Steve Poapst
Steve Ray Poapst ( born January 3, 1969 in Cornwall, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach, who during his playing career, including for the Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League played. Since the 2010/11 season he has been an assistant coach with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League. 2013 Poapst was honored with induction into the ECHL Hall of Fame.
Career
Steve Poapst was initially 1985-1987 active for the Smiths Falls Bears in unterklassigen Canadian Junior Football League Central Junior A Hockey League before he on this commitment to study at the prestigious Colgate University began following and for their hockey team, the Red Raiders, in ECAC Hockey aground. A total of four seasons denied the Canadians for the university team and won with the 1990 ECAC Championship. That same year, the defender also reached with the team the "Frozen Four" of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. However, the final Colgate lost 3:7 against the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Its statistically the most successful game year presented the season 1990/91 with a yield of 21 points in 32 games dar. For 1991/92 season, signed as a free agent Poapst a contract with the Hampton Roads Admirals from the East Coast Hockey League. There the left shooting actor has rapidly become a star of the league and won in his debut season as a professional player with the Admirals the Riley Cup. In the following season 1992/93 title defense and winning the third championship in a row failed was not achieved.
For Poapst other hand, this set with the call to the First All -Star team in the league still represents a successful season in the same season the Canadians gained his first game experience in the American Hockey League, when he stood for the Baltimore Skipjacks on the ice. He spent the following two years of playing exclusively with the Portland Pirates in the American Hockey League. During this time he won with the team in the season 1993/94 the Calder Cup, two years later, another title win was just missed. Poapst, which had never been drafted, was taken in February 1995 by the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League contract. In the course of the season 1995/96 he made his debut for the Caps in the National Hockey League and contributed in nine games a hit on. The career of the Canadian took until the end of the 20th century mainly take place in the American Hockey League. Only in the 1998/99 season he was again employed in 22 NHL games with the Washington Capitals, where he remained no points and spent in the penalty eight minutes. In July 2000, he signed as a free agent a contract with the Chicago Blackhawks.
After he had spent the first season in the organization of the Hawks half each in the NHL and AHL squads, he established himself in the following three years as an integral part of the defense department of the traditional teams. The statistically most successful game this year was the 2002/03 season with 13 points in 75 games as well as a balance 14 in the plus / minus statistic. The season 2005/ 06 started Poapst in the jersey of the Pittsburgh Penguins before he was transferred in December 2005 in exchange for Eric Boguniecki to the St. Louis Blues. After a total of 318 NHL inserts the defender ended his active career in the calendar year 2006.
In the 1994 season Poapst was also active for the New England Stingers in the Roller Hockey International. In 20 games, he scored six goals, recorded 23 assists and spent 47 minutes in the penalty box. His dedication he finished with a value of -25 in the plus / minus balance.
After end of his career as an active player Poapst began work as a hockey coach and was initially hired as head coach of the Chicago Steel of the U.S. Junior League United States Hockey League from 2007 to 2010. For the season 2010/11 he was working in the capacity of assistant coach with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League.
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 )