| Greg Poss | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Coach Greg Poss, 2022 | |||
| Born | August 6, 1965 Green Bay, WI, USA | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | AHL Maine Mariners IHL Peoria Rivermen | ||
| Playing career | 1989–1992 | ||
Greg Poss (born August 6, 1965, in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a former American hockey player and coach. He was most recently the head coach of the EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Hockey League.
Poss began his career with the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the United States Hockey League. He then played four years for the University of Wisconsin men's ice hockey team. In 1989 he made his professional debut in the American Hockey League for the Maine Mariners . After two seasons, he joined the International Hockey League with the Peoria Rivermen. After a serious knee injury he had to finish his playing career.
Poss' primary experience with head coaching is in the top-tier hockey league of Germany, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, where he coached the Iserlohn Roosters, the Nürnberg Ice Tigers and Adler Mannheim. From October 2004 to November 2005 he was also head coach of the German national ice hockey team. Poss coached in the DEL through 2008.
Poss served as assistant coach of the Ontario Reign for the 2009–10 ECHL season. He signed a two-year contract with the Florida Everblades starting with the 2010–11 ECHL season. In Florida, Poss continued the Everblades' streak of consecutive post-season appearances until it ended in the 2013–14 season. [1] In the 2011 Kelly Cup playoffs, his Everblades were eliminated in the 1st round by the eventual East Division Champions, the Kalamazoo Wings. In the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, he guided the Everblades to their first-ever Kelly Cup, defeating the Ryan Mougenel-led Las Vegas Wranglers 4–1. [2]
On May 26, 2016, Poss left the Everblades for the head coaching position with EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League. [3] Poss led the Salzburg team to semifinal appearance in the Champions Hockey League in the 2018–19 season. He parted company with the club in late February 2019. [4]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1985–86 | Univ. of Wisconsin | WCHA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1986–87 | Univ. of Wisconsin | WCHA | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
| 1987–88 | Univ. of Wisconsin | WCHA | 40 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 44 | |||||||
| 1988–89 | Univ. of Wisconsin | WCHA | 38 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 32 | |||||||
| 1989–90 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 50 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 54 | |||||||
| 1990–91 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 59 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | Peoria Rivermen | IHL | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 41 | |||||||
| WCHA totals | 101 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 88 | |||||||||
| AHL totals | 109 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| IHL totals | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 41 | |||||||||
| Season | Team | League | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | EHC Timmendorfer Strand | 1. Eishockey Liga | 3rd place |
| 1997–98 | Iserlohner EC | 1. Eishockey Liga | 3rd place |
| 1998–99 | Iserlohner EC | Eishockey Bundesliga | 4th place |
| 1999–00 | Iserlohner EC | 2. Eishockey-Bundesliga | 6th place |
| 2000–01 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 15th place, Out of playoffs |
| 2001–02 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 12th place, Out of playoffs |
| 2002–03 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 9th place, Out of playoffs |
| 2003–04 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | DEL | 2nd place |
| 2004–05 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | DEL | 3rd place |
| 2005–06 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 10th place |
| 2006–07 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | League champions |
| 2007–08 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | Released 22 December |
| 2009–10 | Ontario Reign (ass't coach) | ECHL | Out of playoffs |
| 2010–11 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | Lost in 1st round |
| 2011–12 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | Won Kelly Cup |
| 2012–13 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | Lost in 2nd round |
| 2013–14 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | Out of playoffs |
| 2014–15 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | Lost in 2nd round |
| 2015–16 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | Lost in 1st round |
| 2016–17 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | EBEL | Lost in 2nd round |
| 2017–18 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | EBEL | Lost in 3rd round |
| 2018–19 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | EBEL | Replaced by Andreas Brucker on February 26 |
The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in North Charleston, serves as a practice facility and backup arena. Established in 1993, the team has been owned by a group of local businesses since 1995. The team was affiliated with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League and the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League from 2004 to July 2012, when the Capitals announced their affiliation with the ECHL's Reading Royals. On June 26, 2014, the Washington Capitals announced an affiliation agreement with the Stingrays for the 2014–15 season.
The Idaho Steelheads are an American professional minor league ice hockey team based in Boise, Idaho, and a member of the ECHL. The Steelheads play in the Mountain Division of the ECHL's Western Conference since the 2016–17 season.
The Florida Everblades are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Estero, Florida, in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area. They play in the ECHL Their home games are played at Hertz Arena.
The Patrick J. Kelly Cup goes to the playoff champion of the ECHL. The Kelly Cup has been awarded to teams since 1997. Prior to 1997, the playoff winner was awarded the Riley Cup, named after former American Hockey League president Jack Riley. The current cup is named after Patrick J. Kelly, the league's first commissioner. The cup is loaned to the winning team for one year and is returned at the start of the following year's playoffs, although the trophy itself has been replaced three times with the first two iterations preserved in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player award is also given out as part of the Kelly Cup Championship ceremonies. Nick Vitucci, Dave Gagnon and Cam Johnson are the only players to win the award on multiple occasions, with Johnson the only player to win the award in consecutive years.
The Stockton Thunder were a minor league professional ice hockey team that was based in Stockton, California, and a member of the ECHL. The Stockton Arena was their home ice, with a capacity of 9,737. The team was an affiliate team of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League in their final two seasons. The team was purchased by the Calgary Flames and relocated to Glens Falls, New York, as the Flames relocated their American Hockey League team to Stockton to become the Stockton Heat.
Brad Tapper is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Thrashers over parts of three seasons. After retiring from playing, he remained active in hockey as a coach in different professional hockey organisations in the US, Canada, and Germany. He is currently a co-trainer with ERC Ingolstadt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) and was, before that, head coach of the Iserlohn Roosters, also in the DEL. Previously, he worked with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL), spent a year as the head coach of the Adirondack Thunder in the ECHL, and was an assistant coach with the Rochester Americans (AHL), Chicago Wolves (AHL), Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL), and Florida Everblades (ECHL).
David Fischer is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who is currently an assistant coach with EC KAC's affiliate club, KAC Future Team of the Alps Hockey League (AlpsHL). He was selected in the first round, 20th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
EC Red Bull Salzburg is a professional ice hockey team based in Salzburg, Austria, that plays in the ICE Hockey League. The club play their home games at the Eisarena Salzburg.
Donald Clinton Jackson is an American ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player who played 315 games in the National Hockey League between 1978 and 1987. Jackson began his coaching career in 1988.
Mitch Wahl is an American professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played with Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was selected in the second round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames.
Matt Marquardt is a retired Canadian ice hockey left winger. He most recently played for the Jacksonville Icemen of the ECHL. Marquardt was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 7th round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
John Roger Muse is an American ice hockey goaltender who is currently with the Worcester Railers in the ECHL. Muse was most recently with the Glasgow Clan in the UK Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). He also previously played with Rødovre Mighty Bulls in the Danish Metal Ligaen, and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The 2012–13 ECHL season was the 25th season of the ECHL. The regular season schedule ran from October 12, 2012 to March 30, 2013, with the Kelly Cup playoffs to follow. The All-Star Game, not held in 2011-12, was brought back and held on January 23, 2013 at Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado, home of the Colorado Eagles.
The Orlando Solar Bears are a professional ice hockey team that plays their home games at Kia Center in Orlando, Florida. They play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference and are affiliated with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League and Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League.
Robert Raymond is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for Brûleurs de Loups of the Ligue Magnus (FRA).
Mathieu R. Roy is a Canadian professional ice hockey wing. He is currently playing for the Norfolk Admirals of the ECHL.
Vince Williams is a former ice hockey defenseman and a current scout with the expansion Vegas Golden Knights. He was previously the head coach of the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL from 2013-2015 and the Trenton Titans from 2011-2013.
Ryan Zapolski is an American ice hockey coach and former professional goaltender.
Kory Falite is a retired American professional ice hockey player. He was formerly the director of hockey operations for the Hong Kong Typhoons, and former coach of the Hong Kong Selects programs.
The 2019–20 ECHL season was the 32nd season of the ECHL. The regular season began in October 2019 to and was set to conclude in April 2020 with the Kelly Cup playoffs to follow. Twenty-six teams in 19 states and two Canadian provinces were each scheduled for 72 games.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)