Ron Kennedy

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

Early life Kennedy was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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

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