Steve Gallace

Steve Gallace
Date of birth	August 28, 1978
place of birth	London , Ontario , Canada
size	182 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1995-1997	Owen Sound Platers
1997-1998	Toronto St. Michael's Majors Belleville Bulls
1998-2002	Saint Mary's University
2002-2003	Cincinnati Cyclones
2003-2004	Coventry Blaze
2004-2005	Newcastle Vipers Basingstoke Bison
2005-2007	HC Merano
2007-2008	HC Pustertal
2008-2010	SG Cortina

Steve Gallace (born August 28, 1978 in London , Ontario ) is a former Italian - Canadian ice hockey player who was last under contract with SG Cortina in the Italian A1 series until 2010 . His brother Richard was a professional ice hockey goalkeeper .

Career

Steve Gallace began his career with the Owen Sound Platers , where he played for two years. In the summer of 1997 he moved to the Toronto St. Michael's Majors before he signed a contract with the Belleville Bulls that same year .

From 1998 to 2002, Gallace defended with the Saint Mary's Huskies , the ice hockey team at Saint Mary's University in Halifax , Nova Scotia . In the 2001/02 season he completed an audition each with the Providence Bruins and Saint John Flames from the American Hockey League . In 2001 and 2002 he was elected to the First All Star Team of the Atlantic University Sports Division within the student sports organization Canadian Interuniversity Sports . In 2002 he was also awarded the title of Outstanding Student-Athlete for both the Division and the entire Canadian Interuniversity Sports.

He did not get any engagement in the AHL, he decided in the summer of 2002 to sign a one-year contract with the Cincinnati Cyclones . In the following seasons, Gallace played for various clubs in the Elite Ice Hockey League , Coventry Blaze , the Newcastle Vipers and the Basingstoke Bison . In 2004 he was elected as top scorer, top scorer and best preparer among the defensive players of the league in the EIHL's second all-star team. In 2005 he moved to HC Meran and thus went onto the ice for the first time for an Italian A2 series club . After two years in Meran , with which he won the A2 series in 2007, he made the leap into the first Italian league and signed a contract there with HC Pustertal . From 2008 to 2010 Gallace played for SG Cortina.

International

For Italy , Steve Gallace took part in the World Championship of Division I in 2009 and made it to the top division with the men's selection.

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 Atlantic University Sports First All Star Team
• 2002 First All-Star Team and Outstanding Student-Athlete of Atlantic University Sports
• 2002 Canadian Interuniversity Sports Outstanding Student-Athlete
• 2004 Second All Star Team of the Elite Ice Hockey League
• 2007 win of the A2 series with HC Meran
• 2009 Best plus / minus statistics at the World Cup in Division I.
• 2009 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I.

Web links

• Steve Gallace at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Steve Gallace at hockeydb.com (English)
• Steve Gallace at eurohockey.com