Ron Berteling

Ron Berteling
Berteling in 1975
Born	(1957-09-06) 6 September 1957 (age 66) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	Amsterdam Tigers Rotterdam Panda's Amsterdam G's
National team	Netherlands
Playing career	1974–2013

Ron Berteling (born 6 September 1957) is a Dutch retired ice hockey player and coach. He represented the Netherlands ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics, and served as captain of the Netherlands men's national ice hockey team from 1982 to 1993. He appeared in 14 Ice Hockey World Championships, and holds the record of 213 games played for the national team. He played in 26 seasons of the Eredivisie, competing the Netherlands' top league for the Amsterdam Tigers and the Rotterdam Panda's. He was named the league's most valuable player for the 1987–88 season, won four Eredivisie titles, five Dutch Cups as a player and a sixth as a coach. He received the Order of Orange-Nassau in 1994, was made the namesake of the Ron Berteling Schaal in 2007, and received the Torriani Award from the International Ice Hockey Federation in 2020.