Coaching career
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Courtenay played for the EIHL club Newcastle Vipers, after being persuaded to come out of retirement by head coach Rob Wilson, and joined on 6 August 2009 to the Manchester Phoenix as an assistant coach.
| Ed Courtenay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | February 2, 1968 Verdun, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Kalamazoo Wings Kansas City Blades San Jose Sharks Chicago Wolves Peoria Rivermen Reno Renegades Jacksonville Lizard Kings San Francisco Spiders South Carolina Stingrays Sheffield Steelers Ayr Scottish Eagles Verdun Dragons Belfast Giants Newcastle Vipers Manchester Phoenix | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1988–2009 | ||
Edward Emmett Courtenay (born February 2, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger and head coach.
As a youth, Courtenay played in the 1980 and 1981 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Verdun. [1]
Following Courtenay's junior hockey career with Laval Titan and Granby Bisons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) he was signed by the Minnesota North Stars as a free agent on 1 October 1989. Minnesota assigned Courtenay to play with Kalamazoo Wings in the International Hockey League (IHL) where he spent his first three professional seasons. [2]
Courtenay was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 1991 Dispersal Draft when the NHL expanded to include San Jose. During the 1991–92 and 1992–93 seasons Courtenay played 44 NHL games for San Jose. [3]
Courtenay spent the next four seasons playing for the Kansas City Blades, the Chicago Wolves, the Peoria Rivermen and the San Francisco Spiders in the IHL; the Reno Renegades in the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL); and the Jacksonville Lizard Kings and the South Carolina Stingrays in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) before joining the Sheffield Steelers in the United Kingdom to play in the Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL) in 1997. Courtenay played for Sheffield for three seasons before signing for the Ayr Scottish Eagles for the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons, also in the ISL. [3]
Courtenay returned to North America when he was signed as a free agent by the Verdun Dragons of the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League (QSPHL) on 12 July 2002 for the 2002–03 season. Courtenay returned to the South Carolina Stingrays for the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons before he returned to Europe as a player/coach with the Belfast Giants in 2005. He guided the team to Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) league success in 2006. Courtenay's tenure as head coach ended after the 2007/08 season and he was succeeded by Steve Thornton.[ citation needed ]
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Courtenay played for the EIHL club Newcastle Vipers, after being persuaded to come out of retirement by head coach Rob Wilson, and joined on 6 August 2009 to the Manchester Phoenix as an assistant coach.
As of March 2010 after returning home to South Carolina for a family visit, Courtenay applied for a job outside of ice hockey with soft drinks giant Pepsi in the Carolinas area. His application was successful, meaning he would not be returning to the Phoenix; he is now considered retired. [4]
On July 21, 2011, it was revealed Courtenay is being considered for the coaching vacancy for the South Carolina Stingrays, along with Stingrays assistant Spencer Carbery and Colgate University assistant coach Brad Dexter. [5]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1985–86 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1986–87 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 48 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1987–88 | Granby Bisons | QMJHL | 54 | 37 | 34 | 71 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1988–89 | Granby Bisons | QMJHL | 68 | 59 | 55 | 114 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | ||
| 1988–89 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1989–90 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 56 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1990–91 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 76 | 35 | 36 | 71 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 1991–92 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 36 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 15 | ||
| 1991–92 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 32 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 39 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 62 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Chicago Wolves | IHL | 47 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Peoria Rivermen | IHL | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1995–96 | Reno Renegades | WCHL | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Jacksonville Lizard Kings | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 23 | ||
| 1995–96 | San Francisco Spiders | IHL | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 68 | 54 | 56 | 110 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Sheffield Steelers | ISL | 40 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 1998–99 | Sheffield Steelers | ISL | 42 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1999–00 | Sheffield Steelers | ISL | 42 | 32 | 38 | 70 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | Ayr Scottish Eagles | ISL | 44 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Ayr Scottish Eagles | ISL | 47 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Verdun Dragons | QSPHL | 31 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | ||
| 2003–04 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 69 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 62 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 42 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 119 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2006–07 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 16 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 57 | 24 | 65 | 89 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Newcastle Vipers | EIHL | 32 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Manchester Phoenix | EPIHL | 41 | 44 | 51 | 95 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| IHL totals | 340 | 141 | 127 | 268 | 216 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 29 | ||||
| NHL totals | 44 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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