Steven Rice

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Position	Right Wing
Shot	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 223 lb (101 kg)
Pro Clubs	New York Rangers Edmonton Oilers Hartford Whalers Carolina Hurricanes
Nationality	Canada
Born	May 26, 1971, [[Kitchener, Ontario	Kitchener]], Ontario
NHL Draft	20th overall, 1989 New York Rangers
Pro Career	1990 – 1998

Steven Rice (born May 26, 1971 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) is a former professional ice hockey right winger who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League in the 1990s.

Rice was drafted 20th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. Following his outstanding performance at the 1991 World Junior Hockey Championships, in which he captained Canada to the gold medal, he was considered one of the top young power forward prospects in the game. In the summer of 1991, he was sent to the Edmonton Oilers as one of the centerpieces going the other way in the trade of superstar center Mark Messier.

His results in Edmonton would be mixed - he spent most of his first two seasons there with their AHL affiliate, but established himself as a full-time NHL player in 1993-94 scoring 17 goals. Following that season, he signed free-agent offer sheet with the Hartford Whalers, and joined the Whalers the following season when Edmonton declined to match the offer. In his three years in Hartford, he established himself as a quality role player, scoring a career high 21 goals in 1996-97. However, a nightmare campaign in 1997-98 following the franchise's move to Carolina, in which he scored just 2 goals, effectively ended his NHL career. He retired at the premature age of 27.

He played 329 career NHL games, scoring 64 goals and 61 assists for 125 points.