DJ Jelitto

DJ Jelitto
Date of birth	June 29, 1984
place of birth	West Valley City , Utah , USA
size	191 cm
Weight	97 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2002-2003	Sarnia Sting Saginaw Spirit
2003-2004	Soo Thunderbirds
2004-2005	Omaha Lancers
2005-2008	Utah grizzlies
2007-2009	Oklahoma City Blazers
2009-2013	EC Hannover Indians
2013	Lusatian foxes
since 2013	Utah grizzlies

Dirk Joachim "DJ" Jelitto (born June 29, 1984 in West Valley City , Utah ) is an American - German ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Lausitzer Füchsen in the DEL2 since 2013 .

Career

DJ Jelitto (in white jersey) in a fist fight against Brandon Schwartz, January 2007

DJ Jelitto began his ice hockey career with junior clubs in the Ontario Hockey League , one of the three professional junior leagues of the Canadian Hockey League , and the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League . In his first years as a senior he played at Club Utah Grizzlies , which is based in his hometown and competes in the ECHL . After three seasons he moved to the club Oklahoma City Blazers , also in one of the third highest American leagues, the Central Hockey League , where he stormed two seasons.

After these years he moved to Germany. He was active for four years for the EC Hannover Indians , where he played a leading role and was voted Player of the Year in the 2012/13 season . Due to the bankruptcy of the Indians, who were retreating to the top league , DJ Jelitto switched to Lausitzer Füchsen in Weißwasser in 2013 , but terminated the contract in October to care for his sick father, who was living in America. He is now back playing with the Utah Grizzlies , his hometown club.

Career statistics

				Regular season							Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2002/03	Sarnia Sting	OHL		5	0	0	0	0	-2		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Saginaw Spirit	OHL		21st	0	2	2	4th	-4		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Soo Thunderbirds	NOJHL		48	33	45	78	15th			12	5	8th	13	4th
2004/05	Omaha Lancers	USHL		59	15th	23	38	45	+1		5	1	1	2	0	+3
2005/06	Utah grizzlies	ECHL		48	7th	6th	13	25th	+4		2	0	0	0	0
2006/07	Utah grizzlies	ECHL		70	15th	14th	29	70	-20		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Utah grizzlies	ECHL		3	0	1	1	7th	-1		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Oklahoma City Blazers	CHL		59	25th	16	41	72	+3		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Oklahoma City Blazers	CHL		59	25th	26th	51	75	+21		6th	3	2	5	10	-2
2009/10	Hanover Indians	2nd BL		51	14th	16	30th	71			-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Hanover Indians	2nd BL		29	15th	10	25th	18th			2	1	0	1	0
2011/12	Hanover Indians	2nd BL		45	18th	23	41	24			4th	0	1	1	14th
2012/13	Hanover Indians	2nd BL		48	13	29	42	36			-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Lusatian foxes	DEL2		4th	1	0	1	2			-	-	-	-	-	-
OHL total				26th	0	2	2	4th	–6		-	-	-	-	-
ECHL total				121	22nd	21st	43	102	-17		2	0	0	0	0	-
CHL total				118	50	42	92	147	+24		6th	3	2	5	10	-2
2. Bundesliga overall				177	61	78	139	151			6th	1	1	2	14th

( 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

• DJ Jelitto at eliteprospects.com (English)
• DJ Jelitto at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Niki Jaklitsch: DJ Jelitto wins the election for Player of the Year 2012/13. REAL Hanoverians - The fan project at the Pferdeturm eV, March 13, 2013, accessed on July 4, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Andreas Friebel (PM): Top striker DJ Jelitto new in the Fuchsbau. (No longer available online.) In: Website of the Lausitzer Füchse. July 4, 2013, archived from the original on May 30, 2016 ; Retrieved July 4, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Andreas Friebel (PM): DJ Jelitto stays in America. (No longer available online.) In: Website of the Lausitzer Füchse. October 29, 2013, archived from the original on March 1, 2016 ; Retrieved November 7, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Utah Native DJ Jelitto Rejoins Grizzlies. (No longer available online.) In: Website of the Utah Grizzlies. October 28, 2013, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 7, 2013 .  ( 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.