Steve Sullivan

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CanadaCanada  Steve Sullivan Ice hockey player
Steve Sullivan
Date of birth July 6, 1974
place of birth Timmins , Ontario , Canada
size 176 cm
Weight 70 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 9th lap, 233rd position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1991-1992 Timmins Golden Bears
1992-1994 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1994-1996 Albany River Rats
1996-1997 New Jersey Devils
1997-1999 Toronto Maple Leafs
1999-2004 Chicago Blackhawks
2004-2011 Nashville Predators
2011–2012 Pittsburgh Penguins
2012-2013 Phoenix Coyotes
2013 New Jersey Devils

Steve Sullivan (* 6. July 1974 in Timmins , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and - coaches and current - functionary , who during his playing career from 1992 to 2013 among other things, 1,061 games for the New Jersey Devils , Chicago Blackhawks , Nashville Predators , Pittsburgh Penguins and Phoenix Coyotes in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . Sullivan was awarded the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 2009. He also won the 1995 Calder Cup in the service of the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League . Sullivan has been General Manager of the Arizona Coyotes from the NHL since summer 2020 .

Career

Sullivan played during his junior years from 1991 to 1992 for the Timmins Golden Bears in a lower class Canadian junior league. The striker then went for Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds on the ice in the Ontario Hockey League , with whom he won the 1993 Memorial Cup .

Steve Sullivan was selected in the ninth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in 233rd place by the New Jersey Devils . First the striker went for their farm team , the Albany River Rats , in the American Hockey League and won the Calder Cup with the team in the 1994/95 season . In the 1995/96 season he came to his first appearances in the NHL and scored five hits in 16 games and got nine points. During the 1996/97 season he was released to Toronto, where he stayed for three years. In the 1998/99 season he surpassed his personal record of 16 hits and 38 points, in which he scored 20 goals and 40 points in 63 games. In October 1999, the Maple Leafs put him on the waiver list, from which the Chicago Blackhawks selected him.

Sullivan in the Nashville Predators jersey

The Chicago Blackhawks were not a strong team at the time, but he got 65 points in the 2000/01 season . He continued to improve and managed 34 hits and 75 points in the following 2001/02 season . In February 2004 he was transferred to the Nashville Predators . In the first season for the Preds, he came in 80 games on 24 goals and 73 points. The 2005/06 season went better than before, as he was not only on the way to a new personal record, but also to a new franchise record with the most hits in a season. But because of an injury he had to pause a few games, so he came in 69 games on 31 goals and 69 points. Although the 31 hits were enough for a new franchise record, Paul Kariya also reached this mark, but with 13 more games in the account.

Due to a back injury, Steve Sullivan could not be used throughout the 2007/08 season . He chose his shirt number 26 because his older cousin Bob Sullivan (1957-2018) also wore this shirt number for the Hartford Whalers . On July 1, 2011, Sullivan signed a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins . After the contract with the Penguins expired in the summer of 2012, he was hired by the Phoenix Coyotes . This transferred him on April 3, 2013 to the New Jersey Devils . After the season, Sullivan ended his career.

In September 2014, the Arizona Coyotes announced they would sign Sullivan as their development coach. The Canadian held this post for two years before he was promoted to Director of Player Development . After just one season, he was promoted again before the 2017/18 season. Since then he has been General Manager (GM) of the Coyotes Farm Team Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League and Assistant GM of the Arizona Coyotes. When the general manager of the Coyotes John Chayka unexpectedly resigned in July 2020, Sullivan took over his position.

International

With the Canadian selection , Sullivan took part in the 2000 and 2001 World Championships . In both tournaments, the striker and Team Canada missed a medal win and finished them in fourth and fifth place. In a total of 16 games he scored five goals, and Sullivan also contributed three assists.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1992/93 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 62 36 27 63 44 16 3 8th 11 18th
1993/94 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 63 51 62 113 82 14th 9 16 25th 22nd
1994/95 Albany River Rats AHL 75 31 50 81 124 14th 4th 7th 11 10
1995/96 New Jersey Devils NHL 16 5 4th 9 8th - - - - -
1995/96 Albany River Rats AHL 53 33 42 75 127 4th 3 0 3 6th
1996/97 New Jersey Devils NHL 33 8th 14th 22nd 14th - - - - -
1996/97 Albany River Rats AHL 15th 8th 7th 15th 16 - - - - -
1996/97 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 21st 5 11 16 23 - - - - -
1997/98 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 10 18th 28 40 - - - - -
1998/99 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 20th 20th 40 28 13 3 3 6th 14th
1999/00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 7th 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
1999/00 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 73 22nd 42 64 52 - - - - -
2000/01 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 81 34 41 75 54 - - - - -
2001/02 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 78 21st 39 60 67 5 1 0 1 2
2002/03 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 26th 35 61 42 - - - - -
2003/04 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 56 15th 28 43 36 - - - - -
2003/04 Nashville Predators NHL 24 9 21st 30th 12 6th 1 1 2 6th
2004/05 Nashville Predators NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Nashville Predators NHL 69 31 37 68 50 5 0 2 2 0
2006/07 Nashville Predators NHL 57 22nd 38 60 20th - - - - -
2007/08 Nashville Predators NHL not played because of back injury
2008/09 Nashville Predators NHL 41 11 21st 32 30th - - - - -
2009/10 Nashville Predators NHL 82 17th 34 51 35 6th 0 3 3 2
2010/11 Nashville Predators NHL 44 10 12 22nd 28 9 2 1 3 2
2011/12 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 79 17th 31 48 20th 6th 2 4th 6th 4th
2012/13 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 33 5 7th 12 20th - - - - -
2012/13 New Jersey Devils NHL 9 2 3 5 4th - - - - -
OHL total 125 87 89 176 126 30th 12 24 36 40
AHL total 143 72 99 171 267 18th 7th 7th 14th 16
NHL overall 1011 290 457 747 587 50 9 14th 23 30th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2000 Canada WM 4th Place 9 4th 1 5 14th
2001 Canada WM 5th place 7th 1 2 3 10
Men overall 16 5 3 8th 24

( 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 )

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Commons : Steve Sullivan  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Squad of the Arizona Coyotes in the 2019-20 season
personal data
SURNAME Sullivan, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Timmins , Ontario