Steve Ray Poapst is a retired professional

Professional

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 ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 defenceman who completed his playing career with the St. Louis Blues of the NHL

National Hockey League

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 after four seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and one with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Advancing to management after his playing career was over, he was named head coach of the USHL Chicago Steel

Chicago Steel

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 in December 2006. In August 2010, Poapst moved up the ranks, taking an assistant coaching job with the Rockford IceHogs

Rockford IceHogs

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 of the AHL

American Hockey League

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, bringing him back into the Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks

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 system.

Poapst went undrafted by every NHL team.

Ice hockey

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987–88	Colgate University Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...	ECAC ECAC Hockey League ECAC Hockey is one of the five NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conferences that compete in NCAA Division I ice hockey. The conference used to be affiliated with the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a consortium of over 300 colleges in the eastern United States. This relationship ended in...		32	3	13	16	22
1988–89	Colgate University	ECAC		30	0	5	5	38
1989–90	Colgate University	ECAC		38	4	15	19	54
1990–91	Colgate University	ECAC		32	6	15	21	43
1991–92	Hampton Roads Admirals Hampton Roads Admirals The Hampton Roads Admirals were an American professional ice hockey team in the ECHL. They played in Norfolk, Virginia at the Norfolk Scope 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...		55	8	20	28	29		14	1	4	5	12
1992–93	Hampton-Roads Admirals	ECHL		63	10	35	45	57		4	0	1	1	4
1992–93	Baltimore Skipjacks Baltimore Skipjacks The Baltimore Skipjacks were a minor professional ice hockey team in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League and the American Hockey League. They played in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Baltimore Arena.-History:...	AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...		7	0	1	1	4		7	0	3	3	6
1993–94	Portland Pirates Portland Pirates The Portland Pirates is a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They are the top affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League. They play in the Cumberland County Civic Center in downtown Portland, Maine. The franchise was previously known as the...	AHL		78	14	21	35	47		12	0	3	3	8
1994–95	Portland Pirates	AHL		71	8	22	30	60		7	0	1	1	16
1995–96	Portland Pirates	AHL		70	10	24	34	79		20	2	6	8	16
1995–96	Washington Capitals Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...	NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...		3	1	0	1	0		6	0	0	0	0
1996–97	Portland Pirates	AHL		47	1	20	21	34		5	0	1	1	6
1997–98	Portland Pirates	AHL		76	8	29	37	46		10	2	3	5	8
1998–99	Portland Pirates	AHL		54	3	21	24	36
1998–99	Washington Capitals	NHL		22	0	0	0	8
1999–00	Portland Pirates	AHL		58	0	14	14	20		3	1	0	1	2
2000–01	Norfolk Admirals Norfolk Admirals The Norfolk Admirals are a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and are affiliated with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Admirals play in Norfolk, Virginia, at the Norfolk Scope.-History:...	AHL		37	1	8	9	14
2000–01	Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...	NHL		36	2	3	5	12
2001–02	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		56	1	7	8	30		5	0	0	0	0
2002–03	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		75	2	11	13	50
2003–04	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		53	2	2	4	26
2005–06	Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...	NHL		21	0	4	4	10
2005–06	St. Louis Blues	NHL		41	0	1	1	37
NHL Totals			307	8	28	36	173	11	0	0	0	0

Roller hockey

				Regular Season
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994	New England Stingers New England Stingers The New England Stingers were a professional roller hockey team based in Portland, Maine, United States that played in Roller Hockey International....	RHI Roller Hockey International Roller Hockey International was a professional inline hockey league that operated in North America from 1993 to 1999. It was the first major professional league for inline hockey....		20	6	23	29	47