Len Soccio

Leonard Soccio (born May 28, 1967) is a Canadian-born German former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of EC Hannover Indians in Germany.

Playing career Soccio was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. He played his junior hockey with the North Bay Centennials, an OHL team based out of North Bay, ON. In his four years with the Centennials, he scored 114 goals and 190 assists, totaling 304 points. In his final year, Soccio's 135 points was the second highest point total, trailing only Montreal Canadiens draft pick Andrew Cassels, chosen 17th overall in the NHL draft held earlier that year. Soccio won the Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy, which is given to the best overage player in the OHL.

Soccio started his professional hockey career in the IHL with the Fort Wayne Komets, where he played one game in the 1988-89 IHL season. The following year, he played 60 games with the ECHL's Winston-Salem Thunderbirds, where he scored 51 goals and 113 points. He, along with teammate Trent Kaese and Bill McDougall of the Erie Panthers were named the starting forwards of the East Coast Hockey League's all-star team.

After several teams in various minor leagues, Soccio signed with the Hannover Scorpions of the DEL. Soccio led the Scorpions in scoring five out his eight seasons, and tied for the lead in another (teammate Gilbert Dionne had the same number of points but scored more goals). On March 7, 2006, Soccio's #20 was raised to the rafters in the form of an oversized jersey.

Coaching career

Following the end of his professional playing career, he opened the Soccio Ice and Event Center in Langenhagen near the city of Hannover.

Soccio later returned to the Scorpions as a player-coach and later served as a player-coach for SC Langenhagen, a 3rd division team, where he scored 11 goals and 41 points in the 2008-09 season.

In July 2011, Soccio joined the coaching staff of Germany's women's national team as an assistant.

In August 2013, Soccio took over as head coach of the Hannover Scorpions who had withdrawn from Germany's top-tier DEL and made a fresh start in the Oberliga. In May 2016, he was named head coach of fellow Oberliga team ECC Preussen Berlin.

Awards 1987-88: Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy 1989-90: ECHL All Star 2001-02: DEL All-Star 2003-03: DEL All-Star

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1982–83 Thorold Golden Eagles GHL 39 11 17 28 18 — — — — — 1983–84 Thorold Golden Eagles GHL 41 20 32 52 127 — — — — — 1984–85 Thorold Golden Eagles GHL 25 18 33 51 89 — — — — — 1984–85 North Bay Centennials OHL 35 10 11 21 11 8 0 6 6 10 1985–86 North Bay Centennials OHL 66 20 43 63 79 10 1 5 6 11 1986–87 North Bay Centennials OHL 66 31 54 85 24 24 9 18 27 36 1987–88 North Bay Centennials OHL 66 53 82 135 79 4 2 4 6 4 1987–88 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 6 1 2 3 0 — — — — — 1988–89 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 1 0 0 0 17 — — — — — 1988–89 Port aux Basques Mariners NSHL 33 32 56 88 47 — — — — — 1989–90 Springfield Indians AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1989–90 Winston-Salem Thunderbirds ECHL 60 51 62 113 87 10 5 12 17 12 1990–91 Greensboro Monarchs ECHL 63 36 55 91 186 13 10 6 16 11 1991–92 Peterborough Pirates GBR 5 4 9 13 10 — — — — — 1991–92 Brantford Smoke CoHL 12 12 12 24 2 — — — — — 1991–92 Columbus Chill ECHL 38 24 34 58 149 — — — — — 1992–93 St. Thomas Wildcats CoHL 56 44 84 128 90 15 20 21 31 25 1994–95 ESC Wedemark DEU.2 42 49 76 125 119 — — — — — 1995–96 ESC Wedemark DEU.2 52 52 104 156 84 — — — — — 1996–97 Wedemark Scorpions DEL 49 25 30 55 111 8 1 6 7 18 1997–98 Hannover Scorpions DEL 41 18 46 64 48 9 0 9 9 14 1998–99 Hannover Scorpions DEL 51 18 35 53 120 — — — — — 1999–2000 Hannover Scorpions DEL 56 16 43 59 46 — — — — — 2000–01 Hannover Scorpions DEL 55 17 36 53 52 6 1 5 6 20 2001–02 Hannover Scorpions DEL 60 25 45 70 94 — — — — — 2002–03 Hannover Scorpions DEL 52 13 33 46 84 — — — — — 2003–04 Hannover Scorpions DEL 51 15 25 40 50 — — — — — 2004–05 Hannover Scorpions DEL 52 5 17 22 46 — — — — — 2008–09 SC Langenhagen Jets DEU.4 20 12 38 50 42 — — — — — 2009–10 SC Langenhagen Jets DEU.4 15 4 9 13 43 — — — — — 2011–12 SC Langenhagen Jets DEU.4 11 18 22 40 26 — — — — — ECHL totals 161 111 141 262 422 23 15 18 33 23 DEL totals 467 152 310 462 651 23 2 20 22 52

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2000 Germany OGQ 3 1 2 3 2 2000 Germany WC B 7 4 3 7 2 2001 Germany OGQ 3 2 5 7 4 2001 Germany WC 7 0 1 1 6 2002 Germany OG 7 3 3 6 8 2002 Germany WC 7 3 4 7 31 2003 Germany WC 6 2 3 5 6 Senior totals 40 15 21 36 59