson coaching to fill NHL lockout void] The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2013-07-30. He played one season with the ECHL Birmingham Bulls, before returning to Lowell to serve as an assistant coach under Tim Whitehead. After three years in Lowell he moved to an assistant position at Colorado College. During his tenure the Tigers won their regular season three times, made six appearances in the NCAA tournament and progressed to the Frozen Four in 2005. The team had a combined record of 205–103–22 between 2000 and 2008 with Bazin as assistant coach.

In 2008 he left the school to accept a head coaching position at Hamilton College in New York, where he coached the team to a regular season conference championship in 2011. That year Bazin was hired as head coach at UMass Lowell when Blaise MacDonald was fired at the end of a 5–24–4 season (a program low for Lowell since it entered Division I in 1984).(2011-05-02) [http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_17902802 Bazin hired as UML's hockey coach] The Lowell Sun. Retrieved 2013-07-30 Under Bazin's guidance, the River Hawks made two consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Tournament, and won both the Hockey East regular season and the league tournament in 2013 (both program firsts).

Car accident

In 2003 Bazin, then an assistant coach at Colorado College, was driving on U.S. Route 395 during a recruiting trip when his car was struck by a drunk driver. Rescuers needed over an hour to free Bazin from the wreckage, and he was rushed to Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane, with severe injuries that included a severed aorta. Bazin was given a 10% chance of survival, and was so close to death when he first arrived that a priest performed last rites.(2014-01-17) [http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/TV+Shows/The+National/Canada/ID/2430747048/ Norm Bazin survives crash, helps hockey team succeed] The National (TV, CBC). Retrieved 2014-03-01 After 12 hours of surgery and 8 days in a medically induced coma, Bazin awoke but lingering injuries included a broken jaw, arms, shoulders, ribs, pelvis and legs, as well as bruising to his lungs and spleen.(2012-03-21) [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/after-horrific-car-crash-norm-bazin-reassembles-his-life-and-a-hockey-team/article11024403/ After horrific car crash, Norm Bazin reassembles his life and a hockey team] The Globe And Mail. Retrieved 2014-03-01

After months of physical therapy confined to a wheelchair, Bazin fully recovered with no lasting health effects "worth mentioning". The story of his injury, recovery and subsequent success as head coach at his alma mater has been covered by several media outlets, including The Globe and Mail, which quoted the coach as saying that since the accident “I never have a bad day”.

Bazin's second son Coleston is named for Dr. Daniel Coulston, the critical care physician who Bazin credits with saving his life.(2012-03-22) [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/sports/hockey/bazin-overcomes-injuries-and-umass-lowell-hockey-team-overcomes-odds.html Coach Surmounts Injury and Team Beats Odds] The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-03-01

Head coaching record

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{{CIH yearly record subhead

|name = Hamilton College (New York)

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|startyear = 2008

|conflong = New England Small College Athletic Conference

|conference = NESCAC

|endyear = 2011

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2008–09

| name = Hamilton

| overall = 9–15–1

| conference = 8–11–0

| confstanding = T–7th

| postseason = NESCAC Quarterfinals

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2009–10

| name = Hamilton

| overall = 15–9–2

| conference = 11–7–1

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason = NESCAC Semifinals

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2010–11

| name = Hamilton

| overall = 14–7–4

| conference = 11–4–4

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NESCAC Quarterfinals

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Hamilton

| overall = 38–31–7 ({{winpct|38|31|7}})

| confrecord = 30–22–5 ({{winpct|30|22|5}})

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|name = UMass Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey

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|startyear = 2011

|conflong = Hockey East

|conference = Hockey East

|endyear =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2011–12

| name = Massachusetts–Lowell

| overall = 24–13–1

| conference = 17–9–1

| confstanding = T–2nd

| postseason = NCAA Regional Finals

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2012–13

| name = Massachusetts–Lowell

| overall = 28–11–2

| conference = 16–9–2

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Frozen Four

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2013–14

| name = Massachusetts–Lowell

| overall = 26–11–4

| conference = 11–6–3

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Regional Finals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2014–15

| name = Massachusetts–Lowell

| overall = 21–12–6

| conference = 11–7–4

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = Hockey East Runner-Up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2015–16

| name = Massachusetts–Lowell

| overall = 25–10–5

| conference = 12–6–4

| confstanding = T-4th

| postseason = NCAA Regional Finals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 2016–17

| name = Massachusetts–Lowell

| overall = 27–11–3

| conference = 14–7–1

| confstanding = T-1st

| postseason = NCAA Regional Finals

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2017–18

| name = Massachusetts–Lowell

| overall = 17–19–0

| conference = 11–13–0

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason = Hockey East First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2018–19

| name = Massachusetts–Lowell

| overall = 19–13–5

| conference = 12–7–5

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason = Hockey East Quarterfinals

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2019–20

| name = Massachusetts–Lowell

| overall = 18–10–6

| conference = 12–7–5

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = Tournament cancelled

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2020–21

| name = Massachusetts–Lowell

| overall = 10–9–1

| conference = 7–8–1

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason = Hockey East Runner-up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2021–22

| name = Massachusetts Lowell

| overall = 21–11–3

| conference = 15–8–1

| confstanding = T–2nd

| postseason = NCAA Regional Semifinals

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2022–23

| name = Massachusetts Lowell

| overall = 18–15–3

| conference = 11–10–3

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason = Hockey East Semifinals

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2023–24

| name = Massachusetts Lowell

| overall = 8–24–4

| conference = 4–17–3

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason = Hockey East First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2024–25

| name = Massachusetts Lowell

| overall =

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = UMass Lowell

| overall = 262–169–43 ({{winpct|262|169|43}})

| confrecord = 153–114–35 ({{winpct|153|114|35}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = 300–200–50 ({{winpct|300|200|50}})

| confrecord =

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References

External links

[https://goriverhawks.com/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/coaches/norm-bazin/431 UMass Lowell profile]
[http://www.uscho.com/stats/coach/mid,1225/norm-bazin/ Norm Bazin: Year-by-Year Coaching Record], uscho.com

{{succession box

| before = Jerry York

Nate Leaman

| title = Bob Kullen Coach of the Year Award

| years = 2011–12
2012–13
2016–17

| after =
Jerry York
Jerry York

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{{succession box

| before = Bob Daniels

| title = Spencer Penrose Award

| years = 2012–13

| after = Rick Bennett

}}