| Alex Andjelic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
16 October 1940 Bačka Palanka, Yugoslavia | ||
| Died |
24 March 2021 (aged 80) Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
HK Partizan 's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles Nijmegen Tigers | ||
| National team |
 Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing career | 1965–1969 | ||
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 [1]. 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]
- ^ Interview Aleksandar Anđelić: Hokej igra u kojoj se misli unapred
- ^ "Srpska Televizija USA". 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Alex Andjelic". hockeycoachvision.com. 25 March 2021.
- ^ News of Andjelic's passing
- ^ "Serbian ice hockey coach and Olympian Andjelic dies age 80". 29 March 2021.