Richard "Rick" Nasheim (born January 15, 1963) is a

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professional

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coach and a former professional ice hockey player. He has been serving as scout for EHC Linz since June 2022.

Playing career

Nasheim spent the early stages of his career in his native Canada, playing for the

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in the BCJHL, followed by stints in the WHL with the

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and Regina Pats. He then spent the 1985-86 season at the University of Regina. He began his pro career at German second-division side

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, but would spend almost the remainder of his playing days in Austria. He played a total of 13 years for VEU Feldkirch and also had stints at Swiss EHC Uzwil, and two other Austrian clubs

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and

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. In the course of his career he won five Austrian championships with Feldkirch and one with Linz. He also captured four

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titles as well as the 1997-98

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championship in 1997-98. Nasheim retired in 2004.

International career

Nasheim became an Austrian citizen in 1990 and was eligible to play for the Austrian national team. He played at the 1994 and 1998 Olympic Winter Games and attended nine World Championships.

Coaching career

Nasheim began his coaching career as an assistant at

in Austria’s top-flight. He remained in that position until the end of the 2009-10 season and then accepted an offer from ERC Ingolstadt of the German elite league

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. When the Ingolstadt team sacked Rich Chernomaz in December 2012, Nasheim took over as head coach on an interim basis. For the 2007 World Championships, he joined the coaching staff of the Austrian national team as an assistant. In the 2015-16 season, he served as assistant coach of Austrian EBEL side Vienna Capitals. He then worked as analyst for the Austrian TV channel Sky. In June 2017, Nasheim was named assistant coach of EBEL team

Dornbirner EC Dornbirn Bulldogs is a professional ice hockey team in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria, who formerly played in the Austrian Hockey League (IceHL), the first level of ice hockey in Austria, since 2012. until 2022. The club was founded in 1992 and i ...

, after having worked as a pro scout for the team the previous months. In June 2022, he went back to EHC Linz to lead the club's scouting department.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nasheim, Rick 1963 births Living people Austrian ice hockey left wingers Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian ice hockey right wingers Cowichan Valley Capitals players Kelowna Wings players EHC Klostersee players EHC Black Wings Linz players Regina Pats players Spokane Flyers players Ice hockey people from Regina, Saskatchewan VEU Feldkirch players Wiener EV players Olympic ice hockey players for Austria Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics