Derek Whitmore

Derek Whitmore
Date of birth	17th December 1984
place of birth	Rochester , New York , USA
size	180 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 21
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2001-2002	Butte Irish
2002-2003	Waterloo Black Hawks
2003-2004	Lincoln Stars
2004	Waterloo Black Hawks
2004-2008	Bowling Green State University
2008	Rochester Americans
2008-2011	Portland Pirates
2011–2012	Rochester Americans
2012	St. John's IceCaps
2012-2013	Augsburg panther
2013-2014	Hershey Bears
2014	Adirondack Phantoms
2014-2015	Iserlohn Roosters
2015-2016	Vienna Capitals
2016-2017	Straubing Tigers

Derek Robert Whitmore (born December 17, 1984 in Rochester , New York ) is an American ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with the Straubing Tigers .

Career

After holding various positions in junior leagues, Whitmore joined the university team at Bowling Green State University , where he played four seasons in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association . In March 2008, the American signed his first professional contract with the Buffalo Sabers . There the striker was mainly used in the American Hockey League , with the Portland Pirates and in his hometown with the Rochester Americans . On December 20, 2011 Whitmore made his debut in the National Hockey League in a game of the Buffalo Sabers against the Ottawa Senators . The American played a total of two NHL games.

At the beginning of the 2012/13 season , the striker signed a try-out contract with St. John's IceCaps , the farm team of the Winnipeg Jets . There, however, he only came to seven missions in six weeks. As a result, his contract was terminated. For the rest of the season Whitmore signed a contract with the Augsburg Panthers from the German Ice Hockey League . Five days after his last game for the IceCaps, the striker made his debut for the Panthers and prepared two goals in the away game against the Straubing Tigers . Whitmore also convinced in the remaining games of the season, so that his contract was extended until 2014. In July 2013, however, the striker made use of a contractually agreed release clause for a commitment in North America and joined the Hershey Bears from the AHL. From March 2014 to the end of the season, the left-handed shooter was finally loaned to the Adirondack Phantoms within the league .

In the summer of 2014, Whitmore decided to work in Europe again and switched again to the DEL, where he played for the Iserlohn Roosters in the 2014/15 season and made it to the quarter-finals of the playoffs with 16 goals and five assists, but where they contributed failed at the later vice world champion ERC Ingolstadt . In the 2015/16 season , the American was on the ice for the Vienna Capitals in the EBEL , but returned to the DEL after a year when he signed a one-year contract with the Straubing Tigers .

Achievements and Awards

• 2008 CCHA Second All-Star Team

Career statistics

Whitmore (left) in the jersey of the Vienna Capitals (2016)

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM
2001/02	Butte Irish	AWHL		54	21st	21st	42	19th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL		58	15th	13	28	51		6th	1	0	1	0
2003/04	Lincoln Stars	USHL		45	19th	23	42	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Waterloo Black Hawks	USHL		10	2	0	2	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Bowling Green State University	CCHA		33	11	6th	17th	14th
2005/06	Bowling Green State University	CCHA		34	13	6th	19th	17th
2006/07	Bowling Green State University	CCHA		38	19th	10	29	20th
2007/08	Bowling Green State University	CCHA		38	27	10	37	33
2007/08	Rochester Americans	AHL		8th	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Portland Pirates	AHL		77	11	11	22nd	17th		5	1	1	2	2
2009/10	Portland Pirates	AHL		78	18th	16	34	24		4th	3	1	2	0
2010/11	Portland Pirates	AHL		80	27	20th	47	20th		12	4th	4th	8th	4th
2011/12	Rochester Americans	AHL		75	28	16	44	25th		3	0	0	0	0
2011/12	Buffalo Sabers	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	St. John's IceCaps	AHL		7th	1	3	4th	2		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Augsburg panther	DEL		26th	9	14th	23	40		2	1	0	1	0
2013/14	Hershey Bears	AHL		26th	4th	5	9	13		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Adirondack Phantoms	AHL		18th	5	6th	11	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		35	16	5	21st	14th		7th	2	1	3	2
2015/16	Vienna Capitals	EBEL		36	10	9	19th	10		6th	3	0	3	0
NCAA overall				143	70	32	102	84
AHL total				369	95	77	172	107		24	7th	6th	13	6th
NHL overall				2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
DEL total				61	25th	19th	44	54		9	3	1	4th	2

( 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

Commons : Derek Whitmore  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Derek Whitmore at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Derek Whitmore at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ stjohnsicecaps.com: IceCaps release Whitmore from PTO ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
2. ↑ eishockeynews.de: Augsburg confirms the commitment of striker Derek Whitmore ( Memento of the original from July 7th, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. ↑ www.augsburger-allgemeine.de: Extend three service providers
4. ↑ hersheybears.com Hershey Bears sign forward Derek Whitmore for 2013-14
5. ↑ del.org Iserlohn Roosters: Derek Whitmore completes squad
6. ↑ vienna-capitals.at Derek Whitmore strengthens the Vienna offensive
7. ↑ hockeyweb.de Straubing Tigers sign Scott Timmins and Derek Whitmore