Dave Steckel

Dave Steckel
Date of birth	March 15, 1982
place of birth	West Bend , Wisconsin , USA
size	198 cm
Weight	98 kg
position	center
number	# 39
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 1st round, 30th position Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1998-2000	USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2000-2004	Ohio State University
2004-2005	Manchester monarchs
2005-2007	Hershey Bears
2007-2011	Washington Capitals
2011	New Jersey Devils
2011-2013	Toronto Maple Leafs
2013-2014	Anaheim Ducks
2013-2015	Norfolk Admirals
2015-2018	Nuremberg Ice Tigers

David "Dave" Steckel (born March 15, 1982 in West Bend , Wisconsin ) is an American ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with the Nuremberg Ice Tigers from the German Ice Hockey League . Previously, the disputed Center over 450 games in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals , New Jersey Devils , Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks .

Career

The 1.98 m tall center began his career in the US youth national team development program, during his college days he played for Ohio State University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's game operations . In the 2001 NHL Entry Draft , the left-handed shooter was finally selected as 30th in the first round by the Los Angeles Kings .

Before he was transferred to the Washington Capitals, Steckel played for the Manchester Monarchs , a farm team of the Los Angeles Kings in the American Hockey League . His first NHL missions completed the attacker in the 2005/06 season , the rest of the time he was used by the Capitals with the Hershey Bears in the AHL.

From the 2007/08 season , Dave Steckel was a permanent member of the Washington Capitals , before being handed over to the New Jersey Devils in a transfer deal for Jason Arnott at the end of February 2011, shortly before the trade deadline . This transferred him to the Toronto Maple Leafs shortly before the start of the 2011/12 season . On March 15, 2013 he was given to the Anaheim Ducks , which in exchange sent the right winger Ryan Lasch and a seven-round vote in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft to Toronto.

In the 2014/15 season he played for the Norfolk Admirals in the AHL and acted as team captain. The following season he moved to the Nuremberg Ice Tigers in the German Ice Hockey League . In March 2016, his contract was prematurely extended until the end of the 2016/17 season.

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 CCHA All- Rookie Team
• 2004 CCHA Championship with Ohio State University
• 2006 Calder Cup win with the Hershey Bears

Career statistics

Steckel in the jersey of the Washington Capitals (2008)

Status: end of the 2017/18 season

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1998/99	US National Team Development Program	NEAR		51	3	14th	17th	18th		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	US National Team Development Program	USHL		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	US National Team Development Program	USHL		52	13	13	26th	94		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Ohio State University	NCAA		33	17th	18th	35	80		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Ohio State University	NCAA		36	6th	16	22nd	75		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Ohio State University	NCAA		36	10	8th	18th	50		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Ohio State University	NCAA		41	17th	13	30th	44		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Manchester monarchs	AHL		63	10	7th	17th	26th		6th	1	1	2	4th
2004/05	Reading Royals	ECHL		9	3	6th	9	2		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Hershey Bears	AHL		74	14th	20th	34	58		21st	10	5	15th	20th
2005/06	Washington Capitals	NHL		7th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Hershey Bears	AHL		71	30th	31	61	46		19th	6th	9	15th	16
2006/07	Washington Capitals	NHL		5	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Washington Capitals	NHL		67	5	7th	12	34		7th	1	1	2	4th
2008/09	Washington Capitals	NHL		76	8th	11	19th	34		14th	3	2	5	4th
2009/10	Washington Capitals	NHL		79	5	11	16	19th		3	0	0	0	0
2010/11	Washington Capitals	NHL		57	5	6th	11	24		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	New Jersey Devils	NHL		18th	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		76	8th	5	13	10		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		13	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		21st	1	5	6th	4th		7th	1	1	2	0
2013/14	Iowa Wild	AHL		4th	1	1	2	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		61	9	16	25th	38		10	1	3	4th	4th
2013/14	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		6th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		76	7th	16	23	53		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		52	19th	11	30th	82		12	3	2	5	24
2016/17	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		51	14th	20th	34	38		13	1	7th	8th	18th
2017/18	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	DEL		43	10	17th	27	20th		12	1	6th	7th	37
USHL total				54	13	13	26th	96		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				146	50	55	105	249		-	-	-	-	-
AHL total				349	71	91	162	225		56	18th	18th	36	44
NHL overall				425	33	46	79	129		31	5	4th	9	8th
DEL total				146	43	48	91	140		37	5	15th	20th	79

International

Represented the USA at:

• U18 Junior World Championship 2000
• U20 World Junior Championship 2001
• U20 Junior World Championship 2002

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2000	United States	U18 World Cup	8th place		6th	2	5	7th	14th
2001	United States	U20 World Cup	5th place		7th	0	1	1	6th
2002	United States	U20 World Cup	5th place		7th	0	1	1	12
Juniors overall					20th	2	7th	9	32

( 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

Commons : Dave Steckel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dave Steckel in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Dave Steckel at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Dave Steckel at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David Steckel stays in Nuremberg! | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nuremberg. In: www.icetigers.de. Retrieved March 3, 2016 .