Greg Poss

Greg Poss (born August 6, 1965, in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a former American hockey player and coach. He was most recently the head coach of the EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Hockey League.

Playing career Poss began his career with the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the United States Hockey League. He then played four years for the University of Wisconsin men's ice hockey team. In 1989 he made his professional debut in the American Hockey League for the Maine Mariners . After two seasons, he joined the International Hockey League with the Peoria Rivermen. After a serious knee injury he had to finish his playing career.

Coaching career

Germany Poss' primary experience with head coaching is in the top-tier hockey league of Germany, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, where he coached the Iserlohn Roosters, the Nürnberg Ice Tigers and Adler Mannheim. From October 2004 to November 2005 he was also head coach of the German national ice hockey team. Poss coached in the DEL through 2008.

United States Poss served as assistant coach of the Ontario Reign for the 2009–10 ECHL season. He signed a two-year contract with the Florida Everblades starting with the 2010–11 ECHL season. In Florida, Poss continued the Everblades' streak of consecutive post-season appearances until it ended in the 2013–14 season. In the 2011 Kelly Cup playoffs, his Everblades were eliminated in the 1st round by the eventual East Division Champions, the Kalamazoo Wings. In the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, he guided the Everblades to their first-ever Kelly Cup, defeating the Ryan Mougenel-led Las Vegas Wranglers 4–1.

On May 26, 2016, Poss left the Everblades for the head coaching position with EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League. Poss led the Salzburg team to semifinal appearance in the Champions Hockey League in the 2018–19 season. He parted company with the club in late February 2019.

Statistics

Playing

Coaching Season Team League Results 1996–97 EHC Timmendorfer Strand 1. Eishockey Liga 3rd place 1997–98 Iserlohner EC 1. Eishockey Liga 3rd place 1998–99 Iserlohner EC Eishockey Bundesliga 4th place 1999–00 Iserlohner EC 2. Eishockey-Bundesliga 6th place 2000–01 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 15th place, Out of playoffs 2001–02 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 12th place, Out of playoffs 2002–03 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 9th place, Out of playoffs 2003–04 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 2nd place 2004–05 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 3rd place 2005–06 Adler Mannheim DEL 10th place 2006–07 Adler Mannheim DEL League champions 2007–08 Adler Mannheim DEL Released 22 December 2009–10 Ontario Reign (ass't coach) ECHL Out of playoffs 2010–11 Florida Everblades ECHL Lost in 1st round 2011–12 Florida Everblades ECHL Won Kelly Cup 2012–13 Florida Everblades ECHL Lost in 2nd round 2013–14 Florida Everblades ECHL Out of playoffs 2014–15 Florida Everblades ECHL Lost in 2nd round 2015–16 Florida Everblades ECHL Lost in 1st round 2016–17 EC Red Bull Salzburg EBEL Lost in 2nd round 2017–18 EC Red Bull Salzburg EBEL Lost in 3rd round 2018–19 EC Red Bull SalzburgEBEL Replaced by Andreas Brucker on February 26