Ryan Huska
Born (1975-07-02) July 2, 1975
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Chicago Blackhawks
Current NHL coach Calgary Flames
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 76th overall, 1993
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 1991–2000
Coaching career 2002–present

Ryan Huska (born July 2, 1975) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Huska was drafted in the third round, 76th overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. In 1997–98, he played his only NHL game with the Blackhawks against the Calgary Flames. He played 5:51 in eight shifts. As a junior player with the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL), he won three Memorial Cups in 1992, 1994, and 1995.

He has spent several seasons as an assistant coach with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL, and was named the Rockets seventh head coach in history in the summer of 2007, when former coach Jeff Truitt was named an assistant with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (AHL). In 2009, with Huska coaching, the Rockets won the Ed Chynoweth Cup as WHL champions, and advanced to the 2009 Memorial Cup, where they lost in the final to the Windsor Spitfires. Huska was re-appointed for his fifth year in charge prior to the 2011–12 season.

On June 23, 2014, Huska was named the head coach of the Adirondack Flames of the AHL, the top affiliate of the Calgary Flames. He stayed on as coach when the Adirondack franchise was relocated to become the Stockton Heat in 2015. In 2018, he was hired by the Calgary Flames as an assistant coach.[1] On June 12, 2023, Huska was named head coach of the Calgary Flames, succeeding Darryl Sutter.[2]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1991–92 Kamloops Blazers WHL 4445923 60110
1992–93 Kamloops Blazers WHL 6817153250 132684
1993–94 Kamloops Blazers WHL 6923315466 19951423
1994–95 Kamloops Blazers WHL 6627406778 17781512
1995–96 Indianapolis Ice IHL 2823515 511227
1996–97 Indianapolis Ice IHL 80181230100 40004
1997–98 Indianapolis Ice IHL 80191635115 503310
1997–98 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 10000 —————
1998–99 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 605131870 20000
1999–00 Springfield Falcons AHL 611292177 40110
NHL totals 10000 —————
AHL totals 121172239147 60110

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Calgary Flames Announce the Hiring of Associate Coach Geoff Ward and Assistant Coach Ryan Huska". OurSportsCentral.com. 31 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Flames Name Ryan Huska Head Coach". NHL.com. June 12, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.


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