Dean Blais

Dean Blais is currently the Head Coach for the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Head Coach for the United States men's national junior ice hockey team. He led Team USA to a gold medal in the IIHF 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Saskatoon, Canada, held in late December 2009 through early January 2010.^[1]

He is the former associate coach of the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets. He led the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey men's team to Frozen Four NCAA Division I championships in 1997 and 2000. Blais also led the 1990 Roseau Rams to a Minnesota State Hockey Championship.

On March 10, 2009 and May 14, 2010, a photograph of Blais was shown on The Late Show with David Letterman for a segment called, "Guys who look like Dave."

A native of International Falls, Minnesota, Blais played college hockey at the University of Minnesota from 1970 to 1973. He played three seasons of pro hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks’ development team in Dallas.^[2]

Career

• 1976–1977 - University of Minnesota - Assistant Coach
• 1977–1980 - Minot High School (Minot, North Dakota) - Head Coach
• 1980–1989 - University of North Dakota - Assistant Coach
• 1990–1991 - Roseau High School (Roseau, Minnesota) - Head Coach
• 1992–1994 - International Falls High School (International Falls, Minnesota) - Head Coach
• 1994–2004 - University of North Dakota - Head Coach
• 2004–2006 - Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL) - Associate Coach
• 2006–2007 - Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL) - Player Development
• 2007-2009 - Fargo Force (USHL) - General Manager/Head Coach
• 2009-2010 - Team USA U20 - Head Coach
• 2009–present - University of Nebraska-Omaha - Head Coach

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota (WCHA) (1994–2004)
1994–1995	North Dakota	18–18–3
1995–1996	North Dakota	19–18–1
1996–1997	North Dakota	31–10–2
1997–1998	North Dakota	30–8–1
1998–1999	North Dakota	32–6–3
1999–2000	North Dakota	31–8–5
2000–2001	North Dakota	29–8–9
2001–2002	North Dakota	16–19–2
2002–2003	North Dakota	26–12–5
2003–2004	North Dakota	30–8–3
North Dakota:		262-115-34
Nebraska-Omaha (WCHA) (2009–Present)
2009-2010	Nebraska-Omaha	20-16-6	13-12-3-2
2010-2011	Nebraska-Omaha	21-16-2	17-9-2		0-1
Total:		300–144–42
National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

References

1. ^ http://www.iihf.com/de/channels0910/wm20/news/news-singleview-world-juniors/article/blais-to-coach-us-juniors.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2956&cHash=f37fbeedab
2. ^ UNO Mavericks ice hockey - accessed 2009-09-09

Preceded by John "Gino" Gasparini	North Dakota Fighting Sioux men's ice hockey head coach 1994–2004	Succeeded by Dave Hakstol
Preceded by first	Fargo Force Head Coach 2007–2009	Succeeded by Steve Johnson
Preceded by Mike Kemp	Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks men's ice hockey head coach 2009–present	Succeeded by current

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