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Name
  
Ron Kennedy


Height
  
1.8 m

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Died
  
July 9, 2009, Klagenfurt, Austria

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Ron Kennedy


Ron Kennedy (May 7, 1953 – July 9, 2009) was a Canadian ice hockey player and trainer.

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Early life

He was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Career

Kennedy had played minor-league hockey in North America, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany and Austria before moving to coaching.

Coaching career

His 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

    Ron Kennedy resigned after his December 2008 diagnosis of brain cancer, from which he died, aged 56, in Klagenfurt, Austria.

    References

    Ron Kennedy Wikipedia
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