Ryan Mougenel (born March 2, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey

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. , he is the head coach of the

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. Mougenel played six seasons of professional ice hockey, including winning the

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as a member of the

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. Mougenel is also a member of a business trio with NHLers

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, operating the Durham Hockey Institute in Toronto and owning the

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of the

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Playing career

Junior career

Mougenel began his junior career in

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with the

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. Mougenel would appear in 53 games and score 3 goals and 8 assists in his rookie season. The following season, Mougenel increased his output, scoring 11 goals and 18 assists in 66 games. In the 1995–96 season, Owen Sound would trade Mougenel to the

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three games into the season. Mougenel saw an explosion in production with Kitchener, scoring 30 goals and 24 assists in 60 games in the regular season and added eight goals and five assists in 12 playoff games in his first season with the team. In his final juniors season, Mougenel recorded 38 goals and 33 assists in 61 games for Kitchener during the regular season and scored five goals and four assists in 13 playoff games, as Kitchener reached the J. Ross Robertson Cup semifinals.

Professional career

In his first professional career, Mougenel bounced between four teams and two leagues, appearing for the

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(4 points in 7 games) and

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(6 points in 7 games) of the East Coast Hockey League and the

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(5 points in 13 games) and the Cleveland Lumberjacks (8 points in 37 games) of the International Hockey League. Mougenel would return with Cleveland during the 1997–98 season, scoring five goals and seven assists in 45 games with the Lumberjacks before making a return to Chesapeake of the ECHL. Mougenel would appear in Chesapeake's final eight regular season games, scoring two goals and three assists, and would play in two playoff games scoring one goal. Mougenel would spend the 1999–00 season with the

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of the

, appearing in 20 games and scoring one goal with the team. Mougenel would spend the next two seasons with the

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of the ECHL, appearing in 105 games and scoring 26 goals and 29 assists during his tenure in Jackson. Mougenel's final season of professional hockey came with the

. Mougenel would score 15 goals and 20 assists in 53 regular season games and scored one goal and eight assists for Atlantic City, as they won the

in five games over the Columbia Inferno.

International career

Mougenel was a member of the

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from 1999–2000. Mougenel would appear in 27 games with Team Canada, scoring 2 goals and 11 assists.

Coaching career

Early coaching positions

Mougenel joined Matt Thomas' staff on the Fresno Falcons in

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as an assistant. Mougenel would serves as Thomas' assistant with Fresno until the team folded midway through the 2008–09 season and rejoined Thomas as an assistant when Thomas was named the mid-season replacement for

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, who had been fired by the Stockton Thunder midway through the 2008–09 season.

Las Vegas Wranglers

In June 2009 the Las Vegas Wranglers announced that they had hired former Mougenel to be the second head coach and general manager in team history after the previous head coach, Glen Gulutzan left to become the head coach of the AHL's Texas Stars. Mougenel was officially introduced at Orleans Arena on June 30. Mougenel early decisions as head coach and general manager were to bring in former NHL All-Star Keith Primeau to take over as the team's director of player development as well as being a special assistant to the general manager. and sever the team's ties with the

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, who had been Las Vegas' NHL affiliate since the team's inaugural season in

. Mougenel stated that cost of travel between Las Vegas and

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(site of Calgary's newly relocated AHL affiliate) and immigration issues from Canada played large roles in the decision to separate. Mougenel announced that he signed an agreement to become the ECHL affiliate of the

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and Phoenix's AHL affiliate, the

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. During the 2010–11 season, Mougenel was named the head coach of the ECHL All-Stars for the

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Hershey Bears

Mougenel became assistant head coach for the Hershey Bears, AHL affiliate of the Washington Capitals on July 5, 2013 and filled as head coach in for one game on January 26, 2014, while the head coach was ill.

Worcester Sharks

On July 29, 2014, Mougenel left the Bears to become assistant head coach for the Worcester Sharks, AHL affiliate of the San Jose Sharks

Personal

On July 12, 2012, Mougenel jumped into the Boston Harbor to rescue a man who was drowning in the harbor and helped bring the man to dry land. The unknown victim was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital.

Career statistics

Coaching career

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mougenel, Ryan 1976 births Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies players Canadian ice hockey right wingers Chesapeake Icebreakers players Cleveland Lumberjacks players ECHL coaches Hampton Roads Admirals players Jackson Bandits players Kitchener Rangers players Las Vegas Wranglers Owen Sound Platers players Quebec Rafales players Rochester Americans players Living people Ice hockey people from Scarborough, Toronto Canadian ice hockey coaches