Kurt Kleinendorst
| Kurt Kleinendorst | |||
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| Born |
December 31, 1960 Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Played for |
Tulsa Oilers Salt Lake Golden Eagles Toledo Goaldiggers New Haven Nighthawks Indianapolis Checkers ECD Iserlohn Utica Devils Rotterdam Panda's |
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| NHL Draft | 77th overall, 1980 New York Rangers |
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| Playing career | 1983–1990 | ||
| Sport(s) | Ice hockey |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1994 | Raleigh IceCaps |
| 1994–1995 | San Diego Gulls (assistant) |
| 1995–1997 | Raleigh IceCaps |
| 1997–2000 | Manchester Storm |
| 2000–2002 | New Jersey Devils (assistant) |
| 2002–2006 | New Jersey Devils (scout) |
| 2006–2009 | Lowell Devils |
| 2009–2010 | US NTDP |
| 2010 | US Under-18 Team |
| 2010–2012 | Binghamton Senators |
| 2012–2013 | Alabama-Huntsville |
| 2013–2014 | Iowa Wild |
| 2015–2016 | ERC Ingolstadt |
| 2016–present | Binghamton Senators |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3-21-1 (.140) |
Kurt Kleinendorst (born December 31, 1960, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota) is an American professional ice hockey coach. He is currently serving as head coach of the Binghamton Senators in the American Hockey League. Kleinendorst played four seasons at Providence College and was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997.
Kleinendorst played for Providence College for four years, from 1979–80 to 1982–83, for Lou Lamoriello. He was selected in the fourth round (77th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers, but never played in the NHL. He was a member of the Tulsa Oilers (CHL) team that suspended operations on February 16, 1984, playing only road games for final six weeks of 1983-84 season. Despite this adversity, the team went on to win the Adams Cup. In 1986-87 he played with Iserlohn (Germany) and Peliitat Heinola (Finland) teams, and then with the Rotterdam Pandas in the Netherlands during the 1987-88 season,Ingolstadt (Germany) 1988-89, and continued to play minor league hockey through 1990.
After his playing career, Kleinendorst was director of hockey operations and head coach for the Raleigh IceCaps of the East Coast Hockey League from 1991 to 1994, and again from 1995 to 1997. During the 1994–95 season he was the assistant coach and assistant general manager of the International Hockey League's San Diego Gulls. He was both general manager and head coach of the Manchester Storm of the UK Ice Hockey Superleague from 1997–98 to 1999–2000, where he was named Coach of the Year following the 1998–99 season.
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