Troy Ward

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United StatesUnited States  Troy G. Ward Ice hockey player
Date of birth 4th June 1962
place of birth North St. Paul , Minnesota , USA
size 178 cm
Weight 70 kg
position striker
Career stations
1980-1984 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
United StatesUnited States  Troy Ward
Coaching stations
1986-1987 University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire ( Assistant Trainer )
1987-1990 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
1990-1993 University of Denver (Assistant Trainer)
1993-1995 Dubuque Fighting Saints
1995-1997 Indianapolis Ice (assistant coach)
1997-2000 Pittsburgh Penguins (assistant coach)
2000-2001 Trenton Titans
2002-2005 University of Wisconsin-Madison (Assistant Trainer)
2005-2006 Victoria Salmon Kings
2007-2010 Houston Eros (Assistant Trainer)
2010-2011 Abbotsford Heat (assistant coach)
2011-2014 Abbotsford Heat
2014-2015 Vancouver Giants
2015-2016 Madison Capitols
2017-2019 EHC Linz

Troy G. Ward (born June 4, 1962 in North St. Paul , Minnesota ) is a retired American ice hockey player and current coach and official. From 2017 to 2019 he was the head coach of the EHC Linz .

Career

After Troy Ward was still a player on the ice at college in the early 1980s, he started a job as an assistant coach just a year after graduating from college.

At the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire he earned his first coaching spurs, finally moved to the University of Denver for the 1990 season and from there to the junior division ( United States Hockey League ), which is highly regarded in North America . In the mid-1990s, the call came from the professional sector for the first time. In the International Hockey League , Ward trained for two years with the Indianapolis Ice and built up such a good reputation there that the American continued in the National Hockey League in 1997 . With the Pittsburgh Penguins Ward was active as an assistant coach and got there with young players like Jaromír Jágr , Alexei Kowaljow , Martin Straka and Robert Lang , some of whom became famous ice hockey players.

After more than 30 years as an experienced coach in various leagues, he moved to Europe for the first time in 2017 to the Austrian ice hockey club EHC Linz , where he worked as a coach until his dismissal in 2019. In the 2019/20 season he worked as a scout for the Vancouver Canucks for the first time .

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personal data
SURNAME Ward, Troy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ward, Troy G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player, coach and scout
DATE OF BIRTH 4th June 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH North St. Paul , Minnesota , USA