Lance Nethery
Born (1957-06-28) June 28, 1957
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for New York Rangers
Edmonton Oilers
HC Davos
NHL Draft 131st overall, 1977
New York Rangers
Playing career 19791990

Lance Nethery (born June 28, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and coach, and current executive. He played 41 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers during the 1980–81 and 1981–82 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1979 to 1990, was split between the minor leagues and then in Europe, mainly in the Swiss Nationalliga A. After his playing career Nethrey became a coach and manager in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, working in those roles between 1993 and 2019.

Playing career

Nethery was born in Toronto, Ontario, and raised in Burlington, Ontario. He attended Cornell University, playing for the Cornell Big Red, and midway through his college career he was selected by the New York Rangers, 131st overall, in the eighth round of the 1977 NHL amateur draft. The same year he was named to the ECAC Second All-Star team, and the following two seasons he was named to both the ECAC First All-Star Team and the NCAA East First All-American Team. He was also named ECAC Player of the Year in 1978.

Nethery still holds the Cornell records for assists and points in a season, as well as career assists and points. His scoring touch stayed with him as a professional player, and he averaged over a point per game in parts of three seasons with the New Haven Nighthawks and Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Nethery played 41 National Hockey League games in two seasons, for the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers. After joining the Oilers in a trade for Eddie Mio, Nethery played only three more NHL games, despite putting up two points.

In 1982, Nethery left North America, signing with Duisburger SC in Germany.[1]

He played dominantly in the minor leagues before signing a contract with HC Davos of the Swiss Nationalliga A. Nethery won two championships with Davos, and retired in 1988. In 186 regular season games with HC Davos he averaged 1.92 points per game.

Coaching and managing career

Nethery was named the head coach of Davos for the 1990–91 season, and was fired midway through. In 1993 he joined German hockey club Landshut as an assistant coach, and then became the head coach of Mannheim from 1994 to 1999, during which time his team won the league championship three times. In 1999 he became the head coach of Cologne, as well as general manager in 2000, until January 2002. During this time he also served as an assistant coach with Team Canada for the 2001 Deutschland Cup. He joined the Frankfurt Lions as head coach on April 11, 2002, and was subsequently elevated to general manager on February 5, 2003, leading the team to its first championship. He was hired as the GM of the DEG Metro Stars prior to the 2005–06 season. His contract, set to expire in 2008, was extended through 2012. Nethery and the Metro Stars parted ways by mutual consent in January 2012.[2]

He then served as chief executive officer of Düsseldorf's rival Kölner Haie between February 2013 and October 2014.[3][4]

In January 2015, Nethery was named team principal of German Oberliga side Füchse Duisburg[5] and also took over head coaching duties beginning with the 2016-17 campaign.[6] He was released on February 12, 2017,[7] but returned to the Füchse team on May 1, 2018 as sporting director.[8]

Personal

Nethery and his wife Elizabeth have a daughter, Meredith. Meredith graduated from Cornell University in 2009.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1974–75 Burlington Mohawks COJHL 405169120
1975–76 Cornell University ECAC 2918274518
1976–77 Cornell University ECAC 2932467818
1977–78 Cornell University ECAC 2623608312
1978–79 Cornell University ECAC 2718476530
1978–79 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 10000
1979–80 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 7423396220 10312152
1980–81 New York Rangers NHL 3311122312 145389
1980–81 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 361830488
1981–82 New York Rangers NHL 50000
1981–82 Edmonton Oilers NHL 30222
1981–82 Springfield Indians AHL 955100
1981–82 Wichita Wind CHL 4635326726 71458
1982–83 Wichita Wind CHL 1075120
1982–83 Duisburger SC GER-2 427284156
1983–84 HC Davos NLA 40394382
1984–85 HC Davos NLA 38423678
1985–86 HC Davos NLA 3646337938 52574
1985–86 Hershey Bears AHL 1356112 1849132
1986–87 HC Davos NLA 3623315412 787156
1987–88 HC Davos NLA 3637276466 644810
1988–89 SC Herisau NLB 3635528730
1989–90 SC Herisau NLB 3626497535 10671322
NLA totals 186187170357116 1814163020
NHL totals 4111142514 145389

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1976–77 [9]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1977–78 [9]
AHCA East All-American 1977–78 [10]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1978–79 [9]
AHCA East All-American 1978–79 [10]

References

  1. Thelen, Friedhelm (5 February 2015). "Das Duell von einst". WAZ. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  2. EISHOCKEY.INFO. "Düsseldorfer EG: Lance Nethery verlässt Düsseldorf - Sportlicher Leiter geht nach sieben Jahren". EISHOCKEY INFO. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  3. "Lance Nethery wird neuer Haie-Geschäftsführer | Kölner Haie". www.haie.de. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  4. "Niklas Sundblad neuer Cheftrainer der Kölner Haie – KEC stellt sportliche Führung um Uwe Krupp und Lance Nethery frei | Kölner Haie". www.haie.de. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  5. "Lance Nethery mit sofortiger Wirkung... - EV Duisburg - Die Füchse | Facebook". de-de.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  6. "Lance Nethery wird Cheftrainer der Füchse Duisburg – Erste Verlängerungen im Fuchsbau". Füchse Duisburg. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  7. "Füchse Duisburg stellen Lance Nethery mit sofortiger Wirkung frei". Füchse Duisburg. 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  8. "Über 300 Fans beim Füchse-Fanabschluss in der KENSTON ARENA – Lance Nethery kehrt als sportlicher Leiter zurück - Füchse Duisburg". Füchse Duisburg (in German). 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  9. 1 2 3 "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
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