Ryan Huska

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. On June 12, 2023, Huska was named head coach of the Calgary Flames, succeeding Darryl Sutter.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1991–92	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		44	4	5	9	23		6	0	1	1	0
1992–93	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		68	17	15	32	50		13	2	6	8	4
1993–94	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		69	23	31	54	66		19	9	5	14	23
1994–95	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		66	27	40	67	78		17	7	8	15	12
1995–96	Indianapolis Ice	IHL		28	2	3	5	15		5	1	1	2	27
1996–97	Indianapolis Ice	IHL		80	18	12	30	100		4	0	0	0	4
1997–98	Indianapolis Ice	IHL		80	19	16	35	115		5	0	3	3	10
1997–98	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL		60	5	13	18	70		2	0	0	0	0
1999–00	Springfield Falcons	AHL		61	12	9	21	77		4	0	1	1	0
NHL totals				1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals				121	17	22	39	147		6	0	1	1	0

See also

• List of players who played only one game in the NHL

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database