Steve Nemeth

Steve Nemeth (born February 11, 1967) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player. He played 12 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers during the 1987–88 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1987 to 1999, was mainly spent in the United Kingdom.

International career He was part of the Canadian team that was disqualified from the 1987 World Juniors for their involvement in the Punch-up in Piestany. Nemeth was singled out as one of the players who did not fight. However, Nemeth had been involved on-ice attempting to break up various fights, and was the only Canadian to intervene when forward Stephane Roy was double-teamed by two Soviet players.

Nemeth consulted with tournament officials regarding the response to the brawl, and was told to have the players go to the locker room and await further instructions. Nemeth was the only player to challenge the initial suspension handed out by the International Ice Hockey Federation to the players involved in the brawl. The suspensions were initially to last through the end of the 1987–88 season. It was Nemeth's hope to remain eligible to play for Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and though the suspensions would later be reduced to six months, Nemeth would not make the team.

Personal life Nemeth was born in Calgary, Alberta. He played his junior hockey for the Lethbridge Broncos and Kamloops Blazers.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1982–83 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1983–84 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 68 22 20 42 33 5 1 1 2 2 1984–85 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 67 39 55 94 39 4 2 3 5 13 1985–86 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 70 42 169 111 47 10 5 5 10 6 1986–87 Kamloops Blazers WHL 10 10 4 14 0 13 11 9 20 12 1986–87 Canadian National Team Intl 43 14 7 21 12 — — — — — 1987–88 New York Rangers NHL 12 2 0 2 2 — — — — — 1987–88 Colorado Rangers IHL 57 13 24 37 28 10 2 1 3 8 1988–89 Denver Rangers IHL 11 5 2 7 8 — — — — — 1988–89 Canadian National Team Intl 26 6 10 16 10 — — — — — 1989–90 Canadian National Team Intl 73 24 42 66 40 — — — — — 1990–91 Krefelder EV GER-2 15 7 16 23 16 — — — — — 1991–92 Sheffield Steelers BD2 25 92 94 186 28 — — — — — 1991–92 Canadian National Team Intl 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1992–93 Sheffield Steelers BD1 32 67 64 131 67 — — — — — 1993–94 Sheffield Steelers BHL 35 40 59 99 67 5 4 6 10 6 1994–95 Sheffield Steelers BHL 41 54 51 105 39 7 1 3 4 0 1995–96 Sheffield Steelers BHL 31 28 27 55 24 8 5 5 10 10 1996–97 Sheffield Steelers BISL 9 0 5 5 4 — — — — — 1997–98 Tacoma Sabercats WCHL 33 5 8 13 12 — — — — — 1998–99 Kingston Hawks BNL 6 2 3 5 4 — — — — — BHL totals 107 122 137 259 130 20 10 14 24 16 NHL totals 12 2 0 4 2 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1987 Canada WJC 6 4 4 8 4 Junior totals 6 4 4 8 4