Kurt Kleinendorst

Kurt Kleinendorst
Date of birth	December 31, 1960
place of birth	Grand Rapids , Minnesota , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1980 , 4th lap, 77th position New York Rangers
Career stations
1976-1979	Grand Rapids High
1979-1983	Providence College
1983-1984	Tulsa Oilers
1984-1985	Salt Lake Golden Eagles Toledo Goaldiggers
1985-1986	Indianapolis Checkers
1986-1987	Peliitat
1987-1988	Panda's Rotterdam
1987-1988	ERC Ingolstadt
1989-1990	ERC Selb

Kurt Kleinendorst (born December 31, 1960 in Grand Rapids , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey coach .

Player career

Kleinendorst played before his career as a professional player between 1979 and 1983 ice hockey at university level at Providence College . In 1980 he was selected in the fourth round of the draft of the National Hockey League (NHL) in a total of 77th place by the New York Rangers , but he never completed an NHL game. His professional career included positions in the North American International Hockey League and American Hockey League . In Europe he played in Finland, the Netherlands and Germany for the ERC Ingolstadt , the ECD Iserlohn and the ERC Selb .

Coaching career

Kurt Kleinendorst
Coaching stations
1991-1994	Raleigh IceCaps
1994-1995	San Diego Gulls (Ass.)
1995-1997	Raleigh IceCaps
1997-2000	Manchester Storm
2000-2002	New Jersey Devils (Ass.)
2002-2006	New Jersey Devils (Scout)
2006-2009	Lowell Devils
2009-2010	US NTDP
2010	U18 national team USA
2010–2012	Binghamton Senators
2012-2013	Alabama-Huntsville
2013-2014	Iowa Wild
2015-2016	ERC Ingolstadt
2016-2018	Binghamton Senators Belleville Senators
2019-2020	Nuremberg Ice Tigers

In his last game station in Europe, at the ERC Selb in Germany, he acted as player coach. In 1991 Kleinendorst was the head coach of the Raleigh Ice Caps in the East Coast Hockey League and in 1993 was named coach of the year by the ECHL . In the 1993/94 season he led the IceCaps to the ECHL finals, where they were subject to Toledo Storm .

After a year-long stint with the San Diego Gulls in the International Hockey League , he returned to the IceCaps in 1995, where he was not only head coach but also manager.

From 1997 to 2000 he carried out this double function at Manchester Storm in the British Ice Hockey Superleague (BISL) and won the championship title with the team in 1999 and was named BISL Coach of the Year. Kleinendorst returned to the United States in 2000 and worked in various positions for the NHL club New Jersey Devils : first as assistant coach, then as sifter, and in 2006 he took over the post of head coach for the Lowell Devils , at that time New Jersey's farm team American Hockey League .

In 2010 he led the United States' U18 national team to gold medal at the World Cup in Belarus. Kleinendorst then directed the fortunes of the Binghamton Senators (farm team of the Ottawa Senators ) in the American Hockey League as head coach between 2010 and 2012 and led the team to the 2011 AHL championship.

In the 2012/13 season he was the head coach of the ice hockey team at the University of Alabama-Huntsville .

For the 2013/14 season he signed Iowa Wild from the American Hockey League and the farm team of the NHL club Minnesota Wild as head coach. There he was released from his duties in November 2014 after the team under his leadership had only won two wins from the first twelve games of the 2014/15 season.

At the end of November 2015 he became the head coach of ERC Ingolstadt in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). In June 2016, Kleindorst dissolved his contract in Ingolstadt and joined the Binghamton Senators in the American Hockey League . He looked after the team even after they moved to Belleville . After the end of the 2017/18 season, his contract was not extended.

At the end of April 2019 he was introduced as the new head coach of the Nürnberg Ice Tigers  . Kleinendorst turned down the offer to extend the contract after the 2019/20 season.

Web links

• Kurt Kleinendorst at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Former Men's Hockey Standout Kurt Kleinendorst Leads Binghamton Senators To AHL's Calder Cup Championship. In: www.friars.com. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
2. ↑ 1980 NHL Entry Draft - Kurt Kleinendorst. In: www.hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ERC Ingolstadt: Kurt Kleinendorst new trainer in Ingolstadt - Panther take preferred candidates under contract. In: eishockey.info. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
4. ↑ The ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League | Toledo's Lalonde named ECHL Coach of the Year. (No longer available online.) In: echl.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ The ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League | Kelly Cup playoffs. (No longer available online.) In: www.echl.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016 ; accessed on March 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Iowa Wild Hockey: Hockey Operations. (No longer available online.) In: www.iowawild.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Manchester Storm - Kurt Kleinendorst. In: fireonice.manchesterstorm.co.uk. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
8. ^ New Jersey Devils Team. (No longer available online.) In: devils.nhl.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ^ Kurt Kleinendorst, replaced by New Jersey Devils in Lowell, named to USA Hockey post. In: NJ.com. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Team USA 2010 World U18 Championships review - Hockey's Future. In: Hockey's Future. Retrieved March 21, 2016 (American English). 
11. ↑ Senator's name Kurt Kleinendorst head coach of AHL affiliate in Binghamton. In: senators.nhl.com. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
12. ^ Kurt Kleinendorst Not Returning to Coach Binghamton. In: the6thsens.com. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Binghamton Senators win Calder Cup. In: The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
14. ^ Kleinendorst Named Head Coach Of UAH Hockey. In: University of Alabama at Huntsville. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Kleinendorst a perfect fit as coach for AHL Iowa Wild. In: Star Tribune. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Wild fires Iowa coach Kurt Kleinendorst, re-hires John Torchetti as replacement. In: Star Tribune. Retrieved March 21, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Kurt Kleinendorst new head coach of ERC Ingolstadt - 11 - DEL.org. (No longer available online.) In: www.del.org. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016 ; accessed on March 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ↑ Kurt Kleinendurst is likely to change from ERC Ingolstadt to AHL - ERC Ingolstadt loses head coach. In: Sport 1. Accessed June 8, 2016 . 
19. ^ Kurt Kleinendorst returns as Binghamton's head coach. In: Binghamton Senators. Retrieved June 8, 2016 . 
20. ↑ https://ottawasun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ottawa-senators/kleinendorst-says-goodbye-to-senators-organization
21. ↑ Kurt Kleinendorst takes on coaching positions at the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers, André Dietzsch becomes sports director, Martin Jiranek has to leave. In: eishockeynews.de. April 25, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019 . 
22. ↑ https://eishockey-magazin.de/klarheit-in-nuernberg-ice-tigers-haben-bereits-einen-nachhaben-fuer-kurt-kleinendorst- discovered /archives/ 148448