Clayton Young

Clayton Young
Date of birth	May 12, 1969
place of birth	Medicine Hat , Alberta , Canada
size	182 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1986-1989	Victoria Cougars
1990-1990	Kamloops Blazers
1990-1991	Greensboro Monarchs
1991-1992	Michigan Falcons
1992-1993	Detroit Falcons Capital District Islanders
1993-1994	Columbus Chill Springfield Indians
1994-1995	Houston Eros Chicago Wolves
1996-2002	ERC Ingolstadt
2002-2003	EV Regensburg
2003-2004	DEG Metro Stars
2004-2005	Hamburg Freezers

Clayton Young (born May 12, 1969 in Medicine Hat , Alberta ) is a German - Canadian ice hockey player .

Career

Clayton Young began his career as a hockey player in the Western Hockey League , in which he was active from 1986 to 1990 for the Victoria Cougars and the Kamloops Blazers . In 1996 he moved to Germany to ERC Ingolstadt through various positions in the minor leagues . In addition, the left shooter ran in the 1996 season for the San Jose Rhinos in the professional inline hockey league Roller Hockey International .

In the summer of 1996, the Ingolstadt team, who had just been promoted to the 2nd South League , brought Young from the Chicago Wolves from the International Hockey League to the Danube. Young led the promotion team at that time to the championship in the 2nd League South and it succeeded in direct promotion to the 1st League South (then the second highest German league). This season the striker scored 59 goals and provided 65 assists in 45 games. Young's achievements in the 1995/1996 season were also heard by other clubs in Germany and both Ratingen and the Schwenninger Wild Wings tried to get him to join the DEL . Young, however, decided to stay in Ingolstadt. For the 1996/1997 season , coach Ignaz Berndaner appointed Clayton Young captain and the given goal of relegation was achieved. Again the player was the team's top scorer (55 games / 39 goals / 63 assists).

In the 1997/1998 season, ERCI and Captain Young qualified for the single-track Bundesliga 1. The 1998/1999 season was then rather disappointing for the ERCI and team captain Young and the playoffs were missed. Young was then to be given up, but the Canadian voluntarily waived a third of his previous salary and signed a contract again. In the 1999/2000 season , Young reached the final with Ingolstadt completely surprisingly. Only in the fifth and decisive match did the ERC on Brehmstrasse fail at traditional club Düsseldorf. In the finals of the 2000/2001 season , the ERCI defeated EC Bad Tölz and captain Young received the championship trophy in the Tölz ice stadium. However, the ERC was denied promotion to the DEL. Also in the following season the Panthers were able to reach the final, this time against REV Bremerhaven and the Center rose to the DEL with his club, but his contract was not extended. In 2002, the native Canadian received a German passport after six years in Germany.

Before the 2002/03 season, Young joined the EV Regensburg from the 2nd Bundesliga because his former coach Ignaz Berndaner worked there. After a good year in Regensburg, he received several offers from the DEL and finally switched to Düsseldorfer EG , where he signed a 2-year contract. Young played a good first season at DEG and was even allowed to play in the front row as a center forward. Due to a lack of prospects, he moved to the Hamburg Freezers during the 2004/05 season , with whom he reached the quarter-finals of the DEL, whereupon he ended his career.

Young now runs a golf course in the USA .

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1986/87	Victoria Cougars	WHL		67	8th	16	24	49		5	0	3	3	6th
1987/88	Victoria Cougars	WHL		71	34	46	80	142		8th	2	3	5	17th
1988/89	Victoria Cougars	WHL		72	50	63	113	145		8th	6th	6th	12	13
1989/90	Victoria Cougars	WHL		25th	23	14th	37	45
1989/90	Kamloops Blazers	WHL		38	22nd	25th	47	88		17th	6th	11	17th	29
1990/91	Greensboro Monarchs	ECHL		48	27	33	60	110		11	4th	7th	11	48
1991/92	Michigan Falcons	CoHL		53	35	53	88	158		5	7th	6th	13	14th
1992/93	Detroit Falcons	CoHL		42	30th	46	76	91		3	0	3	3	12
1992/93	Capital District Islanders	AHL		9	1	0	1	2
1993/94	Columbus Chill	ECHL		39	33	45	78	98
1993/94	Springfield Indians	AHL		36	19th	28	47	50		6th	5	0	5	26th
1994/95	Houston Eros	IHL		47	17th	9	26th	140
1994/95	Chicago Wolves	IHL		21st	2	7th	9	54		1	0	1	1	0
1996/97	ERC Ingolstadt	2nd League South		55	39	63	102	182
1997/98	ERC Ingolstadt	2nd League South		53	24	39	63	-
1998/99	ERC Ingolstadt	1st League South		56	20th	36	56	144
1999/2000	ERC Ingolstadt	2nd Bundesliga		59	21st	60	81	127
2000/01	ERC Ingolstadt	2nd Bundesliga		41	22nd	33	55	78
2001/02	ERC Ingolstadt	2nd Bundesliga		46	17th	25th	42	183		11	3	9	12	10
2002/03	EV Regensburg	2nd Bundesliga		50	24	33	57	133
2003/04	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		47	7th	12	19th	112		4th	0	0	0	6th
2004/05	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		22nd	1	3	4th	105
2004/05	Hamburg Freezers	DEL		27	0	7th	7th	36		6th	0	1	1	28

( 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

• Clayton Young at hockeydb.com (English)
• Clayton Young at eurohockey.com