Dustin Whitecotton

Dustin Whitecotton
Date of birth	May 3rd 1979
place of birth	Cherryville , British Columbia , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	center
number	# 9
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1996-2000	Miami University
2000-2001	Mississippi Sea Wolves
2001-2003	Missouri River Otters
2003-2004	1. EV Weiden
2004-2008	SERC Wild Wings
2008-2013	Straubing Tigers
2013-2014	Belfast Giants
2014-2015	Deggendorfer SC
2015-2016	Dragons de Rouen

Dustin Whitecotton (born May 3, 1979 in Cherryville , British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player.

Career

Whitecotton played at college in the Miami University team from Ohio, for which he participated in the NCAA game operations . In the 2000/01 season, the center was in the East Coast Hockey League for the Mississippi Sea Wolves on the ice, in the next two years he was active for the Missouri River Otters in the United Hockey League . In addition, the left shooter completed several games in the AHL for the Rochester Americans , the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Lowell Lock Monsters .

For the 2003/04 season , the attacker moved to Germany and joined the 1. EV Weiden in the 2. Bundesliga . A year later Whitecotton signed a contract with league competitor SERC Wild Wings from Schwenningen. The Canadian played there for a total of four years and formed a successful storm duo together with the native Czech Dušan Frosch . In 2008 Whitecotton switched to the Straubing Tigers , where he played in the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) for five years .

In 2013 he joined the Belfast Giants from the British Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and won the championship title with the club in the 2013/14 season. The following season he returned to Germany and ran for the top division Deggendorfer SC .

After the 2015/16 season, in which he played for the Dragons de Rouen in France, he ended his playing career.

Trainer

In July 2016, Whitecotton was introduced as the head coach of the German upper division EV Lindau .

From 2018 to April 2019 he was youth coach and player coach (in the 1st team) at EV Dingolfing in the Bavarian regional league.

Achievements and Awards

• 2014: British Champion with the Belfast Giants

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
1996/97	Miami University	NCAA		36	4th	6th	10	10
1997/98	Miami University	NCAA		37	8th	24	32	6th
1998/99	Miami University	NCAA		12	0	5	5	4th
1999/00	Miami University	NCAA		36	12	26th	38	14th
1999/00	Rochester Americans	AHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Mississippi Sea Wolves	ECHL		72	17th	24	41	10		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Missouri River Otters	UHL		65	37	58	95	6th		4th	0	2	2	0
2001/02	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		8th	1	0	1	8th		1	0	0	0	0
2002/03	Missouri River Otters	UHL		66	35	54	89	30th		3	0	2	2	0
2002/03	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		2	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL		7th	2	1	3	2		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	1. EV Weiden	2nd BL		48	21st	37	58	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	SERC Wild Wings	2nd BL		51	20th	28	48	32		7th	3	2	5	4th
2005/06	SERC Wild Wings	2nd BL		52	29	44	73	22nd		11	3	4th	7th	4th
2006/07	SERC Wild Wings	2nd BL		45	20th	41	61	26th		4th	2	1	3	0
2007/08	SERC Wild Wings	2nd BL		52	29	41	70	30th		11	4th	3	7th	16
2008/09	Straubing Tigers	DEL		40	11	10	21st	24		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Straubing Tigers	DEL		55	10	23	33	16		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Straubing Tigers	DEL		52	8th	20th	28	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Straubing Tigers	DEL		40	7th	11	18th	22nd		8th	3	2	5	0
2012/13	Straubing Tigers	DEL		33	1	8th	9	20th		7th	1	3	4th	2
2013/14	Belfast Giants	EIHL		59	18th	49	67	20th		4th	0	1	1	2
NCAA overall				121	24	61	85	34
UHL overall				131	72	112	184	36		7th	0	4th	4th	0
AHL total				18th	3	1	4th	12		1	0	0	0	0
2. Bundesliga overall				248	119	191	310	132		33	12	10	22nd	24
DEL total				220	37	72	109	96		15th	4th	5	9	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

• Dustin Whitecotton at eurohockey.com
• Dustin Whitecotton at hockeydb.com (English)
• Dustin Whitecotton at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ice hockey DEL: Whitecotton and frog slip into tiger dress. In: www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
2. ↑ DEL - DEL.org. In: www.del.org. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
3. ^ Stena Line Belfast Giants >> Dustin Whitecotton. In: www.belfastgiants.com. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Belfast Giants: 22 giant facts about our heroes of the ice - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
5. ↑ ICE HOCKEY.INFO: Deggendorfer SC: Dustin Whitecotton gives Deggendorf his commitment - change from the Belfast Giants. In: ICE HOCKEY INFO. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
6. ^ EV Lindau | New coach for EV Lindau Islanders. (No longer available online.) In: evlindau.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2016 ; Retrieved July 9, 2016 . 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.