Greg Poss

Greg Poss
Coach Greg Poss, 2022
Born	(1965-08-06) August 6, 1965 Green Bay, WI, USA
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	AHL Maine Mariners IHL Peoria Rivermen
Playing career	1989–1992

Greg Poss (born August 6, 1965, in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a former American hockey player and coach. He was most recently the head coach of the EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Hockey League.

Playing career

Poss began his career with the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the United States Hockey League. He then played four years for the University of Wisconsin men's ice hockey team. In 1989 he made his professional debut in the American Hockey League for the Maine Mariners . After two seasons, he joined the International Hockey League with the Peoria Rivermen. After a serious knee injury he had to finish his playing career.

Coaching career

Germany

Poss' primary experience with head coaching is in the top-tier hockey league of Germany, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, where he coached the Iserlohn Roosters, the Nürnberg Ice Tigers and Adler Mannheim. From October 2004 to November 2005 he was also head coach of the German national ice hockey team. Poss coached in the DEL through 2008.

United States

Poss served as assistant coach of the Ontario Reign for the 2009–10 ECHL season. He signed a two-year contract with the Florida Everblades starting with the 2010–11 ECHL season. In Florida, Poss continued the Everblades' streak of consecutive post-season appearances until it ended in the 2013–14 season. In the 2011 Kelly Cup playoffs, his Everblades were eliminated in the 1st round by the eventual East Division Champions, the Kalamazoo Wings. In the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, he guided the Everblades to their first-ever Kelly Cup, defeating the Ryan Mougenel-led Las Vegas Wranglers 4–1.

On May 26, 2016, Poss left the Everblades for the head coaching position with EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League. Poss led the Salzburg team to semifinal appearance in the Champions Hockey League in the 2018–19 season. He parted company with the club in late February 2019.

Statistics

Playing

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985–86	Univ. of Wisconsin	WCHA		3	0	0	0	0
1986–87	Univ. of Wisconsin	WCHA		20	0	2	2	12
1987–88	Univ. of Wisconsin	WCHA		40	2	12	14	44
1988–89	Univ. of Wisconsin	WCHA		38	5	4	9	32
1989–90	Maine Mariners	AHL		50	8	8	16	54
1990–91	Maine Mariners	AHL		59	9	19	28	49		1	0	1	1	0
1991–92	Peoria Rivermen	IHL		18	1	4	5	41
WCHA totals				101	7	18	25	88
AHL totals				109	17	27	44	103		1	0	1	1	0
IHL totals				18	1	4	5	41

Coaching

Season	Team	League		Results
1996–97	EHC Timmendorfer Strand	1. Eishockey Liga		3rd place
1997–98	Iserlohner EC	1. Eishockey Liga		3rd place
1998–99	Iserlohner EC	Eishockey Bundesliga		4th place
1999–00	Iserlohner EC	2. Eishockey-Bundesliga		6th place
2000–01	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		15th place, Out of playoffs
2001–02	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		12th place, Out of playoffs
2002–03	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		9th place, Out of playoffs
2003–04	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	DEL		2nd place
2004–05	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	DEL		3rd place
2005–06	Adler Mannheim	DEL		10th place
2006–07	Adler Mannheim	DEL		League champions
2007–08	Adler Mannheim	DEL		Released 22 December
2009–10	Ontario Reign (ass't coach)	ECHL		Out of playoffs
2010–11	Florida Everblades	ECHL		Lost in 1st round
2011–12	Florida Everblades	ECHL		Won Kelly Cup
2012–13	Florida Everblades	ECHL		Lost in 2nd round
2013–14	Florida Everblades	ECHL		Out of playoffs
2014–15	Florida Everblades	ECHL		Lost in 2nd round
2015–16	Florida Everblades	ECHL		Lost in 1st round
2016–17	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		Lost in 2nd round
2017–18	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		Lost in 3rd round
2018–19	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		Replaced by Andreas Brucker on February 26

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database