Daniel Bochner

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox ice hockey biography

| name = Daniel Bochner

| image =

| image_size = 230px

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|9|5}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| league_coach = KHL

| team_coach = SKA Saint Petersburg (Assistant)

| career_start_coach = 2018

| career_end_coach =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 201

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| career_start = 1998

| career_end = 2011

| ntl_team = Israel

| medaltemplates =

}}

Daniel Bochner (born September 5, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and a former player. Since 2018, he has served as the player development coach for the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia and SKA Saint Petersburg hockey club in the KHL.

Early life

Bochner was born on September 5, 1984, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/72231/daniel-bochner|title=Daniel Bochner|website=eliteprospects.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829181926/https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/72231/daniel-bochner|archive-date=2020-08-29|access-date=2020-08-29}}

Player career

Bochner started playing for the Israel's Under-18 in 1998. In the national junior team he participated in the U18 World Championships of the Europe Division II in 1999 and 2000, as well as the IIHF World U20 Championship Division III in 2001.

From 2000 to 2011, he played for the Israel national ice hockey team (coached by Boris Mindel and Jean Perron).{{cite web|url=https://sports.walla.co.il/item/894704|title=הוקי קרח: נבחרת ישראל תנסה להזיז משחק מיום השואה|trans-title=Ice hockey: the national team will try to move a game from the day of the Holocaust|language=he |last=Friedman|first=Roy|website=Walla!|date=2006-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829190052/https://sports.walla.co.il/item/894704|archive-date=2020-08-29|access-date=2020-08-29}} Bochner played at several world championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/sports/national-ice-hockey-team-humbled-by-germany-at-worlds|title=National ice hockey team humbled by Germany at worlds|last=Gaffen|first=Lionel|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=2006-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829190943/https://www.jpost.com/sports/national-ice-hockey-team-humbled-by-germany-at-worlds|archive-date=2020-08-29|access-date=2020-08-29}}{{cite web|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/eishockey-ein-passendes-hors-d-oeuvre-eishockeyteam-gewinnt-11-2-1327729.html|title=Ein passendes Hors d'oeuvre: Eishockeyteam gewinnt 11:2|trans-title=A suitable hors d'oeuvre: ice hockey team wins 11: 2|language=de|newspaper=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|last=Heinrich|first=Marc|date=2006-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829194008/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/eishockey-ein-passendes-hors-d-oeuvre-eishockeyteam-gewinnt-11-2-1327729.html|archive-date=2020-08-29|access-date=2020-08-29}}{{cite web|url=https://sports.walla.co.il/item/1086320|title=הוקי קרח: נבחרת ישראל באליפות עולם|trans-title=Ice hockey: national team at World Championships|language=he |last=Friedman|first=Roy|website=Walla!|date=2007-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829184052/https://sports.walla.co.il/item/1086320|archive-date=2020-08-29}}{{cite web|url=https://hokej.net/pl/news,artykul,18,24799,puchar-kontynentalny-pogrom-w-pierwszym-dniu.html|title=Puchar Kontynentalny: pogrom w pierwszym dniu|trans-title=Continental Cup: mayhem on the first day|language=pl|publisher=Polska Hokej Liga|date=2010-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928220348/http://www.hokej.net/pl/news,artykul,18,24799,puchar-kontynentalny-pogrom-w-pierwszym-dniu.html|archive-date=2010-09-28|access-date=2020-08-29}} His last word championship with the team was at the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division III in Cape Town, South Africa, in April 2011.{{cite web|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/269/IHM269903_74_6_0.pdf|title=Game summary: RSA - ISR 5 - 6 (2 - 1 , 2 - 2 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 1)|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|date=2011-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831124910/http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/269/IHM269903_74_6_0.pdf|archive-date=2020-08-31|access-date=2020-08-31}} Playing for the Israeli team in IIHF Division II and III tournaments, he won 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

At the age of 17, he started playing for a number of Canadian junior hockey clubs: Lindsay Muskies (2001–2002),{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_players.php?tmi=6596|title=Lindsay Muskies all-time player list|website=hockeydb.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927204005/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_players.php?tmi=6596|archive-date=2013-09-27|access-date=2020-08-30}} Ajax Axemen (2002-2004),{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=85855|title=Dan Bouchner|website=hockeydb.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305160852/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=85855|archive-date=2012-03-05|access-date=2020-08-30}} Thornhill Thunderbirds (2004-2005),{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_players.php?tmi=8425|title=Thornhill Thunderbirds [OJHL] all-time player list|website=hockeydb.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200830083558/https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_players.php?tmi=8425|archive-date=August 30, 2020|access-date=2020-08-30|url-status=live}} and Niagara Falls Canucks (2005–2006).{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_players.php?tmi=12054|title=Niagara Falls Canucks [GHJHL, 1993-2008] all-time player list|website=hockeydb.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200830084711/https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_players.php?tmi=12054|archive-date=August 30, 2020|access-date=2020-08-30|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gojhl.ca/alumni|title=Alumni|publisher=Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830085214/https://www.gojhl.ca/alumni|archive-date=2020-08-30}} After completing the season he moved to Europe and started playing for a newly formed HK Beostar adult team.{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeyarchives.info/Serbie2007.htm|title=Championnat de Serbie 2006/07|trans-title=Serbian championat 2006/2007|language=fr|website=hockeyarchives.info|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226144231/https://www.hockeyarchives.info/Serbie2007.htm|archive-date=2014-02-26|access-date=2020-08-31}} He then moved to Nice hockey Côte d'Azur and was with the club when it became the champion of FFHG Division 2 in 2007-2008.

=Coaching career=

In 2010, having retired from playing professional hockey in Europe, he established Universal Hockey, an academy where hockey players can improve their skills starting from 6 years.{{cite news|title=Young Entrepreneur spotlight: Universal Hocke|url=https://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/young-entrepreneur-spotlight-universal-hockey|newspaper=Financial Post|date=2010-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403173517/https://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/young-entrepreneur-spotlight-universal-hockey|archive-date=2019-04-03|access-date=2020-08-24}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/teen-hockey-players-transform-from-rink-rats-to-gym-rats/article4627851/|title=Teen hockey players transform from rink rats to gym rats|last=Morow|first=Adrian|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=2012-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022154549/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/teen-hockey-players-transform-from-rink-rats-to-gym-rats/article4627851/|archive-date=2012-10-22|access-date=2020-08-24}} He also worked with several ice hockey players as personal coach.{{cite web|url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/jrhockey-buzzing-the-net/danil-antropov-looks-to-follow-in-father-s-footsteps-with-a-career-in-the-national-hockey-league-170900311.html|title=Danil Antropov looks to follow in father's footsteps with a career in the National Hockey League|last=Nugent-Bowman|first=Daniel|website=Yahoo! Sports|date=2016-03-22|quote=He’ll also continue to work with Don Mills Flyers coach Daniel Bochner, who he feels has helped his skating immensely since his return to Toronto.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200831133904/https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/jrhockey-buzzing-the-net/danil-antropov-looks-to-follow-in-father-s-footsteps-with-a-career-in-the-national-hockey-league-170900311.html|archive-date=August 31, 2020|access-date=2020-08-30|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1287143/2019/10/28/the-future-of-the-wild-matthew-boldy-marshall-warren-and-jack-mcbain-are-on-the-rise-together/|title=The future of the Wild: Matthew Boldy, Marshall Warren and Jack McBain are on the rise together|last=Wheeler|first=Scott|website=The Athletic|date=2019-10-28|quote=Over the summer, McBain worked with his former minor hockey coach Daniel Bochner — now a development coach with SKA St. Petersburg in the KHL — on his skating and his shot.|access-date=2020-08-31}}{{subscription required}}{{cite web|url=https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2020/06/24/tom-wilson-hits-the-ice-in-toronto/|title=Tom Wilson hits the ice in Toronto|last=Oland|first=Ian|website=russianmachineneverbreaks.com|date=2020-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625044447/https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2020/06/24/tom-wilson-hits-the-ice-in-toronto/|archive-date=2020-06-25|access-date=2020-08-31}} The training program was developed by Bochner himself, based on his experience.{{cite web|url=https://www.cjnews.com/news/business/hockey-instructor-offers-personalized-service|title=Hockey instructor offers personalized service|last=Lungen|first=Paul|agency=Canadian Jewish News|date=2012-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403190410/https://www.cjnews.com/news/business/hockey-instructor-offers-personalized-service|archive-date=2019-04-03|access-date=2020-08-24}}{{cite web|url=https://spbvedomosti.ru/news/sport/rezultat_ostavim_v_nbsp_storone/|title=В СКА появился новый тренер. Кто он?|trans-title=New SKA couch, who is he?|language=ru|newspaper=Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti|date=2018-07-27|last=Bakunin|first=Denis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824155746/https://spbvedomosti.ru/news/sport/rezultat_ostavim_v_nbsp_storone/|archive-date=2020-08-24|access-date=2020-08-24}}

In Canada, he worked as a head coach of a number of teams in the Greater Toronto Hockey League and also as a high performance skills coach at Hockey Canada, a national governing body of ice hockey and ice sledge hockey.{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/26680/daniel-bochner|title=Daniel Bochner|website=eliteprospects.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829181926/https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/72231/daniel-bochner|archive-date=2020-08-29|access-date=2020-09-09}}{{cite web|url=https://hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2016-sledge-development-camp-opens-in-calgary|title=Top players from across the nation to attend Canada's National Sledge Team development camp|publisher=Hockey Canada|date=2016-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903204523/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2016-sledge-development-camp-opens-in-calgary|archive-date=2016-09-03|access-date=2020-08-24}}

In 2018, he took the role of the director of the player development at the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, where he is responsible for the men’s and women’s Olympic and national teams.{{cite web|url=https://www.cjnews.com/culture/sports/canadian-hockey-maven-developing-players-in-russia|title=Canadian hockey maven developing players in Russia|last=Lungen|first=Paul|agency=Canadian Jewish News|date=2019-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403190431/https://www.cjnews.com/culture/sports/canadian-hockey-maven-developing-players-in-russia|archive-date=2019-04-03|access-date=2020-08-24}}{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/sport/6274363|title=Канадский тренер сборных РФ по хоккею назвал себя учеником советского фигуриста Смушкина|trans-title=The Canadian coach of the Russian national ice hockey teams calls himself a student of the Soviet figure skater Smushkin|language=ru|agency=TASS|date=2019-03-29|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200824123307/https://tass.ru/sport/6274363|archive-date=August 24, 2020|access-date=2020-08-24|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sovsport.ru/hockey/articles/2:880065-eta-bronza-razocharovanie-.-pavel-lyisenkov-ob-igre-sbornoy-rossii-na-mchm|title="Эта бронза – разочарование". Павел Лысенков – об игре сборной России на МЧМ|trans-title="This bronze is a disappointment." Pavel Lysenkov - about the game of the Russian national team at the MFM|language=ru|newspaper=Sovetsky Sport|last=Lysenkov|first=Pavel|date=2019-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831142044/https://www.sovsport.ru/hockey/articles/2:880065-eta-bronza-razocharovanie-.-pavel-lyisenkov-ob-igre-sbornoy-rossii-na-mchm|archive-date=2020-08-31|access-date=2020-08-31}} Also since 2018, he is the skills development coach for the SKA Saint Petersburg club and heads the “Red Machine”, a national hockey development program, which trains coaches throughout the country.{{cite web|url=https://matchtv.ru/hockey/matchtvnews_NI947379_V_Khabarovske_proshla_prezentacija_NPPKh_Krasnaja_mashina|title=В Хабаровске прошла презентация НППХ "Красная машина"|trans-title=”Red Machine”, a National programme for the training of ice hockey players "Red machine» was presented in Khabarovsk|language=ru|publisher=Match TV|date=2018-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824125833/https://matchtv.ru/hockey/matchtvnews_NI947379_V_Khabarovske_proshla_prezentacija_NPPKh_Krasnaja_mashina|archive-date=2020-08-24|access-date=2020-08-24}}{{cite web|url=https://spbvedomosti.ru/news/sport/delay-kak-khabibulin-legendarnyy-golkiper-budet-trenirovat-vratarey-ska/|title=Делай как Хабибулин! Легендарный голкипер будет тренировать вратарей СКА|trans-title=Do as Khabibulin! The legendary goalkeeper will train the goalkeepers of SKA|language=ru|newspaper=Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti|date=2019-07-02|last=Ratnikov|first=Daniil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824130725if_/https://spbvedomosti.ru/news/sport/delay-kak-khabibulin-legendarnyy-golkiper-budet-trenirovat-vratarey-ska/|archive-date=2020-08-24|access-date=2020-08-24}}{{cite web|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2020/04/01/lukas-bengtsson-han-sa-at-mig-att-lugna-ner-mig|title="Han sa åt mig att lugna ner mig"|trans-title=He told me to calm down|language=sv|website=hockeysverige.se|quote=Lukas Bengtsson was given the chance to train with the Canadian skate coach Daniel Bochner. In total they were about seven to eight weeks of training together.|first=Karl|last=Trogens|date=2020-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402075232/https://hockeysverige.se/2020/04/01/lukas-bengtsson-han-sa-at-mig-att-lugna-ner-mig|archive-date=2020-04-02|access-date=2020-09-09}}

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