Defenseman Carl Sneep Leaves Steelheads, Likely to Retire From Professional Hockey

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Carl Sneep (Credit: Steven Christy)
In a bit of surprising news, former Texas Star and current Idaho Steelhead Carl Sneep has left the team with the intention of retiring from professional hockey. The Steelheads announced yesterday that Sneep had left the team. In a following business transaction, Sneep was suspended by the Steelheads for the purpose of retaining his ECHL rights.

"It sounds like his plan right now is to retire," said Steelheads media relations director Will Hoenike.

Sneep was traded into the Stars' organization form the Penguins' org in exchange for a conditional draft pick. For a second round pick, he was spending far too much time in the ECHL and likely needed a change of scenery at the time. He played in 25 games last year for Texas before being assigned to Peoria after the trade deadline brought a glut of defensemen to Texas. He was not extended a qualifying offer after the season.

Over the summer, he signed an ECHL contract with Idaho. He was in training camp with the Iowa Wild but did not make it to the opening roster. He is minus-9 in 13 games with Idaho this season, certainly not a sparkling effort, especially after his time with the Wheeling Nailers saw him at 3-12-15 and plus-22 after 29 games.

With the loss of Sneep, Button and Robinson, the Steelheads will have a very interesting coming weekend as they face an all-road game 3-in-3 starting tonight in San Francisco.

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  1. AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 2:32 PM

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    1. Stephen MeserveNovember 22, 2013 at 2:37 PM

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  2. MargaretNovember 22, 2013 at 11:57 PM

    It's a shame he decided to retire. I would've liked to see him play in Texas for a while longer. Best of luck to him in his future endeavors!

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  3. Zog QuagMarch 25, 2023 at 11:37 PM

    If you play more than 10 ECHL games in a season and you can legally drink the chances of you making it to the NHL and having a nice career are .019% I figure. And the chances of making it to the NHL when you are signing as a free agent with an ECHL team from Idaho over the summer are -.019%. Is he still suspended from the Idaho team or would he be allowed to rejoin if he wanted and they had a need? It's been 10 years.

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    1. Stephen MeserveMarch 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM

      Going to admit, this was not a post I expected to have a comment on today. Regardless, Sneep's suspension was a technicality to retain his ECHL rights in case he returned that season or the next. Ten years on, he is a free agent were he to return... but I doubt he would be returning as a 35 year-old who hasn't played professionally in 10 years.

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