| Ron Kennedy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1953-05-07)May 7, 1953 North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
| Died |
July 9, 2009(2009-07-09) (aged 56) Klagenfurt, Austria | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Muskegon Mohawks Kalamazoo Wings | ||
| NHL draft |
65th overall, 1973 New York Islanders | ||
| WHA draft |
76th overall, 1973 Winnipeg Jets | ||
| Playing career | 1973–1988 | ||
Ron Kennedy (May 7, 1953 – July 9, 2009) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
Early life
Kennedy was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Career
Kennedy played minor-league hockey in North America, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria before moving to coaching.
Coaching career
Kennedy's last position was coaching for Innsbruck of the Austrian Hockey League.
His coaching career included:
- Medicine Hat Tigers (Western Hockey League)
- Villach, Austria - won the Austrian championship in his first year (1992–1994)
- New York Islanders assistant coach
- EC Hannover, Eisbären Berlin and ERC Ingolstadt (Deutsche Eishockey Liga)
- Head coach of the Austrian national team (1996–2002)
- Villach, Austria (second time)
- Innsbruck (Austria) and Bolzano (Italy)
- Canadian national team coach for the 2006 Deutschland Cup
Death
Kennedy resigned after his December 2008 diagnosis of brain cancer, from which he died, aged 56, in Klagenfurt, Austria.
References
- Trauer um Ron Kennedy - ERC Ingolstadt
- "Ron Kennedy's hockey statistics profile at hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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