Greg Holst
Greg Holst
Holst in 2016
Born (1954-02-21) February 21, 1954
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
PositionCentre
Shot Left
Played forNew York RangersInnsbrucker EVWiener EVEC SalzburgVillacher SVEC Graz
National team Austria
NHL draft 139th overall, 1974New York Rangers
WHA draft 95th overall, 1974San Diego Mariners
Playing career 1974–1993

Gregory Holst (born February 21, 1954) is a Canadian-born Austrian ice hockey coach and a former player. He played eleven games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers between 1975 and 1977. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1974 to 1993, was mainly spent in the Austrian Hockey League. A naturalized Austrian citizen, Holst played for the Austrian national team in four World Championships between 1982 and 1986. After retiring he turned to coaching, and worked in the Austrian league and with the Austrian national team.

Playing career

Holst played at the University of New Brunswick until 1973. He is a member of UNB's 1970's "All-Decade" team.[1] He then enjoyed a highly productive 1973-74 season with the Kingston Canadians of the Ontario Junior Hockey League, tallying 33 goals and 47 assists in 62 contests.[2] Holst then continued his scoring pace the following season with 33 goals and 37 assists in 62 games for the Winston-Salem Polar Twins of the Southern Hockey League.

He made his NHL debut with the New York Rangers during the 1975-76 season and mostly spent time with their affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL), the Providence Reds, tallying 37 goals and 44 assists in 69 games that season en route to AHL Rookie of the Year honors. He played nine more NHL contests for the Rangers over the following two years, splitting time between the Rangers and AHL's New Haven Nighthawks.[3]

In 1978 Holst joined Innsbrucker EV of Austria's top division, the Bundesliga. He became one of the most famous Canadian players in Austria and dominated the league while playing for Innsbruck, Wiener EV, Salzburger EC, Villacher SV and EC Graz over the years. Holst received Austrian citizenship and made the Austrian national team, representing the country at four World Championships (Group B). He finished his active career in 1993. Holst played 540 games in the Austrian league, scoring 522 goals. He had his jersey number 14 retired by Innsbrucker EV.[4]

Coaching career

After the end of his playing days, Holst returned to his native Canada, where he started a hockey school, and then returned to Austria to pursue his coaching career. He coached second-division side EHC Wattens in 1996-97, before joining the coaching staff of the Austrian ice hockey federation in 1997. Until 2002, he served in various positions, including head coach of the U18 and U20 national teams and assistant coach of the men’s national team.

Holst was named head coach of EC VSV of the Austrian top-tier in 2002. During his six-year tenure, he led the club to the 2006 Austrian championship and to the finals in 2003, 2004, 2007.[5]

He took over the head coaching job at HC TWK Innsbruck in December 2008 and remained in that position until the remainder of the season. Holst served as head coach of Ritten Sport of the Italian Serie A in 2011-12[6] and returned to EC VSV in June 2015 to become director of the club's youth program.[7] In November 2015, he took over the head coaching job.[8]

In November 2018, Holst was named head coach of EK Zell am See of the Alps Hockey League.[9] He coached for one season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeam League GPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1971–72 University of New BrunswickCIAU18771438 —————
1972–73 University of New Brunswick CIAU 1921113282 —————
1973–74Kingston CanadiansOHA62334780121 —————
1974–75Winston-Salem Polar TwinsSHL62333770112 7561142
1974–75Port Huron FlagsIHL81016 —————
1975–76New York RangersNHL20000 —————
1975–76Providence RedsAHL6937448177 300022
1976–77New York Rangers NHL 50000 —————
1976–77New Haven NighthawksAHL 6521254690 62352
1977–78New York Rangers NHL 40000 —————
1977–78New Haven Nighthawks AHL 6515254044 1567136
1978–79ECS InnsbruckAUT34422668— —————
1979–80ECS Innsbruck AUT 3937367363 —————
1980–81ECS Innsbruck AUT 3328487670 —————
1981–82Wiener EVAUT 38411960— —————
1982–83ECS Innsbruck AUT 34584199— —————
1983–84ECS Innsbruck AUT 28363268— —————
1984–85Innsbrucker EVAUT 39445710136 —————
1985–86Innsbrucker EV AUT 3627245183 —————
1986–87Innsbrucker EV AUT 3839367550 —————
1987–88EC SalzburgAUT 3431205124 —————
1988–89Villacher EVAUT 46384179— —————
1989–90Innsbrucker EV AUT 3336397555 —————
1990–91Innsbrucker EV AUT 3419224145 —————
1991–92Innsbrucker EV AUT 4221305121 —————
1992–93EC GrazAUT 25491312 —————
AUT totals 533501480981— —————
NHL totals 110000 —————

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1982AustriaWC-B72356
1983Austria WC-B 788160
1985Austria WC-B 721310
1986Austria WC-B 73360
Senior totals 2815153016

References

  1. ^"UNB Hockey - 1970's All-Decade Team - University of New Brunswick". www.varsityreds.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-01-14. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  2. ^"1973 Kingston Canadians Roster and Results on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  3. ^"Greg Holst New York Rangers - 2015-2016 Stats - New York Rangers - All Time Roster". rangers.nhl.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  4. ^"Haifischbecken.at - Offizielle Homepage des HC TWK Innsbruck". www.haifischbecken.at. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  5. ^KG, Kleine Zeitung GmbH & Co (24 March 2014). "Eishockey-Halbfinale - Greg Holst räumt VSV noch gute Chancen ein". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  6. ^"Greg Holst neuer Trainer auf dem Ritten". www.sportnews.bz. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  7. ^marksoft. "VSV holt Greg Holst nach Villach zurück - hockeyfans.at". www.hockeyfans.at. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  8. ^"Greg Holst neuer VSV Headcoach! | EC VSV - Der Adlerhorst im Internet". www.ecvsv.at. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  9. ^"Martedì si riprende a giocare dopo la prima pausa internazionale" (in Italian). 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
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