Colby's MacDonald AHCA Coach Of The Year

Colby College hockey coach Blaise MacDonald received his American Hockey Coaches Association/AHCA National D-III Coach of the Year Award last night at the annual convention in Florida.

MacDonald led the Mules to a NESCAC conference title and then kept winning all the way to the NCAA D-III Frozen Four. Colby lost in the national semi-final to eventual national champ St. Norbert 4-3.

The Mules finished the season a school best 17-11-2 and finished #6 in final USCHO national poll.

MacDonald has coached at Colby for six seasons. He spent time before Colby as head coach at Niagara and UMass Lowell.

The AHCA convention brings college coaches, along with amateur coaches and others who have a stake in hockey. Coaches discuss rule changes, legislation, tournament issues.

NOTE: Among the featured speakers this week is former UMaine Black Bear Jack Capuano. He is the former head coach of the New York Islanders and spent this past NHL season as associate head coach of the Florida Panthers.

Winners of the Edward Jeremiah Award (Division III Coach of the Year)
1970	Sid Watson, Bowdoin	1994	Jeff Meredith, Fredonia
1971	Sid Watson, Bowdoin	1995	Bill Beaney, Middlebury
1972	Jack Canniff, Massachusetts	1996	Dean Talafous, WI-River Falls
1973	Jim Cross, Vermont	1997	Mike McShane, Norwich
1974	Barry Urbanski, Boston State	1998	Mike Schwartz, Augsburg
1975	Wendall Forbes, Middlebury	1999	Mike McShane, Norwich
1976	Don Roberts, Gustavus Adolphus	2000	Mike McShane, Norwich
1977	Bill Riley, Jr., Lowell	2001	Wayne Wilson, RIT
1978	Sid Watson, Bowdoin	2002	Dan Stauber, WI-Superior
1979	Don Brose, Mankato State	2003	George Roll, Oswego State
1980	Steve Stirling, Babson	2004	Bill Beaney, Middlebury
1981	Herb Hammond, Plattsburgh State	2005	Terry Skrypek, St. Thomas
1982	Steve Stirling, Babson	2006	Bill Beaney, Middlebury
1983	Mike Gibbons, Bemidji State	2007	Ed Gosek, Oswego State
	Peter Van Buskirk, Holy Cross	2008	Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert College
1984	Bob Peters, Bemidji State	2009	Dominick Dawes, Neumann College
1985	Rob Riley, Babson	2010	Mike McShane, Norwich
1986	Terry Meagher, Bowdoin	2011	Tim Coghlin, St. Norbert College
1987	Tony Mariano, Norwich	2012	Jack Arena, Amherst College
1988	Glenn Thomaris, Elmira	2013	Matt Loen, UW-Eau Claire
1989	Terry Meagher, Bowdoin	2014	Chris Schultz, Geneseo
1990	Bill Beaney, Middlebury	2015	Jack Arena, Amherst College
1991	Glenn Thomaris, Elmira	2016	Chris Schultz, Geneseo Peter Belisle, UMass Boston
1992	Bruce Marshall, Connecticut	2017	Mike McShane, Norwich
1993	Joe Baldarotta, WI-Stevens Point	2018	Blaise MacDonald, Colby College

Colby’s MacDonald AHCA Coach Of The Year