Turner Stevenson

Turner Stevenson ( born May 18, 1972 in Prince George, British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach, who in his active period from 1988 to 2006 the Montreal Canadiens for the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League has played.

Career

Turner Stevenson began his career as a hockey player with the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League until 1992 he was active from 1988 in the Canadian top junior league. During this period he was in the first round selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1990 as a whole twelfth player of the Montreal Canadiens, for whom he made ​​his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1992/93 season, where he in a game point and remained unpunished. First, however, the attacker played in the first two years in the franchise of the Montreal Canadiens for their farm team in the American Hockey League, the Fredericton Canadiens. After the right shooter from 1994 until 2000 was a regular in Montreal, he was the reigning Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils committed with whom he initially failed because of the Colorado Avalanche in the 2000 /01 season in the Stanley Cup final. Two years later, Stevenson again reached with his team the Stanley Cup final, where he beat the Devils, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. During the lockout in the 2004/05 season the Canadians paused initially with ice hockey before he in the NHL a three-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers signed after resumption of play operation. In the season 2005/ 06, however, the former youth international was able to complete only 31 games due to a hip injury. Due to ongoing hip problems he had to announce his career end on 13 April 2007, whereupon he dissolved his contract with the Flyers.

During the 2007/ 08 season, Stevenson has been active as an assistant coach for the Seattle Thunderbirds in the WHL, where he had begun his career in 1988.

Internationally

For Canada, Stevenson took part in the U20 World Youth Championship 1992, where he finished sixth with his team.

Awards and achievements

NHL stats

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