Ed Courtenay
Ed Courtenay | |||
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Born |
Verdun, QC, CAN | February 2, 1968||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for |
Kalamazoo Wings Kansas City Blades San Jose Sharks Chicago Wolves Peoria Rivermen Reno Renegades Jacksonville Lizard Kings San Francisco Spiders South Carolina Stingrays Sheffield Steelers Ayr Scottish Eagles Verdun Dragons Belfast Giants Newcastle Vipers | ||
Playing career | 1988–2009 |
Ed Emmett Courtenay (born 2 February, 1968 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada) is a professional ice hockey right winger and head coach who is assistant coach of Manchester Phoenix.
Professional career
Following Courtenay's junior hockey career with Laval Titan and Granby Bisons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) he was signed by the Minnesota North Stars as a free agent on 1 October 1989. Minnesota assigned Courtenay to play with Kalamazoo Wings in the International Hockey League (IHL) where he spent his first three professional seasons.
Courtenay was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 1991 Dispersal Draft when the NHL expanded to include San Jose. During the 1991–92 and 1992–93 seasons Courtenay played 44 NHL games for San Jose.
Courtenay spent the next four seasons playing for the Kansas City Blades, the Chicago Wolves, the Peoria Rivermen and the San Francisco Spiders in the IHL; the Reno Renegades in the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL); and the Jacksonville Lizard Kings and the South Carolina Stingrays in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) before joining the Sheffield Steelers in the United Kingdom to play in the Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL) in 1997. Courtenay played for Sheffield for three seasons before signing for the Ayr Scottish Eagles for the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons, also in the ISL.
He returned to North America when he was signed as a free agent by the Verdun Dragons of the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League (QSPHL) on 12 July 2002 for the 2002–03 season. Courtenay returned to the South Carolina Stingrays for the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons before he returned to Europe as a player/coach with the Belfast Giants in 2005. His contract expired at the end of the 2007-2008 season, with Steve Thornton taking over the roll as Head Coach. Courtenay was also a player/coach with the Belfast Giants in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), guiding the team to league success in 2006. Courtenay left his role after the 2007/08 season and was succeeded by Steve Thornton. He has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks.
Coaching Career
Courtenay played for EIHL club Newcastle Vipers, after being persuaded to come out of retirement by head coach Rob Wilson and joined on 06 August 2009 to Manchester Phoenix as Assistant coach[1].
Awards
- ECHL Most Valuable Player 1996–97.[2]
- Named to the ISL All Star first team in 1998,[3] 1999[4] and 2000.[5]
- Sekonda Face to Watch for October 1999.[6]
- Sekonda Superleague Player of the Year 1999–00.[6]
- British Ice Hockey Writers' Association Player of the Year Trophy 1999–00.[7]
- Named to the ISL All Star second team in 2002.[8]
- Named to the EIHL All Star first team in 2006.[9]
Records
- ECHL leading point scorer for 1996–97.[2] (shared with Mike Ross)[6]
- ECHL most power play goals for 1996–97.[2]
- ISL most goals for 1997–98.[2]
- ISL most power play goals for 1997–98.[2]
- ISL leading point scorer for 1999–00.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season[10] | Playoffs[10][2] | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1985–86 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
1986–87 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 48 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1987–88 | Granby Bisons | QMJHL | 54 | 37 | 34 | 71 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
1988–89 | Granby Bisons | QMJHL | 68 | 59 | 55 | 114 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | ||
1988–89 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1989–90 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 56 | 25 | 28 | 53 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1990–91 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 76 | 35 | 36 | 71 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | ||
1991–92 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 36 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 15 | ||
1991–92 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1992–93 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 32 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1992–93 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 39 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1993–94 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 62 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 60 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1994–95 | Chicago Wolves | IHL | 47 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1994–95 | Peoria Rivermen | IHL | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
1995–96 | Reno Renegades | WCHL | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1995–96 | Jacksonville Lizard Kings | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 23 | ||
1995–96 | San Francisco Spiders | IHL | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1996–97 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 68 | 54 | 56 | 110 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1997–98 | Sheffield Steelers | ISL | 40 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||
1998–99 | Sheffield Steelers | ISL | 42 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
1999–00 | Sheffield Steelers | ISL | 42 | 32 | 38 | 70 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
2000–01 | Ayr Scottish Eagles | ISL | 44 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
2001–02 | Ayr Scottish Eagles | ISL | 47 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
2002–03 | Verdun Dragons | QSPHL | 31 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | ||
2003–04 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 69 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
2004–05 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 62 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
2005–06 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 42 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 119 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
2006–07 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 16 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | Belfast Giants | EIHL | 57 | 24 | 65 | 89 | 29 | |||||||
NHL totals | 44 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 |
Footnotes
- ^ Dual Phoenix role for ace sniper Courtenay
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ed Courtenay's profile at Eurohockey.net". Retrieved 2007-10-10.
- ^ "All Star Team Season 1997–1998". Retrieved 2007–10–10.
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(help) - ^ a b "Ed Courtenay's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database". Retrieved 2007-10-10.
References
- A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey
- Eurohockey.net
- Ice Hockey Journalists UK
- The Internet Hockey Database
- LegendsOfHockey.net
External links
- 1968 births
- Anglophone Quebecers
- Ayr Scottish Eagles players
- Belfast Giants players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey people in the United States
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Canadian ice hockey coaches
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Chicago Wolves (IHL) players
- Elite Ice Hockey League players
- Expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate sportspeople in Northern Ireland
- Expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Granby Bisons alumni
- Ice hockey personnel from Quebec
- Ice Hockey Superleague players
- Jacksonville Lizard Kings players
- Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players
- Kansas City Blades players
- Laval Titan alumni
- Living people
- Manchester Phoenix players
- People from Verdun, Montreal
- Peoria Rivermen (IHL) players
- Reno Renegades players
- San Francisco Spiders players
- San Jose Sharks players
- Sheffield Steelers players
- South Carolina Stingrays players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players