Colton Gillies

Colton Gillies
Date of birth	February 12, 1989
place of birth	White Rock , British Columbia , Canada
size	193 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	center
number	# 18
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2007 , 1st round, 16th position Minnesota Wild
Career stations
2004-2008	Saskatoon Blades
2008–2012	Minnesota Wild
2012-2013	Columbus Blue Jackets
2013-2014	Rochester Americans
2014-2015	Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2015-2016	HC 05 Banská Bystrica
since 2016	Dinamo Riga

Colton Gillies (born February 12, 1989 in White Rock , British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Dinamo Riga in the Continental Hockey League since July 2016 .

Career

Colton Gillies began his career as a hockey player with the Saskatoon Blades , for which he was active in the Western Hockey League from 2004 to 2008 . During this time he was selected in the first round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft as the 16th player of the Minnesota Wild . For their farm team , the Houston Eros from the American Hockey League , he scored eight scorer points, including one goal, in eleven regular season games in the 2007/08 season . He was also used in five playoff games. In the following season, the attacker made his debut in the National Hockey League for Minnesota, when he scored a total of seven scorer points, including two goals, in 45 games.

On January 14, 2012, the left shooter on the waiver list was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets .

Between 2013 and 2015 he played exclusively in the AHl for Rochester Americans and Bridgeport Sound Tigers before he moved to Europe for the first time during the 2015/16 season and was signed by HC 05 Banská Bystrica from the Slovakian Extraliga . In July 2016 he moved to the Continental Hockey League at Dinamo Riga , where he extended his contract in June 2017.

International

For Canada , Gillies took part in the 2007 U18 World Junior Championship and the 2008 U20 World Junior Championship . He also represented his home country at the 2007 Super Series .

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 CHL Top Prospects Game

International

• 2008 gold medal at the U20 Junior World Championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2004/05	Saskatoon Blades	WHL		9	1	1	2	10		2	0	0	0	0
2005/06	Saskatoon Blades	WHL		63	6th	6th	12	57		8th	0	0	0	4th
2006/07	Saskatoon Blades	WHL		65	13	17th	30th	148		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Saskatoon Blades	WHL		58	24	23	47	97		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Houston Eros	AHL		11	1	7th	8th	4th		5	0	0	0	2
2008/09	Minnesota Wild	NHL		45	2	5	7th	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Houston Eros	AHL		72	7th	13	20th	73		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Houston Eros	AHL		64	11	15th	26th	82		24	7th	5	12	32
2010/11	Minnesota Wild	NHL		7th	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Minnesota Wild	NHL		37	0	2	2	10		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		38	2	4th	6th	25th		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		27	1	2	3	17th		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Rochester Americans	AHL		65	9	14th	23	49		5	1	1	2	11
2014/15	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL		70	5	8th	13	72		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	HC 05 Banská Bystrica	Extra league		28	6th	5	11	113		17th	3	3	6th	28
2016/17	Dinamo Riga	KHL		43	8th	6th	14th	71		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Dinamo Riga	KHL		6th	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Dinamo Riga	KHL		35	1	4th	5	17th		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Dinamo Riga	KHL
WHL overall				195	44	47	91	310		10	0	0	0	4th
NHL overall				154	6th	12	18th	72		-	-	-	-	-
KHL total				84	9	10	19th	92		-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented Canada to:

• World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2006
• U18 Junior World Championship 2007
• Super Series 2007
• U20 Junior World Championship 2008

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2006	Canada Pacific	U17-WHC		6th	2	4th	6th	10
2007	Canada	U18 World Cup		6th	2	1	3	10
2007	Canada	Super Series		8th	2	0	2	2
2008	Canada	U20 World Cup		7th	1	0	1	6th
Juniors overall				27	7th	5	12	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

• Colton Gillies at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Colton Gillies at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Scott Erskine: Colton Gillies Signs With Slovakian Team. (No longer available online.) In: todaysslapshot.com. September 29, 2015, formerly in the original ; accessed on July 3, 2017 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ^ Gillies re-signs with Dinamo. In: baltic-course.com. November 25, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2017 .