Steve Jensen

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Steve Jensen
Steve Jensen Us 1976 Olympic Team.png
Jensen, U.S. Olympic Hockey Team 1976
Born (1955-04-14) April 14, 1955 (age 66)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Minnesota North Stars
Los Angeles Kings
National team  United States
NHL Draft 58th overall, 1975
Minnesota North Stars
WHA Draft 64th overall, 1974
Vancouver Blazers
Playing career 1975–1986

Steven Allan Jensen (born April 14, 1955) is a former professional ice hockey player[1] and owner and director of .[2] Jensen was an offensive player who appeared in 438 games in the National Hockey League from 1976–82. For the past 27 years, Jensen has served as founding owner and director of the Heartland Hockey Camp located in Deerwood, Minnesota and is now a full-time teaching professional with more than 30 years of instruction experience, including 12 years of experience playing International and NHL hockey, five U.S. National Teams, and the 1976 Canada Cup.

He is the cousin of David Jensen and the uncle of Washington Capitals blue-liner Nick Jensen.

School and college[]

As a hockey player, at Armstrong High School, in Plymouth, Minnesota, Jensen was an All-State performer. At the college level, he was a participant in 2 NCAA championship games, helping win the National Championship, in 1975, while playing at Michigan Tech. For two consecutive years, Jensen was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. As a freshman at MTU, Jensen was awarded the Matovich Top Student/Athlete Award

Hockey career[]

Jensen started his professional career in his hometown with the Minnesota North Stars and in 1977, he helped make history, the Minnesota North Stars becoming the first team in NHL to have four rookies score 20 or more goals. He then played four years with the Los Angeles Kings, where he became only the fifth American in NHL history to score more than 100 career goals. During the 1980–81 and 1981-82 NHL seasons Jensen was the active leading goal scoring American in the NHL.[3] After retiring from the NHL, Jensen played four seasons playing and coaching in the professional leagues of Switzerland and Austria. During the 1983-84 Swiss-2 season, while playing for EVZ in Zug, Jensen became the only hockey player in Swiss history to score seven goals in a pro game. During his two seasons, as a player in Switzerland, he had 61 goals in 56 games.

Steve also has extensive experience in International hockey. As a member of the ,[4] he led the team in goal scoring with 52 goals. During the 1976 Olympic Games, in Innsbruck, Austria, Steve was tied with Russia's Vladimir Shadrin, with six goals in six games, to lead the tournament in goals scored. During the 1976 World Ice Hockey Championships, in Katowice three months after the Olympics, Poland, Jensen led Team USA in scoring with four goals and five assists in nine games. Jensen was also on the preliminary roster of the 1979 Team USA World Championship, in Vienna, Austria and 1981 Canada Cup teams, but declined the invitation in order to operate his summer hockey camp business. Jensen did play for the U.S. National Team, winning the Pool B 1983 Ice_Hockey World Championships, in Tokyo, Japan.

NHL/WHA STANDARD[5]
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 20 Minnesota North Stars NHL 19 7 6 13 -5 6 6 1 0 1 49 14.3
1976-77 21 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 22 23 45 -6 62 16 4 2 1 160 13.8
1977-78 22 Minnesota North Stars NHL 74 13 17 30 -30 73 11 2 0 1 132 9.8
1978-79 23 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 23 8 31 -28 57 21 2 0 4 114 20.2
1979-80 24 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 21 15 36 -39 13 15 4 2 2 149 14.1
1980-81 25 Los Angeles Kings NHL 74 19 19 38 -6 88 13 5 1 4 118 16.1
1981-82 26 Los Angeles Kings NHL 45 8 19 27 -14 19 7 1 0 1 78 10.3
Career 7 Seasons NHL 438 113 107 220 -128 318 89 19 5 14 800 14.1

OTHER STANDARD[5]

Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 18 Mich. Tech Huskies WCHA 40 17 9 26 32
1974-75 19 Mich. Tech Huskies WCHA 41 16 32 48 18
1974-75 19 United States NAT_TM 17 4 1 5
1974-75 19 United States WEC-A 9 2 0 2 2
1975-76 20 United States NAT_TM 64 52 44 96 42
1975-76 20 United States OLYMPICS 6 6 0 6 6
1975-76 20 United States WEC-A 7 4 5 9 8
1976-77 21 United States CAN-CUP 5 1 0 1 2
1977-78 22 Fort Worth Texans CHL 3 0 1 1 2
1977-78 21 United States WEC-A 10 3 0 3 2
1981-82 26 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 14 5 8 13 4
1984-85 29 EV Zug Swiss-2 36 38 19 57
1985-86 30 Springfield Indians AHL 4 3 3 6 2
Career 2 Seasons AHL 18 8 11 19 6
Career 1 Seasons CAN-CUP 5 1 0 1 2
Career 1 Seasons CHL 3 0 1 1 2
Career 2 Seasons NAT-TM 81 56 45 101 42
Career 1 Seasons OLYMPICS 6 6 0 6 6
Career 1 Seasons SWISS-2 36 38 19 57
Career 2 Seasons WCHA 81 33 41 74 50
Career 3 Seasons WEC-A 26 9 5 14 12

Positions[]

  • 1983 Assistant Coach, U.S. National Team, World Championships
  • 1984 Austrian League, Head Coach for GSV in Graz, Austria
  • 1985 Austrian League, Head Coach for ATSE in Graz, Austria
  • 1992 Jr. B USA Hockey National Runners-up, Head Coach
  • 1993 USA Hockey Festival Champions, Assistant Coach of Team West
  • 2005 ACHA National Championship Runners-up, Head Coach FGCU[6]
  • 2006 1st Head Coach in ACHA history to lead a # 16 seed to victory over # 1 seed
  • 2007 Led FGCU to their 4th consecutive ACHA National Tournament appearance
  • 2007 Led all coaches in the college hockey ranks with 34 wins at FGCU
  • 2008 Tier 1, USA Hockey UI8 State Champions, Coach of Everblades
  • 2008 Tier 1, USA Hockey SE Regional Championship Runners-up, Coach of Everblades
  • 2008 Tier 1, USA Hockey, Over 50 National Champions, Head Coach[7]
  • 2009 Tier 1, USA Hockey, Over 50 National Championship Runners-up, Head Coach
  • 2010 Tier 1, USA Hockey, Over 50 National Champions, Head Coach

Jensen served USA Hockey for 17 years as a certified hockey official. From 1985 to 1998, he officiated over 1,500 USA youth hockey games. He currently serves as the Head Scout, of the USA Hockey SE Region, for the Aberdeen Wings, a member of the North American Hockey League.

Jensen was the first Minnesota-born hockey player to attend Michigan Tech on a scholarship. He worked for CBS Sports as a color commentator during the 1976 Stanley Cup playoffs, and had a brief appearance in the 1981 film Airplane II. In 1985, he became the first entrepreneur to privately own an ice arena in the state of Minnesota

The Heartland Hockey Camp, which Jensen founded in 1985, was named Small Business Success Story, by , in 2009.[8]

Awards and honors[]

Award Year
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1974 [9]
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1975 [9]

References[]

  1. ^ "1975 NHL Amateur Draft - Steve Jensen". Hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  2. ^ "Hockey Camps for Youth and Adults | Heartland Hockey Camp". Heartlandhockey.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  3. ^ "NHL Player Search - Player - Steve Jensen". Legends of Hockey. 1978-07-15. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  4. ^ "Vintage Minnesota Hockey". Vintage Minnesota Hockey. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  5. ^ a b "Steve Jensen Stats". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  6. ^ Head Coach: Mr. Steve Jensen. hockey.fgcu.edu
  7. ^ Heartland Hockey wins over national championship. heartlandhockey.com
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2018-10-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ a b "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

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