The 59-year-old Krueger previously coached the Edmonton Oilers during the NHL’s lockout-shortened season in 2012-13. … Founder and owner of motivational speaking company Teamlife … Recently named associate coach with the Edmonton Oilers … Coach of the Swiss National Team between 1977 and 2010, making him the longest serving national team coach in the modern era of international hockey … Coached Team Switzerland in 12 IIHF World Championships … Statistics and Records of Ralph Krueger, a hockey player and coach from Steinbach, MAN born Aug 31 1959 who was active from 1976 to 1991. The Buffalo News’ Mike Harrington adds that it was important for Reinhart to play well, especially with general manager Jason Botterill being a part of the management team and a new head coach in Ralph Krueger to impress. Buffalo Sabres hiring Ralph Krueger as head coach AP BUFFALO – The Buffalo Sabres are hoping Ralph Krueger can turn around the once-proud franchise in … He also served as a special adviser to Canada's national team when it won gold at the 2014 Sochi Games. Ralph Krueger, who famously took Team Europe to the gold-medal game of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, is in the mix for the vacant Sabres coaching job. But what does a lifelong hockey coach know about soccer? The National Hockey League (NHL) is a professional ice hockey league composed of 31 teams, founded in 1917.Each team is entitled to one head coach who handles the directing of games and team practices, while providing direction and strategy for their players and deciding which players will play in games and the lines they will play on. Ralph Krueger, Teamlife Born in Winnipeg, Man. He was fired by the team via Skype after the youth-laden Oilers finished 19-22-7. Ralph Krueger bar-hopped around Buffalo, watching a period of NHL playoff hockey at each spot and talking to Sabres fans along the way. Ralph Krueger (born 31 August 1959) is a Canadian-born German former professional ice hockey coach and player and currently chairman of Southampton Football Club. FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2016, file photo, Europe coach Ralph Krueger speaks during a news conference at the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto. The Buffalo Sabres coach has learned how to hold a room, be it through decades of pregame speeches … ... Krueger is also preparing for the possibility that his first season as Sabres' coach … Sabres' Krueger touches on family, life and his hockey odyssey that lands him in Buffalo. He was fired by the team via Skype after the youth-laden Oilers finished 19-22-7. Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the oldest teams in the NHL, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise, and are part of the group of teams referred to … The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in Manhattan, New York.They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). If he can continue his offensive success, he should be able to cash in next summer. Oilers name Ralph Krueger 11th head coach in franchise history by Ryan Dittrick / Edmonton Oilers Ralph Krueger works with Anton Lander during a pre-season game … Ralph Krueger is a renaissance man who happens to be the Buffalo Sabres hockey coach. The 59-year-old Krueger coached the Edmonton Oilers during the NHL's lockout-shortened season in 2012-13. Reports: Sabres hire Ralph Krueger as coach. Sports > NHL Fellow coaches expect Ralph Krueger to thrive, adjust with Sabres. Thu., May 16, 2019. Ralph Krueger returns to NHL as Sabres coach FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2016, file photo, Europe coach Ralph Krueger speaks during a news conference at the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto. Krueger's experience includes coaching Team Europe to second at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Ralph Krueger, a 59-year-old who previously coached the Edmonton Oilers and the Swiss National Team, was announced Wednesday morning as the 19th coach in Sabres franchise history. Buffalo Sabres Ralph Krueger directs the team from the bench at KeyBank Center in Buffalo on Feb. 23. BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ralph Krueger is returning to North America to coach the Buffalo Sabres in a bid to turn around the once-proud franchise in the midst of an eight-year playoff drought. Krueger will return to his job as chairman of the Southampton Football Club in the English Premier League next week while we wonder why he isn’t coaching or managing an NHL team.