Dan Ratushny

Dan Ratushny
Born	(1970-10-29) October 29, 1970 (age 53) Nepean, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Right
Played for	Vancouver Canucks EHC Olten HPK Ayr Scottish Eagles Dundee Stars
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	25th overall, 1989 Winnipeg Jets
Playing career	1992–2006

Daniel Paul Ratushny (born October 29, 1970) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, lawyer and sports arbitrator. ^[1] A former professional ice hockey defenceman, he last served as head coach of Lausanne HC of the Swiss top-flight National League A (NLA).

Playing career

Ratushny was selected 25th overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Winnipeg Jets following his freshman season at Cornell University. He spent two more seasons at Cornell and was named All-America and ECAC first-team all-star in both 1990 and 1991. He would also represent Canada at the 1990 IIHF World U20 Championship, winning a gold medal.

Ratushny left college hockey after his junior year to join the Canadian National Team with the goal of participating at the 1992 Olympics (at the time, the national team was stocked with amateur players, as professional participation at the Olympics was prohibited). He spent the conclusion of the 1990–91 and the entire 1991–92 seasons with the national team, winning a silver medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Ratushny finished the 1991–92 season in Switzerland with EHC Olten before signing with the IHL Fort Wayne Komets for the 1992-93 season. He was dealt to the Vancouver Canucks at the NHL trade deadline in 1993, but only played one game for the Canucks.

From 1993 until 1999, Ratushny played in the AHL and IHL before continuing his career abroad in Japan, Finland, the United Kingdom and Sweden.

Ratushny made a brief appearance in an episode of the Scottish sitcom Still Game.

Education and legal work

Daniel received his B.Sc. in Economics from Cornell in 1997. He earned his M.B.A. from Strathclyde Business School in 2003 and his LL.B. from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law in 2006.

From 2006 until 2009, Ratushny worked as a lawyer in the corporate department of the international law firm Stikeman Elliott.

In 2015 he earned his Executive Master in International Sports Law from ISDE Archived October 9, 2018, at the Wayback Machine in Madrid, Spain and is currently a sports arbitrator. ^{[2] [3]}

Coaching career

He served as assistant coach at the University of Ottawa in 2004-05.

From 2009 until 2011, Ratushny was the head coach of the Swiss National League B team EHC Olten. In 2011, he became head coach of the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) for three seasons. In the 2011-12 season, he led the Tigers to the DEL playoff-semifinals and was named DEL Coach of the Year.

He signed with EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL) in 2014 ^[4] and was named head coach of the Austrian national team. ^[5] Ratushny guided Salzburg to the championship his first year, ^[6] repeating this success the following season (2015–16). ^[7]

In April 2016, he was named head coach of Lausanne HC of the Swiss top-flight National League A (NLA). ^[8] In May 2016, he stepped down from his position as head coach of the Austrian national team to focus on his job in Lausanne. ^[9] He guided the team to a fourth-place finish in the 2016-17 regular season, while being named NLA Regular Season Coach of the Year. ^[10] Ratushny was sacked on October 11, 2017, after LHC ^[11] had garnered twelve points from the first ten games of the 2017-18 season. ^[12]

Awards and honors

Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
	1992 Albertville	Team

Award	Year
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team	1988–89	[13]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	1989–90	[14]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American	1989–90	[15]
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team	1990	[14]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team	1990–91	[14]
AHCA East First-Team All-American	1990–91	[15]
German DEL Coach of the Year	2011-12	[16]
Swiss NLA Coach of the Year	2016-17	[17]
Cornell University Athletics Hall of Fame	2018	[18]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987–88	Nepean Raiders	CJHL		54	8	20	28	116		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Cornell University	ECAC		28	2	13	15	50		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Canada	Intl		2	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Cornell University	ECAC		26	5	14	19	54		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Cornell University	ECAC		26	7	24	31	52		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Canada	Intl		12	0	1	1	6		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Canada	Intl		58	5	13	18	63		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	EHC Olten	NDA		2	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		1	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL		63	6	19	25	48		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Hamilton Canucks	AHL		62	8	31	39	22		4	0	0	0	4
1994–95	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL		72	3	25	28	46		4	0	1	1	8
1995–96	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		45	7	15	22	45		12	3	4	7	10
1995–96	Carolina Monarchs	AHL		23	5	10	15	28		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Québec Rafales	IHL		50	14	23	37	34		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Albany River Rats	AHL		39	8	5	13	10		9	0	3	3	8
1997–98	Québec Rafales	IHL		20	3	9	12	22		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Kansas City Blades	IHL		70	9	32	41	38		3	0	0	0	4
1999–2000	Seibu Tetsudo	JPN		27	2	11	13	—		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	HPK	Liiga		42	4	6	10	62		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Scottish Eagles	GBR		4	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Dundee Stars	GBR II		19	8	23	31	12		5	0	1	1	2
2005–06	IK Pantern	SWE III		29	6	18	24	36		—	—	—	—	—
IHL totals				320	42	123	165	233		19	3	5	8	22
AHL totals				124	21	46	67	60		13	0	3	3	12

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990	Canada	WJC		7	2	2	4	4
1992	Canada	OG		8	0	0	0	4

References

1. "List of arbitrators (general list)" . Retrieved October 8, 2018.
2. "Inaugural IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal" (PDF).
3. "List of arbitrators (general list)" . Retrieved October 8, 2018.
4. "Eishockey: Meister Salzburg wechselt Trainer aus - sport.ORF.at". sport.ORF.at (in German). May 12, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
5. KG, Kleine Zeitung GmbH & Co (July 23, 2014). "Kanadier Daniel Ratushny ist neuer ÖEHV-Teamchef". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved March 18, 2016.
6. "Red Bull Salzburg krönt sich zum EBEL-Meister". salzburg24.at. April 14, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
7. "Eishockey: Red Bull Salzburg ist EBEL-Meister". kurier.at. April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
8. Club, Lausanne Hockey (April 26, 2016). "Communiqué de presse - Daniel Ratushny rejoint le Lausanne Hockey Club - Lausanne Hockey Club". Lausanne Hockey Club (in French). Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
9. "Ratushny schmeißt beim ÖEHV hin". www.laola1.at. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
10. "Berne et le LHC honorés par leurs pairs". tdg.ch/. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
11. Club, Lausanne Hockey. "Dan Ratushny n'est plus le coach du Lausanne HC - Lausanne Hockey Club". www.lausannehc.ch (in French). Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
12. "Der HC Lausanne entlässt Trainer Ratushny | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). October 11, 2017. ISSN   0376-6829 . Retrieved October 11, 2017.
13. "ECAC All-Rookie Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
14. "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
15. "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
16. "DEL 2011/12 – Eishockeypedia". www.eishockeypedia.de (in German). Archived from the original on October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
17. "Berne et le LHC honorés par leurs pairs". tdg.ch/. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
18. "Ten Greats To Join Athletics Hall of Fame In 2018". Cornell University. June 21, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Eurohockey.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database