Steven Reinprecht

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Steven Reinprecht : biography

May 7, 1976 –

Steven Edward "Reinprecht (born May 7, 1976) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Undrafted into the NHL, he was signed as a free agent following his NCAA career with the Wisconsin Badgers by the Los Angeles Kings. During his rookie season, he was traded to the Colorado Avalanche and went on to win a Stanley Cup championship that year with the team. Reinprecht has additionally played for the Calgary Flames, Phoenix Coyotes and Florida Panthers. He typically plays at the centre position and is known for his two-way versatility.

Playing career

Reinprecht signed as a free agent straight out from college with the Los Angeles Kings in 2000. In his rookie season, Reinprecht was included in the blockbuster trade that brought Rob Blake to the Colorado Avalanche in 2001, where he helped the Avs win the Stanley Cup.

Reinprecht was traded to the Calgary Flames on July 3, 2003. He missed the last four months of the 2003–04 season after surgery on his left shoulder. He played for HC Mulhouse in the Nationale 1 division of the French league during the 2004–05 NHL lockout, where he led the team in points, assists and tied-first in goals, before returning to the Flames for the 2005–06 NHL season.

The Flames traded him to the Phoenix Coyotes on February 1, 2006, in a deal also involving Philippe Sauvé, Mike Leclerc and Brian Boucher.

After the 2008–09 season and three years with the Coyotes, Reinprecht’s rights were traded to the Florida Panthers on June 19, 2009 in exchange for forward Stefan Meyer. The Panthers then signed him to a three-year deal. 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 German team, Adler Mannheim for the remainder of the season on January 6, 2011. In 18 games with the Eagles he scored 4 goals and 13 points, and after suffering a Quarterfinal defeat in the Playoffs he returned for the final year of his contract with the Panthers. Still without a roster spot in Florida, Reinprecht was assigned to the American Hockey League (AHL) for the first time in his career for the 2011–12 season.

While playing for the Panthers’ minor league affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage, he was traded by Florida on October 22, 2011. Included in a deal with forward David Booth and a 3rd round pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, he was sent to the Vancouver Canucks for veteran forwards Mikael Samuelsson and Marco Sturm. Reinprecht remained in the AHL, having been assigned to the Canucks’ minor league affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, but the team made it clear that they would call him back up to the NHL for the playoffs, as he would no longer require recall waivers and his salary cap hit would not apply.

With the 2012 NHL lockout in affect, and subsequently quashing any thought of an NHL contract, Reinprecht returned for a second stint in Germany, signing a one-year contract with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers of Nürnberg on September 26, 2012.

Awards

  • 1997–98 WCHA Second All-Star Team
  • 1998–99 WCHA All-Academic Team
  • 1999–2000 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1999–2000 WCHA Player of the Year
  • 1999–2000 NCAA West First All-American Team
  • 2000–01 NHL Stanley Cup (with the Colorado Avalanche)

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 Scorpions de 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
2011–12 San Antonio Rampage AHL 5 0 0 0 0
2011–12 Chicago Wolves AHL 57 13 30 43 14 4 2 1 3 2
2012–13 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 33 9 19 28 10 3 2 1 3 0
NHL totals 663 140 242 382 186 50 10 10 20 10

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