Steve Walker

For other people named Steve Walker, see Steve Walker (disambiguation).

Steve Walker
Born	(1973-01-12) January 12, 1973 Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
DEL team	Eisbären Berlin
Playing career	1993–2011

Steve Walker (born January 12, 1973) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. He is currently serving as head coach of Schwenninger Wild Wings in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career

Born in Collingwood, Ontario, Walker played junior hockey for the Stayner Siskins, Owen Sound Platers and the Barrie Colts before turning pro in 1993, playing nine games for the ECHL's Wheeling Thunderbirds. Walker then spent two seasons in the Colonial Hockey League with the Muskegon Fury, scoring 43 goals and 57 assists for 100 points in the 1995-96 season. He split the 1996-97 season in the Colonial Hockey League with the Flint Generals, the American Hockey League for the Rochester Americans and the International Hockey League with the Detroit Vipers where he would spend another three seasons.

In 2000, Walker joined Eisbären Berlin, a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany and remained with the team until 2011. He made 593 DEL appearances for the Eisbären team, tallying 213 goals and 379 assists. He captured five German championship titles with Berlin and had his jersey retired on December 26, 2014.

Coaching career

From January 2013 to 2015, he served as head coach of the Stayner Siskins, a member of the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League.

On August 5, 2015, Walker was appointed as assistant coach of German club Adler Mannheim. He ended his two-year tenure in 2017 and took over the head coaching job at EC KAC in the Austrian Hockey League.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990–91	Owen Sound Platers	OHL		16	1	5	6	4		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Owen Sound Platers	OHL		9	2	3	5	2		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Barrie Colts	CJAHL		48	75	76	151	45		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Wheeling Thunderbirds	ECHL		9	1	0	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Bonnyville Pontiacs	AJHL		42	39	53	92	63		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Muskegon Fury	CoHL		72	20	26	46	42		17	7	9	16	6
1995–96	Muskegon Fury	CoHL		69	43	57	100	121		5	2	4	6	0
1996–97	Flint Generals	CoHL		16	13	16	29	34		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Detroit Vipers	IHL		54	12	12	24	27		20	10	9	19	8
1996–97	Rochester Americans	AHL		3	0	0	0	17		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Detroit Vipers	IHL		78	27	49	76	53		23	7	9	16	13
1998–99	Detroit Vipers	IHL		80	25	32	57	72		11	1	4	5	4
1999–2000	Detroit Vipers	IHL		76	15	31	46	67		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		59	19	39	58	32		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		36	18	16	34	24		4	2	2	4	0
2002–03	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		46	21	26	47	30		9	4	5	9	6
2003–04	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		51	14	32	46	26		11	6	3	9	10
2004–05	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		51	16	30	46	57		12	6	4	10	6
2005–06	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		50	14	36	50	42		11	7	4	11	8
2006–07	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		52	14	28	42	52		3	1	1	2	2
2007–08	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		53	27	58	85	73		9	3	5	8	4
2008–09	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		49	15	36	51	52		9	2	2	4	8
2009–10	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		36	16	27	43	41		5	1	1	2	4
2010–11	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		25	5	18	23	10		12	2	6	8	2
CoHL totals				157	76	99	175	197		22	9	13	22	6
IHL totals				288	79	124	203	219		54	18	22	40	25
DEL totals				508	179	346	525	439		85	34	33	67	50

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database