Colin Long (ice hockey)

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 (1989-06-19) 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

Long 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
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06Kelowna RocketsWHL20134630000
2006–07Kelowna RocketsWHL6911172838—————
2007–08Kelowna RocketsWHL723169100417210126
2008–09Kelowna RocketsWHL6833589128224121616
2009–10San Antonio RampageAHL2922410—————
2010–11Las Vegas WranglersECHL501621371250224
2010–11San Antonio RampageAHL50000—————
2011–12Portland PiratesAHL193584—————
2012–13Düsseldorfer EGDEL1589178—————
2013–14Düsseldorfer EGDEL398233141—————
2014–15Krefeld PinguineDEL30761312—————
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 — — — — —
2021–22Adirondack ThunderECHL335162110—————
2022–23Adirondack ThunderECHL44920291840116
AHL totals 53 5 7 12 14 — — — — —

Awards and honors
Award Year
WHL
West First All-Star Team 2008 [2]
West Second All-Star Team 2009 [19]
Western Hockey League Champion 2009 [20]

References
  1. "From Santa Ana to NHL, that's the Long route". Orange County Register. 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  2. "WHL Eastern Conference All-Star Team". WHL. Retrieved July 8, 2008.
  3. "Kelowna Rockets' Colin Long Named WHL Player of the Week". Western Hockey League. 2009-03-09. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  4. Oct 23, Wayne Moore-; Story: 42660, 2008 / 1:30 pm |. "Rockets name Long captain - WHL". www.castanet.net. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  5. "Kelowna Rockets Win 2009 Kal Tire WHL Western Conference Championship – WHL Network". Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  6. "Coyotes sign Long to entry level contract". Phoenix Coyotes. 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  7. Hair, Travis (2010-02-14). "Phoenix Coyotes Salary Cap Chart". Five For Howling. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  8. "Gretzky-generation Californians get noticed at draft". Los Angeles Kings. 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  9. "Düsseldorfer add NHL draftee to team" (in German). Düsseldorfer EG. 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  10. "Düsseldorfer EG staff". eliteprospects.com. 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  11. Zeitung, Westdeutsche. "Colin Long: Techniker mit flinken Händen". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  12. "Pinguine verpflichten Colin Long für 2 Jahre". Eishockey-Magazin (in German). 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  13. "Düsseldorfer EG: Colin Long bei Krefeld im Gespräch". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  14. "Krefeld Pinguine: Long verlässt Krefeld". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  15. "Nuovo centro per l'Asiago, Colin Long è giallorosso". SPORTvicentino (in Italian). 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  16. "HC Gröden: Colin Long bekommt eine zweite Chance". stol.it (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  17. "EHC Lustenau will in vier Jahren wieder in der EBEL spielen". vol.at. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  18. "Long signs with Adirondack". ECHL. July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  19. "WHL Announces 2008-09 WESTERN Conference All-Star Teams and Awards Finalists – WHL Network". Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  20. "Kelowna Rockets Win 2009 Kal Tire WHL Western Conference Championship – WHL Network". Retrieved 2020-07-27.
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