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Ryan Warsofsky
Born (1987-10-26) October 26, 1987 (age 36)
Marshfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defenseman
Played for Turnhout White Caps
Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees
Cape Cod Bluefins
Current NHL coach San Jose Sharks
Coached for Curry Colonels
South Carolina Stingrays
Charlotte Checkers
Chicago Wolves
Playing career 2011–2012
Coaching career 2012–present

Ryan Warsofsky (born October 26, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Following a brief professional career, he entered coaching in 2012, and has previously served as a coach with the Curry Colonels, South Carolina Stingrays, Charlotte Checkers and Chicago Wolves.

Career

Playing career

Warsofsky played ice hockey as a defenseman at Marshfield High School in Massachusetts, where he was team captain and was named All-Scholastic by The Patriot Ledger.[1][2][3] After four years at Marshfield, he transferred and attended Cushing Academy, in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, for one year.[4] He then played for Sacred Heart University in Connecticut for two seasons, playing 20 games with one goal and an assist in the 2008–09 season and then recording two assists in seven games in the 2009–10 season.[5]

Warsofsky transferred to Curry College and played two seasons for the Curry Colonels, scoring 16 points in his first season.[5] In his second year, he played 27 games and recorded a team-leading 27 points, with nine goals and 18 assists.[1] He was the team's assistant captain as a senior and was chosen the school's Male Athlete of the Year, first-team All-ECAC Northeast and to the Division II/III All-Start Team by the New England Hockey Writers Association.[4] He graduated with a degree in management in 2011.[4]

Warsofsky played one season professionally, splitting the 2011–12 season with the Belgian Turnhout White Caps, the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League (CHL) and the Cape Cod Bluefins of the Federal Hockey League (FHL).[6] He appeared in 14 games for the White Caps, scoring 14 points on six goals and eight assists, three games for the Killer Bees, and one game for the Bluefins.[5] After the season, he decided to enter coaching.[6]

Coaching career

Warsofsky began his coaching career at his alma mater, Curry, serving as assistant coach for the 2012–13 season.[7] He then joined the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL in 2013, being named assistant coach and manager of hockey operations.[8] Working with the defense and special teams, he helped the Stingrays have some of their most successful seasons in the ECHL, including a league-record 23-consecutive wins with a Kelly Cup appearance in the 2014–15 season.[9] He was promoted to head coach and director of hockey operations in 2016, becoming, at age 28, the youngest active coach in the ECHL and the fifth-youngest in history.[9] He served two years in the position and led them to the Kelly Cup Final in his first year, while compiling an overall record of 88–44–10–2 with the Stingrays.[10] He was the second-youngest coach ever to lead his team to the Kelly Cup.[11]

In 2018, Warsofsky became an assistant coach for the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL).[7] In his first season, he helped the team's defense place second in the AHL in goals allowed per game while winning the Calder Cup.[11][12] The following year, he was announced as the new head coach to succeed Mike Vellucci, becoming the youngest AHL head coach since Bill Armstrong in 2000 as well as the youngest in Checkers history.[11] As head coach in the 2019–20 season, he led them to a record of 34–22–5–0, while the Checkers were top three in the AHL for both power-play and penalty kill percentage.[12]

Following his single season as head of the Checkers, Warsofsky became the head coach for the AHL's Chicago Wolves.[12] He led the team to a record of 21–9–1–2, third-best in the league, in the 2020–21 season, before the playoffs were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] The Wolves then had a league-best 50–16–5–5 record in 2021–22 and won the Calder Cup.[12]

Warsofsky became an assistant coach for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2022.[13] He worked with the defense and penalty kill, helping defenseman Erik Karlsson win the James Norris Memorial Trophy in the 2022–23 season.[12] Across two years with Warsofsky as assistant coach, the Sharks ranked 18th in the NHL in penalty kill.[12] On June 13, 2024, he was promoted to head coach, becoming the youngest in the NHL.[14]

Personal life

Warsofsky was born on October 26, 1987, in Marshfield, Massachusetts.[5] He is the brother of David Warsofsky, who played in the NHL for the Boston Bruins.[1] He is married and has a son.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c McHugh, Eric (June 13, 2024). "At just 36, this former Marshfield Ram is now an NHL head coach". The Patriot Ledger.
  2. ^ Loftus, Mike (February 10, 2019). "Marshfield native Ryan Warsofsky getting the job done as AHL assistant coach". The Enterprise.
  3. ^ "Curry Graduate and Former Coach Warsofsky Carving Out a New Career Behind ECHL Bench". Curry Colonels. April 11, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Ryan Warsofsky". Curry Colonels.
  5. ^ a b c d "Ryan Warsofsky". HockeyDB.com.
  6. ^ a b Sandalow, Brian (September 26, 2020). "Growth and learning key for new Wolves coach Ryan Warsofsky". Chicago Sun-Times.
  7. ^ a b Loftus, Mike (August 13, 2018). "Marshfield native Ryan Warsofsky taking a step up pro hockey coaching ladder". The Enterprise.
  8. ^ Pave, Marvin (April 10, 2014). "Marshfield's Ryan Warsofsky carving out a new career behind ECHL bench". The Boston Globe.
  9. ^ a b "Stingrays Name Ryan Warsofsky Head Coach". WCSC-TV. July 6, 2016.
  10. ^ Loftus, Mike (July 10, 2019). "Marshfield native Ryan Warsofsky named AHL head coach". The Patriot Ledger.
  11. ^ a b c Lyttle, Steve (July 11, 2019). "AHL champion Checkers will have a familiar face as new head coach". The Charlotte Observer. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  12. ^ a b c d e f g "San Jose Sharks name Ryan Warsofsky as the 11th head coach in San Jose Sharks history". San Jose Sharks. June 13, 2024.
  13. ^ "Warsofsky joining Sharks after Cup win with Wolves". American Hockey League. August 12, 2022.
  14. ^ Clark, Ryan S. (June 13, 2024). "Sharks make assistant Ryan Warsofsky new head coach". ESPN.
  15. ^ Loftus, Mike (April 6, 2020). "Marshfield native Ryan Warsofsky having an unforgettable first season as AHL head coach". The Patriot Ledger.
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