| Dan Ratushny | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born | (1970-10-29)October 29, 1970 (age 55) | ||
| 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 professionalice hockey coach, lawyer, and sports arbitrator.[1] A former professionalice hockeydefenceman, he last served as head coach ofLausanne HC of the Swiss top-flightNational League A (NLA).
Ratushny was selected 25th overall in the1989 NHL Entry Draft by theWinnipeg Jets following his freshman season atCornell University. He spent two more seasons at Cornell and was namedAll-America andECAC first-team all-star in both 1990 and 1991. He would also represent Canada at the 1990IIHF World U20 Championship, winning a gold medal.
Ratushny left college hockey after his junior year to join theCanadian National Team to participate 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 the1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
Ratushny finished the 1991–92 season in Switzerland withEHC Olten before signing with theIHLFort Wayne Komets for the 1992-93 season. He was dealt to theVancouver Canucks at the NHL trade deadline in 1993, butonly played one game for the Canucks.
From 1993 until 1999, Ratushny played in theAHL andIHL before continuing his career abroad inJapan,Finland, theUnited Kingdom andSweden.
Ratushny made a brief appearance in an episode of the Scottish sitcomStill Game.
Daniel received his B.Sc. in Economics from Cornell in 1997. He earned his M.B.A. fromStrathclyde Business School in 2003 and his LL.B. from theUniversity of Ottawa Faculty of Law in 2006.
From 2006 until 2009, Ratushny worked as a lawyer in the corporate department of the international law firmStikeman Elliott.
In 2015 he earned his Executive Master in International Sports Law fromISDEArchived October 9, 2018, at theWayback Machine in Madrid, Spain and is currently a sports arbitrator.[2][3]
He served as assistant coach at the University of Ottawa in 2004-05.
From 2009 until 2011, Ratushny was the head coach of the SwissNational League B teamEHC Olten. In 2011, he became head coach of theStraubing Tigers of theDeutsche 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 withEC Red Bull Salzburg of theAustrian 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 ofLausanne HC of the Swiss top-flightNational 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]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men'sice hockey | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1992 Albertville | Team |
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| All-ECAC HockeyRookie Team | 1988–89 | [13] |
| All-ECAC HockeyFirst Team | 1989–90 | [14] |
| AHCAEast Second-Team All-American | 1989–90 | [15] |
| ECAC HockeyAll-Tournament Team | 1990 | [14] |
| All-ECAC HockeyFirst Team | 1990–91 | [14] |
| AHCAEast 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] |
| 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 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1992 | Canada | OG | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |