Syl Apps III

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| position = Center

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

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| weight_lb = 195

| played_for = St. John's Maple Leafs
Norfolk Admirals
Springfield Falcons

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|06|02}}

| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| career_start = 1999

| career_end = 2003

| draft = Undrafted

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Sylvanus Marshall Apps III (born June 2, 1976) is an American former professional minor league ice hockey player, the grandson of Toronto Maple Leafs captain Syl Apps and the son of Pittsburgh Penguins player Syl Apps Jr.

Playing career

As a teenager, he was coached by Brian Conacher, son of Toronto Maple Leafs legend Lionel Conacher at Upper Canada College.As the Puck Turns: A Personal Journey Through the World of Hockey, by Brian Conacher, p. 206, John Wiley and Sons, Mississauga, ON, 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-470-15295-9}} Before playing for the Princeton Tigers, Apps played for the St. Michael's Buzzers in 1994-95.St. Michael’s College, 100 Years of Pucks and Prayers, p.215, Kevin Shea with Larry Colle and Paul Patskou, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-55168-348-5}}

=Princeton=

Apps III was a four-time letter winner at Princeton. In addition, he was captain of the Princeton Tigers during the 1998–99 season. As of the 2009–10 Princeton season, Apps is 35th on the Tigers all-time scoring list. For his career, Apps played in 122 games, scored 30 goals and registered 41 assists for a career total of 71. Apps ranks 11th in most games played in a career at Princeton, while he is tied for second overall in most postseason games played in a career with 19. On March 21, 1998, Apps scored the game-winning goal that ended the third longest Princeton game. The game lasted 80:48, and Princeton defeated Clarkson by a score of 5-4 to claim the ECAC Championship.{{cite web | url = http://www.goprincetontigers.com/pdf3/78765.pdf?SPSID=54358&SPID=4264&DB_OEM_ID=10600 | title = Tigers claim ECAC Championship | publisher = Princeton Tigers | date = 1998-03-21 | access-date = 2015-02-06 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725083825/http://www.goprincetontigers.com/pdf3/78765.pdf?SPSID=54358&SPID=4264&DB_OEM_ID=10600 | archive-date = 2011-07-25 }}

=Professional=

On July 22, 1999, Apps was signed as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs.{{cite web |url=http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/99/c/0728.htm |title = Princeton - in the News - Jul 22 to 28, 1999}} Apps played in the American Hockey League with the

St. John's Maple Leafs,{{cite magazine| url = http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/760376--gillian-apps-born-with-hockey-in-her-veins | title = Gillian Apps born with hockey in her veins | magazine = The Star | date = 2010-05-06 | accessdate = 2010-05-06}} Norfolk Admirals, and Springfield Falcons.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0003042002.html |title = Springfield Falcons 2001-02 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com}} He also played in the ECHL with the Jackson Bandits, and the Trenton Titans. As a member of the Trenton Titans, Apps was the team captain.{{cite web | url = http://www.nhl.com/intheslot/read/impact/april/apps.html | title = Apps family impact on NHL | website = National Hockey League | date = 2004-05-06 | access-date = 2015-02-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141013205300/http://www.nhl.com/intheslot/read/impact/april/apps.html | archive-date = 2014-10-13 | url-status = dead }}

Personal

His sister Gillian Apps won gold medals with the Canadian Olympic women's ice hockey teams in 2006 and 2010.Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.16, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, {{ISBN|978-1-55468-621-6}} His other sister, Amy Apps, was a member of the Canadian National women's Soccer team{{cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/profile.asp?playerid%3D420 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822220044/http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/profile.asp?playerid=420 |archive-date=2009-08-22 }} and an OUA All Star in 1998 and 1999.{{cite web|url=http://oua.ca.ismmedia.com/ISM2/Archives/W%20Soccer/All-Stars.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713063534/http://oua.ca.ismmedia.com/ISM2/Archives/W%20Soccer/All-Stars.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-13 }} His cousin, Darren Barber, won a gold medal in the men's eight at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, as a member of the Canadian team.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074829/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/darren-barber-1.html Profile: Darren Barber] sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 12 December 2008) Barber also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he finished fourth.

Apps lives in the Toronto area and works as a managing director for Hines in Toronto.{{cite web |url=https://www.hines.com/about/staff-leadership/syl-apps |title = Syl Apps - Hines}}

Career statistics

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1994–95 \| St. Michael's Buzzers \| MetJHL \| 6 \| 3 \| 1 \| 4 \| 2 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96	Princeton University	ECAC	26	4	6	10	30	—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Princeton University	ECAC	27	3	6	9	40	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1997–98	Princeton University	ECAC	35	10	8	18	65	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Princeton University	ECAC	34	13	21	34	45	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1999–00	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	58	5	7	12	87	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	69	6	8	14	73	4	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2001–02	Jackson Bandits	ECHL	12	3	2	5	19	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2001–02	Trenton Titans	ECHL	42	8	15	23	56	7	1	1	2	16
2001–02	Springfield Falcons	AHL	6	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2002–03	Trenton Titans	ECHL	55	11	21	32	119	1	0	0	0	4
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! 134 ! 12 ! 15 ! 27 ! 160 ! 4 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0

Awards and honours

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! Award

! Year

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ECAC All-Tournament Team

| 1998

All-Ivy Honorable Mention

| 1998

All-Ivy Academic Team

| 1998, 1999

ECAC Best Defensive Forward

| 1999

All-Ivy Second Team

| 1999

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| colspan="3" | Princeton Tigers

Letterwinner

| 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

| {{cite web | url = https://admin.xosn.com/fls/10600/pdf/MIH_Record_Book_09.pdf | title = MIH Record Book | publisher = Princeton Tigers | date = 2014-03-05 | accessdate = 2014-03-05 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Richard F. Vaughan Cup

| 1999