Colton Yellow Horn

Colton Yellow Horn
Born May 5, 1987 (1987-05-05) (age 24)
Brocket, AB, CAN
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
CHL team
Former teams		 Allen Americans
EBEL
EC Red Bull Salzburg
ECHL
Elmira Jackals
Stockton Thunder
National team  Canada
Playing career 2008–present

Colton Yellow Horn (born May 5, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Allen Americans of the CHL.

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Playing career

Yellow Horn played major junior beginning in 2003–04 in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Tri-City Americans. In five seasons play in the league, he consistently scored beyond a point-per-game pace. In 2007–08, he tallied a league-leading 48 goals and a major junior career-high 97 points (third in league scoring) with the Americans[1] and was named to the WHL West First All-Star Team.[2] Despite Yellow Horn's offensive production as a junior, he went undrafted by an NHL team.

In 2008–09, Yellow Horn turned pro, going overseas to Austria to play for EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL). On January 28, 2009, however, he moved back to North America mid-season, signing with the Elmira Jackals of the minor league ECHL.[3] On October 28, 2009, Yellow Horn was traded to the Stockton Thunder.[4]

Awards

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 67 5 9 14 25 — — — — —
2004–05 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 70 35 51 86 40 5 1 2 3 2
2005–06 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 67 25 50 75 63 6 1 5 6 6
2006–07 Tri-City Americans WHL 59 40 37 77 57 6 1 2 3 6
2007–08 Tri-City Americans WHL 67 48 49 97 63 16 10 11 21 18
2008–09 EC Red Bull Salzburg EBEL 11 1 2 3 2 — — — — —
2008–09 Elmira Jackals ECHL 24 5 6 11 10 9 0 4 4 0
2009–10 Elmira Jackals ECHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2009–10 Stockton Thunder ECHL 13 2 8 10 10 — — — — —
2009–10 Allen Americans CHL 43 10 25 35 41 20 10 10 20 20
ECHL totals 39 7 14 21 20 9 0 4 4 0
Medal record
Competitor for  Canada
Ice hockey
IIHF U18 Championships
Silver 2005 České Budějovice

International

Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Canada WJC18 6 2 0 2 0
Junior int'l totals 6 2 0 2 0

References

  1. ^ "2007-08 WHL League Leaders". Hockeydb.com. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/top_league.php?lid=whl1979&sid=2008&leaguenm=WHL. Retrieved 2008-11-10. 
  2. ^ a b "WHL Western Conference All-Star Team". WHL. http://www.whl.ca/news/index.php?id=9124&showToc=1&. Retrieved July 8, 2008. 
  3. ^ "Jackals sign rookie Yellow Horn". ECHL. 2009-01-28. http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news2&cat=1&id=17662. Retrieved 2009-01-29. 
  4. ^ "Trade With Elmira Lands Scorer Yellow Horn". Stockton Thunder. 2009-10-28. http://www.stocktonthunder.com/news/index.html?article_id=1082. Retrieved 2009-10-30. 

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