Ted Sator

Ted Sator (born November 18, 1949 in New Hartford, New York) is an American professional ice hockey coach.

Playing career

Ted Sator did not have a long playing career, playing for parts of two seasons (1969–70 and 1971–72) for Bowling Green State University. During the 1971–72 campaign for the NCAA team Sator played 27 games, where he tallied 5 goals and assisted on 6 others. He also racked up 45 penalty minutes during the season. Sator's playing career came to an end the following year when he played 3 games for the Long Island Ducks of the EHL.

North American professional coaching career

Sator began his NHL coaching career in 1983 with the Philadelphia Flyers. After working with Mike Keenan during the 1984–85 season, Sator was named head coach of the New York Rangers. A surprising playoff run during his first year with the Rangers led to high expectations the following season, but after a disastrous 23-game run to start the 1986–87 campaign Sator was fired. His time away from behind the bench was short lived, as he was named head coach of the Buffalo Sabres the following year. He coached Buffalo to two third-place finishes but was unable to get the team past the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and was relieved of his coaching duties in 1989.

Over the next 10 years, Sator was an assistant coach with the Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers, and Vancouver Canucks (where he split time between Vancouver and the Canucks American Hockey League farm team, the Syracuse Crunch. Beginning in 1997, Sator began a successful 5-year coaching stint with the New Orleans Brass, where he was also Director of Player Personnel.

Coaching statistics (North America)

"Note: Sator was fired after 23 games in the 1986–87 season, and replaced by Tom Webster."

USA Hockey and coaching in Europe

Ted Sator served as Bob Johnson's assistant coach on 2 Canada Cup teams and has sat on the Executive Board of USA Hockey. In addition, Sator has put his B.S. and M.Ed. degrees to use for over 30 years as an instructor at Huron Hockey School and is also an instructor with EHK Sports Hockey Camps.

Sator not only has coaching experience in North America, but has spent time coaching in Italy, Sweden and Finland. In his first year coaching in the Italian Elite League, Sator's team went undefeated on its way to back-to-back championships. He has 9 years combined coaching experience in the Finnish and Swedish Elite League, most recently as head coach of Espoo Blues in the Finnish Elite League. Sator was until recently the head coach of the Slovenian national ice hockey team. He now coaches the Hungarian Austrian Hockey League team Alba Volán Székesfehérvár.

External links

* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=00004774 Ted Sator's profile at hockeydb.com]
* [http://www.huronhockey.com/coach05.htm Ted Sator's coaching profile at Huron Hockey School]
* [http://www.ehksportshockey.com EHK Sports Hockey Camps]