Enrico Blasi

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Enrico Blasi
Current position
TitleHead Coach
Team St. Thomas
Conference CCHA
Record48–89–9 (.360)
Biographical details
Born (1972-02-16) February 16, 1972 (age 53)
Weston, Ontario Canada
Alma mater Miami University
Playing career
1990–1994 Miami
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1999 Denver (asst.)
1999–2019Miami
2021–present St. Thomas
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2020–2021 Providence (Assoc. AD)
Head coaching record
Overall446–400–86 (.525)
Tournaments8–10 (.444)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2006 CCHA regular season champion
2010 CCHA regular season champion
2011 Mason Cup
2013 CCHA regular season champion
2015 NCHC Tournament champion
Awards
2001 CCHA Coach of the Year
2004 CCHA Coach of the Year
2006 CCHA Coach of the Year
2006 Spencer Penrose Award
2010 CCHA Coach of the Year
2013 CCHA Coach of the Year

Enrico Blasi (born February 16, 1972) is a Canadian hockey coach, former player and athletics administrator who currently serves as head coach at the University of St. Thomas. [1] Blasi was previously the head coach for the Miami RedHawks men's ice hockey team, a position he occupied from 1999 until his firing in 2019.

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Life and career

Blasi is a native of Weston, Ontario. He is an alumnus of Miami University and played for the hockey team from 1990–94, playing on Miami's CCHA championship team in 1992–93 and captaining the 1993–94 team. [2] He came to Miami after working four years—three as an assistant and one as a graduate assistant—under his former Miami coach George Gwozdecky, who moved to the University of Denver in 1994. [2] Blasi became head coach of his alma mater in 1999 and, at the time, was the youngest head coach in Division I college hockey. He received the Spencer Penrose Award in 2006 and won four CCHA Coach of the Year Awards in 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2009–10. [3] [4] Blasi got his 300th win on January 25, 2013 during a 2–1 victory over CCHA rival Bowling Green. [5]

Blasi is a member of the Advisory Board for You Can Play, a campaign dedicated to fighting homophobia in sports. After serving one year as an associate athletic director for men's and women's hockey, at Providence College of Hockey East, Blasi was named the head men's hockey coach at St. Thomas on April 2, 2021, before the school's first season at the Division I level. [1] [6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Miami RedHawks (CCHA)(1999–2013)
1999–00 Miami 13–20–310–15–3t-9th CCHA first round
2000–01 Miami 20–16–217–10–1t-2nd CCHA first round
2001–02 Miami 12–22–29–17–210th CCHA first round
2002–03 Miami 21–17–313–12–3t-5th CCHA first round
2003–04 Miami 23–14–417–8–32nd NCAA West Regional semifinal
2004–05 Miami 15–18–511–13–47th CCHA first round
2005–06 Miami 26–9–420–6–21st NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal
2006–07 Miami 24–14–416–8–43rd NCAA Northeast Regional Final
2007–08 Miami 33–8–121–6–12nd NCAA Northeast Regional Final
2008–09 Miami 23–13–517–7–4–2t-2nd NCAA runner-up
2009–10 Miami 29–8–721–2–5–21st NCAA Frozen Four
2010–11 Miami 23–10–616–7–5–23rd NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal
2011–12 Miami 24–15–215–11–2–14th NCAA East Regional semifinals
2012–13 Miami 25–12–517–7–4–41st NCAA Midwest Regional finals
Miami:311–196–53222–129–43
Miami RedHawks(NCHC)(2013–2019)
2013–14 Miami 15–20–36–17–1–18th NCHC runner-up
2014–15 Miami 25–14–114–9–1–12nd NCAA East Regional semifinals
2015–16 Miami 15–18–39–13–2–25th NCHC first round
2016–17 Miami 9–20–75–14–5–37th NCHC first round
2017–18 Miami 12–20–56–14–4–28th NCHC quarterfinals
2018–19 Miami 11–23–45–17–2–1T–7th NCHC quarterfinals
Miami:87–115–2345–84–15
St. Thomas Tommies (CCHA)(2021–present)
2021–22 St. Thomas 3–32–13–22–18th CCHA Quarterfinal
2022–23 St. Thomas 11–23–210–14–27th CCHA Quarterfinal
2023–24 St. Thomas 15–20–212–11–1T–2nd CCHA Quarterfinal
2024–25 St. Thomas 19–14–513–9–43rd CCHA Runner-up
St. Thomas:48–89–938–56–8
Total:446–400–86

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. 1 2 "Rico Blasi hired to lead St. Thomas men's hockey into Division I era". University of St. Thomas Athletics.
  2. 1 2 "Enrico Blasi Profile". Miami University . 2004. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Enrico Blasi of Miami University is AHCA Men's Division I Coach of the Year". American Hockey Coaches Association . April 11, 2006.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ↑ "CCHA Coach of the Year". CCHA . Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Blasi becomes member of the 300 club". The Miami Student. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  6. ↑ "Staff and Board". You Can Play Project. Archived from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
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