Steffon Walby was a minor-league player for 11 seasons, which included decent AHL seasons with the
St. John's Maple Leafs (1993-96),
Hershey Bears (1996-97, 1999-2001),
Rochester Americans (1998-99) and
Kentucky Thoroughblades (1998-99), a fine, quick turn with the IHL's
Fort Wayne Komets (1997-98) and a dominating turn in the ECHL with the
Mississippi Sea Wolves (2001-04), earning First Team All-Star honors each year:
Following his retirement, he turned to coaching, becoming the first head coach of the
Mississippi Surge of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL), winning the 2009-10 Coach of the Year trophy in his inaugural season and the 2010-11 SPHL championship before losing his job over internal politics related to new ownership.
After serving as interim head coach for his son's prep school's team for the 2013-14 season, he was
named full-time head coach in April 2014 when he righted the ship at the end of the year.
He had also served as an amateur scout for the
Calgary Flames and
Tampa Bay Lightning.
He never played an NHL game but had initially been signed as a free agent by the
Toronto Maple Leafs.
Here he is on card #97 from
Classic's
1993-94 Pro Hockey Prospects set, showing him in AHL's
St. John's Maple Leafs' blue (away) uniform:
He signed it in large blue sharpie, which leads me to think he signed it around the 2004-05, where he was an associate coach with the Sea Wolves.
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