Steve Thornton

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flag of Canada and the United Kingdom.png  Steve Thornton Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 8, 1973
place of birth Gloucester , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1991-1995 Boston University
1995-1996 Peoria Rivermen
1996 Klagenfurt AC
Adler Mannheim
1996-2001 Cardiff Devils
2001-2002 London Knights
2002-2003 Belfast Giants
2003-2005 HC Pustertal
2005 HC Servette Genève
EHC Basel
2005-2006 EHC Chur
2006 EHC Biel
2006-2007 Södertälje SK
2007-2008 Basingstoke bison
2008-2010 Belfast Giants

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / file type

Steve Thornton (born March 8, 1973 in Gloucester , Ontario ) is a former Canadian - British ice hockey player ( winger ) and coach who played for the Adler Mannheim in the German Ice Hockey League from 1991 to 2010, among others .

Career

Steve Thornton began his career as an ice hockey player at Boston University , which he attended from 1991 to 1995 and for whose ice hockey team he also participated in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's game operations. In 1994 and 1995 he won the Hockey East championship with his university team and in 1995 the NCAA final tournament. The left shooter then moved to the Peoria Rivermen in the International Hockey League , which he left for Europe in the same season.

Thornton spent the rest of the season at Klagenfurt AC in the Austrian Bundesliga ; then he moved to the Adler Mannheim in the German ice hockey league . The Canadian also left the Adler during the current season, this time he was transferred to the British Ice Hockey Superleague , whose championship he won in 1999 with the Cardiff Devils. Thornton, who obtained British citizenship while in Great Britain, played for the Devils for almost five years and then moved to the London Knights . In 2003 he won the British championship again with the Belfast Giants .

For the 2003/04 season Thornton signed a contract with the Italian first division club HC Pustertal , for which he was on the ice for two years. After two more seasons in the Swiss National League A at HC Servette Genève and EHC Basel , the striker moved to Södertälje SK from HockeyAllsvenskan , the second Swedish division, for the 2006/07 season . With Södertälje he immediately rose to the Elitserien . After an engagement with Basingstoke Bison in the Elite Ice Hockey League , Thornton signed a contract with league competitor Belfast Giants for the 2008/09 season , with whom he won the EIHL Challenge Cup and the EIHL Knock Out Cup in 2009. In the 2009/10 season he won the EIHL playoff championship with his ex-club Belfast Giants. He then ended his active career at the age of 37. After he was already assistant coach during his time at Basington, he was employed by the Giants as a player coach.

International

For the British national ice hockey team , Thornton took part in the B World Championships in 1999 , 2001 , 2003 and 2004 . Especially at the World Cup in Division I in 2003, he was able to convince as the top scorer and best assists in Group B.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1994 Hockey East Championship with Boston University
  • 1995 Hockey East Championship with Boston University
  • 1995 NCAA championship with Boston University
  • 2000 BISL Second All-Star Team

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 Boston University NCAA 29 11 16 27 10
1992/93 Boston University NCAA 40 18th 19th 37 19th
1993/94 Boston University NCAA 41 13 26th 39 26th
1994/95 Boston University NCAA 39 17th 24 41 14th
1995/96 Peoria Rivermen IHL 41 10 6th 16 8th - - - - -
1995/96 Klagenfurt AC ÖEHL 12 8th 7th 15th 31
1996/97 Adler Mannheim DEL 17th 1 1 2 6th - - - - -
1996/97 Cardiff Devils BISL 19th 10 16 26th 4th 7th 3 2 5 0
1997/98 Cardiff Devils BISL 42 19th 29 48 14th 9 5 9 14th 2
1998/99 Cardiff Devils BISL 42 10 20th 30th 24 8th 2 4th 6th 6th
1999/00 Cardiff Devils BISL 47 27 28 55 14th 6th 1 4th 5 0
2000/01 Cardiff Devils BISL 54 18th 40 58 30th 6th 3 3 6th 4th
2001/02 London Knights BISL 15th 3 7th 10 8th - - - - -
2002/03 Belfast Giants BISL 15th 5 6th 11 6th 18th 4th 14th 18th 4th
2003/04 HC Pustertal Series A1 38 23 33 56 28 6th 7th 10 17th 14th
2004/05 HC Pustertal Series A1 36 14th 33 47 20th 3 1 1 2 0
2004/05 HC Servette Genève NLA - - - - - 4th 2 1 3 6th
2005/06 EHC Basel NLA 11 0 6th 6th 4th 5 0 1 1 4th
2005/06 EHC Chur NLB 29 18th 29 47 16 - - - - -
2005/06 EHC Biel NLB - - - - - 5 1 0 1 6th
2006/07 Södertälje SK SHA 36 11 11 22nd 26th 7th 1 3 4th 2
2007/08 Basingstoke bison EIHL 28 15th 22nd 37 10 - - - - -
2008/09 Belfast Giants EIHL 43 14th 40 54 45 2 0 1 1 0
2009/10 Belfast Giants EIHL 36 5 14th 19th 56 4th 1 0 1 0
NCAA overall 149 59 85 144 69
BISL total 222 88 139 227 96 54 18th 36 54 16
Series A overall 74 37 66 103 48 9 8th 11 19th 14th
DEL total 17th 1 1 2 6th - - - - -

( 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

personal data
SURNAME Thornton, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-British ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Gloucester , Ontario , Canada