Sylvanus Marshall Apps III (born June 2, 1976) is an American former professional minor league

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player, the grandson of

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captain Syl Apps and the son of

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player Syl Apps Jr.

Playing career

As a teenager, he was coached by Brian Conacher, son of Toronto Maple Leafs legend

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at Upper Canada College. Before playing for the Princeton Tigers, Apps played for the St. Michael's Buzzers in 1994-95.

Princeton

Apps III was a four-time letter winner at Princeton. In addition, he was captain of the

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during the 1998–99 season. As of the 2009–10 Princeton season, Apps is 35th on the Tigers all-time scoring list. For his career, Apps played in 122 games, scored 30 goals and registered 41 assists for a career total of 71. Apps ranks 11th in most games played in a career at Princeton, while he is tied for second overall in most postseason games played in a career with 19. On March 21, 1998, Apps scored the game-winning goal that ended the third longest Princeton game. The game lasted 80:48, and Princeton defeated Clarkson by a score of 5-4 to claim the ECAC Championship.

Professional

On July 22, 1999, Apps was signed as a Free Agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Apps would play in the American Hockey League with the St. John's Maple Leafs, Norfolk Admirals, and

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. He would also play in the

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with the Jackson Bandits, and the

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. As a member of the Trenton Titans, Apps was the team captain.

Personal

His sister Gillian Apps won gold medals with the Canadian Olympic women's ice hockey teams in 2006 and 2010. His other sister, Amy Apps, was a member of the Canadian National women's Soccer team and an OUA All Star in 1998 and 1999. His cousin, Darren Barber, won a gold medal in ''coxed eights'' at the

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, as a member of the Canadian team.Profile: Darren Barber
''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 12 December 2008) Barber also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he finished fourth. Apps lives in the Toronto area and works as Managing Director with Hines in Toronto.

Career statistics

Awards and honours

References

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