Steve Coates
Encyclopedia
Stephen John Coates is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey
player and is currently a broadcaster/color commentator with the Philadelphia Flyers
. He played five NHL
games with the Detroit Red Wings
during the 1976–77 season.
He now resides in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
.
in 1973 as a free agent
after four seasons with the Michagan Tech Huskies
. After playing in four seasons in the Flyers' minor league system, he was dealt to the Detroit Red Wings
along with Terry Murray
, Bob Ritchie
, and Dave Kelly
in exchange for Rick Lapointe
and Mike Korney
during the 1976–77 season. In five games for the Red Wings that season, he scored one goal for his only NHL point. He spent the next three years playing in the Central Hockey League
(CHL) and the American Hockey League
(AHL) before retiring.
(1980–present)
"Coatesy's Corner"
(1999–2011): In 1999, Coates started to host a short segment during the first intermission of local Flyers television broadcasts. These segments included interviews, explanations of NHL rules, analyses of current NHL events, skits with Flyers players for comedic reasons, or other irrelevant content. During the 2010–11 season
, Coatesy's Corner began to air less and less and has since been officially retired.
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 and is currently a broadcaster/color commentator with the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
. He played five 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...
games with the Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
during the 1976–77 season.
He now resides in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
Egg Harbor Township is a township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 43,323, a growth of more than 40% since the previous enumeration....
.
Playing career
Coates' professional hockey career began when he signed with the Philadelphia FlyersPhiladelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
in 1973 as a free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
after four seasons with the Michagan Tech Huskies
Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey
The Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Michigan Technological University. The Huskies are a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association...
. After playing in four seasons in the Flyers' minor league system, he was dealt to the Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
along with Terry Murray
Terry Murray
Terry Rodney Murray is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player, and current head coach of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings...
, Bob Ritchie
Bob Ritchie (ice hockey)
Robert Ritchie is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played 29 National Hockey League games with the Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings.-External links:...
, and Dave Kelly
Dave Leslie Kelly
David Leslie Kelly is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in 16 NHL games with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1976–77 season.-External links:...
in exchange for Rick Lapointe
Rick Lapointe
Richard Paul "Jumbo" Lapointe was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers, St...
and Mike Korney
Mike Korney
Michael Wayne Korney is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in 77 NHL games with the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers over parts of four seasons....
during the 1976–77 season. In five games for the Red Wings that season, he scored one goal for his only NHL point. He spent the next three years playing in 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....
(CHL) and the American Hockey League
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...
(AHL) before retiring.
Broadcasting career
Philadelphia Flyers Color-Commentator(1980–present)
"Coatesy's Corner"
(1999–2011): In 1999, Coates started to host a short segment during the first intermission of local Flyers television broadcasts. These segments included interviews, explanations of NHL rules, analyses of current NHL events, skits with Flyers players for comedic reasons, or other irrelevant content. During the 2010–11 season
2010–11 NHL season
The 2010–11 NHL season was the 94th season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the fourth consecutive season that opened in Europe with NHL Premiere . A record three events were scheduled, all in previous NHL Premiere cities: Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; and Prague, Czech...
, Coatesy's Corner began to air less and less and has since been officially retired.
Career statistics
| 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 | ||
| 1969–70 | Michagan Tech Huskies Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey The Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Michigan Technological University. The Huskies are a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association... |
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.... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Michigan Tech Huskies | WCHA | 33 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Michigan Tech Huskies | WCHA | 30 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Michigan Tech Huskies | WCHA | 34 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Des Moines Capitols Des Moines Capitols The Des Moines Capitols, were a minor league professional ice hockey team in Des Moines, Iowa, playing at the Des Moines Ice Arena. They were members of the International Hockey League from 1972 to 1975, and previously known as the Des Moines Oak Leafs. In 1973, Danny Gloor won the Gary F. Longman... |
IHL | 72 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 167 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 35 | ||
| 1974–75 1974–75 AHL season The 1974–75 AHL season was the 39th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams were scheduled to play 76 games each in the schedule, but the Baltimore Clippers were unable to complete the season. The Providence Reds finished first overall in the regular season... |
Richmond Robins Richmond Robins The Richmond Robins were a professional ice hockey team based in Richmond, Virginia. They were a member of the American Hockey League for five seasons from 1971–72 to 1975–76... |
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... |
50 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 168 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1975–76 1975–76 AHL season The 1975–76 AHL season was the 40th season of the American Hockey League. The league begins to give out three James H. Ellery Memorial Awards to the media, one each for outstanding newspaper, radio and television coverage of the AHL.... |
Richmond Robins | AHL | 69 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 141 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 1976–77 AHL season The 1976–77 AHL season was the 41st season of the American Hockey League. The league lost two teams, and divisions were dissolved. Six teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy is awarded is for first place in the regular season, and the John D. Chick Trophy is not... |
Springfield Indians Springfield Indians The Springfield Indians were a minor professional ice hockey franchise, originally based in West Springfield, Massachusetts and later Springfield, Massachusetts. The Indians were founding members of the American Hockey League. They were in existence for a total of 60 seasons from 1926 to 1994, with... |
AHL | 57 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 122 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York... |
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... |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Kansas City Red Wings Kansas City Red Wings The Kansas City Red Wings were a professional hockey team that operated in the Central Hockey League for two season, 1977–78 and 1978-79. They were the top farm team of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings.-1977-78 season:... |
CHL | 63 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 1977–78 AHL season The 1977–78 AHL season was the 42nd season of the American Hockey League. The season was in jeopardy when the last of the original eight franchises of the "International-American Hockey League", the Rhode Island Reds folded in the offseason, and the AHL was left with five teams... |
Maine Mariners Maine Mariners The Maine Mariners were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Portland, Maine, USA at the Cumberland County Civic Center.-History:... |
AHL | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1978–79 1978–79 AHL season The 1978–79 AHL season was the 43rd season of the American Hockey League. The league inaugurates the Ken McKenzie Award, for the most outstanding marketing executive, showing its commitment to marketing and public relations.... |
Philadelphia Firebirds | AHL | 74 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 1979–80 AHL season The 1979–80 AHL season was the 44th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams were scheduled to play 80 games each. The New Haven Nighthawks finished first overall in the regular season... |
Syracuse Firebirds | AHL | 67 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 332 | 77 | 99 | 176 | 644 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | ||||