Charlie Stephens Explained

Position:Centre
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lb:225
Team:Elora Rocks
League:WOSHL
Former Teams:Colorado Avalanche
DEG Metro Stars
Krefeld Pinguine
Kölner Haie
Birth Date:April 5, 1981
Birth Place:London, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:2002
Career End:2016
Draft:31st overall, 1999
Washington Capitals
196th overall
Draft Year:2001
Draft Team:Colorado Avalanche

Charles Stephens (born April 5, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward currently playing with the senior men's club, the Elora Rocks, who compete in the Western Ontario Super Hockey League (WOSHL).

Playing career

Stephens was highly rated as a young player and was selected first overall in the Ontario Hockey League entry draft, and attained national prominence for his role in the Esquire Swiss Watch company's advertising. He was selected in the second round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals, but did not sign with them and ultimately was re-drafted in 2001 by the Colorado Avalanche.

After a long OHL career with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors, Guelph Storm and London Knights, Stephens turned pro, but to date has only played 8 NHL games, all with Colorado. On January 23, 2004 Stephens was traded to the Ottawa Senators for Dennis Bonvie.[1] However Stephens never played for the Senators spending most of his time with the Binghamton Senators.

For the season 2006–07 he signed a contract with the DEG Metro Stars of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In 2008, Stephens then signed for rivals the Krefeld Pinguine instantly becoming an integral part of the team.[2]

After his third season with the Penguins, Stephens left as a free agent and signed a two-year contract to remain in Germany with Kölner Haie on April 12, 2011.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1996–97Leamington FlyersWOHL50 26 36 62 103
1997–98Toronto St. Michael's MajorsOHL58 9 21 30 38
1998–99Toronto St. Michael's MajorsOHL7 2 4 6 8
1998–99Guelph StormOHL61 24 28 52 7211 3 5 8 19
1999–2000Guelph StormOHL56 16 34 50 876 1 3 4 15
2000–01Guelph StormOHL67 38 38 76 534 0 2 2 2
2001–02Guelph StormOHL4 1 2 3 2
2001–02London KnightsOHL56 23 33 56 5512 6 10 16 18
2001–02Hershey BearsAHL1 0 0 0 0
2002–03Hershey BearsAHL74 17 33 50 385 1 1 2 2
2002–03Colorado AvalancheNHL2 0 0 0 0
2003–04Hershey BearsAHL32 5 9 14 21
2003–04Colorado AvalancheNHL6 0 2 2 4
2003–04Quad City MallardsUHL7 0 1 1 0
2003–04Binghamton SenatorsAHL37 15 17 32 432 0 0 0 0
2004–05Binghamton SenatorsAHL80 7 21 28 646 3 0 3 19
2005–06Binghamton SenatorsAHL80 23 44 67 72
2006–07DEG Metro StarsDEL46 14 20 34 1308 2 4 6 30
2007–08DEG Metro StarsDEL54 7 17 24 896 0 0 0 0
2008–09Krefeld PinguineDEL51 20 38 58 727 2 2 4 8
2009–10Krefeld PinguineDEL54 24 24 48 93
2010–11Krefeld PinguineDEL51 14 18 32 288 2 4 6 8
2011–12Kölner HaieDEL51 11 20 31 1086 0 0 0 10
2012–13Kölner HaieDEL52 16 25 41 7212 3 8 11 12
2013–14Kölner HaieDEL41 10 16 26 225 0 1 1 4
2014–15Kölner HaieDEL50 8 14 22 78
2015–16Kölner HaieDEL49 2 2 4 1610 1 0 1 20
2016–17Brantford BlastACH17 17 19 36 02 0 2 2 2
2017–18Brantford BlastACH12 6 15 21 6
2018–19Dundas Real McCoysACH9 7 3 10 04 0 2 2 2
2019–20Dundas Real McCoysACH6 2 4 6 01 0 0 0 0
2021–22Elora RocksWOSHL5 4 7 11 24 5 2 7 2
AHL totals303 67 124 191 23814 4 1 5 21
NHL totals8 0 2 2 4
DEL totals499 126 195 321 70866 10 21 31 94

International

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senators Acquire Stephens. ottawastart.com. 2004-01-30. 2008-11-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090601064531/http://ottawastart.com/arc0-2004.php. 2009-06-01.
  2. Web site: Ex-NHL player Stephens leads way for Penguins . nhl.com . 2008-10-22 . 2008-11-16.
  3. Web site: Stephens and Riefers come from Krefeld to Cologne . Kölner Haie . 2011-04-12 . 2011-04-12 . German.