- Steven Rice
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
image_size =
position = Right Wing
played_for =New York Rangers Edmonton Oilers Hartford Whalers Carolina Hurricanes
nickname =
shot = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 223
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1971|5|26|mf=y
birth_place = Kitchener,Ontario
draft = 20th overall
draft_year = 1989
draft_team =New York Rangers
career_start = 1990
career_end = 1998
2002 – 2007Steven Rice (born
May 26 ,1971 in Kitchener,Ontario ,Canada ) is a formerprofessional ice hockey right winger who played eight seasons in theNational Hockey League in the 1990s.Rice was drafted 20th overall by the
New York Rangers in the1989 NHL Entry Draft . Following his outstanding performance at the 1991World Junior Hockey Championships , in which he captained Canada to the gold medal, he was considered one of the top young power forward prospects in the game. In the summer of 1991, he was sent to theEdmonton Oilers as one of the centerpieces going the other way in the trade of superstar centreMark Messier .His results in Edmonton would be mixed - he spent most of his first two seasons there with their AHL affiliate, but established himself as a full-time NHL player in 1993–94 scoring 17 goals. Following that season, he signed free-agent
offer sheet with theHartford Whalers , and joined the Whalers the following season when Edmonton declined to match the offer. In his three years in Hartford, he established himself as a quality role player, scoring a career high 21 goals in 1996–97. However, a nightmare campaign in 1997–98 following the franchise's move to Carolina, in which he scored just 2 goals, effectively ended his NHL career. He retired at the premature age of 27.Rice came out of retirement in 2002, playing in the
Ontario Hockey Association for theCambridge Hornets until 2006 where he briefly played for theBrantford Blast in the same league before retiring for good in 2006.He played 329 career NHL games, scoring 64 goals and 61 assists for 125 points.
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