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Steven King
Born (1969-07-22) July 22, 1969 (age 55)
East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for New York Rangers
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
NHL draft 1991 NHL Supplemental Draft
New York Rangers
Playing career 1991–2000

Steven Andrew King (born July 22, 1969) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played professionally from 1991 to 2000. He played 67 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, as well as time in both the minor American Hockey League and International Hockey League.

Playing career

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King played collegiate hockey at Brown University for 4 seasons, and during his senior year (1990–1991) he was selected by the New York Rangers in the 1991 NHL Supplemental Draft. During his first two professional seasons, King played 119 games for the Binghamton Rangers of the American Hockey League, and he was called up to the National Hockey League by New York for 24 games in the 1992–93 NHL season. The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim entered the league during 1993–94 NHL season and they claimed King from the Rangers in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft. King played 43 more NHL games from 1993 to 1995 and then finished his career playing for the Baltimore Bandits, Philadelphia Phantoms, Rochester Americans, Providence Bruins, and Springfield Falcons of the AHL and the Michigan K-Wings and Cincinnati Cyclones of the International Hockey League.

During his career King played in 67 NHL games, scoring 17 goals along with 8 assists. His other professional hockey statistics included 135 goals and 94 assists during 257 AHL games and 32 goals and 20 assists in 80 IHL games. At Brown University he scored 56 goals and added 33 assists in 104 games.

Post-playing career

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After he retired as a player, King returned to Brown University and served as an assistant coach during the 2000–2001 and 2001–2002 collegiate seasons. He then worked as a financial advisor for three years before returning to Brown in 2006 to succeed his former classmate, Ron Dalgliesh, as the Executive Director of the Brown University Sports Foundation.

King now works as the Assistant Vice President of Advancement at Stonehill College and is passionate about changing the school’s nickname to the Shovelmakers.

King was inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2023.[1]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1986–87 Bishop Hendricken High School HS-RI
1987–88 Brown University ECAC 24 10 5 15 30
1988–89 Brown University ECAC 26 8 5 13 73
1989–90 Brown University ECAC 27 19 8 27 53
1990–91 Brown University ECAC 27 19 15 34 76
1991–92 Binghamton Rangers AHL 66 27 15 42 56 10 2 0 2 14
1992–93 New York Rangers NHL 24 7 5 12 16
1992–93 Binghamton Rangers AHL 53 35 33 68 100 14 7 9 16 26
1993–94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 36 8 3 11 44
1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 7 2 0 2 15
1995–96 Baltimore Bandits AHL 68 40 21 61 95 12 7 5 12 20
1996–97 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 39 17 10 27 47
1996–97 Michigan K-Wings IHL 39 15 11 26 39 4 1 2 3 12
1997–98 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 41 17 9 26 22
1997–98 Rochester Americans AHL 28 15 15 30 28 4 1 1 2 4
1998–99 Providence Bruins AHL 3 1 0 1 0 13 7 4 11 12
1999–00 Springfield Falcons AHL 23 10 6 16 20
AHL totals 280 145 100 245 346 53 24 19 43 76
NHL totals 67 17 8 25 75

References

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  1. ^ "Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame names its inductees for 2023". The Providence Journal. 25 February 2023. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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