Enrico Blasi

Enrico Blasi

Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	St. Thomas
Conference	CCHA
Record	29–75–5 (.289)
Biographical details
Born	(1972-02-16) February 16, 1972 (age 52) Weston, Ontario Canada
Alma mater	Miami University
Playing career
1990–1994	Miami
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–1999	Denver (asst.)
1999–2019	Miami
2021–present	St. Thomas
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2020–2021	Providence (Assoc. AD)
Head coaching record
Overall	427–386–81 (.523)
Tournaments	8–10 (.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 an American 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.

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 and will guide the school into the Division I era as a member of CCHA. ^{[1] [6]}

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Miami RedHawks (CCHA)(1999–2013)
1999–00	Miami	13–20–3	10–15–3	t-9th	CCHA first round
2000–01	Miami	20–16–2	17–10–1	t-2nd	CCHA first round
2001–02	Miami	12–22–2	9–17–2	10th	CCHA first round
2002–03	Miami	21–17–3	13–12–3	t-5th	CCHA first round
2003–04	Miami	23–14–4	17–8–3	2nd	NCAA West Regional semifinal
2004–05	Miami	15–18–5	11–13–4	7th	CCHA first round
2005–06	Miami	26–9–4	20–6–2	1st	NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal
2006–07	Miami	24–14–4	16–8–4	3rd	NCAA Northeast Regional Final
2007–08	Miami	33–8–1	21–6–1	2nd	NCAA Northeast Regional Final
2008–09	Miami	23–13–5	17–7–4–2	t-2nd	NCAA runner-up
2009–10	Miami	29–8–7	21–2–5–2	1st	NCAA Frozen Four
2010–11	Miami	23–10–6	16–7–5–2	3rd	NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal
2011–12	Miami	24–15–2	15–11–2–1	4th	NCAA East Regional semifinals
2012–13	Miami	25–12–5	17–7–4–4	1st	NCAA Midwest Regional finals
Miami:		311–196–53	222–129–43
Miami RedHawks(NCHC)(2013–2019)
2013–14	Miami	15–20–3	6–17–1–1	8th	NCHC runner-up
2014–15	Miami	25–14–1	14–9–1–1	2nd	NCAA East Regional semifinals
2015–16	Miami	15–18–3	9–13–2–2	5th	NCHC first round
2016–17	Miami	9–20–7	5–14–5–3	7th	NCHC first round
2017–18	Miami	12–20–5	6–14–4–2	8th	NCHC quarterfinals
2018–19	Miami	11–23–4	5–17–2–1	T–7th	NCHC quarterfinals
Miami:		87–115–23	45–84–15
St. Thomas Tommies (CCHA)(2021–present)
2021–22	St. Thomas	3–32–1	3–22–1	8th	CCHA Quarterfinal
2022–23	St. Thomas	11–23–2	10–14–2	7th	CCHA Quarterfinal
2023–24	St. Thomas	15–20–2	12–11–1	T–2nd	CCHA Quarterfinal
St. Thomas:		29–75–5	25–47–4
Total:		427–386–81
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. "Rico Blasi hired to lead St. Thomas men's hockey into Division I era". University of St. Thomas Athletics.
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.

External links

• Enrico Blasi career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Scott Borek Bob Daniels Mike Kemp Dallas Ferguson Bob Daniels	CCHA Coach of the Year 2000–01 2003–04 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13	Succeeded by Guy Gadowsky Mike Kemp Jeff Jackson Jeff Jackson Award Discontinued
Preceded by George Gwozdecky	Spencer Penrose Award 2005–06	Succeeded by Jeff Jackson