Steve Plouffe
Encyclopedia
Steve Plouffe is a retired Canadian
professional ice hockey
goaltender
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with the Fort Worth Fire
. As a member of the Fire, Plouffe led the league with 38 wins and was a member of the 1996-97 team that won the CHL Championship. The following season, Plouffe played as the starting goaltender for the Johnstown Chiefs
. As a member of the Chiefs, Plouffe won 11 games in 44 appearances and set an ECHL single-season record for the longest winless streak with 11 games without a win. The record has since been broken several times, which includes a 22 game winless streak by former Stockton Thunder
goaltender Jeff Weber
during the 2005-06 ECHL season
. He returned to Fort Worth for the 1998-99 season, where he skated with the Fort Worth Brahmas
of the WPHL
Plouffe spent three seasons playing in the Russian Superleague
. He skated with the Khabarovsk Amur from 1999 until 2001 and returned to Russia in 2002 where he made 40 appearances with the Moscow Spartak
.
Plouffe returned to Canada to skate in the LNAH for three seasons. He skated with the Sorel Royeaux for the 2003-04 season. The Royeaux folded after the season, but the St. Jean Mission moved from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu to Sorel in the offseason, allowing Plouffe to stay in Sorel from 2004 to 2006 as a member of the newly-named Sorel-Tracy Mission
to finish his career.
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...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
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Career
Plouffe started his career in the Central Hockey LeagueCentral 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....
with the Fort Worth Fire
Fort Worth Fire
The Fort Worth Fire were a professional ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League. Their home games were played in the Fort Worth Convention Center Arena. They began operations in 1992 and ceased operations in 1999....
. As a member of the Fire, Plouffe led the league with 38 wins and was a member of the 1996-97 team that won the CHL Championship. The following season, Plouffe played as the starting goaltender for the Johnstown Chiefs
Johnstown Chiefs
The Johnstown Chiefs were a minor league ice hockey team located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania that played in the ECHL. The team was founded in 1988 in the All-American Hockey League, and moved to the East Coast Hockey League when that league was formed...
. As a member of the Chiefs, Plouffe won 11 games in 44 appearances and set an ECHL single-season record for the longest winless streak with 11 games without a win. The record has since been broken several times, which includes a 22 game winless streak by former Stockton Thunder
Stockton Thunder
The Stockton Thunder are a minor league professional ice hockey team from Stockton, California. The Thunder are a member of the ECHL, and began playing in the 2005–06 season. The Stockton Arena is their home ice, providing a capacity for 9,737 fans...
goaltender Jeff Weber
Jeff Weber
Jeff Weber is a former professional ice hockey goaltender.-Career:Weber began his playing career in the OHL with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. After appearing in only four games for the Greyhounds Weber was traded to the Plymouth Whalers during the 2002–03 season...
during the 2005-06 ECHL season
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...
. He returned to Fort Worth for the 1998-99 season, where he skated 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...
of the WPHL
Western Professional Hockey League
The Western Professional Hockey League is a defunct minor professional ice hockey league.It operated in the United States from 1996 to 2001, with teams in the southern United States, mainly Texas. The league started with six teams in the 1996-1997 season and grew to 18 teams in 1999-2000...
Plouffe spent three seasons playing in the Russian Superleague
Russian Superleague
The Russian Superleague , commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second best league in the world, after the National Hockey League of North America...
. He skated with the Khabarovsk Amur from 1999 until 2001 and returned to Russia in 2002 where he made 40 appearances with the Moscow Spartak
HC Spartak Moscow
HC Spartak is a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. They are members of the Bobrov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League .-History:One of the sections of the Spartak Moscow sports club, HC Spartak Moscow was established in 1946...
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Plouffe returned to Canada to skate in the LNAH for three seasons. He skated with the Sorel Royeaux for the 2003-04 season. The Royeaux folded after the season, but the St. Jean Mission moved from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu to Sorel in the offseason, allowing Plouffe to stay in Sorel from 2004 to 2006 as a member of the newly-named Sorel-Tracy Mission
Sorel Mission
The Sorel-Tracy GCI is a hockey team based in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The team is part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey . The GCI play at the Colisée Cardin....
to finish his career.