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Ron Rolston
File:Ron Rolston Headshot.jpg
Current position
TitleInterim Head Coach
TeamBuffalo Sabres
ConferenceNational Hockey League
Biographical details
BornOctober 14, 1966
Flint, Michigan
Playing career
Position(s)left wing
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
NCAA National Championships in 1992 and 1994 with Lake Superior State University, (3) gold and (1) silver medal at the IIHF U-18 Championships, 2011 Bob Johnson Award recipient, which recognizes excellence in international competition during a season

Ron Rolston (born October 14, 1966 in Fenton, Michigan)[1] is an American ice hockey coach and interim head coach of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. [2] He previously served as head coach of USA Hockey's National Team Development Program and was an assistant hockey coach at Boston College, Harvard University, Clarkson University, and Lake Superior State University, as well as head coach of the American Hockey League's Rochester Americans. On February 20th, 2013 it was announced that Rolston would serve as the interim head coach of the Sabres, replacing Lindy Ruff, for the remainder of the 2012-2013 season


Playing Career

Rolston played 3 years with Michigan Technological University, scoring 32 goals and 68 points in 110 games. [2]

Coaching Career

Year Team League
1991-92 Lake Superior State University CCHA
1993-94 Lake Superior State University CCHA
1994-95 Lake Superior State University CCHA
1996-97 Clarkson University ECAC
1997-98 Clarkson University ECAC
1998-99 Clarkson University ECAC
1999-00 Harvard University ECAC
2000-01 Harvard University ECAC
2001-02 Harvard University ECAC
2002-03 Boston College Hockey East
2003-04 Boston College Hockey East
2004-11 United States National Team Dev. Program (USNTDP) USHL
2011-12 Rochester Americans AHL
2012-13 Rochester Americans AHL

Career Highlights

  • Guided the Amerks to a 36-26-10-4 record and a berth in the Calder Cup Playoffs in 2011-12, his first season behind the Rochester bench
  • A 2011 Bob Johnson Award recipient, which recognizes excellence in international competition during a season
  • A three-time gold-medal winner at the International Ice Hockey Federation U-18 World Championships in 2005, 2009 and most recently in 2011
  • During the 2010-11 season, he led Team USA to titles in the 2011 Five Nations Tournament and in the 2010 Four Nations Cup
  • Led the U.S. National Under-17 team to the 2009-10 campaign World Hockey Challenge title, its first since 2002
  • In 2008-09, led the U.S. National Under-18 Team to first-place finishes at both the 2008 Men’s Under-18 Four Nations Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y., and 2009 Under-18 Five Nations Tournament in Sweden
  • Also served as HC coach for the U.S. National Junior Team on two occasions, helping Team USA to a bronze medal at the 2007 IIHF World Junior Championship in Sweden
  • Led Team USA to a silver medal at the 2007 IIHF U-18 tournament
  • Won NCAA National Championships in 1992 and 1994 with Lake Superior State University, a team he also guided to three straight appearances in the NCAA National Championship game and four CCHA tournament titles in his five-year stint
  • Perhaps the most decorated coach in NTDP history, Rolston-led teams have never missed the championship game in either of the major NTDP tournaments, the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-18 Championship. In the 4 IIHF U-18 Championships that he his teams have competed in, they have brought home 3 golds and a silver medal. [3]
  • 2/20/2013 name interim coach of the Buffalo Sabres


In July 2011, he was hired by the Buffalo Sabres to be the head coach of their affiliate team, the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League .[4]

In February 2013, he was promoted to head coach of the Sabres.

Personal

He is the older brother of Brian Rolston.

He and his wife, Shannon, have two children - Maeve and Ronan.

References

  1. ^ "DOB".
  2. ^ a b Rolston, Ron. "The Internet Hockey Database". Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  3. ^ Rolston, Ron. "Bio". Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  4. ^ Ron Rolston named Rocherster Amerks Head Coach Democrat and Chronicle, July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 2011

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