Cranbrook’s Ryan Huska has been named an assistant coach to the Canadian national men’s team staff at the upcoming IIHF World Hockey Championship.
Huska, recently completed his second season (2023-25) as head coach of the Calgary Flames after serving as an assistant for five seasons (2018-23). Prior to joining the Flames, he was the head coach of the AHL’s Adirondack Flames/Stockton Heat for four seasons (2014-18) and spent 12 seasons as an assistant coach (2002-07) and head coach (2007-14) of the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets. Internationally, he served as an assistant with Canada’s National Junior Team at the 2011 and 2012 IIHF World Junior Championships, winning silver and bronze, respectively.
Huska will be joined by Dean Evason (Flin Flon, MB/Columbus, NHL) who returns for the second-straight year to take the reins as head coach. Huska’s fellow assistant coaches include Andrew Brunette (Sudbury, ON/Nashville, NHL), and Steve McCarthy (Trail, BC/Columbus, NHL), and director of performance analysis James Emery (Calgary, AB).
The puck drops at the 2025 IIHF World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark, May 9-25.
Canada will open the Men’s Worlds against Slovenia on May 10. It will also take on Latvia, France, Austria, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden in the preliminary round before the tournament concludes with the medal games on May 25.
Prior to the start of the tournament, Canada’s National Men’s Team will play pre-tournament games in Vienna against Austria on May 4 and in Budapest against Hungary on May 6.
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