Chris Serino

Chris Serino
Biographical details
Born	August 1, 1949; Saugus, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	October 15, 2012 (aged 63); Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1987	Saugus High School
1988–1991	Northfield Mount Hermon School
1991–1998	New Hampshire (assistant)
1998–2005	Merrimack
2005–2012	Malden Catholic High School
Head coaching record
Overall	78–149–27 (college)

Christie Serino Jr. (August 1, 1949 – October 15, 2012)^[1] was an American ice hockey coach who worked for various college and high school programs over a 32-year span. His career peaked as the head coach for Merrimack for seven seasons.^[2]

Career

Serino started his coaching career with Saugus High School in his home town of Saugus, Massachusetts, heading the program for seven seasons. In 1988, he became the bench boss for Northfield Mount Hermon School and remained there for three years before he accepted an offer to become an assistant coach at New Hampshire under Dick Umile. Serino served in that capacity until 1998, when he became the head coach for Merrimack.^[3] When he took over the program the Warriors had not had a winning season since joining Hockey East in 1989 and during his entire 7-year tenure that trend continued. Merrimack never finished above 7th place in the conference and lost every Hockey East tournament game they played. In his final season, Serino had by far his worst record, going 1–22–1 in the conference and missing the tournament. Unconfirmed reports at the time asserted that the players on the team had asked Serino to resign as head coach, which he did do after the season, but not before he accepted a move back to the High School ranks, this time at Malden Catholic.^[4] Serino remained the head coach for Malden until his death in 2012 as a result of throat cancer, a disease he had been diagnosed with in 2001.^[5]

Head coaching record

College ice hockey

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Merrimack Warriors (Hockey East) (1998–2005)
1998–99	Merrimack	11–24–1	7–16–1	8th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
1999–00	Merrimack	11–19–6	6–12–6	7th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2000–01	Merrimack	14–20–4	7–14–3	8th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2001–02	Merrimack	11–23–2	6–16–2	8th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2002–03	Merrimack	12–18–6	7–13–4	7th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2003–04	Merrimack	11–19–6	6–12–6	7th	Hockey East Quarterfinals
2004–05	Merrimack	8–26–2	1–22–1	9th
Merrimack:		78–149–27	40–105–23
Total:		78–149–27
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

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References

^ "Christie Serino, Jr. Obituary". Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Homes. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
^ "Merrimack Mourns Passing of Former Hockey Head Coach Chris Serino". Merrimack Warriors. 2012-10-06. Archived from the original on 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
^ "Merrimack Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
^ "Serino leaves Merrimack College". Boston.com. 2005-05-08. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
^ "Former Merrimack coach, Chris Serino, passes away after courageous battle with cancer". themackreport.com. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
^ "Merrimack Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). Merrimack Warriors. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2017-01-31.

External links

Chris Serino career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

[1] "Christie Serino, Jr. Obituary". Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Homes. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

[2] "Merrimack Mourns Passing of Former Hockey Head Coach Chris Serino". Merrimack Warriors. 2012-10-06. Archived from the original on 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2017-05-07.

[3] "Merrimack Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2017-05-07.

[4] "Serino leaves Merrimack College". Boston.com. 2005-05-08. Retrieved 2017-05-07.

[5] "Former Merrimack coach, Chris Serino, passes away after courageous battle with cancer". themackreport.com. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2017-05-07.

[6] "Merrimack Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). Merrimack Warriors. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2017-01-31.

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v t e Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey
Playing venues	J. Thom Lawler Rink (1972–present)
Head coaches	Jim Reynolds (1956–1964) Ron Ryan (1964–1965) J. Thom Lawler (1965–1978) Bruce Parker (1978–1983) Ron Anderson (1983–1998) Chris Serino (1998–2005) Mark Dennehy (2005–2018) Scott Borek (2018–)
Seasons	1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC (1961–1964) ECAC 2 (1964–1984) ECAC East (1984–1989) Hockey East (1989–present)
All-time leaders	Jim Vesey (244 Points) Mike Reynolds (113 Goals) Joe Cannata (59 Wins)
National championships	DII: 1978
Frozen Four appearances	DII: 1978
NCAA Tournament appearances	DII: 1978 DI:1988 2011 2023
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC 2: 1967 1968 1977 1980 ECAC East: 1987 1988 1989
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