Background
He is the son of former National Hockey League defenceman and 1972 Summit Series Team Canada member Pat Stapleton.
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Mike Stapleton
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Stapleton played Junior B hockey for the Strathroy Blades and Junior A hockey in the Ontario Hockey League for the Cornwall Royals where he scored 104 goals and 258 points over three seasons and 182 games. He was rated OHL Leyden Division"s hardest worker, best faceoff man and best penalty killer in a 1985-1986 poll of league coaches. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks #132 overall in the 1984 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
He played 697 National Hockey League games for seven different teams netting 71 goals and 182 points along with 342 penalty minutes.
In 2001, Stapleton moved to Finland"s Master of Science-liiga and played for the Espoo Blues, scoring 18 goals and 37 points in 41 games. He then had a brief spell in the Swedish Elitserien for Leksands IF before returning to Espoo.
He spent one more season in Finland for Tappara before retiring in 2004. He accepted a position to become the new assistant coach for the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL, the 2010-2011 American Hockey League season.
He served as the Head Coach of the Ontario Hockey League"s Sault Ste.
Marie Greyhounds for the 2011-2012 season and part of the 2012-2013 season, but was fired on December 3, 2012, and replaced by Sheldon Keefe.
