Ken Strong (ice hockey)

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Ken Strong
Born (1963-05-09) May 9, 1963 (age 61)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
EHC Chur
Villacher SV
HC Gherdëina
Kapfenberger SV
National teamFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
NHL draft 58th overall, 1981
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 19831997

Kenneth Strong (born May 9, 1963) is a Canadian-born Austrian former professional ice hockey player. He played 15 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1983 to 1985. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1983 to 1997, was mainly spent in the Austrian Hockey League. Nationalized as an Austrian citizen, Strong played internationally for the Austrian national team at the 1994 Winter Olympics and three World Championships. His son, Steven Strong, is also an ice hockey player. [1]

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Early life

Strong was born in Toronto. As a youth, he played in the 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Mississauga. [2]

Career

Strong played for the Austrian national ice hockey team in the 1994 Winter Olympics. He also briefly played 15 games in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1980s.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1979–80 Streetsville Derbys COJHL 36212445125
1980–81 Peterborough Petes OHL 6417365352521318
1981–82 Peterborough PetesOHL422122436998111923
1982–83 Peterborough PetesOHL574148898042244
1982–83 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 20000
1983–84 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL20222
1983–84 St. Catharines Saints AHL 782745727873364
1984–85 Toronto Maple LeafsNHL112024
1984–85 St. Catharines SaintsAHL4515193441
1985–86 St. Catharines SaintsAHL331625411430110
1986–87 EHC Chur NLA 15941340
1986–87 Adirondack Red Wings AHL31713201811671312
1987–88 HC Martigny NLB 32138
1987–88 Villacher SV AUT 2229255463
1988–89 Villacher SVAUT46425799
1989–90 Villacher SVAUT3732457752
1990–91 Villacher SVAUT43404282110
1991–92 Villacher SVAUT4448418977
1992–93 Villacher SVAUT4634346863
1993–94 Villacher SVAUT4833427557
1994–95 HC Gherdëina ITA 3617294634
1995–96 Villacher SVAUT4335306599
1996–97 Kapfenberger SV AUT4325275270
AUT totals372318343661591
NHL totals152246

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1992 Austria WC-B 24480
1994 Austria OLY 731412
1994 AustriaWC62028
1995 AustriaWC70114
Senior totals22961524

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References

  1. KAC verlängert mit Ban und holt Steven Strong
  2. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-12.