Alex Andjelic Explained

Position:Forward
Shoots:Left
Played For:HK Partizan
's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles
Nijmegen Tigers
Ntl Team:YUG
Birth Date:1940 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Bačka Palanka, Yugoslavia
Death Place:Belgrade, Serbia
Career Start:1965
Career End:1969

Aleksandar Anđelić (16 October 1940 – 24 March 2021) was a Serbian ice hockey coach. He coached primarily in the Netherlands and Germany, and used to coach the Serbian youth team, while working from Toronto.[1] [2]

Born in Bačka Palanka, Andjelic played for Partizan Belgrade in Belgrade before playing in the Netherlands for clubs 's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles in 1967–68, Nijmegen Tigers in 1968-69 http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=35715. He played over 40 times for Yugoslavia.

He played for Yugoslavia at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

He coached with a number of clubs: Nijmegen, Heerenveen Flyers, Rotterdam Panda's, Red Eagles 's-Hertogenbosch, IJHC Den Bosch and Zoetermeer Panters in the Netherlands; Schwenninger Wild Wings, Essen Moskitoes, Deggendorf, Grefrather EC, and Adler Mannheim in Germany; EHC Chur, and Rapperswil-Jona in Switzerland; NS Stars U18 in Hungary; and as a skills coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League, and Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.[3] He also coached internationally for the Dutch, Yugoslavian, Serbian and Montenegrin, and Turkish men's national teams.

On March 24, 2021, it was announced in Dutch media Andjelic died in a hospital in Belgrade, after a week of being kept in a coma.[4] He had also tested positive for COVID-19.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Interview Aleksandar Anđelić: Hokej igra u kojoj se misli unapred
  2. Web site: Srpska Televizija USA . 31 October 2023 .
  3. Web site: Alex Andjelic . hockeycoachvision.com . 25 March 2021.
  4. https://www.ijshockeynederland.nl/nieuws/alex-andjelic-op-80-jarige-leeftijd-overleden News of Andjelic's passing
  5. Web site: Serbian ice hockey coach and Olympian Andjelic dies age 80. 29 March 2021 .