Cam Severson (born August 15, 1978) is a

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former professional

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Draft

Severson was drafted in the eighth round, 192nd overall, by the

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in the

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Career

After playing five full seasons in the

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and part of a sixth, Severson joined the

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's Oklahoma City Blazers during the 1998–99 season. He spent the 1999–2000 season in the

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and part of the 2000–01 season in the

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before joining the

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. He has spent the majority of his professional career playing for various AHL teams, with a few stops in the

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. Severson played two games for the

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in the 2002–03 season, and thirty-one in the 2003–04 season, during which he scored three goals. He appeared in games with the

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in the 2005–06 season, after his rights were acquired from the

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on February 28 in exchange for Cale Hulse. Severson moved to Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga in 2006, joining the Straubing Tigers. He stayed with the Tigers partway through the 2007–08 season and then moved on to play for the Linz Black Wings or the Erste Bank Liga for the remainder of the season. In 2008, Severson was offered a job as an assistant coach of the Spokane Chiefs, a major junior team in the

, but instead joined Steaua București Hockey, a

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team, becoming the first Canadian and the first former NHL player to play in Romania. Midway through the season, Severson was named assistant coach of the team, and then head coach. He was a coach/player for Steaua București Hockey of the Romanian Hockey League and Liga MOL in

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and signed with the

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on 18 August 2009 as a player-coach.

Coaching career

In 2010, Severson joined the Spokane Jr. Chiefs Bantam AAA Hockey Team in Spokane, Washington as their head coach. He also puts on various camps throughout the year at the Eagles Ice-a-Rena, including Sever's Summer Hockey School, and enlists the help of current and former WHL and KIJHL players, such as Tyler Johnson and Tanner Mort of the Spokane Chiefs, Tyler Alos of the

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, and others. In 2012, Severson founded Compete Hockey Schools and Compete Hockey Academy based out of

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. Compete Hockey Schools runs numerous youth hockey development camps throughout Washington, Idaho, and Alaska. Compete Hockey Academy is the first hockey prep school program in the Western United States. Compete Hockey Academy teams play in the Canadian Sports School Hockey League as well as attend various showcase tournaments throughout the United States. Compete Hockey Academy currently has 15-, 16-, 17- and 18-year-old players from Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, Idaho, Texas, Canada, Russia, and Ukraine.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Severson, Cam 1978 births Living people Canadian ice hockey centres Cincinnati Mighty Ducks players Columbus Blue Jackets players Hartford Wolf Pack players Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan Kamloops Blazers players Lethbridge Hurricanes players Louisiana IceGators (ECHL) players Mighty Ducks of Anaheim players Milwaukee Admirals players Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights players Peoria Rivermen (ECHL) players Portland Pirates players Prince Albert Raiders players Quad City Mallards (UHL) players San Jose Sharks draft picks Steaua Rangers players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Straubing Tigers players Swift Current Broncos players Syracuse Crunch players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany