Steve Konowalchuk

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United StatesUnited States  Steve Konowalchuk Ice hockey player
Date of birth November 11, 1972
place of birth Salt Lake City , Utah , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1991 , 3rd round, 58th position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
1989-1990 Prince Albert Midget Raiders
1990-1992 Portland Winter Hawks
1992-2003 Washington Capitals
2003-2006 Colorado Avalanche

Steven Reed "Steve" Konowalchuk (born November 11, 1972 in Salt Lake City , Utah ) is a former American ice hockey player and coach as well as current scout . During his playing career between 1990 and 2006, he played 840 games for the Washington Capitals and Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . Konowalchuk celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the national team of the United States by winning the 1996 World Cup of Hockey . He then worked in the NHL as an assistant coach at the Colorado Avalanche and the Anaheim Ducks .

Career

Player career

Konowalchuk began his active career with the Prince Albert Midget Raiders , for which he was active from 1989 to 1990 in the Saskatchewan Midget Hockey League . Then the attacker went on the ice for the following two years for the Portland Winter Hawks , where he ran up in the Western Hockey League . After scoring 92 points in 72 games in his first season, he scored 113 points in 70 WHL games the following year thanks to an increase in performance. As a result, he was elected to the WHL First All-Star Team. During this time Konowalchuk was selected in the third round of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft in a total of 58th position by the Washington Capitals . In the same season he was also for the Baltimore Skipjacks , the then farm team of the Washington Capitals, in the American Hockey League in use.

The 1992/93 season spent the offensive player both in the Washington Capitals team in the National Hockey League and with the Baltimore Skipjacks in the AHL and completed 38 games for the team from Washington and 37 games for the Skipjacks. In the following season Konowalchuk finally made the leap into the NHL, when he was in 73 games in action and posted 27 points. In the following years, the attacker was one of the team's top performers, after the retirement of the experienced Dave Poulin and Dale Hunter , Konowalchuk took a leadership position in the team.

Although he reached the play-offs seven times with the Capitals, he never survived the second round with the team. Konowalchuk began the 2001/02 season as a team captain and gave this post to Brendan Witt shortly thereafter after sustaining a shoulder injury on October 16, 2001 in the game against the Los Angeles Kings . As a result, he was out most of the season and only played 28 games in which he scored 14 points. On October 22, 2003 he was transferred to Denver for the Colorado Avalanche in exchange together with a draft pick for the third round in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft for Bates Battaglia and Jonas Johansson .

In his first season for the Avalanche, he scored 43 points in 87 games. After the failed 2004/05 season fell victim to the lockout , he suffered an injury to his wrist on November 21, 2005 in the game against the Calgary Flames , which put him out of action for several months. By the end of the season, Konowalchuk had 23 appearances, six goals and nine assists .

After the attacker was diagnosed with long QT syndrome , Steve Konowalchuk announced his retirement from active sports on September 29, 2006.

International

Konowalchuk represented his home country at various international tournaments. He took part with the US national ice hockey team in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and in the 2000 and 2002 World Ice Hockey Championships . He was also a member of the US selection, which won the bronze medal at the 1992 Junior World Championships .

Coaching career

From June 19, 2009 to the end of the 2010/11 season , he was Joe Sacco's assistant coach in Colorado . On June 16, 2011, Konowalchuk was introduced as the head coach of the Seattle Thunderbirds from the Western Hockey League . In the 2016/17 season he won the WHL championship with the Thunderbirds and thus the Ed Chynoweth Cup . A little later he was introduced as the new assistant coach of the Anaheim Ducks and thus returned to the NHL business. After just one season, however, he was released in June 2018.

Since the 2018/19 season he has been employed as a scout for the New York Rangers from the NHL.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1990/91 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 72 43 49 92 78 - - - - -
1991/92 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 64 51 53 104 95 6th 3 6th 9 12
1991/92 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 3 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
1991/92 Washington Capitals NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1992/93 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 37 18th 28 46 74 - - - - -
1992/93 Washington Capitals NHL 36 4th 7th 11 16 2 0 1 1 0
1993/94 Portland Pirates AHL 8th 11 4th 15th 4th - - - - -
1993/94 Washington Capitals NHL 62 12 14th 26th 33 11 0 1 1 10
1994/95 Washington Capitals NHL 46 11 14th 25th 44 7th 2 5 7th 12
1995/96 Washington Capitals NHL 70 23 22nd 45 92 2 0 2 2 0
1996/97 Washington Capitals NHL 78 17th 25th 42 67 - - - - -
1997/98 Washington Capitals NHL 80 10 24 34 80 - - - - -
1998/99 Washington Capitals NHL 44 12 12 24 26th - - - - -
1999/00 Washington Capitals NHL 82 16 27 43 80 5 1 0 1 2
2000/01 Washington Capitals NHL 82 24 23 47 87 6th 2 3 5 14th
2001/02 Washington Capitals NHL 28 2 12 14th 23 - - - - -
2002/03 Washington Capitals NHL 77 15th 15th 30th 71 6th 0 0 0 6th
2003/04 Washington Capitals NHL 6th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2003/04 Colorado Avalanche NHL 76 19th 20th 39 70 11 4th 0 4th 12
2004/05 Colorado Avalanche NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Colorado Avalanche NHL 21st 6th 9 15th 14th - - - - -
WHL overall 136 94 102 196 173 6th 3 6th 9 12
AHL total 48 30th 33 63 78 - - - - -
NHL overall 790 171 225 396 703 50 9 12 21st 56

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1992 United States June World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 4th 0 4th 8th
1996 United States World cup 1st place, gold 1 0 0 0 0
2000 United States WM 5th place 7th 2 1 3 2
2002 United States WM 7th place 7th 2 1 3 4th
2004 United States World cup 4th Place 5 0 0 0 4th
Juniors overall 7th 4th 0 4th 8th
Men overall 20th 4th 2 6th 10

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ espn.com, Avs forward Konowalchuk retires after heart tests
  2. ↑ avalanche.nhl.com, Konowalchuk, Deadmarsh Added to Staff
personal data
SURNAME Konowalchuk, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Konowalchuk, Steven Reed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player, coach and scout
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Salt Lake City , Utah