John Ronan (ice hockey)

John Ronan
Current position
Title	Interim head coach
Team	Union
Conference	ECAC Hockey
Biographical details
Born	July 6, 1980 (age 42); South Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Alma mater	University of Maine
Playing career
2001–2005	Maine
2004–2005	Alaska Aces
2005–2006	Florida Everblades
2006–2007	Rocky Mountain Rage
2006–2008	Austin Ice Bats
2008–2009	Huntsville Havoc
2009–2010	Flint Generals
2010–2011	Eaters Limburg
2011–2012	Evansville Icemen
Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2013–2014	Union (volunteer asst.)
2014–2015	Youngstown Phantoms (asst.)
2015–2016	Mercyhurst (asst.)
2016–2022	Union (asst.)
2022	Union
2022–Present	Union (asst.)

Last updated July 26, 2022

John Ronan is an American ice hockey coach and former forward, who is currently an assistant coach for the Union Dutchmen.

Career

Ronan was a four year player at Maine. As a two-way forward, he helped the Black Bears reach the championship game in 2004 and was lauded by his coach for inspiring the team to victory after finding themselves down 1–4 to Harvard.^[1] Ronan played professionally for several years, mostly in the lower North American leagues, but did spent a season in the Dutch Premier League shortly before his retirement.

Ronan returned to Maine to finish his degree in 2013 and then worked as a volunteer assistant at Union during the Dutchmen's national championship run.^[2] The following year he became a full time assistant in the USHL before returning to the college ranks and eventually wound up back at Union. He remained as an assistant under Rick Bennett until his former boss was suspended in January of 2022 after allegations of improper coaching conduct.^[3] Ronan was made the interim head coach and remained in that position after Bennett's resignation a week later.^[4] Ronan led the team to an 8–8–1 finish.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Union Dutchmen (ECAC Hockey)(2022–present)
2021–22	Union	8–8–1^†	5–5–1^†	7th	ECAC Quarterfinals
Union:		8–8–1	5–5–1
Total:
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

† mid-season replacement

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References

↑ "Union men's hockey interim head coach Ronan knows how to lead". The Daily Gazette. February 10, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
↑ "John Ronan". Union Dutchmen. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
↑ "Report: Union men's hockey coach Bennett being investigated after allegation, placed on paid administrative leave". USCHO. January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
↑ "Union men's hockey coach Bennett steps down after 'an allegation about his coaching style and practices that was substantiated through an investigation by the college'". USCHO. January 29, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.

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[1] "Union men's hockey interim head coach Ronan knows how to lead". The Daily Gazette. February 10, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.

[2] "John Ronan". Union Dutchmen. Retrieved April 4, 2022.

[3] "Report: Union men's hockey coach Bennett being investigated after allegation, placed on paid administrative leave". USCHO. January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.

[4] "Union men's hockey coach Bennett steps down after 'an allegation about his coaching style and practices that was substantiated through an investigation by the college'". USCHO. January 29, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.

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v t e Union Dutchmen ice hockey
Formerly the Union Skating Dutchmen
Playing venues	Achilles Rink (1975–present)
Head coaches	Ambrose Clark (1919–1920, 1921–1924) Henry Gardner (1924–1925) H. A. Larrabee (1925–1930) William Harkness (1930–1933) H. L. Achilles (1933–1935) Arthur C. Lawrence (1935–1936, 1939–1942, 1947–1949) Duke Nelson (1936–1939) Ned Harkness (1975–1977) Bob Driscoll (1978) Charles Morrison (1978–1988) Bruce Delventhal (1988–1996) Stan Moore (1996–1998) Kevin Sneddon (1998–2003) Nate Leaman (2003–2011) Rick Bennett (2011–2022) John Ronan (2022–present)
Seasons	1903–04 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1919–20 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1947–48 1948–49 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Conference affiliations	ECAC 2 (1975–1984) ECAC West (1984–1991) ECAC Hockey (1991–present)
Rivalries	RPI Engineers
All-time leaders	Mike Vecchione (176 Points) Gil Egan (83 Goals) Colin Stevens (53 Wins)
National championships	2014
Frozen Four appearances	1984 1985 2012 2014
NCAA Tournament appearances	1984 1985 1986 1989 2011 2012 2013 2014 2017
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC West: 1985 ECAC: 2012 2013 2014
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