Steve Kasper
Date of birth | September 28, 1961 |
place of birth | Montreal , Quebec , Canada |
size | 173 cm |
Weight | 79 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1980 , 4th lap, 81st position Boston Bruins |
Career stations | |
1977-1980 | Éperviers de Verdun / Sorel |
1980-1989 | Boston Bruins |
1989-1991 | Los Angeles Kings |
1991-1992 | Philadelphia Flyers |
1992-1993 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
Stephen Neil "Steve" Kasper (born September 28, 1961 in Montreal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and - scout as well as current - coach who played 915 games for the Boston Bruins , Los Angeles Kings , Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League on the position of the center has denied. In 1982 Kasper received the Frank J. Selke Trophy for best defensive striker in the NHL. Between 1995 and 1997 he was the head coach of the Boston Bruins.
Career
Player career
Kasper played during his junior years between 1977 and 1980 for the Éperviers de Verdun / Sorel in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . Together with Chris Valentine he was among the top scorers and was selected in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins in the fourth round as 81st.
As early as the 1980/81 season he was able to prevail in the training camp against some other young players and earned a regular place with the Bruins. In his rookie season, he not only stood out because of his 21 goals and 56 points. For a young player, Kasper had an exceptionally confident demeanor. Together with Keith Crowder and veteran Wayne Cashman , he formed the Bruins' defensive storm line. In his nine years in Boston, he managed four times more than 20 goals. In his second year he won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as best defensive attacker. He was one of the absolute outnumbered specialists, where he was characterized above all by his goal danger. In a game for the Toronto Maple Leafs in January 1985, he managed the feat of scoring two hits for the Bruins while being outnumbered.
During the 1988/89 season he moved to the Los Angeles Kings for Bobby Carpenter . Behind the first two rows led by Wayne Gretzky and Bernie Nicholls , he was the center of the third, defensive storm row. For the 1991/92 season they wanted to put Jari Kurri at the side of Gretzky with the Kings . In exchange, Kasper was given to the Philadelphia Flyers together with Steve Duchesne . There he suffered a knee injury and could only play 16 games. Shortly after the start of the 1992/93 season , he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning . He still finished the season before ending his career.
Coaching career
Kasper returned to Boston, where he became Brian Sutter's assistant coach . The following year he coached the Bruins farm team, the Providence Bruins , in the American Hockey League . In the 1995/96 season he took over the Boston Bruins as head coach, but after two years with moderate success he was dismissed there. After a break of several years, he returned to the ice hockey sector as a scout at the end of the 2000s . He worked in this position for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 2009 to 2012 before being promoted to Director of Professional Scouting . In 2015 he left the club.
He then left North America and supervised the selection of the People's Republic of China at the U18 World Junior Championship 2018 of Division IIB . In the course of the 2018/19 season he finally took on an assistant coaching position at Kunlun Red Star from the Continental Hockey League .
Achievements and Awards
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1977/78 | Éperviers de Verdun | LHJMQ | 63 | 26th | 45 | 71 | 16 | 4th | 2 | 4th | 6th | 0 | ||
1978/79 | Éperviers de Verdun | LHJMQ | 67 | 37 | 67 | 104 | 53 | 11 | 7th | 6th | 13 | 22nd | ||
1979/80 | Éperviers de Verdun / Sorel | LHJMQ | 70 | 57 | 65 | 122 | 117 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1980/81 | Éperviers de Sorel | LHJMQ | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7th | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1980/81 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 76 | 21st | 35 | 56 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1981/82 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 73 | 20th | 31 | 51 | 72 | 11 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 22nd | ||
1982/83 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 24 | 2 | 6th | 8th | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
1983/84 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 27 | 3 | 11 | 14th | 19th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th | ||
1984/85 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 77 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
1985/86 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 80 | 17th | 23 | 40 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | ||
1986/87 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 79 | 20th | 30th | 50 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1987/88 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 76 | 26th | 44 | 70 | 35 | 23 | 7th | 6th | 13 | 10 | ||
1988/89 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 49 | 10 | 16 | 26th | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1988/89 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 29 | 9 | 15th | 24 | 14th | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6th | 10 | ||
1989/90 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 77 | 17th | 28 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
1990/91 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 67 | 9 | 19th | 28 | 33 | 10 | 4th | 6th | 10 | 8th | ||
1991/92 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1992/93 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 21st | 1 | 3 | 4th | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1992/93 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 47 | 3 | 4th | 7th | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
LHJMQ total | 202 | 125 | 179 | 304 | 205 | 15th | 9 | 10 | 19th | 22nd | ||||
NHL overall | 821 | 177 | 291 | 468 | 554 | 94 | 20th | 28 | 48 | 82 |
( 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 )
NHL coaching statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | S. | N | U | Pt | space | Sp | S. | N | result | ||
1995/96 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 91 | 2nd, Northeast | 5 | 1 | 4th | Conference quarterfinals lost | ||
1996/97 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 82 | 26th | 47 | 9 | 61 | 6th, Northeast | - | - | - | not qualified | ||
NHL overall | 164 | 66 | 78 | 20th | 152 | 0 division title | 5 | 1 | 4th | 0 Stanley Cups |
( Legend for coach statistics: Sp or GC = total games; W or S = wins scored; L or N = losses scored; T or U = draws scored; OTL or OTN = losses scored after overtime or shootout ; Pts or Pkt = points scored ; Pts% or Pkt% = point rate; Win% = win rate; result = round reached in the play-offs )
Web links
- Steve Kasper at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Steve Kasper at eliteprospects.com (English)
Goalkeepers:
Šimon Hrubec |
Jeremy Smith
Defender:
Victor Bartley |
Jake Chelios |
Jason Fram |
Brayden Jaw |
Trevor Murphy |
Denis Osipov |
Griffin Reinhart |
Ryan Sproul |
Andrej Šustr |
Mikaël Tam
Attacker:
Dávid Bondra |
Gilbert Brulé |
Adam Cracknell |
Brandon DeFazio |
Spencer Foo |
Garet Hunt |
Cory Kane ( A ) |
Danny Kristo |
Luke Lockhart |
Andrew Miller |
Devante Smith-Pelly |
Ethan Werek |
Tyler Wong |
Brandon Yip
Head Coach: Alexei Kowaljow Assistant Coach: Steve Kasper General Manager: Scott MacPherson
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kasper, Steve |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kasper, Stephen Neil (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player, coach and scout |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal , Quebec |