Colin Shields

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Colin Shields Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 27, 1980
place of birth Glasgow , Scotland , UK
size 183 cm
Weight 86 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 6th round, 195th position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1994-1995 Paisley Pirates
1998-2000 Cleveland Barons
2000-2004 University of Maine
2004-2005 San Diego Gulls
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
Greenville Grrrowl
2005-2006 Belfast Giants
2006-2007 Fresno Falcons
Idaho Steelheads
2007-2008 Newcastle Vipers
2008-2011 Belfast Giants
2011–2012 HC Morzine-Avoriaz
2012-2013 Sheffield Steelers
since 2012 Belfast Giants

Colin Shields (born January 27, 1980 in Glasgow , Scotland ) is a British ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Belfast Giants in the Elite Ice Hockey League since 2012 . His cousin Stephen Murphy is also a professional ice hockey player. His father Martin Shields was also a British international.

Career

Colin Shields began his career as a hockey player with the Paisley Pirates , for whose professional team he was already active as a 15-year-old in the 1994/95 season in four games in the British Hockey League . From 1998 to 2000 he played for the Cleveland Barons in the US Junior League North American Hockey League . There the center was in his second year the top scorer and top scorer of the league, whereupon he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 in the sixth round as a total of 195th player by the Philadelphia Flyers , for which he never played. Instead, he attended the University of Maine from 2000 to 2004 , for whose ice hockey team he played in parallel in Hockey East and with which he won the 2004 Hockey East Championship. He also received numerous individual awards during this period.

During the 2004/05 season , Shields played for the San Diego Gulls , Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies and Greenville Grrrowl in the ECHL . The following season he spent in his British homeland with the Belfast Giants from the Elite Ice Hockey League . With the team he immediately won the EIHL championship. He then returned to North America, where he was on the ice in the 2006/07 season for the Fresno Falcons and Idaho Steelheads from the ECHL. After a year with the Newcastle Vipers from the EIHL, the Briton played again for the Belfast Giants from 2008 to 2011. With his team he won the 2010 EIHL Playoff Championship. He himself made a significant contribution to this success and was voted Player of the Year for the league and its first All-Star team. On October 2, 2010 he was among a selection of the best EIHL players who competed in a friendly against the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League .

The 2011/12 season spent Shields at HC Morzine-Avoriaz in the French Ligue Magnus . He then signed a contract with the Sheffield Steelers from the EIHL, but switched back to the Belfast Giants during the current season , with whom he again won the Elite Ice Hockey League in 2014. In 2017 he was voted best British player in the EIHL. In 2018 he won the EIHL Cup with the Giants and was the best British goalscorer in the league.

International

For Great Britain, Shields took part in the junior division in the U20 Junior C World Championships in 1997 , 1998 and 2000 .

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in Division I in 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 when he was named the best striker of the Tournament was chosen and together with his compatriots Robert Dowd and Evan Mosey as well as the Croatian Borna Rendulić was the second best scorer behind the Japanese Daisuke Obara and together with Dowd also the second best scorer behind Obara, which he made a significant contribution to promotion to the A group of Division I. , and in 2018 , when the British returned to the top division in world ice hockey for the first time after relegation in 1994. He was the third-best scorer in 2012 with three goals and four assists after his compatriot Robert Dowd and the Austrian Manuel Latusa and in 2014 he was the top scorer with five goals. Shields also took part for Great Britain in the Olympic qualifications for the Games in Vancouver 2010 , Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2010 EIHL First All-Star Team
  • 2010 EIHL Player of the Year
  • 2010 EIHL Playoff Champion with the Belfast Giants
  • 2014 Elite Ice Hockey League champion with the Belfast Giants
  • 2017 Best British Player in EIHL
  • 2018 EIHL Cup win with the Belfast Giants
  • 2018 EIHL Best British Goalscorer.

International

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
EIHL regular season 11 527 229 362 591 238
EIHL playoffs 11 38 12 26th 38 10
ECHL regular season 2 119 25th 53 78 48
ECHL playoffs - - - - - -

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

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personal data
SURNAME Shields, Colin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland