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Ron Kennedy
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Ron Kennedy (May 7, 1953 – July 9, 2009) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
| 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 | ||
Kennedy was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Kennedy played minor-league hockey in North America, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria before moving to coaching.
Kennedy's last position was coaching for Innsbruck of the Austrian Hockey League.[1]
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
Kennedy resigned after his December 2008 diagnosis of brain cancer, from which he died, aged 56, in Klagenfurt, Austria.[2]
- "Ron Kennedy's hockey statistics profile at hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. 2008. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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