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Steven Reinprecht
Position Center
Shot Left
Height
Weight
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
194 lb (88 kg)
Team
F. Teams
retired
AMHL
SSAC Athletics U18 AAAAJHL
St. Albert Saints
NCAA
Univ. of Wisconsin
NHL
Los Angeles Kings
Colorado Avalanche
Calgary Flames
Phoenix Coyotes
Florida Panthers
Ligue Magnus
Mulhouse
DEL
Adler Mannheim
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
AHL
San Antonio Rampage
Chicago Wolves
Teams Canada
Germany
World Championships 2003, 2019
Coaching 2018-2019 Univ. of Denver
2019 Germany
2019-present Colorado Avalanche
Nationality Canadian
Born May 7, 1976,
Edmonton
Pro Career 1993 – 2018


Steven Edward "Steve" Reinprecht (born on May 7, 1976 in Edmonton) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey center, currently the development coach of the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL.

Club career[]

Reinprecht began his junior career in the 1993-94 season with the SSAC Athletics U18 AAA of the AMHL. In this season, he won the Warwick Trophy for the AMHL's MVP.

In 1994 - 1996, Reinprecht played with the St. Albert Saints of the AJHL.

In 1996 - 2000, he played with the Univ. of Wisconsin of the NCAA. In the 1997-98 season, he became the NCAA (WCHA) champion and made it into the NCAA (WCHA) Second All-Star Team. In the 1999-00 season, he was selected the NCAA (WCHA) Player of the Year, made it into the NCAA (WCHA) First All-Star Team and into the NCAA (West) First All-American Team.

After the completion of the 1999-00 season with the Univ. of Wisconsin in which he played 37 games, he made his senior debut playing one game with the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL.

Steven Reinprecht typically played as center and was known for his two-way versatility.[1] In the 2000-01 season in which he played 59 games with the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL, Reinprecht was included in the blockbuster trade that brought Rob Blake to the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL in 2001, where he helped the Avs win the Stanley Cup.[2] In this season, he played 21 regular season games and 22 play-off games with the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL.

After that, Reinprecht continued with the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL for next two seasons.

Reinprecht was traded to the Calgary Flames on July 3, 2003.[3] He missed the last four months of the 2003-04 season after surgery on his left shoulder. In the 2003-04 season, he played 44 games.

He played with the Mulhouse of the Ligue Magnus during the 2004-05 NHL lockout where he won Charles Ramsey Trophy for the player who scored most points (47) in the Ligue Magnus, became the French champion and made it into the French All-Star Team.

Reinprecht returned to the Calgary Flames of the NHL for the 2005-06 season. He played there 52 games before he was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL on February 1, 2006, in a deal also involving Philippe Sauvé, Mike Leclerc and Brian Boucher.[4] He finished the season there with 28 games played.

Reinprecht then continued with the Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL for next three seasons.

After the 2008–09 season, Reinprecht's rights were traded to the Florida Panthers of the NHL on June 19, 2009 in exchange for forward Stefan Meyer. The Panthers then signed him to a three-year deal.[5] In the 2010–11 season, his second year with the rebuilding Panthers, Reinprecht was demoted as a reserve forward and played sparingly in 29 games. Going unclaimed on waivers, Reinprecht was then loaned to the Adler Mannheim of the DEL for the remainder of the season on January 6, 2011.[6] In 18 regular season games with the Adler Mannheim, he scored 4 goals and 13 points, and after suffering a quarterfinal defeat after 6 quarterfinal games in the play-offs he returned for the final year of his contract with the Florida Panthers organisation.[7]

On October 22, 2011, after 5 games played with the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL, Reinprecht was traded along with fellow forward David Booth and a 3rd round pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft to the Vancouver Canucks organisation for forwards Mikael Samuelsson and Marco Sturm.[8] Reinprecht reported to the Canucks' AHL team, the Chicago Wolves. He finished there the season with 57 regular season games and 4 play-off games played.

Since 2012-13 season, Reinprecht played in the DEL with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers where he also in 2018 retired. In the 2014-15 season, he was the player who scored most points (67) and most assists (46) in the DEL.

International career[]

Reinprecht played with the Canadian National Team at the 2003 World Championship (winning there gold).

As the coach, he represented German National Team at the 2019 World Championship.

Awards[]

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 University of Wisconsin–Madison WCHA 38 11 9 20 12
1997–98 University of Wisconsin–Madison WCHA 41 19 24 43 18
1998–99 University of Wisconsin–Madison WCHA 38 16 17 33 14
1999–00 University of Wisconsin–Madison WCHA 37 26 40 66 14
1999–00 Los Angeles Kings NHL 1 0 0 0 2
2000–01 Los Angeles Kings NHL 59 12 17 29 12
2000–01 Colorado Avalanche NHL 21 3 4 7 2 22 2 3 5 2
2001–02 Colorado Avalanche NHL 67 19 27 46 18 21 7 5 12 8
2002–03 Colorado Avalanche NHL 77 18 33 51 18 7 1 2 3 0
2003–04 Calgary Flames NHL 44 7 22 29 4
2004–05 HC Mulhouse FRA 22 20 27 47 6 10 7 6 13 2
2005–06 Calgary Flames NHL 52 10 19 29 24
2005–06 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 28 12 11 23 8
2006–07 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 49 9 24 33 28
2007–08 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 81 16 30 46 26
2008–09 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 73 14 27 41 20
2009–10 Florida Panthers NHL 82 16 22 38 18
2010–11 Florida Panthers NHL 29 4 6 10 6
2010–11 Adler Mannheim DEL 18 4 9 13 2 6 1 2 3 2
NHL totals 663 140 242 382 186 50 10 10 20 10
Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Canada Canada
World Championships
Gold 2003 Helsinki

International[]

Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2003 Canada WC 8 0 6 6 2
Senior int'l totals 8 0 6 6 2

References[]

  1. Reinprecht attitude wins ice time. azcentral.com (2008-10-13). Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
  2. Blake, Reinprecht traded to Colorado. latimes.com (2001-02-22). Retrieved on 2008-11-10.
  3. Flames acquire Reinprecht, Warrener. cbc.ca (2003-07-03). Retrieved on 2008-11-10.
  4. Flames trade Reinprecht, Sauve to Coyotes for Boucher, Leclerc. nbcsports.msnbc.com (2006-02-01). Retrieved on 2008-11-10.
  5. Coyotes deal Reinprecht to Florida. cbc.ca (2009-06-19). Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
  6. Adler taken on Steven Reinprecht contract (German). Adler Mannheim (2011-01-06). Retrieved on 2011-04-04.
  7. It's just disappointing (German). Adler Mannheim (2011-04-04). Retrieved on 2011-04-04.
  8. http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/10/22/canucks-aquire-booth-reinprecht-from-panthers/

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