Colton Yellow Horn

Colton Yellow Horn
Born May 5, 1987
Brocket, AB, CAN
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
ALIH team
Former teams 		Nippon Paper Cranes
EC Red Bull Salzburg
Manchester Monarchs
Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present

Colton Yellow Horn (born May 5, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Nippon Paper Cranes of the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH).

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]

In the 2012–13 season, Yellow Horn was called up from the Ontario Reign of the ECHL to the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL on February 7, 2013.[5] After making his long awaited AHL debut, Yellow Horn proved his scoring prowess by contributing with 18 points in just 28 games for Manchester to remain with the club for duration of the year.

On June 27, 2013, Yellow Horn decided to return abroad to the familiar Austrian Hockey League, signing a one-year deal with Hungarian club, SAPA Fehérvár AV19.[6]

On September 3, 2014, Yellow Horn continued his journeyman career in agreeing to a one-year contract with Japanese club, Nippon Paper Cranes of the ALIH.[7]

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
2010–11 Allen Americans CHL 66 33 55 88 54 13 6 10 16 24
2011–12 Allen Americans CHL 58 24 31 55 35 6 1 4 5 6
2012–13 Ontario Reign ECHL 48 36 22 58 28 — — — — —
2012–13 Manchester Monarchs AHL 28 6 12 18 18 4 1 1 2 0
2013–14 Alba Volán Székesfehérvár EBEL 43 20 23 43 36 4 0 1 1 2
AHL totals 28 6 12 18 18 4 1 1 2 0
Medal record
Competitor for  Canada
Ice hockey
IIHF U18 Championships
Silver 2005 České Budějovice

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Canada WJC18 2nd 6 2 0 2 0
Junior totals 6 2 0 2 0

References

  1. ↑ "2007-08 WHL League Leaders". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "WHL Western Conference All-Star Team". WHL. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Jackals sign rookie Yellow Horn". ECHL. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
  4. ↑ "Trade With Elmira Lands Scorer Yellow Horn". Stockton Thunder. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  5. ↑ "Reign loan Yellow Horn to Monarchs". Ontario Reign. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
  6. ↑ "SAPA signs Ric Jackman and Colton Yellow Horn" (in Hungry). SAPA Fehérvár AV19. 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  7. ↑ "Colton Yellow Horn comes to Nippon" (in Japanese). Nippon Paper Cranes. 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-09-03.

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