EDMONTON OILERS MEDIA GUIDE

RALPH
KRUEGER
Ralph Krueger was named the 11th Head Coach
of the Edmonton Oilers when Steve Tambellini
announced his promotion on June 27, 2012 after
spending the past two years as an Associate Coach.
Krueger, 52, is entering his third season with the
Oilers and his first as an NHL head coach. The
Winnipeg, Manitoba native was in charge of special
teams last season, helping the team’s powerplay
vault to third in the NHL with a 20.6-percent
success rate.
HEAD COACH
Most recently in a lead role, Krueger was the head coach of the Swiss National Team, anchoring
a three-year tenure where he helped the squad climb eight spots to seventh overall in the IIHF
World Hockey Rankings. In doing so, he also coached the Swiss to a sixth place finish at the 2010
Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
From 1991 to 1998, he was the general manager and head coach of VEU Feldkirch in Austria’s
First Division. Between the Austrian, Alpenleague and European titles, nine championships were
won under his guidance and leadership.
Krueger played his major junior hockey in the WCHL with New Westminster and Calgary before
playing in the German 1st Division from 1979-1989. He was also part of the German National
Team from 1981-1986 in which the he participated in the World Championship twice.
Krueger, who wrote a German best-seller called “TEAMLIFE – Over Setbacks to Success”, has
also served as a European Consultant with the Carolina Hurricanes from 2005 until 2010.
He and his wife, Glenda, have a son, Justin (25), who was drafted by Carolina in 2006 and a
daughter, Geena (22).
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