Blake Coleman

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Blake Coleman
Date of birth November 28, 1991
place of birth Plano , Texas , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
number # 20
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 3rd round, 75th position
New Jersey Devils
Career stations
2009 Tri-City Storm
2009-2011 Indiana Ice
2011-2015 Miami University
2015-2017 Albany Devils
2017-2020 New Jersey Devils
since 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning

Blake Coleman (born November 28, 1991 in Plano , Texas ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League since February 2020 . Previously, the center spent five years in the New Jersey Devils organization .

Career

Blake Coleman played in his youth for the Tri-City Storm and the Indiana Ice in the United States Hockey League (USHL), the highest-ranking junior league in the USA. His breakthrough came in the 2010/11 season wearing the Ice jersey , when he led the entire league in assists (58), points (92) and in the plus / minus statistics (+52). As a result, the attacker was named Player of the Year and elected to the USHL First All-Star Team , before he was also considered in the subsequent NHL Entry Draft 2011 in 75th position by the New Jersey Devils . Autumn 2011. Coleman began studying business management (business management) at Miami University in Ohio and ran for their hockey team, which in the next four years Miami Redhawks , in the National Collegiate Athletic Association on (NCAA). There the center established itself as a regular scorer and scored 37 points from 37 games in the 2014/15 season, with an average of 1.0.

Coleman then signed an entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils in July 2015 . They used him for the time being with their farm team , the Albany Devils , in the American Hockey League (AHL), where he only played 14 games in the 2015/16 season due to a shoulder injury. After half a season of regular AHL appearances, he finally made his debut for the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League (NHL) in January 2017 , which was followed by 22 more games by the end of the season. He finished the AHL game year with 39 points in 52 games for the Albany Devils. With the start of the 2017/18 season, Coleman established himself in New Jersey's NHL line-up and has been there regularly since then.

After five years in New Jersey, Coleman was transferred to the Tampa Bay Lightning in February 2020 . In return, the Devils received Nolan Foote and a first-round vote for the NHL Entry Draft 2020 . The latter is automatically postponed by a year if the Vancouver Canucks , who originally owned the right to vote, should miss the playoffs in the 2019/20 season.

International

At the 2018 World Cup , Coleman took part in an international tournament for the first time and won the bronze medal with the US national team .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2009/10 Tri-City Storm USHL 22nd 2 10 12 –7 32 - - - - - -
2009/10 Indiana Ice USHL 36 8th 8th 16 -3 24 9 0 2 2 +1 13
2010/11 Indiana Ice USHL 59 34 58 92 +52 72 5 2 2 4th -1 10
2011/12 Miami University NCAA 39 12 11 23 +13 56
2012/13 Miami University NCAA 40 9 10 19th +6 56
2013/14 Miami University NCAA 27 19th 9 28 +8 65
2014/15 Miami University NCAA 37 20th 17th 37 +16 99 - - - - - -
2015/16 Albany Devils AHL 14th 4th 3 7th +5 19th - - - - - -
2016/17 Albany Devils AHL 52 19th 20th 39 +21 56 4th 0 1 1 -1 6th
2016/17 New Jersey Devils NHL 23 1 1 2 –7 27 - - - - - -
2017/18 New Jersey Devils NHL 79 13 12 25th +7 50 5 2 0 2 +1 4th
2018/19 New Jersey Devils NHL 78 22nd 14th 36 -19 71 - - - - - -
USHL total 117 44 76 120 +42 128 14th 2 4th 6th ± 0 23
AHL total 66 23 23 46 +26 75 4th 0 1 1 -1 6th
NHL overall 180 36 27 63 -19 148 5 2 0 2 +1 4th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2018 United States WM Bronze medal 10 1 1 2 8th
Men overall 10 1 1 2 8th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Devils sign forward Blake Coleman. nhl.com, July 1, 2015, accessed December 25, 2017 .
Tampa Bay Lightning logo
Squad of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Coleman, Blake
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Plano , Texas , United States