{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2012}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Ron Pasco | image = 2022-04-10 Eisbären Berlin gegen Kölner Haie (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2021-22, Playoff-Viertelfinale) by Sandro Halank–103.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|02|03}} | birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 194 | position = Centre | shoots = Left | played_for = Adler Mannheim<br>Kassel Huskies<br>Kölner Haie<br>EC VSV<br>Rødovre Mighty Bulls | ntl_team = Canada | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 1994 | career_end = 2011 }} '''Ron Pasco''' (born February 3, 1972) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the assistant coach for Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) and the head coach for the Lithuania men's national ice hockey team.
==Playing career== Pasco attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he played NCAA Division I ice hockey with the RPI Engineers.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V9tQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n-kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6307,1602512&dq=ron+pasco&hl=en The Daily Gazette - Google News Archive Search]</ref>
He turned professional with the 1994–95 season, initially suiting up with the Greensboro Monarchs of the ECHL, before transferring to the Tallahassee Tiger Sharks. He played the following year (1995–96) with IHL's Utah Grizzlies and then spent the 1996–97 season with the Canada men's national ice hockey team, before pursuing his professional career in Europe.
Pasco played for Adler Mannheim, Kassel Huskies, Kölner Haie, Schwenninger Wild Wings of Germany,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Schwenninger Wild Wings: News-Detailseite|url = http://www.wildwings.de/web/saison/news-detailseite/?tx_news_pi1%255Bnews%255D=136&tx_news_pi1%255Bcontroller%255D=News&tx_news_pi1%255Baction%255D=detail|website = www.wildwings.de|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> Villacher SV and ATSE Graz of Austria,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ron PASCO Spielerprofil und Karrierestatistik auf Eishockey.at|url = http://www.eishockey.at/profil/ron-pasco/|website = www.eishockey.at|access-date = 2016-02-19|last = ÖEHV|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302035135/http://www.eishockey.at/profil/ron-pasco/|archivedate = March 2, 2016|df = mdy-all}}</ref> Danish side Rødovre<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sønderjysk Elitesport A/S|url = http://www.soenderjyske.dk/Default.asp?Default.asp?name2=&SideName=&StrMenu=2&IntID2=2283&strMenu2=4&SideID=&intPage=243|website = www.soenderjyske.dk|access-date = 2016-02-19|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302225407/http://www.soenderjyske.dk/Default.asp?Default.asp%3Fname2=&SideName=&StrMenu=2&IntID2=2283&strMenu2=4&SideID=&intPage=243|archivedate = March 2, 2016|df = mdy-all}}</ref> and IF Troja-Ljungby<ref>{{Cite web|title = IF Troja/Ljungby -Ron Pasco|url = http://old.troja-ljungby.com/0c3e20b2-649c-49e1-b190-c902ebe200af|website = old.troja-ljungby.com|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> of during his 13-year career in Europe.
In Germany, he won three Deutsche Eishockey Liga championships with Adler Mannheim.
==Coaching career== He began his career behind the bench in the youth ranks of German team Kölner Haie and was appointed as assistant coach of the club's Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) squad in May 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Haie erweitern Trainer-Team |url = http://www.haie.de/news/haie-erweitern-trainer-team|website = www.haie.de| date=May 23, 2014 |access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> However, in October 2014, the entire Haie coaching staff, including Pasco, was relieved of its duties.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Niklas Sundblad neuer Cheftrainer der Kölner Haie – KEC stellt sportliche Führung um Uwe Krupp und Lance Nethery frei |url = http://www.haie.de/news/niklas-sundblad-neuer-cheftrainer-der-kolner-haie-kec-stellt-sportliche-fuhrung-um-uwe-krupp|website = www.haie.de| date=October 10, 2014 |access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref>
On February 18, 2016, he was named assistant coach of Adler Mannheim of the DEL<ref>{{Cite web|title = ADLER Mannheim|url = http://www.adler-mannheim.de/topstories.php?d%5Bnr%5D=4914|website = www.adler-mannheim.de|access-date = 2016-02-19}}</ref> and stayed in that job until the end of the 2015–16 season. On July 5, 2016, he was added to the coaching staff of HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), just like in Mannheim serving as an assistant to Craig Woodcroft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/hcdinamominskinenglish/photos/a.1615586375338107.1073741828.1615579302005481/1812286765668066/?type=3&theater|title=HC Dinamo Minsk in English|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2016-07-10}}</ref> He stayed in Minsk until the end of the 2016–17 season.
On February 8, 2018, Pasco was named assistant coach of Lausanne HC of the National League (NL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lausannehc.ch/john-fust-appele-a-la-barre-pour-passer-un-cap-necessaire/|title=John Fust appelé à la barre pour passer un cap nécessaire - Lausanne Hockey Club|last=Club|first=Lausanne Hockey|website=www.lausannehc.ch|language=fr-FR|access-date=2018-02-09|archive-date=February 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210180107/http://www.lausannehc.ch/john-fust-appele-a-la-barre-pour-passer-un-cap-necessaire/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On June 14, 2019, Pasco re-joined Kölner Haie as assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web |title=Co-Trainer und Mentalcoach verstärken die Haie |url=https://www.haie.de/news/co-trainer-und-mentalcoach-verstaerken-die-haie/ |website=Haie.de |access-date=April 27, 2023 |language=de-DE |date=June 14, 2019}}</ref>
On January 21, 2020, Pasco was named head coach of the Lithuania men's national team after Daniel Lacroix joined the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Augustis |first1=Mindaugas |title=Kanadietiška rokiruotė: Lietuvos rinktinę treniruos kitas specialistas iš ledo ritulio tėvynės |url=https://www.delfi.lt/sportas/kitos-sporto-sakos/kanadietiska-rokiruote-lietuvos-rinktine-treniruos-kitas-specialistas-is-ledo-ritulio-tevynes.d?id=83331721 |website=DELFI |accessdate=January 24, 2020 |language=lt-LT |date=January 21, 2020}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! Ref |- | All-ECAC Hockey Second Team | 1993–94 | |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}}
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