Greg Poss
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Coach Greg Poss addresses the fans at the Florida Everblades Kelly Cup celebration.
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August 6, 1965 Green Bay, WI, USA |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Playing career | 1989–1992 | ||
Greg Poss (born August 6, 1965 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a former American hockey player and current coach. He is currently the head coach of the EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Hockey League.
Poss began his career with the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the United States Hockey League. He then played four years for the ice hockey team of the University of Wisconsin. 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.
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 Nuremberg 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.
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.
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