Steve Junker (ice hockey)

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1972)}}

{{for|the American football player|Steve Junker}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Steve Junker

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 176

| played_for = New York Islanders
Landshut Cannibals
Adler Mannheim
Schwenninger Wild Wings
Augsburger Panther

| ntl_team = Canada

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|6|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada

| draft = 92nd overall

| draft_year = 1991

| draft_team = New York Islanders

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2010

}}

Steve Junker (born June 26, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted by the New York Islanders with the 92nd pick in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He played in only five NHL regular-season games plus three playoff games between the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons, where he recorded his only NHL point. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2010, was mainly spent in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

On April 27, 2010, Junker was named head coach and general manager of the KIJHL's Castlegar Rebels; he held the roles for one year.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1987–88

| Castlegar Rebels

| KIJHL

| 32

45479248

| —

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| 1988–89

| Spokane Chiefs

| WHL

| 68

19153440

| —

1989–90

| Spokane Chiefs

| WHL

| 69

20365676

| 6

0442
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| 1990–91

| Spokane Chiefs

| WHL

| 71

39387786

| 15

513186
1990–91

| Spokane Chiefs

| M-Cup

| —

| 4

0332
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| 1991–92

| Spokane Chiefs

| WHL

| 68

343973128

| 10

671318
1992–93

| Capital District Islanders

| AHL

| 79

16314720

| 4

0000
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| 1992–93

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| —

| 3

0110
1993–94

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 5

0000

| —

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| 1993–94

| Salt Lake Golden Eagles

| IHL

| 71

9142336

| —

1994–95

| Denver Grizzlies

| IHL

| 72

13162937

| 11

3474
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Detroit Vipers

| IHL

| 22

45914

| —

1995–96

| Los Angeles Ice Dogs

| IHL

| 7

0334

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Rochester Americans

| AHL

| 29

52731

| —

1996–97

| Canadian National Team

| Intl

| 55

15233824

| —

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| 1997–98

| EV Landshut

| DEL

| 34

3474

| 6

0006
1998–99

| EV Landshut

| DEL

| 52

1361924

| 3

00016
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–00

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 52

4162024

| 5

1010
2000–01

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 56

15183359

| 12

21312
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 58

15163148

| 12

33614
2002–03

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 46

881678

| 8

2138
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| 2003–04

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 49

7101740

| 6

0114
2004–05

| SERC Wild Wings

| GER-2

| 51

17355273

| 7

2354
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| 2005–06

| SERC Wild Wings

| GER-2

| 52

23305370

| 9

3694
2006–07

| SERC Wild Wings

| GER-2

| 43

15254078

| 5

1232
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| SERC Wild Wings

| GER-2

| 50

10263668

| 11

11214
2008–09

| Augsburger Panther

| DEL

| 52

6121852

| 4

0004
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Augsburger Panther

| DEL

| 54

471142

| 13

0116
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! colspan="3" | DEL totals

! 453 !! 75 !! 97 !! 172 !! 371

! 69 !! 8 !! 7 !! 15 !! 70

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0

! 3 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 0

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1992

| Canada

| WJC

| 7

2244
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! colspan="4"| Junior totals

! 7 !! 2 !! 2 !! 4 !! 4