Colton Fretter

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CanadaCanada  Colton Fretter Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 12, 1982
place of birth Harrow , Ontario , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 82 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 8th round, 230th position
Atlanta Thrashers
Career stations
2002-2006 Michigan State University
2006-2007 Gwinnett Gladiators
2007-2008 Chicago Wolves
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2008-2009 Portland Pirates
2009-2010 Springfield Falcons
2010-2011 HC Bolzano
2011–2012 Iserlohn Roosters
2012-2013 EHC Olten
2013-2014 EC KAC
2014-2018 Sheffield Steelers

Colton John Fretter (born March 12, 1982 in Harrow , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who was last under contract with the Sheffield Steelers in the Elite Ice Hockey League .

Career

Colton Fretter began his career as a hockey player on the Michigan State University team , for which he was active in the National Collegiate Athletic Association from 2002 to 2006 . Previously, he was already selected as a junior player in the NHL Entry Draft 2002 in the eighth round as a total of 230th player by the Atlanta Thrashers , for which he never played. Instead, the center made its professional ice hockey debut for the Gwinnett Gladiators in the ECHL in the 2006/07 season . There he was able to convince straight away and was named ECHL Rookie of the Year . After he began the following season with these, he ended the 2007/08 season with the Chicago Wolves and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers from the American Hockey League .

From 2008 to 2010 Fretter was in the AHL for one year each for the Portland Pirates and Springfield Falcons on the ice. For the 2010/11 season he received a contract with the Kassel Huskies from the German Ice Hockey League . In September 2010, after the insolvency of the Kassel Huskies, he moved to HC Bozen from the Italian A1 series . In May 2011 the striker was signed by the Iserlohn Roosters . These left the Canadians for a season and agreed in April 2012 to a contract for the 2012/13 season plus an option for an extension to a game year with the EHC Olten of the Swiss National League B . However, this option was not drawn and Fretter moved to the Klagenfurt AC in the Austrian ice hockey league , where it only lasted a year. Since 2014 he has played for the Sheffield Steelers in the Elite Ice Hockey League . In 2015 and 2016 he was able to win the main round of the league with his club and thus the British championship . In 2017 it was only enough to finish third in the main round, but the team won the playoffs with a 6-5 win after extra time against the Cardiff Devils .

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
AHL regular season 3 185 60 50 110 110
AHL playoffs 1 5 0 1 1 0
ECHL regular season 2 53 38 32 70 50
ECHL playoffs 1 4th 3 0 3 4th

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personal data
SURNAME Fretter, Colton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fretter, Colton John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Harrow , Ontario , Canada