Greg McCauley

Greg McCauley

Greg McCauley
Born (1982-01-06) January 6, 1982
Collingwood, ON, CAN
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Center
Shot Right
Played for Utah Grizzlies
Dayton Gems
Bloomington PrairieThunder
Izmir BB GSK
Playing career 1999–2012

Greg McCauley (born January 6, 1982) is a professional Canadian ice hockey player and coach. He was the head coach and director of hockey operations for the Fayetteville FireAntz in the Southern Professional Hockey League in 2013–14.[1]

Career

McCauley was born in Collingwood, Ontario, and raised in Feversham, Ontario. He played in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Mississauga Ice Dogs, Barrie Colts and Sudbury Wolves. After one season at the Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario), he turned professional signing with the Oklahoma City Blazers in the Central Hockey League (CHL).[2] Greg would go on to play for the Utah Grizzlies (ECHL), the Bloomington PrairieThunder (IHL), and the Dayton Gems (IHL).

Greg took his first professional coaching job in 2009–10 with the Broome County Barons in the Federal Hockey League (FHL). The next season he would head overseas to become a head coach/player for Izmir BB GSK in the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, IIHF. In 2012–13 he would return to North America and the Utah Grizzlies, the mid-level affiliate of the Calgary Flames, as an assistant coach.[3] On June 8, 2013 he was appointed the head coach of the Fayetteville FireAntz in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).[4] He would leave team after only 32 games for personal reasons.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Pope, Thomas (July 8, 2013). "Fayetteville FireAntz hire Greg McCauley as head coach". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Blazers Re-Sign All-Star Rearguard". Press Room. The Center Of Hockey. 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Greg McCauley Named Assistant Coach". West Valley City, Utah: Utah Grizzlies. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Pope, Thomas (July 31, 2013). "FireAntz introduce new coach Greg McCauley". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Fayetteville FireAntz looking for new coach after canning Emery Olauson". The Fayetteville Observer. April 28, 2015.

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