Michael Stewart (ice hockey)

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Michael Stewart
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Born (1972-05-30) May 30, 1972 (age 51)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Left
Played for Binghamton Rangers
Detroit Vipers
Springfield Falcons
Rochester Americans
Manitoba Moose
Frankfurt Lions
EC VSV
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada and
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
NHL draft 13th overall, 1990
New York Rangers
Playing career 1992–2010

Michael Stewart (born May 30, 1972) is a Canadian-Austrian former professional ice hockey defenceman who has become a coach after his playing days. He was drafted in the first round, thirteenth overall, of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers, but never played a game in the NHL.

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Playing career

Stewart attended Michigan State University for three seasons before signing with the New York Rangers in 1992. He then played for the Rangers' AHL affiliate Binghamton Rangers for three seasons before being traded to the Hartford Whalers with Glen Featherstone in return for Pat Verbeek. Stewart then played for the Springfield Falcons (AHL) and Detroit Vipers (IHL) before playing with the Canadian National Team in 1996–97. After a 3-year stint with the Manitoba Moose of the IHL, Stewart spent the 2000-01 campaign with the Frankfurt Lions of the German DEL, before moving to Austria for the following season. Stewart played for EC VSV from 2001 to 2010, winning the Austrian championship in 2002 and 2006. He also represented the Austrian national team at the 2005, 2006, and 2007 World Championships. [1] After an 18-year playing career Stewart retired as a member of the EC VSV. He is one of four players in the history of EC VSV hockey to have his jersey number retired.

Coaching career

He started his coaching career as assistant coach to Johan Strömwall at EC VSV. In February 2011, he was promoted to head coach after Strömwall had stepped down. [2]

Stewart moved to coach the Fischtown Pinguins of the German DEL2 in May 2012 and guided the team to the 2013-14 DEL2 championship, [3] while being named DEL2 Coach of the Year. [4] At the 2014 [5] and 2016 [6] Deutschland-Cup, he served as assistant coach of the Canadian national team. On April 30, 2015, [7] he accepted an offer to become the head coach of German DEL side Augsburger Panther.

In the 2018–19 season, he guided Augsburg to a playoff-semifinal appearance, before signing with fellow DEL team Kölner Haie in April 2019. [8] Stewart tenure was brief with Kölner Haie unable to see out the 2019–20 season, as he was replaced by Uwe Krupp on February 24, 2020.

Personal

Stewart received Austrian citizenship in March 2005. [9] He has two daughters and a son. [10]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1989–90 Michigan State University CCHA 4526845—————
1990–91 Michigan State UniversityCCHA373121558—————
1991–92 Michigan State UniversityCCHA81346—————
1992–93 Binghamton Rangers AHL 68210127110000
1993–94 Binghamton RangersAHL798425075—————
1994–95 Binghamton RangersAHL686212783—————
1994–95 Springfield Falcons AHL703321—————
1995–96 Detroit Vipers IHL 41661295—————
1995–96 Springfield FalconsAHL29268441013422
1996–97 Canada Intl6012203287—————
1996–97 Rochester Americans AHL40000913423
1997–98 Manitoba Moose IHL695192413330118
1998–99 Manitoba MooseIHL7751015136501111
1999–2000 Manitoba MooseIHL766111715620000
2000–01 Frankfurt Lions DEL 581910130—————
2001–02 EC VSV AUT 3061117105164111542
2002–03 EC VSVAUT4131215751316750
2003–04 EC VSVAUT472161889812314
2004–05 EC VSVAUT475152010930006
2005–06 EC VSVAUT4701212791335822
2006–07 EC VSVAUT5541519129702239
2007–08 EC VSVAUT455141915450114
2008–09 EC VSVAUT453212411060332
2009–10 EC VSVAUT49511167151122
AHL totals25518821002942026845
IHL totals2632246685201002219
AUT totals4063312716092176103141181

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
2005 Austria WC 50004
2006 Austria WC D1 51126
2007 AustriaWC61126
Senior totals1111210

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References

  1. ↑ "IIHF Championships 2008". www.iihf.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. ↑ "VSV und Strömwall trennen sich". derStandard.at. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  3. ↑ "Bremerhaven steht Kopf: Fischtown Pinguins Meister der DEL 2". Seestadt Bremerhaven (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  4. ↑ "Fischtown Pinguins : Michael Stewart verlässt die Pinguine". www.fischtown-pinguins.de. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  5. ↑ "Canada's National Men's Team roster announced for 2014 Deutschland Cup". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  6. ↑ "Dave King returns to Team Canada as head coach for 2016 Deutschland Cup". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  7. ↑ "Augsburger Panther sign head coach Mike Stewart" (in German). Deutsche Eishockey Liga. 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  8. ↑ "Mike Stewart wird neuer Cheftrainer der Haie | Kölner Haie". www.haie.de. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  9. ↑ marksoft. "Mike Stewart ab heute Österreicher - hockeyfans.at". www.hockeyfans.at. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  10. ↑ Allgemeine, Augsburger. "Mike Stewart - der Mann mit den zwei Gesichtern". Augsburger Allgemeine. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
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