Carl Greenhous
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Carl Greenhous is a retired Canadian
professional ice hockey
player. While a keen amateur, Greenhous' career really sparked into life with his move to Europe, and specifically the United Kingdom
in 1995.
He would sign for the Chelmsford Chieftains
of the British National League
, then regarded as the second tier of ice hockey in the U.K. under the Ice Hockey Superleague
. Greenhous played just three games in his first spell in Chelmsford, and it would not be until the 1997/98 season when he would play regular hockey for a professional organisation. Greenhous would again play in the BNL, this time with the Telford Tigers
. He played just seven games before his move back to his native North America to sign for the Memphis Riverkings
of the Central Hockey League
.
Greenhous would find his form, and became an important player for the Riverkings, icing in 36 regular season and 4 post-season games. He was rewarded with a contract for the following season, this time playing 69 regular season games and 4 post season appearances. Greenhous managed 159 penalty minutes and helped out the offence with 10 points.
He would not stay in Memphis though, and Greenhous chose to return to his adopted home of England, for a second spell with the Chelmsford Chieftains, now playing in the EPL
. It would be a much longer spell than the first, and Greenhous managed 24 total appearances. He would stay, and started the 2000/01 season as a Chieftain but swiftly moved to sign for the Romford Raiders
, an EPL rival of the Chieftains.
Greenhous moved again the following summer, and was signed for the Invicta Dynamos
to help provide experience and backbone to the team. Greenhous was such a success in the 22 games he played in that he would be given the responsibility of a player/coach role with the Dynamos for the 2002/03 term. Due to off ice financial troubles Greenhous' contract was not renewed and he chose to again return to North America, this time with the Fort Worth Brahmas
, again of the CHL.
Again Greenhous would return to the U.K. mid-season, and would be signed by the Manchester Phoenix
along with Brahmas team-mate Chad Brandimore
. The Phoenix were playing their debut season as an organisation following the collapse of the earlier Manchester franchise, the Manchester Storm
. Greenhous was a solid player for the Phoenix and helped to add a physical presence on the ice. Despite the good start made by the Phoenix in the EIHL, the franchise was temporarily suspended in 2004 and would only return in time for the 2006/07 term.
This prompted Greenhous to start his third spell with the Chieftains. He would remain with them for both the 2004/05 and 2005/06 seasons before announcing his retirement from the game due to persistent injury problems. Greenhous remains a well-liked figure around in the British ice hockey community.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
professional ice hockey
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. While a keen amateur, Greenhous' career really sparked into life with his move to Europe, and specifically the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in 1995.
He would sign for the Chelmsford Chieftains
Chelmsford Chieftains
The Chelmsford Chieftains are an Ice Hockey team based in Chelmsford, Essex that are currently playing in the English National Ice Hockey League. Since the team was founded in 1987, the Chieftains have played their home games at the Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre.Chelmsford played their first...
of the British National League
British National League
The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the...
, then regarded as the second tier of ice hockey in the U.K. under the Ice Hockey Superleague
Ice Hockey Superleague
The Ice Hockey Superleague was a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2003. Formed in 1995, it replaced the Premier Division of the British Hockey League, it was the highest level of ice hockey competition in the United Kingdom...
. Greenhous played just three games in his first spell in Chelmsford, and it would not be until the 1997/98 season when he would play regular hockey for a professional organisation. Greenhous would again play in the BNL, this time with the Telford Tigers
Telford Tigers
The Telford Tigers are an English Premier League ice hockey team that formed in 2001 under the name Telford Wild Foxes.A previous Telford Tigers team had existed between 1985 and 1999.- Early history :...
. He played just seven games before his move back to his native North America to sign for the Memphis Riverkings
Memphis RiverKings
The Mississippi RiverKings are a professional minor league ice hockey team. The RiverKings are a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League, playing their first nineteen seasons from the 1992–93 season to the 2010–11 season in the Central Hockey League The Mississippi RiverKings...
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....
.
Greenhous would find his form, and became an important player for the Riverkings, icing in 36 regular season and 4 post-season games. He was rewarded with a contract for the following season, this time playing 69 regular season games and 4 post season appearances. Greenhous managed 159 penalty minutes and helped out the offence with 10 points.
He would not stay in Memphis though, and Greenhous chose to return to his adopted home of England, for a second spell with the Chelmsford Chieftains, now playing in the EPL
English Premier Ice Hockey League
The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association...
. It would be a much longer spell than the first, and Greenhous managed 24 total appearances. He would stay, and started the 2000/01 season as a Chieftain but swiftly moved to sign for the Romford Raiders
Romford Raiders
The Romford Raiders are an ice hockey team based at the 1,500 seat Romford Ice Arena in Romford, Havering, east London. They were founder members of the EPIHL but now compete in the ENIHL. Their development team was the Romford Spitfires who played in Division 2 of the ENIHL before being succeeded...
, an EPL rival of the Chieftains.
Greenhous moved again the following summer, and was signed for the Invicta Dynamos
Invicta Dynamos
Invicta Dynamos are the senior ice hockey team based in Gillingham in Kent.-History:The club was founded in 1997 replacing the Medway Bears as the senior team based at the Ice Bowl. The club originally competed in the EPIHL until the 2003/4 season when the club dropped down to the ENIHL due to a...
to help provide experience and backbone to the team. Greenhous was such a success in the 22 games he played in that he would be given the responsibility of a player/coach role with the Dynamos for the 2002/03 term. Due to off ice financial troubles Greenhous' contract was not renewed and he chose to again return to North America, this time with the Fort Worth Brahmas
Fort Worth Brahmas
The Texas Brahmas are a professional ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League. Dan Wildfong is the head coach and General Manager and Mike Barack is the President. Stuart Fraser is the majority owner of the franchise along with minority owners; Andy Moog, Dr...
, again of the CHL.
Again Greenhous would return to the U.K. mid-season, and would be signed by 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...
along with Brahmas team-mate Chad Brandimore
Chad Brandimore
Chad Brandimore is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, currently without a club after being released by the Corner Brook Royals of the West Coast Senior Hockey League. Brandimore began his career playing for the Daytona Beach Breakers in the Southern Hockey League...
. The Phoenix were playing their debut season as an organisation following the collapse of the earlier Manchester franchise, the Manchester Storm
Manchester Storm
The Manchester Storm were an ice hockey team from Manchester, England. The team formed in 1995, playing their home games at the then newly built Nynex Arena . Storm won the British Hockey League Division One in their first season, watched by an average crowd of 6,342...
. Greenhous was a solid player for the Phoenix and helped to add a physical presence on the ice. Despite the good start made by the Phoenix in the EIHL, the franchise was temporarily suspended in 2004 and would only return in time for the 2006/07 term.
This prompted Greenhous to start his third spell with the Chieftains. He would remain with them for both the 2004/05 and 2005/06 seasons before announcing his retirement from the game due to persistent injury problems. Greenhous remains a well-liked figure around in the British ice hockey community.
Career stats
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1995-96 | Chelmsford Chieftains Chelmsford Chieftains The Chelmsford Chieftains are an Ice Hockey team based in Chelmsford, Essex that are currently playing in the English National Ice Hockey League. Since the team was founded in 1987, the Chieftains have played their home games at the Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre.Chelmsford played their first... |
BNL British National League The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the... |
3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997-98 | Telford Wildfoxes | BNL British National League The British National League is a defunct second-level professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. Although no formal promotion and relegation existed during its period of existence, it was considered to have a standard below that of the Ice Hockey Superleague and above that of the... |
7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1997-98 | Memphis RiverKings Memphis RiverKings The Mississippi RiverKings are a professional minor league ice hockey team. The RiverKings are a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League, playing their first nineteen seasons from the 1992–93 season to the 2010–11 season in the Central Hockey League The Mississippi RiverKings... |
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.... |
36 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1998-99 | Memphis RiverKings Memphis RiverKings The Mississippi RiverKings are a professional minor league ice hockey team. The RiverKings are a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League, playing their first nineteen seasons from the 1992–93 season to the 2010–11 season in the Central Hockey League The Mississippi RiverKings... |
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.... |
69 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 159 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1999-00 | Chelmsford Chieftains Chelmsford Chieftains The Chelmsford Chieftains are an Ice Hockey team based in Chelmsford, Essex that are currently playing in the English National Ice Hockey League. Since the team was founded in 1987, the Chieftains have played their home games at the Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre.Chelmsford played their first... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
21 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000-01 | Chelmsford Chieftains Chelmsford Chieftains The Chelmsford Chieftains are an Ice Hockey team based in Chelmsford, Essex that are currently playing in the English National Ice Hockey League. Since the team was founded in 1987, the Chieftains have played their home games at the Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre.Chelmsford played their first... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000-01 | Romford Raiders Romford Raiders The Romford Raiders are an ice hockey team based at the 1,500 seat Romford Ice Arena in Romford, Havering, east London. They were founder members of the EPIHL but now compete in the ENIHL. Their development team was the Romford Spitfires who played in Division 2 of the ENIHL before being succeeded... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2001-02 | Invicta Dynamos Invicta Dynamos Invicta Dynamos are the senior ice hockey team based in Gillingham in Kent.-History:The club was founded in 1997 replacing the Medway Bears as the senior team based at the Ice Bowl. The club originally competed in the EPIHL until the 2003/4 season when the club dropped down to the ENIHL due to a... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002-03 | Invicta Dynamos Invicta Dynamos Invicta Dynamos are the senior ice hockey team based in Gillingham in Kent.-History:The club was founded in 1997 replacing the Medway Bears as the senior team based at the Ice Bowl. The club originally competed in the EPIHL until the 2003/4 season when the club dropped down to the ENIHL due to a... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
34 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2003-04 | Fort Worth Brahmas Fort Worth Brahmas The Texas Brahmas are a professional ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League. Dan Wildfong is the head coach and General Manager and Mike Barack is the President. Stuart Fraser is the majority owner of the franchise along with minority owners; Andy Moog, Dr... |
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.... |
25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003-04 | 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 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2004-05 | Chelmsford Chieftains Chelmsford Chieftains The Chelmsford Chieftains are an Ice Hockey team based in Chelmsford, Essex that are currently playing in the English National Ice Hockey League. Since the team was founded in 1987, the Chieftains have played their home games at the Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre.Chelmsford played their first... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
32 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | ||
| 2005-06 | Chelmsford Chieftains Chelmsford Chieftains The Chelmsford Chieftains are an Ice Hockey team based in Chelmsford, Essex that are currently playing in the English National Ice Hockey League. Since the team was founded in 1987, the Chieftains have played their home games at the Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre.Chelmsford played their first... |
EPL English Premier Ice Hockey League The English Premier Ice Hockey League commonly abbreviated to EPIHL, or simply EPL, is a senior ice hockey league in England, and is run and administered by the English Ice Hockey Association... |
47 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Career Totals | 329 | 31 | 88 | 119 | 429 | 31 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 36 | ||||
- League appearances only, correct up to 06/06/08
External links
- Carl Greenhous Personal Profile, Manchester Phoenix Official Website.
- "Greenhous Announced As Dynamos Coach", Invicta Dynamos Official Website, 03/08/02