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Greg Poss
American ice hockey coach

Greg Poss

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American ice hockey coach
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Green Bay
Age
59 years
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Biography

Greg Poss (born August 6, 1965 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a former American hockey player and current coach. He is currently 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 ice hockey team of the University of Wisconsin. 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 Nuremberg 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.

Statistics

Playing

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1985–86Univ. of WisconsinWCHA30000
1986–87Univ. of WisconsinWCHA2002212
1987–88Univ. of WisconsinWCHA402121444
1988–89Univ. of WisconsinWCHA3854932
1989–90Maine MarinersAHL50881654
1990–91Maine MarinersAHL59919284910110
1991–92Peoria RivermenIHL1814541
WCHA totals1017182588
AHL totals10917274410310110
IHL totals1814541

Coaching

SeasonTeamLeagueResults
1996–97EHC Timmendorfer Strand1. Eishockey Liga3rd place
1997–98Iserlohner EC1. Eishockey Liga3rd place
1998–99Iserlohner ECEishockey Bundesliga4th place
1999–00Iserlohner EC2. Eishockey-Bundesliga6th place
2000–01Iserlohn RoostersDEL15th place, Out of playoffs
2001–02Iserlohn RoostersDEL12th place, Out of playoffs
2002–03Iserlohn RoostersDEL9th place, Out of playoffs
2003–04Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL2nd place
2004–05Nürnberg Ice TigersDEL3rd place
2005–06Adler MannheimDEL10th place
2006–07Adler MannheimDELLeague champions
2007–08Adler MannheimDELReleased 22 December
2009–10Ontario Reign (ass't coach)ECHLOut of playoffs
2010–11Florida EverbladesECHLLost in 1st round
2011–12Florida EverbladesECHLWon Kelly Cup
2012–13Florida EverbladesECHLLost in 2nd round
2013–14Florida EverbladesECHLOut of playoffs
2014–15Florida EverbladesECHLLost in 2nd round
2015–16Florida EverbladesECHLLost in 1st round

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