Colin Long (born June 19, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey center who is currently playing for the Adirondack Thunder in the ECHL. He was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the fourth round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, 99th overall.
| Colin Long | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Colin Long (2013) | |||
| Born |
June 19, 1989 Santa Ana, California, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| ECHL team Former teams |
Adirondack Thunder San Antonio Rampage Portland Pirates Düsseldorfer EG Krefeld Pinguine Asplöven HC Asiago Hockey 1935 HC Gherdëina EHC Lustenau | ||
| NHL draft |
99th overall, 2008 Phoenix Coyotes | ||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||
Playing career
editLong began his major junior career with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL in 2005–06. After a 31-goal, 100-point campaign in his third season with the Rockets in 2007–08,[1] he was named to the WHL East First All-Star Team.[2] In the off-season, he was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the fourth round, 99th overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Late in his fourth season with the Rockets, he was named WHL Player of the Week on March 9, 2009, after recording 7 points in 3 games.[3] Long was named captain for the Kelowna Rockets for the 2008-2009 Season and led them to winning the WHL championship.[4][5]
Prior to the 2009–10 season, Long turned professional by signing a three-year entry-level contract with the Phoenix Coyotes on October 1, 2009, worth $700,000 per year.[6][7] He was then assigned to AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage, recording only four points in 29 games before suffering a season-ending head injury in January.[8]
After three injury affected seasons within the Coyotes organization, Long was not tendered a new contract and signed a one-year deal with Düsseldorfer EG of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on June 20, 2012.[9] Having not recovered from injury, he became a player-coach for DEG until medically cleared to play.[10] After being medically cleared to play, Long proceeded to suit up for Düsseldorfer EG until 2014.[11] On April 4, Long signed a 2-year Contract with the Krefeld Pinguine of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.[12][13] After one season with the Pinguine, Long left Krefeld and signed in Allsvenskan League in Sweden with Asplöven HC on July 14, 2015.[14] After recording 21 points in 40 games, Long signed for Asiago Hockey 1935 of the Alps Hockey League on August 1, 2016, recording 42 points in just 29 games.[15] Long then went on to play for HC Gherdëina of the Alps Hockey League for 2 seasons.[16] On May 22, 2019, Long signed with EHC Lustenau of the Alps Hockey League.[17]
After a lone season continuing in the AlpsHL with EHC Lustenau, Long returned to North American after 8 European seasons and sat out the pandemic shortened 2020–21 season. On July 16, 2021, Long returned to the professional circuit in signing a one-year contract with the ECHL with the Adirondack Thunder.[18]
Career statistics
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2005–06 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 69 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 72 | 31 | 69 | 100 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 2008–09 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 68 | 33 | 58 | 91 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 16 | ||
| 2009–10 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Las Vegas Wranglers | ECHL | 50 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 19 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 15 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 39 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Krefeld Pinguine | DEL | 30 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Asplöven HC | Allsv | 40 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Asiago Hockey 1935 | AlpsHL | 29 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 13 | ||
| 2017–18 | HC Gherdëina | AlpsHL | 11 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | HC Gherdëina | AlpsHL | 39 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | EHC Lustenau | AlpsHL | 29 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Adirondack Thunder | ECHL | 33 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Adirondack Thunder | ECHL | 44 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| AHL totals | 53 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Awards and honors
edit| Award | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WHL | |||
| West First All-Star Team | 2008 | [2] | |
| West Second All-Star Team | 2009 | [19] | |
| Western Hockey League Champion | 2009 | [20] | |
References
edit- ^ "From Santa Ana to NHL, that's the Long route". Orange County Register. June 18, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "WHL Eastern Conference All-Star Team". WHL. Retrieved July 8, 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Kelowna Rockets' Colin Long Named WHL Player of the Week". Western Hockey League. March 9, 2009. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2009.
- ^ Oct 23, Wayne Moore-; Story: 42660, 2008 / 1:30 pm |. "Rockets name Long captain - WHL". www.castanet.net. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Kelowna Rockets Win 2009 Kal Tire WHL Western Conference Championship – WHL Network". Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "Coyotes sign Long to entry level contract". Phoenix Coyotes. October 1, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
- ^ Hair, Travis (February 14, 2010). "Phoenix Coyotes Salary Cap Chart". Five For Howling. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ "Gretzky-generation Californians get noticed at draft". Los Angeles Kings. June 23, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
- ^ "Düsseldorfer add NHL draftee to team" (in German). Düsseldorfer EG. June 20, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
- ^ "Düsseldorfer EG staff". eliteprospects.com. December 3, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
- ^ Zeitung, Westdeutsche (June 13, 2013). "Colin Long: Techniker mit flinken Händen". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "Pinguine verpflichten Colin Long für 2 Jahre". Eishockey-Magazin (in German). April 4, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "Düsseldorfer EG: Colin Long bei Krefeld im Gespräch". RP ONLINE (in German). February 14, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "Krefeld Pinguine: Long verlässt Krefeld". RP ONLINE (in German). June 3, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "Nuovo centro per l'Asiago, Colin Long è giallorosso". SPORTvicentino (in Italian). August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "HC Gröden: Colin Long bekommt eine zweite Chance". stol.it (in German). Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "EHC Lustenau will in vier Jahren wieder in der EBEL spielen". vol.at. May 22, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "Long signs with Adirondack". ECHL. July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ "WHL Announces 2008-09 WESTERN Conference All-Star Teams and Awards Finalists – WHL Network". Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "Kelowna Rockets Win 2009 Kal Tire WHL Western Conference Championship – WHL Network". Retrieved July 27, 2020.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database