Steven King (ice hockey)

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Steven King
Born (1969-07-22) July 22, 1969 (age 55)
East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for New York Rangers
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
NHL draft 1991 NHL Supplemental Draft
New York Rangers
Playing career 19912000

Steven Andrew King (born July 22, 1969) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played professionally from 1991 to 2000. He played 67 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, as well as time in both the minor American Hockey League and International Hockey League.

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Playing career

King played collegiate hockey at Brown University for 4 seasons, and during his senior year (1990–1991) he was selected by the New York Rangers in the 1991 NHL Supplemental Draft. During his first two professional seasons, King played 119 games for the Binghamton Rangers of the American Hockey League, and he was called up to the National Hockey League by New York for 24 games in the 1992–93 NHL season. The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim entered the league during 1993–94 NHL season and they claimed King from the Rangers in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft. King played 43 more NHL games from 1993 to 1995 and then finished his career playing for the Baltimore Bandits, Philadelphia Phantoms, Rochester Americans, Providence Bruins, and Springfield Falcons of the AHL and the Michigan K-Wings and Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League.

During his career King played in 67 NHL games, scoring 17 goals along with 8 assists. His other professional hockey statistics included 135 goals and 94 assists during 257 AHL games and 32 goals and 20 assists in 80 IHL games. At Brown University he scored 56 goals and added 33 assists in 104 games.

Post-playing career

After he retired as a player, King returned to Brown University and served as an assistant coach during the 2000–2001 and 2001–2002 collegiate seasons. He then worked as a financial advisor for three years before returning to Brown in 2006 to succeed his former classmate, Ron Dalgliesh, as the Executive Director of the Brown University Sports Foundation.

King now works as the Assistant Vice President of Advancement at Stonehill College and is passionate about changing the school’s nickname to the Shovelmakers.

King was inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2023. [1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1986–87 Bishop Hendricken High School HS-RI
1987–88 Brown University ECAC 241051530
1988–89 Brown UniversityECAC26851373
1989–90 Brown UniversityECAC271982753
1990–91 Brown UniversityECAC2719153476
1991–92 Binghamton Rangers AHL 66271542561020214
1992–93 New York Rangers NHL 24751216
1992–93 Binghamton RangersAHL5335336810014791626
1993–94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL36831144
1995–96 Mighty Ducks of AnaheimNHL720215
1995–96 Baltimore Bandits AHL684021619512751220
1996–97 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL3917102747
1996–97 Michigan K-Wings IHL 3915112639412312
1997–98 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL411792622
1997–98 Rochester Americans AHL281515302841124
1998–99 Providence Bruins AHL3101013741112
1999–00 Springfield Falcons AHL231061620
AHL totals2801451002453465324194376
NHL totals671782575

References

  1. "Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame names its inductees for 2023". The Providence Journal. February 25, 2023. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.