Dan Ratushny

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CanadaCanada  Dan Ratushny Ice hockey player
Dan Ratushny
Date of birth October 29, 1970
place of birth Nepean , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1989 , 2nd lap, 25th position
Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
1988-1991 Cornell University
1992-1993 Fort Wayne Comet
1993-1994 Hamilton Canucks
1994-1995 Fort Wayne Comet
1995-1996 Carolina Monarchs
Peoria Rivermen
1996-1998 Rafales de Quebec
1997-1998 Albany River Rats
1998-1999 Kansas City Blades
1999-2000 Seibu Prince Rabbits
2000-2001 HPK Hämeenlinna
2002-2003 Ayr Scottish Eagles
Dundee Stars
2005-2006 IK Pantern

Daniel Paul Ratushny (born October 29, 1970 in Nepean , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach . Until October 2017 he was head coach at Lausanne HC in the Swiss National League A (NLA).

Career

As a player

Already during his college days , where he had played for Cornell University from 1988 to 1991 , Ratushny was a member of the Canadian national team , which then consisted only of amateur players. With her he took part in the Spengler Cup in 1988 and 1991 and won the silver medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics . At the end of the 1991/92 season , the defender played two games for the Swiss national division EHC Olten . Ratushny played the following year with the Fort Wayne Komets from the International Hockey League , with whom he won the championship . A year later, the defender signed a two-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League , for which he played a game. The rest of the season Ratushny was with the Hamilton Canucks , a farm team from Vancouver, active in the American Hockey League . In the 1994/95 season , the right- shooter returned to the Fort Wayne Komets, the contract with the Canucks was dissolved. A year later Ratushny played for the Carolina Monarchs in the AHL, but moved back to the IHL for the Peoria Rivermen during the season . In the 1996/97 season he changed clubs within the league and played for the Rafales de Québec . During the second season Ratushny left the Rafales and hired the AHL team Albany River Rats . After a year in Albany, he returned to the IHL to the Kansas City Blades , for which he laced the skates in the 1998/99 season.

In 1999 Ratushny hired the Japanese club Seibu Prince Rabbits , where he won the championship in the Japan Ice Hockey League . After one season he left Japan and moved to Europe, where he played in the 2000/01 season at HPK Hämeenlinna from the Finnish SM-liiga . For the third time in his career, the defender was appointed to Team Canada at the Spengler Cup in 2000. In the 2002/03 season Ratushny completed five games for the Ayr Scottish Eagles in the British Challenge Cup, in the same season the right-shooter ran for the Dundee Stars in the British National League . After a two-year break, his last position was as a player for the IK Pantern in the third-highest Swedish league Division 1 .

As a trainer

CanadaCanada  Dan Ratushny
Dan Ratushny
Coaching stations
2004-2005 University of Ottawa ( Assistant Trainer )
2009-2011 EHC Olten
2011-2014 Straubing Tigers
2014-2016 EC Red Bull Salzburg
2014-2016 Austria
2016-2017 Lausanne HC

Ratushny began his coaching career in 2009 at EHC Olten in the Swiss National League B . First he had signed a contract for one year, which he extended after one season. After two years in Switzerland, he made use of an exit clause and signed with the Straubing Tigers from the German Ice Hockey League . Already in his first season in Straubing he made it into the play-offs for the first time, and his team finally reached the semifinals in the DEL. Ratushny was subsequently named Trainer of the Year 2012. After three years in Straubing, the Canadian initially extended his engagement again. On May 12, 2014, however, he asked the Tigers' management to terminate the contract and accepted an offer from the multiple Austrian champions EC Red Bull Salzburg . He led Salzburg to the championship title in the Austrian ice hockey league in 2015 and 2016 . From 2014 he was also the coach of the Austrian national team .

In April 2016 he moved to Switzerland: Lausanne HC from the National League A (NLA) provided Ratushny with a two-year contract. In May 2016, after a two-year term in office, he announced his retirement as Austrian national coach in order to concentrate on his task in Lausanne. In 2016/17 he led Lausanne to fourth place in the NLA main round (“qualification”) and was named the best coach in the main round. On October 11, 2017, LHC announced the impeachment of Ratushny after starting the 2017/18 season with twelve points in ten games.

Achievements and Awards

As a player

As a trainer

Web links

Commons : Dan Ratushny  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tigershockey.de: A newcomer becomes a trainer in Straubing; Lawyer with ice hockey in his blood is the new boss of the gang: Dan Ratushny
  2. ↑ Big honor for Tiger's coach: Dan Ratushny is ice hockey coach of the year. March 18, 2012, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on May 13, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Dan Ratushny remains the trainer of the Straubing Tigers. (No longer available online.) March 17, 2014, archived from the original on May 14, 2014 ; accessed on May 13, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.del.org
  4. ^ Coach Dan Ratushny dissolves his contract in Straubing. May 12, 2014, accessed May 13, 2014 .
  5. ↑ marksoft: Will Salzburg lose its master coach? - hockeyfans.at. In: www.hockeyfans.at. Retrieved April 15, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Lausanne Hockey Club: Communiqué de presse - Daniel Ratushny rejoint le Lausanne Hockey Club - Lausanne Hockey Club. In: Lausanne Hockey Club. April 26, 2016, accessed April 26, 2016 (fr-fr).
  7. ↑ Ratushny quits the ÖEHV. In: www.laola1.at. Retrieved May 26, 2016 .
  8. ↑ This is the most valuable ice hockey player in Switzerland. Retrieved March 1, 2017 .
  9. ↑ http://www.lausannehc.ch/dan-ratushny-nest-plus-le-coach-du-lausanne-hc/
  10. ↑ https://www.nzz.ch/sport/hc-lausanne-entlaesst-trainer-ratushny-ld.1321311
personal data
SURNAME Ratushny, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ratushny, Daniel Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Nepean , Ontario