Ron Pasco (born February 3, 1972) is a Canadian professional

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coach and a former player. He is the assistant coach for

Kölner Haie The Kölner Haie (English: ''Cologne Sharks'') are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany, that plays in the professional Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The team was one of the founding members of the DEL. The ''Kölner Haie'' play their ho ...

of the

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(DEL) and the head coach for Lithuania men's national ice hockey team.

Playing career

Pasco attended

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where he played NCAA Division I ice hockey with the

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. He turned professional with the 1994–95 season, initially suiting up with the

Greensboro Monarchs The Greensboro Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Monarchs joined the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) as an expansion franchise prior to the start of the 1989–90 season and surrendered the fran ...

of the

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, before transferring to the

Tallahassee Tiger Sharks The Tallahassee Tiger Sharks were a minor league professional ice hockey team that played in Tallahassee, Florida, from 1994 to 2001 as members of the East Coast Hockey League. The Tiger Sharks home rink was the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Cent ...

. He played the following year (1995–96) with IHL's

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and then spent the 1996–97 season with the

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, before pursuing his professional career in Europe. Pasco played for

Adler Mannheim The Adler Mannheim (English: ''Mannheim Eagles'', formerly Mannheimer ERC) is a professional ice hockey team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest-level ice hockey league in Germany. The team is based in Mannheim, a city in the northern par ...

Kassel Huskies The EC Kassel Huskies are a professional ice hockey club based in Kassel, Hessen, Germany. The club currently competes in DEL2, the second level of ice hockey in Germany. The Huskies were founded in 1977 and have competed in the top five levels o ...

Schwenninger Wild Wings The Schwenninger Wild Wings are a professional Germany, German ice hockey team from Villingen-Schwenningen in Baden-Wuerttemberg that was founded on 20 July 1904 and currently plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The greatest success of the ...

of Germany,

Villacher SV EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV are an ice hockey team in the ICE Hockey League. They play their home games at Stadthalle (capacity approximately 4,500 spectators) in Villach, Austria. The team colors are blue and white. Their mascot is an eagle - Vill ...

and

ATSE Graz ATSE Graz is an ice hockey team in Graz, Austria. They play in the Eliteliga, the third level of ice hockey in Austria. History The club was founded in 1947, and won the Austrian Hockey League in 1975 and 1978. The club was merged with UEC Graz in ...

of Austria, Danish side

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and

IF Troja-Ljungby IF Troja-Ljungby is an ice hockey club that plays in Ljungby Ljungby () is the Urban areas in Sweden, central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015. Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''k� ...

of during his 13-year career in Europe. In Germany, he won three

championships with

Coaching career

He began his career behind the bench in the youth ranks of German team

and was appointed as assistant coach of the club's

(DEL) squad in May 2014. However, in October 2014, the entire Haie coaching staff, including Pasco, was relieved of its duties. On February 18, 2016, he was named assistant coach of

of the DEL and stayed in that job until the end of the 2015–16 season. On July 5, 2016, he was added to the coaching staff of

HC Dinamo Minsk Hockey Club Dinamo Minsk or HC Dinamo Minsk (; , ''Dynama-Minsk'') is a professional ice hockey club based in Minsk, Belarus. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Dinamo has qualified for the KHL playof ...

of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

(KHL), just like in Mannheim serving as an assistant to Craig Woodcroft. He stayed in Minsk until the end of the 2016–17 season. On February 8, 2018, Pasco was named assistant coach of

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of the

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(NL). On June 14, 2019, Pasco re-joined Kölner Haie as assistant coach. On January 21, 2020, Pasco was named head coach of Lithuania men's national team after

Daniel Lacroix Daniel Lacroix (born March 11, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played in the National Hockey League with five teams between 1993 and 2000. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1989 to 2002, was spen ...

joined the

Moncton Wildcats The Moncton Wildcats are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Moncton, New Brunswick. The franchise was granted for the 1995–96 QMJHL season, 1995–96 season known as the Moncton A ...

of the

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL; , LHJMQ), formerly the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The league includes teams in Quebec ...

(QMJHL).

Awards and honors

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pasco, Ron 1972 births Living people Adler Mannheim players ATSE Graz players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Canadian ice hockey centres EC VSV players Greensboro Monarchs players Ice hockey coaches Ice hockey people from Ottawa IF Troja-Ljungby players Kassel Huskies players Kölner Haie players Lithuania men's national ice hockey team coaches Rødovre Mighty Bulls players RPI Engineers men's ice hockey players Schwenninger Wild Wings players Tallahassee Tiger Sharks players Utah Grizzlies (IHL) players