Steven Strong

This article is about ice hockey player Steven Strong; on the politician, see Stephen Strong .

Steven Strong
Date of birth	February 16, 1993
place of birth	Villach , Austria
size	180 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	defender
number	# 24
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2009-2011	Belleville Bulls
2011-2013	Saginaw Spirit
2013-2015	University of Guelph
since 2015	EC KAC

Steven Strong (born February 16, 1993 in Villach ) is an Austro - Canadian ice hockey player who has been playing in the Austrian Ice Hockey League (EBEL) for the Carinthian club EC KAC since 2015 .

Career

Steven Strong is the son of the Canadian ice hockey player Ken Strong and a villager. His father was playing for the EC VSV when he was born .

Steven Strong started ice hockey in Toronto and played in the U16 team (Minor Midget, AAA) of the Toronto Marlies in the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) in 2008/09 . The team was the first minor midget team in the GTHL to win the four most important titles, including the GTHL championship and the OHL Cup

In 2009 he was drafted by the Belleville Bulls from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and came to 130 missions for the team, with the play-offs being reached in the 2010/11 season . He then played two seasons for the OHL club Saginaw Spirit from Michigan . The best result of this season was reaching the semi-finals of the play-offs 2011/12.

In the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) ice hockey league, he played for the University of Guelph from 2013 to 2015 . Strong then moved to Europe and has been playing for the Carinthian club EC KAC in the EBEL since 2015 .

International

The dual national Strong was not eligible to play for Austria after a decision by the International Ice Hockey Federation in 2009. This decision was overturned later and so Strong was on 16 April 2017 in a friendly against Italy in Neumarkt debut in South Tyrol and in the World Cup 2017 in Division I for the first time for the Austrian national ice hockey team accrues.

Achievements and Awards

• 2017 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I, Group A.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2009/10	Belleville Bulls	OHL		65	1	5	6th	52		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Belleville Bulls	OHL		63	1	9	10	73		2	0	0	0	2
2011/12	Saginaw Spirit	OHL		64	6th	12	18th	54		11	1	4th	5	8th
2012/13	Saginaw Spirit	OHL		36	4th	9	13	48		4th	0	0	0	2
2013/14	University of Guelph	USports		24	1	5	6th	22nd		3	0	1	1	18th
2014/15	University of Guelph	USports		27	3	6th	9	12		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	EC-KAC	EBEL		54	5	6th	11	42		7th	1	0	1	18th
2016/17	EC-KAC	EBEL		54	2	3	5	23		11	1	0	1	6th
2017/18	EC-KAC	EBEL		49	5	5	10	47		6th	0	1	1	4th
2018/19	EC-KAC	EBEL		55	3	9	12	20th
EBEL total				212	15th	23	38	132		24	2	1	3	28
OHL total				228	12	35	47	227		17th	1	4th	5	12
USports total				51	4th	11	15th	34		3	0	1	1	18th

( 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

• Steven Strong at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Steven Strong at the EC KAC
2. ↑ KAC extends with Ban and brings in Steven Strong
3. ↑ Toronto Marlboros minor midget AAA
4. ↑ Marlies Minor Midgets win OHL Cup
5. ↑ "Steven Strong celebrates his debut - another Strong in the national team" at www.kleinezeitung.at, accessed on May 29, 2017.