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Greg Poss
Greg Poss
	Coach Greg Poss addresses the fans at the Florida Everblades Kelly Cup celebration.
Born	August 6, 1965 (age 59); Green Bay, WI, USA
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	AHL; Maine Mariners; IHL; Peoria Rivermen
Playing career	1989–1992

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Greg Poss (born August 6, 1965 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a former American hockey player and current coach. He was most recently the head coach of the EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Austrian Hockey League.

Poss began his career with the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the United States Hockey League. He then played four years for the University of Wisconsin men's ice hockey team. In 1989 he made his professional debut in the American Hockey League for the Maine Mariners . After two seasons, he joined the International Hockey League with the Peoria Rivermen. After a serious knee injury he had to finish his playing career.

Poss' primary experience with head coaching is in the top-tier hockey league of Germany, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, where he coached the Iserlohn Roosters, the Nürnberg Ice Tigers and Adler Mannheim. From October 2004 to November 2005 he was also head coach of the German national ice hockey team. Poss coached in the DEL through 2008.

Poss served as assistant coach of the Ontario Reign for the 2009–10 ECHL season. He signed a two-year contract with the Florida Everblades starting with the 2010–11 ECHL season. In Florida, Poss continued the Everblades' streak of consecutive post-season appearances until it ended in the 2013–14 season.^[1] In the 2011 Kelly Cup playoffs, his Everblades were eliminated in the 1st round by the eventual East Division Champions, the Kalamazoo Wings. In the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs, he guided the Everblades to their first-ever Kelly Cup, defeating the Ryan Mougenel-led Las Vegas Wranglers 4-1.^[2]

On May 26, 2016, Poss left the Everblades for the head coaching position with EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League.^[3]

^ "Greg Poss". Florida Everblades. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
^ Fort Myers News-Press. 24 May 2012 http://www.news-press.com/article/20120524/NEWS01/305240029. Retrieved 24 May 2012. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Greg Poss Accepts Head Coaching Position in Austria". OurSports Central. May 26, 2016.

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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 ==Playing career==
-Poss began his career with the [[Dubuque Fighting Saints]] in the [[United States Hockey League]]. He then played four years for the [[Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey|ice hockey team]] of the [[University of Wisconsin]]. In 1989 he made his professional debut in the [[American Hockey League]] for the [[Maine Mariners]] . After two seasons, he joined the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]] with the [[Peoria Rivermen (IHL)|Peoria Rivermen]]. After a serious knee injury he had to finish his playing career.
+Poss began his career with the [[Dubuque Fighting Saints]] in the [[United States Hockey League]]. He then played four years for the [[University of Wisconsin]][[Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey|men's ice hockey team]]. In 1989 he made his professional debut in the [[American Hockey League]] for the [[Maine Mariners]] . After two seasons, he joined the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]] with the [[Peoria Rivermen (IHL)|Peoria Rivermen]]. After a serious knee injury he had to finish his playing career.
 ==Coaching career==