Steve Walker

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Steve Walker
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Born (1973-01-12) January 12, 1973 (age 51)
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
DEL team Eisbären Berlin
Playing career 19932011

Steve Walker (born January 12, 1973) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. He is currently serving as head coach of Schwenninger Wild Wings in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

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Playing career

Born in Collingwood, Ontario, Walker played junior hockey for the Stayner Siskins, Owen Sound Platers and the Barrie Colts before turning pro in 1993, playing nine games for the ECHL's Wheeling Thunderbirds. [1] Walker then spent two seasons in the Colonial Hockey League with the Muskegon Fury, scoring 43 goals and 57 assists for 100 points in the 1995-96 season. [2] He split the 1996-97 season in the Colonial Hockey League with the Flint Generals, the American Hockey League for the Rochester Americans and the International Hockey League with the Detroit Vipers where he would spend another three seasons.

In 2000, Walker joined Eisbären Berlin, [3] a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany and remained with the team until 2011. He made 593 DEL appearances for the Eisbären team, tallying 213 goals and 379 assists. He captured five German championship titles with Berlin and had his jersey retired on December 26, 2014. [4]

Coaching career

From January 2013 to 2015, [5] he served as head coach of the Stayner Siskins, a member of the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League. [6]

On August 5, 2015, Walker was appointed as assistant coach of German club Adler Mannheim. [7] He ended his two-year tenure in 2017 and took over the head coaching job at EC KAC in the Austrian Hockey League. [8]

Career statistics

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1990–91 Owen Sound Platers OHL 161564
1991–92 Owen Sound PlatersOHL92352
1992–93 Barrie Colts CJAHL 48757615145
1993–94 Wheeling Thunderbirds ECHL 91012
1993–94 Bonnyville Pontiacs AJHL 4239539263
1994–95 Muskegon Fury CoHL 72202646421779166
1995–96 Muskegon FuryCoHL69435710012152460
1996–97 Flint Generals CoHL1613162934
1996–97 Detroit Vipers IHL 541212242720109198
1996–97 Rochester Americans AHL 300017
1997–98 Detroit VipersIHL782749765323791613
1998–99 Detroit VipersIHL8025325772111454
1999–2000 Detroit VipersIHL7615314667
2000–01 Eisbären Berlin DEL 5919395832
2001–02 Eisbären BerlinDEL361816342442240
2002–03 Eisbären BerlinDEL462126473094596
2003–04 Eisbären BerlinDEL51143246261163910
2004–05 Eisbären BerlinDEL51163046571264106
2005–06 Eisbären BerlinDEL50143650421174118
2006–07 Eisbären BerlinDEL521428425231122
2007–08 Eisbären BerlinDEL532758857393584
2008–09 Eisbären BerlinDEL491536515292248
2009–10 Eisbären BerlinDEL361627434151124
2010–11 Eisbären BerlinDEL255182310122682
CoHL totals157769917519722913226
IHL totals288791242032195418224025
DEL totals5081793465254398534336750

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