Alex Andjelic
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Aleksandar Anđelić (16 October 1940 – 24 March 2021) was a Serbian ice hockey coach. He coached primarily in the Netherlands and Germany, and used to coach the Serbian youth team, while working from Toronto.[1][2]
Born in Bačka Palanka, Andjelic played for Partizan Belgrade in Belgrade before playing in the Netherlands for clubs 's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles in 1967–68, Nijmegen Tigers in 1968-69 [1]. He played over 40 times for Yugoslavia.
He played for Yugoslavia at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
He coached with a number of clubs: Nijmegen, Heerenveen Flyers, Rotterdam Panda's, Red Eagles 's-Hertogenbosch, IJHC Den Bosch and Zoetermeer Panters in the Netherlands; Schwenninger Wild Wings, Essen Moskitoes, Deggendorf, Grefrather EC, and Adler Mannheim in Germany; EHC Chur, and Rapperswil-Jona in Switzerland; NS Stars U18 in Hungary; and as a skills coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League, and Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.[3] He also coached internationally for the Dutch, Yugoslavian, Serbian and Montenegrin, and Turkish men's national teams.
On March 24, 2021, it was announced in Dutch media Andjelic died in a hospital in Belgrade, after a week of being kept in a coma.[4] He had also tested positive for COVID-19.[5]
References
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