Craig Coxe

Craig Coxe
Date of birth	January 21, 1964
place of birth	Chula Vista , California , USA
size	193 cm
Weight	100 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1982 , 4th lap, 66th position Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1981-1982	St. Albert Saints
1982-1984	Belleville Bulls
1984-1988	Vancouver Canucks
1988	Calgary Flames
1988-1989	St. Louis Blues
1989-1991	Vancouver Canucks
1991-1992	Kansas City Blades San Jose Sharks
1992-1993	Cincinnati Cyclones
1993-1995	Tulsa Oilers
1995-1996	Huntsville Channel Cats
1996-1997	Tulsa Oilers
1997-1998	Wichita Thunder
1998-1999	Corpus Christi Ice Rays
1999-2000	San Antonio Iguanas

Craig Raymond Coxe (born January 21, 1964 in Chula Vista , California ) is a former American ice hockey player and coach who played 240 games for the Vancouver Canucks , Calgary Flames , St. Louis Blues and San Jose Sharks has played in the National Hockey League on the position of the center .

Career

Coxe, who was drawn in the fourth round in the fourth round of the Detroit Red Wings in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft , first played from 1982 to 1984 for the Belleville Bulls in the Ontario Hockey League . In June 1984, he signed a contract with the Vancouver Canucks after the Red Wings showed no interest in him. The native Californian was first used in the farm team in the American Hockey League , but also made his first nine NHL games. Overall, Coxe stayed in Vancouver until March 1988, but was then handed over to the Calgary Flames for Peter Bakovic and Brian Bradley . Exactly half a year later, Coxe changed teams again. Together with Mike Bullard and Tim Corkery he was given to Doug Gilmour , Steve Bozek , Mike Dark and Mark Hunter to the St. Louis Blues . They in turn gave him to the Chicago Blackhawks a year later to settle an earlier transfer deal, but they immediately put him on the waiver list. From there, his ex-team from Vancouver took him under contract, with whom he then stayed until the end of the 1990/91 season.

In the 1991 NHL Expansion Draft , the San Jose Sharks , a newly formed franchise , signed him. Coxe, who was able to return to his home state of California, only played ten times for the Sharks. He scored two goals. His first goal, which he scored in the first game of the season on October 4, 1991 in the 3: 4 defeat against his former team from Vancouver, was also the first goal in the Sharks' franchise history.

After the season, Coxe played in various American minor leagues up to and including 2000 . From 1992 to 1993 in the International Hockey League , 1993 to 1995, 1996 to 1998 and 1999 to 2000 in the Central Hockey League , as well as in the 1995/96 season in the Southern Hockey League and 1998/99 in the Western Professional Hockey League . He also played roller hockey in the Roller Hockey International in 1994 and 1995 .

In the seasons 2000/01 and 2002/03 he worked as head coach in the CHL.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1981/82	St. Albert Saints	AJHL		51	17th	48	65	212		-	-	-	-	-
1982/83	Belleville Bulls	OHL		64	14th	27	41	102		4th	1	2	3	2
1983/84	Belleville Bulls	OHL		45	17th	28	45	90		3	2	0	2	4th
1984/85	Fredericton Express	AHL		62	8th	7th	15th	242		4th	2	1	3	16
1984/85	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		9	0	0	0	49		-	-	-	-	-
1985/86	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		57	3	5	8th	176		3	0	0	0	2
1986/87	Fredericton Express	AHL		46	1	12	13	168		-	-	-	-	-
1986/87	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		15th	1	0	1	31		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		64	5	12	17th	186		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	Calgary Flames	NHL		7th	2	3	5	32		2	1	0	1	16
1988/89	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		8th	2	7th	9	38		-	-	-	-	-
1988/89	St. Louis Blues	NHL		41	0	7th	7th	127		-	-	-	-	-
1989/90	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		5	0	5	5	4th		-	-	-	-	-
1989/90	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		25th	1	4th	5	66		-	-	-	-	-
1990/91	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		36	9	21st	30th	116		6th	3	2	5	22nd
1990/91	Vancouver Canucks	NHL		7th	0	0	0	27		-	-	-	-	-
1991/92	Kansas City Blades	IHL		51	17th	21st	38	106		-	-	-	-	-
1991/92	San Jose Sharks	NHL		10	2	0	2	19th		-	-	-	-	-
1991/92	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL		6th	4th	5	9	13		10	2	4th	6th	37
1992/93	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL		12	1	1	2	8th		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Cincinnati Cyclones	IHL		20th	5	3	8th	34		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Tulsa Oilers	CHL		64	26th	57	83	236		11	4th	9	13	38
1994/95	Tulsa Oilers	CHL		12	7th	7th	14th	28		7th	0	1	1	30th
1995/96	Huntsville Channel Cats	SHL		20th	7th	13	20th	56		10	8th	13	21st	33
1996/97	Tulsa Oilers	CHL		64	29	59	88	95		5	2	2	4th	8th
1997/98	Tulsa Oilers	CHL		25th	11	22nd	33	34		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Wichita Thunder	CHL		31	9	29	38	75		15th	1	10	11	62
1998/99	Corpus Christi Icerays	WPHL		53	10	30th	40	44		4th	1	1	2	6th
1999/00	San Antonio Iguanas	CHL		20th	1	5	6th	33		-	-	-	-	-
OHL total				109	31	55	86	192		7th	3	2	5	6th
AHL total				108	9	19th	28	410		4th	2	1	3	16
CHL total				216	83	179	262	501		38	7th	22nd	29	138
IHL total				138	38	63	101	319		16	5	6th	11	59
NHL overall				235	14th	31	45	713		5	1	0	1	18th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Craig Coxe at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Craig Coxe at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Craig Coxe at hockeydb.com (English)