Ed Courtenay

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size = 230px
position = Right Wing
played_for = Kalamazoo Wings
Kansas City Blades
San Jose Sharks
Chicago Wolves
Peoria Rivermen
Reno Renegades
Jacksonville Lizard Kings
San Francisco Spiders
South Carolina Stingrays
Sheffield Steelers
Ayr Scottish Eagles
Verdun Dragons
Belfast Giants
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height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight_lb = 200
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nationality = Canada
birth_date = birth date and age|1968|2|2
birth_place = Verdun, QC, CAN
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career_start = 1988
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Ed Emmett Courtenay (born 2 February, 1968 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada) is a professional ice hockey right winger and head coach who has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the San Jose Sharks. Courtenay was also a player/coach with the Belfast Giants in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL), guiding the team to league success in 2006. Courtenay left his role after the 2007/08 season and was succeeded by Steve Thornton.

Professional career

Following Courtenay's junior hockey career with Laval Titan and Granby Bisons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) he was signed by the Minnesota North Stars as a free agent on 1 October 1989. Minnesota assigned Courtenay to play with Kalamazoo Wings in the International Hockey League (IHL) where he spent his first three professional seasons.

Courtenay was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 1991 Dispersal Draft when the NHL expanded to include San Jose. During the 1991–92 and 1992–93 seasons Courtenay played 44 NHL games for San Jose.

Courtenay spent the next four seasons playing for the Kansas City Blades, the Chicago Wolves, the Peoria Rivermen and the San Francisco Spiders in the IHL; the Reno Renegades in the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL); and the Jacksonville Lizard Kings and the South Carolina Stingrays in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) before joining the Sheffield Steelers in the United Kingdom to play in the Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL) in 1997. Courtenay played for Sheffield for three seasons before signing for the Ayr Scottish Eagles for the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons, also in the ISL.

He returned to North America when he was signed as a free agent by the Verdun Dragons of the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League (QSPHL) on 12 July 2002 for the 2002–03 season. Courtenay returned to the South Carolina Stingrays for the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons before he returned to Europe as a player/coach with the Belfast Giants in 2005. His contract expired at the end of the 2007-2008 season, with Steve Thornton taking over the roll as Head Coach.

Awards

*ECHL Most Valuable Player 1996–97.
*Named to the ISL All Star first team in 1998, [cite web | title = All Star Team Season 1997–1998 | url = http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/97_98.htm | accessdate = 2007–10–10 ] 1999 [cite web | title = All Star Team Season 1998–1999 | url = http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/98_99.htm | accessdate = 2007–10–10 ] and 2000. [cite web | title = All Star Team Season 1999–2000 | url = http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/99_00.htm | accessdate = 2007–10–10 ]
*Sekonda Face to Watch for October 1999.
*Sekonda Superleague Player of the Year 1999–00.
*British Ice Hockey Writers' Association Player of the Year Trophy 1999–00. [cite web | title = Player of the Year Trophy | url = http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/player_of_the_year_trophy.htm | accessdate = 2007–10–10 ]
*Named to the ISL All Star second team in 2002. [cite web | title = All Star Team Season 2001–02 | url = http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/01-02.htm | accessdate = 2007–10–10 ]
*Named to the EIHL All Star first team in 2006. [cite web | title = All Star Team Season 2005–06 | url = http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/05-06.htm | accessdate = 2007–10–10 ]

Records

*ECHL leading point scorer for 1996–97.cite web | title = Ed Courtenay's profile at Eurohockey.net | url = http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=8339 | accessdate = 2007-10-10 ] (shared with Mike Ross)cite web | title = Ed Courtenay's entry on A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey | url = http://www.azhockey.com/Co.htm#Courtenay,%20Ed | accessdate = 2007–10–10 ]
*ECHL most power play goals for 1996–97.
*ISL most goals for 1997–98.
*ISL most power play goals for 1997–98.
*ISL leading point scorer for 1999–00.

Career statistics

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.azhockey.com/index.html A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey]
* [http://www.eurohockey.net/ Eurohockey.net]
* [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/ Ice Hockey Journalists UK]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ The Internet Hockey Database]
* [http://www.hhof.com/ LegendsOfHockey.net]

External links

* [http://www.belfastgiants.com/ Belfast Giants]
*Eurohockey|8339
*hockeydb|1124
*legendsofhockey|10300

Persondata
NAME= Courtenay, Ed Emmett
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH= 1968-02-02
PLACE OF BIRTH= Verdun, Quebec, Canada
DATE OF DEATH=
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