Luke Stauffacher
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Luke Stauffacher is an American professional ice hockey
player, currently playing for the Odessa Jackalopes
of the Central Hockey League
.
in the USHL
. During his time in Green Bay, Stauffacher was a regular first team player, featuring in 189 games and scoring 116 points over a four year spell.
Stauffacher went on to play at University level, icing for the University of Minnesota - Duluth
at NCAA level. Stauffacher spent four years in Minnesota, and was again a regular first team player and a reliable player in terms of both goals and assists. During the 2004–05
season, Stauffacher was signed by the Peoria Rivermen
of the ECHL
, but only played two games.
The following season he moved to another ECHL team, the Charlotte Checkers. Stauffacher appeared in over 50 games for the Checkers, grabbing 20 points along the way. Late in the season he again switched teams to play for the Trenton Titans
, for whom he also made two post-season appearances.
Stauffacher would again move during the off season, this time to link up with the UHL Quad City Mallards
. At the lower level, Stauffacher would flourish, totalling almost a point a game during a 76 game regular season stint.
Due to his points production, Stauffacher would move back to the ECHL
for the start of the 2007–08 season, but would only manage five appearances before moving to sign for the Manchester Phoenix
mid-season, where he played alongside former Quad City Mallards line-mate Sean Starke
. In 43 appearances for the Phoenix, Stauffacher managed to score 16 goals and help out with 28 assists, a ratio of just over a point per game. Despite this he was not re-signed by the Phoenix and moved back to his native North America and signed for the Muskegon Lumberjacks
of the International Hockey League.
A free agent for the 2009–10 season, Stauffacher joined the Tusla Oilers mid-year for the duration of the season on February 23, 2010.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player, currently playing for the Odessa Jackalopes
Odessa Jackalopes
The Odessa Jackalopes were a minor professional ice hockey team based in Odessa, Texas. The team played in the Central Hockey League , and was an affiliate of the New York Islanders...
of the Central Hockey League
Central Hockey League
The Central Hockey League is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. Its current champions are the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, which defeated the Colorado Eagles four games to three in the 2011 playoffs....
.
Playing career
He began his junior career playing for the Green Bay GamblersGreen Bay Gamblers
The Green Bay Gamblers are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team in the East Division of the United States Hockey League. They play in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at the Resch Center.-History:...
in the USHL
United States Hockey League
The United States Hockey League is the top junior ice hockey league in the United States. The USHL has 16 member teams located in the Midwestern United States, consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger...
. During his time in Green Bay, Stauffacher was a regular first team player, featuring in 189 games and scoring 116 points over a four year spell.
Stauffacher went on to play at University level, icing for the University of Minnesota - Duluth
University of Minnesota Duluth
The University of Minnesota Duluth is a regional branch of the University of Minnesota system located in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. As Duluth's public research university, UMD offers 13 bachelor's degrees in 74 majors, graduate programs in 24 different fields, a two-year program at the School of...
at NCAA level. Stauffacher spent four years in Minnesota, and was again a regular first team player and a reliable player in terms of both goals and assists. During the 2004–05
2004-05 ECHL season
The 2004-05 ECHL season was the 17th season of the ECHL. This season marked uncharted territory for the ECHL as they established their first Canadian franchise, the Victoria Salmon Kings....
season, Stauffacher was signed by the Peoria Rivermen
Peoria Rivermen
The Peoria Rivermen are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.-History:...
of the ECHL
ECHL
The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
, but only played two games.
The following season he moved to another ECHL team, the Charlotte Checkers. Stauffacher appeared in over 50 games for the Checkers, grabbing 20 points along the way. Late in the season he again switched teams to play for the Trenton Titans
Trenton Titans
The Trenton Titans are a professional minor league ice hockey team that currently plays in the ECHL. The team participates in the Atlantic Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. The Titans play their home games at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, New Jersey. Established in 1999, the...
, for whom he also made two post-season appearances.
Stauffacher would again move during the off season, this time to link up with the UHL Quad City Mallards
Quad City Mallards
The Quad City Mallards were a professional ice hockey team competing in the AA level United Hockey League. The Mallards played their home games at The MARK of the Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois. Their team colors were forest green and burgundy. They won the Colonial Cup in 1997, 1998 and 2001,...
. At the lower level, Stauffacher would flourish, totalling almost a point a game during a 76 game regular season stint.
Due to his points production, Stauffacher would move back to the ECHL
ECHL
The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
for the start of the 2007–08 season, but would only manage five appearances before moving to sign for the Manchester Phoenix
Manchester Phoenix
Manchester Phoenix are a professional ice hockey team from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. The club was formed in 2003 as a result of the efforts of supporters group Friends of Manchester Ice Hockey to bring top-level ice hockey back to Manchester after Manchester Storm folded in...
mid-season, where he played alongside former Quad City Mallards line-mate Sean Starke
Sean Starke
Sean Starke is a Canadian retired former professional ice hockey player, who last played for the Manchester Phoenix. He has played a high level of hockey since 1999, where he played for Bowdoin College in New England for four seasons, providing a decent return of 101 points in that time...
. In 43 appearances for the Phoenix, Stauffacher managed to score 16 goals and help out with 28 assists, a ratio of just over a point per game. Despite this he was not re-signed by the Phoenix and moved back to his native North America and signed for the Muskegon Lumberjacks
Muskegon Lumberjacks
The Muskegon Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League team based in Muskegon, Michigan.-Facts:-Season-by-Season record:Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses/Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in...
of the International Hockey League.
A free agent for the 2009–10 season, Stauffacher joined the Tusla Oilers mid-year for the duration of the season on February 23, 2010.
Career stats
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997–98 | Green Bay Gamblers Green Bay Gamblers The Green Bay Gamblers are a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team in the East Division of the United States Hockey League. They play in Green Bay, Wisconsin, at the Resch Center.-History:... |
USHL United States Hockey League The United States Hockey League is the top junior ice hockey league in the United States. The USHL has 16 member teams located in the Midwestern United States, consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger... |
23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | 54 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 74 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1999–00 | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | 56 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 138 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28 | ||
| 2000–01 | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | 56 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 114 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2001–02 | U. of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA Western Collegiate Hockey Association The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference.... |
33 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | U. of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 41 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | U. of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 42 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | U. of Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 38 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 2004-05 ECHL season The 2004-05 ECHL season was the 17th season of the ECHL. This season marked uncharted territory for the ECHL as they established their first Canadian franchise, the Victoria Salmon Kings.... |
Peoria Rivermen Peoria Rivermen (ECHL) The Peoria Rivermen were an ice hockey team in the ECHL. They played in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.The Peoria Rivermen were an ice hockey team in the ECHL. They played in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.... |
ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 2005-06 ECHL season The 2005–06 ECHL season is the 18th season of the East Coast Hockey League, ECHL, a professional ice-hockey league based in the United States. The season ran from late October, 2005 to early June, 2006... |
Charlotte Checkers | ECHL | 52 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Trenton Titans Trenton Titans The Trenton Titans are a professional minor league ice hockey team that currently plays in the ECHL. The team participates in the Atlantic Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. The Titans play their home games at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, New Jersey. Established in 1999, the... |
ECHL | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Quad City Mallards Quad City Mallards The Quad City Mallards were a professional ice hockey team competing in the AA level United Hockey League. The Mallards played their home games at The MARK of the Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois. Their team colors were forest green and burgundy. They won the Colonial Cup in 1997, 1998 and 2001,... |
UHL United Hockey League The United Hockey League was a low-level professional ice hockey league , with teams in the United States... |
76 | 42 | 29 | 71 | 221 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 2007–08 2007-08 ECHL season The 2007–08 ECHL season was the 20th season of the ECHL.Two teams suspended operations at the end of the 2006–07 season, the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the Toledo Storm... |
Fresno Falcons Fresno Falcons The Fresno Falcons are a defunct minor league hockey team. They were once members of the ECHL . They were located in Fresno, California.-Early history:... |
ECHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Manchester Phoenix Manchester Phoenix Manchester Phoenix are a professional ice hockey team from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. The club was formed in 2003 as a result of the efforts of supporters group Friends of Manchester Ice Hockey to bring top-level ice hockey back to Manchester after Manchester Storm folded in... |
EIHL Elite Ice Hockey League Several competitions fall under the jurisdiction of the Elite League. In 2006–07, the EIHL ran a total of four competitions: the league, playoffs, Challenge Cup and Knockout Cup. The league consists of a single division, each team playing three home games and three away games against the other... |
39 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Muskegon Lumberjacks Muskegon Lumberjacks The Muskegon Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League team based in Muskegon, Michigan.-Facts:-Season-by-Season record:Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses/Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in... |
IHL | 70 | 39 | 41 | 80 | 129 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 2009–10 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL Central Hockey League The Central Hockey League is a mid-level professional hockey league, owned by Global Entertainment Corporation. Its current champions are the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, which defeated the Colorado Eagles four games to three in the 2011 playoffs.... |
13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Odessa Jackalopes Odessa Jackalopes The Odessa Jackalopes were a minor professional ice hockey team based in Odessa, Texas. The team played in the Central Hockey League , and was an affiliate of the New York Islanders... |
CHL | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||
| ECHL totals | 74 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 148 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||