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Robert David "Bob" Leslie (born January 25, 1950) is a
Robert David "Bob" Leslie (born January 25, 1950) is a Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
professional ice hockey
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coach and executive.
Career
The son of a Scottish father, Leslie was born in Carberry,Manitoba
Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...
. He attended Brandon University
Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrollment of 3375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon Co ...
and the University of Winnipeg, where he earned a bachelor of teaching degree.
Leslie served stints as the assistant coach of the Swiss powerhouse EV Zug
EV Zug is a professional men's ice hockey team from Zug, Switzerland. It is a member of the National League and plays its home games at the Bossard Arena.
History
EV Zug won its first championship in the 1997–98 season, and the second one in t ...
in 1989-90 and from 1994 to 1999. Serving under head coach Sean Simpson
Sean Simpson (born May 4, 1960) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. He last served as head coach of Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in Germany.
As a player, Simpson played two AHL seaso ...
, he helped Zug win the 1998 Swiss championship. From 1991 to 1994, he coached the Carman Cougars in his native Manitoba.
Leslie took over as the head coach of the German first-division side Kölner Haie on an interim basis in January 1999, and guided the team to the playoff-quarterfinals. He remained on the Haie coaching staff and was named associate coach for the 1999/00 campaign, before being promoted to head coach for the following season. He was sacked in January 2001 after a run of bad results. He then had stints as head coach of the London Knights
The London Knights are a junior ice hockey team from London, Ontario, Canada, playing in the Ontario Hockey League, one of the leagues of the Canadian Hockey League. The Knights started out in 1965 as the London Nationals but changed to their cu ...
, VEU Feldkirch in Austria, EHC Basel in Switzerland and the German teams Krefeld Pinguine and EHC Wolfsburg
Grizzlys Wolfsburg are a professional ice hockey club of the German professional ice hockey league Deutsche Eishockey Liga. They play their games at Eisarena in Wolfsburg.
History
Wolfsburg earned their first promotion to the DEL in 2004. Howev ...
.
In 2006, Leslie joined the Hamburg Freezers
The Hamburg Freezers were a German professional men's ice hockey club from Hamburg, Germany that played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The club announced its withdrawal from the DEL and ceased operations on 24 May 2016 when Anschutz Entertainment ...
of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga
The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called "PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga") (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in ...
(DEL), first serving as assistant coach, before being promoted to sport director in January 2008. His contract expired in April 2009. In March 2010, he was named assistant coach of fellow DEL side Düsseldorfer EG
Düsseldorfer EG (short DEG) is a German professional ice hockey team in Düsseldorf. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players. The famous Eisstadion at the Brehmstrasse was the home venue for ...
and served in the same position at Swiss ZSC Lions between February and October 2010.
Leslie was a member of the coaching staff of the Canadian national team on several occasions, winning three Spengler-Cup and two Deutschland-Cup titles.
Leslie now serves as CEO and president of Leslie Global Leadership, a company that runs ice hockey camps. He is also serving as consultant for Hungarian club Kanadai Magyar Hokiklub SE and helps develop ice hockey facilities in the country.
External links
* http://www.eliteprospects.com/staff.php?staff=2298 * http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/1361092.stmReferences