John Wroblewski
{{short description|American ice hockey player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| alt =
| name = John Wroblewski
| image =
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| image_size = 230px
| played_for = Fresno Falcons (ECHL)
| position = Right wing
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 212
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|05|26}}
| birth_place = Neenah, Wisconsin, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2003
| career_end = 2007}}
John Ellsworth Wroblewski (born May 26, 1981) is an American former ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the United States women's national ice hockey team. He is the former head coach of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program and Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League.{{cite web |title=U.S. National Under- 17 Team |url=https://www.usahockeyntdp.com/roster_players/22718102 |website=USA Hockey NTDP |accessdate=14 March 2019}}
Coaching career
On August 3, 2011, the Gwinnett Gladiators announced that Wroblewski, the former assistant coach for the Wheeling Nailers, had been selected to take over from Jeff Pyle as the team's head coach.{{Cite web |url=http://echl.com/wroblewski-named-gladiators-head-coach-p172084 |title=The ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League - Wroblewski named Gladiators head coach |access-date=2011-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329213228/http://echl.com/wroblewski-named-gladiators-head-coach-p172084 |archive-date=2012-03-29 |url-status=dead }} After two successful seasons in Gwinnett, Wroblewski joined the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL) as an assistant coach. After another two seasons, he was fired as part of a coaching overhaul by the Amerks' owners, the Buffalo Sabres.{{cite web |url=http://www.buffalohockeybeat.com/sabres-fire-amerks-assistant-coach-john-wroblewski/ |title=Sabres fire Amerks assistant coach John Wroblewski |publisher=Buffalo Hockey Beat |date=May 6, 2015}}
On August 17, 2020, the Los Angeles Kings named Wroblewski the new head coach of the AHL's Ontario Reign. On May 31, 2022, Wroblewski was named the head coach of the United States women's national ice hockey team for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship.{{cite web |url=https://theathletic.com/news/john-wroblewski-usa-womens-hockey-coach/Vqyj41ulpqpI/ |title=John Wroblewski named USA women's hockey team head coach for World Championship |publisher=The Athletic |date=May 31, 2022 |access-date=May 31, 2022}}
References
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External links
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Category:Sportspeople from Neenah, Wisconsin
Category:American ice hockey coaches
Category:Fresno Falcons players
Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey players
Category:USA Hockey National Team Development Program players
Category:American men's ice hockey right wingers
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