Greg Stefan
Gregory Steven Stefan ( born February 11, 1961 in Brantford, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and is currently an assistant coach with the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League. As a player, he was active 1981-1990 for the Detroit Red Wings.
Career
Greg Stefan began his career in 1978 in the Canadian Junior Football League OHL Oshawa Generals at the. He was for two years only number two in goal for the Generals, but eventually was able to recommend in his third season with solid 23 wins in 46 games for the NHL. In the NHL Entry Draft 1981, the Detroit Red Wings selected him in the seventh round of at position 128 and played the 1981/82 season mainly in the Adirondack Red Wings, the Detroit farm team in the AHL. But he also came in the same season twice for Detroit used.
In the season 1982/83 Stefan was an integral NHL squad of Red Wings and shared with Corrado Micalef and Gilles Gilbert the stakes in the gate, before he out goalkeeper was in the year and with the team for the first time since 1978, again in the playoffs could move. Also in 1985 they reached the finals, but Stefan was responsible for the negative peak of the first-round loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, as he with his bat struck opponent Greg Smith and for a lock of eight games was he at the beginning of the season 1985 / had to serve 86.
Eight months later, in December 1985, Stefan was again banned by the NHL, as he had his bat reused foul an opponent. General ran the entire season for the Red Wings disappointing and we missed the playoffs and Stefan came only on 37 bits since he drew upon lock in addition to the total of 14 games two injuries.
In the following years, Stefan formed, along with Glen Hanlon, the goalkeeper of the team Red Wings and they reached the final of the 1987 and 1988 Clarence Campbell Conference to but both times the Edmonton Oilers and Stefan's old friend and superstar Wayne Gretzky to subject.
On November 27, 1989, Greg Stefan suffered a torn ligament in his right knee during a game against the Oilers. Although he was already back in January 1990 at the Adirondack Red Wings on the ice to play matches, but had to undergo an operation in March at the knee. His planned comeback at the training camp of the Detroit Red Wings in September he had to move due to another knee surgery and could only join the squad in February 1991 the Adirondack Red Wings. However, he was injured in his second game in the AHL the ligaments in his left knee. Another surgery would have been necessary for the playability Stefan, but he renounced the engagement and ended shortly after his career.
After the end of his active career Stefan worked in a sports management company, before he was appointed as assistant coach of the Detroit Junior Red Wings of the Junior League OHL 1993. In 1995, the team won the playoffs and took part in the Memorial Cup finals. He stayed with the team until 1998, when they had already renamed the Plymouth Whalers and then devoted himself to the sport.
2003, he returned to the Plymouth Whalers Stefan back, where he was assistant coach and Director of Player Development Department. Two years later he joined the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL as goalkeeping coach and scout and was able to celebrate the Stanley Cup final triumph of the season 2005/ 06.
Awards and achievements
As an assistant coach
- J. Ross Robertson Cup 1995
- Stanley Cup 2006