Ken Strong (ice hockey)
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| Ken Strong | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | May 9, 1963 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Toronto Maple Leafs EHC Chur Villacher SV HC Gherdëina Kapfenberger SV | ||
| National team |  Austria | ||
| NHL draft | 58th overall, 1981 Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| Playing career | 1983–1997 | ||
Kenneth Strong (born May 9, 1963) is a Canadian-born Austrian former professional ice hockey player. He played 15 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1983 to 1985. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1983 to 1997, was mainly spent in the Austrian Hockey League. Nationalized as an Austrian citizen, Strong played internationally for the Austrian national team at the 1994 Winter Olympics and three World Championships.
Early life[edit]
Strong was born in Toronto. As a youth, he played in the 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Mississauga.[1]
Career[edit]
Strong played for the Austrian national ice hockey team in the 1994 Winter Olympics. He also briefly played 15 games in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1980s.
Career statistics[edit]
Regular season and playoffs[edit]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1979–80 | Streetsville Derbys | COJHL | 36 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Peterborough Petes | OHL | 64 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||
| 1981–82 | Peterborough Petes | OHL | 42 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 69 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 23 | ||
| 1982–83 | Peterborough Petes | OHL | 57 | 41 | 48 | 89 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1982–83 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 78 | 27 | 45 | 72 | 78 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1984–85 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 45 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 33 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1986–87 | EHC Chur | NLA | 15 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 31 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12 | ||
| 1987–88 | HC Martigny | NLB | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Villacher SV | AUT | 22 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Villacher SV | AUT | 46 | 42 | 57 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Villacher SV | AUT | 37 | 32 | 45 | 77 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Villacher SV | AUT | 43 | 40 | 42 | 82 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Villacher SV | AUT | 44 | 48 | 41 | 89 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Villacher SV | AUT | 46 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Villacher SV | AUT | 48 | 33 | 42 | 75 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | HC Gherdëina | ITA | 36 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Villacher SV | AUT | 43 | 35 | 30 | 65 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Kapfenberger SV | AUT | 43 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AUT totals | 372 | 318 | 343 | 661 | 591 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International[edit]
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Austria | WC-B | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1994 | Austria | OLY | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1994 | Austria | WC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1995 | Austria | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Senior totals | 22 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 24 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
External links[edit]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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