Steve Martinson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steve Martinson
Occupation	Ice Hockey Player
Date Of Birth	Jun 21, 1957(1957-06-21)
Age	67
Birthplace	Minnetonka
Country	United States
Birth City	Minnesota
Horoscope	Gemini

Steve Martinson Biography

Steve Martinson is one of the most popular and richest Ice Hockey Player who was born on June 21, 1957 in Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States. Stephen Paul Martinson (born June 21 1957) is an American former professional ice hockey player as well as currently the director of the Allen Americans in the ECHL.

As a coach Martinson has been awarded 10 championships across 4 North American ice hockey leagues and five of them for the San Diego Gulls (1996, 1997 1998 2001 2003) in the West Coast Hockey League, four with the Allen Americans in the Central Hockey League (2013 2013, 2014) and the ECHL (2015 2016, 2015) and another for the Rockford IceHogs in the United Hockey League (2007). Martinson was the very first American coaching experience to have won 1,000 games as the head coach.

He then left the IceHogs after the championship season to become the head coach of the Elmira Jackals in their first season in the ECHL in 2007. With the Jackals, his teams qualified for the playoffs every season following multiple years of no postseasons before he was hired.

In 2010, he left the Jackals to become the inaugural head coach of the expansion Chicago Express in the ECHL. However, the Express did not take the ice until 2011 would end up only playing one season in 2011–12.

Martinson’s initial head coaching position came for his team, the San Diego Gulls of the West Coast Hockey League in 1995. Martinson was appointed as the team’s initial head coach following his time with the previous Gulls team which played with the IHL. He was successful immediately in the new league as well. The WCHL Gulls won the first three league championships, including the Taylor Cup, in 1996 1997, 1996, and 1998. He was the team’s coach for his Gulls during nine of 11 seasons and won two additional Taylor Cups, in 2001 and 2003.

Steve Martinson Net Worth

Steve Martinson is one of the richest Ice Hockey Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steve Martinson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Martinson’s career at the college level included playing the 1977-78 and 1978-1979 seasons with the St. Cloud State Huskies. In the years 1981-86 his team was for the International Hockey League and Central Hockey League for the Toledo Goaldiggers (IHL), Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL), Birmingham South Stars (CHL) as well as the Tulsa Oilers (CHL). While playing for the Tulsa Oilers in the 1983-84 season, the team halted operations on February 16th,

1984. They played only on the road for the remaining 6 weeks. Despite the setback however, the team went on to win the league’s crown and it was the Adams Cup, his only victory as a player.

Martinson played for a portion of the following four years in the American Hockey League, mostly with the Hershey Bears and Adirondack Red Wings, Martinson played his first National Hockey League game, with the Detroit Red Wings, in the 1987-88 season. Martinson was later able to play in fifty NHL games for teams like the Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens and Minnesota North Stars over parts of four seasons. He was predominantly playing for those clubs’ AHL or IHL affiliates. Martinson resigned early in the 1994-95 season, but Martinson made a few games on the ice early in the course of his career as a coach with Fresno Falcons and San Diego Gulls.

After one season of coaching the Gulls after the team joined the ECHL in 2003, he left the organization to become the head coach of the Rockford IceHogs in the United Hockey League in 2004. He stayed with the IceHogs for three seasons, winning the league championship in 2007. During that season, Martinson ordered a line of enforcers to assault players of the Fort Wayne Komets. One of those players, 43 year old Konstitin Shafronov, contemplated retirement due to the acts of Martinson and the IceHogs.

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Facts & Trivia

Steve Ranked on the list of most popular Ice Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Steve Martinson celebrates birthday on June 21 of every year.