John Ellsworth Wroblewski (born May 26, 1981) is an American former ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the United States women's national ice hockey team and led them to the Olympic gold medal in the 2026 Olympics. He is the former head coach of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program and Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League.
Coaching career On August 3, 2011, the Gwinnett Gladiators announced that Wroblewski, the former assistant coach for the Wheeling Nailers, had been selected to take over from Jeff Pyle as the team's head coach. After two successful seasons in Gwinnett, Wroblewski joined the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL) as an assistant coach. After another two seasons, he was fired as part of a coaching overhaul by the Amerks' owners, the Buffalo Sabres.
On August 17, 2020, the Los Angeles Kings named Wroblewski the new head coach of the AHL's Ontario Reign. On May 31, 2022, Wroblewski was named the head coach of the United States women's national ice hockey team for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship. Wroblewski continued to coach the US national women's team in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, where the team won gold in a match against Canada. On June 18, 2026, Wroblewski received the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame Excellence in Sports Award for coaching Team USA's Women's Hockey squad to the 2026 Gold Medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Turin.
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–00 University of Notre Dame NCAA 30 0 4 4 8 — — — — — 2000–01 University of Notre Dame NCAA 36 2 4 6 22 — — — — — 2001–02 University of Notre Dame NCAA 38 10 11 21 26 — — — — — 2002–03 University of Notre Dame NCAA 40 17 16 33 38 — — — — — 2003–04 Fresno Falcons ECHL 72 9 15 24 42 — — — — — 2004–05 Fresno Falcons ECHL 57 13 10 23 62 — — — — — 2005–06 Fresno Falcons ECHL 72 23 12 35 109 18 4 6 10 39 2006–07 Fresno Falcons ECHL 72 20 23 43 86 6 3 3 6 2 ECHL totals 273 65 60 125 299 24 7 9 16 41
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