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Greg Poss to Return for Third Season as Head Coach

July 2, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release


ESTERO, FL - Florida Everblades President and General Manager Craig Brush announced Monday that Head Coach Greg Poss will return to coach the team for the 2012-13 season.

"I am very pleased to have Greg return to the team as a Kelly Cup Champion coach," said Brush. "I know he will work as hard as ever to duplicate his success for next season as well."

Poss returns for his third season as the Everblades head coach, after leading the team to its first Kelly Cup Championship this past spring. The Green Bay, Wisconsin native led the Blades to a 39-26-2-5 record, including an impressive 15-3 mark in the postseason

"I am excited to come back to this great franchise, and get things started for next season," said Poss. "Our goal will not be to go out there and just defend the cup, but to go out and attack it throughout the course of the season."

In his first season with the Blades, Poss directed the team to the postseason for the 13th consecutive season, posting a 37-30-1-4 record during the 2010-11 regular season. Prior to Florida, Poss served as an assistant coach for the ECHL's Ontario Reign. .

From 2005-08 Poss served as head coach of the Mannheim Eagles and in 2006-07 helped them become the first team in DEL history to finish in first place in the regular season, win the inter-league tournament and capture the league championship in the same year after leading the club to a 35-9-8 record.

Before his stint in Mannheim, Poss spent two seasons from 2003-05 as the bench boss of the Nuremberg Ice Tigers. Overall he led the Ice Tigers to a 67-31-6 mark in 104 games, including posting 34 and 33 win seasons in his two years with the club.

His first coaching experience in the DEL came from 2000-03 with the Iserlohn Roosters where he compiled an overall record of 71-78-23 in 172 games. Poss took over as head coach of the Iserlohn club while the team was in the second division Bundesliga. In his three seasons from 1997-00, Poss helped promote Iserlohn to the DEL by stringing together three consecutive winning seasons.

His first head coaching experience came in Sweden where from 1992-94 he led Olofstroms Hockey Club. Poss' highlight in Sweden came during the 1993-94 campaign when he led Olofstroms to a first place finish for the first time in 24 years.

Poss' coaching resume also includes national team experience. Most recently in 2009 he was an assistant coach with the USA Hockey team finished second in the Deutschland Cup. In 2004 and 2005 Poss was the head coach of the German Senior National Teams that participated in the Deutschland Cup and 2005 World Championships. His international coaching experience began in 2003 as an assistant coach of the USA Hockey team that finished first in the Deutschland Cup then followed that in 2004 as an assistant coach of the USA Hockey team that won bronze in the World Championships in Prague.

As a player Poss played on the professional level for three seasons in the American Hockey League and International Hockey League. In two years from 1989-91 with the Maine Mariners of the AHL Poss tallied 44 points (17g, 27a) and 103 penalty minutes in 109 games. In 1991-92 Poss skated in just 18 games with the Peoria Rivermen of the IHL tallying five points (1g, 4a) and 41 PIM before suffering a career-ending knee injury.

Before advancing to the professional ranks Poss played four seasons at the University of Wisconsin from 1985-1989 where he posted 25 points in 101 games.

The Everblades will open up their 15th anniversary season at home on October 13 against the Orlando Solar Bears. Season ticket packages are currently available, starting at $290 per seat for all 36 home games. Partial-season packages start as low as $150, and offer a flexible option for fans. For more information on all available packages, call the Everblades office at 239-948-7825, or visit the team online at www.floridaeverblades.com.

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