Steve Junker (ice hockey)

Steve Junker ( born June 26, 1972 in Castlegar, British Columbia ) is a German - Canadian ice hockey player and coach, who last played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the Augsburger Panther and is currently coach of the Castlegar Rebels.

Career

The 1.82 m wide winger began his career with the Spokane Chiefs in the Canadian Junior Football League WHL before being selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1991 as 92 in the fifth round by the New York Islanders ( drafted ) was.

However, it brought the links Sagittarius far only eight NHL inserts, played most of the time at tiefklassigeren farm teams and eventually moved in 1997 to the EV Landshut in the German Hockey League DEL. For the Lower Bavaria Junker was for two seasons on the ice before he moved to the DEL record champion Adler Mannheim for season 1999 /00. With the Eagles won Junker 2001, the German Championship, until today, the Canadian, the player is with the fifth- most games in team history. After five seasons and 304 season and playoff games Junker moved to the second division to the SERC Wild Wings, where he had a contract until 2008.

For the 2008/2009 season, the attacker moved back into the DEL to the Augsburg Panthers.

After the 2009/2010 season Junker ended his active career as a player and as a coach and manager was obliged by the Castlegar Rebels, a team of unterklassigen Canadian junior league Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. In April 2013, he finished his work at the Rebels.

Internationally

For the Canadian ice hockey team Steve Junker played seven games at the U20 World Cup in 1992, for the seniors he stood in the 1996/97 season in several roles at the international level on the ice.

Awards and achievements

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )

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