Matt Dalton
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Date of birth | 4th July 1986 |
place of birth | Clinton , Ontario , Canada |
size | 187 cm |
Weight | 89 kg |
position | goalkeeper |
number | # 30 |
Catch hand | Left |
Career stations | |
2005-2006 | Bozeman IceDogs |
2006-2007 | Des Moines Buccaneers |
2007-2009 | Bemidji State University |
2009-2011 |
Providence Bruins Reading Royals |
2011–2012 | Vityaz Chekhov |
2012-2014 | Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk |
since 2014 | Anyang Halla |
Matthew Allen "Matt" Dalton (born July 4, 1986 in Clinton , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper with South Korean citizenship who has been under contract with Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH) since 2014 .
Career
Matt Dalton began his career as a hockey player with the Bozeman IceDogs, for which he was active in the junior league North American Hockey League in the 2005/06 season . During this season, the goalkeeper was elected to the first All-Star Team and the first All-Rookie Team of the league as well as their MVP . He also had the lowest goalscoring and the best catch rate of all goalkeepers in the league. The 2006/07 season he spent with the Des Moines Buccaneers in the United States Hockey League . From 2007 to 2009 he attended Bemidji State University and played parallel for their ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . With his university team, he won the 2009 College Hockey America championship and was elected to the league's second All-Star Team.
In the summer of 2009 Dalton signed a contract with the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League , for whose professional farm teams Providence Bruins from the American Hockey League and Reading Royals from the ECHL he was on the ice for the next two years. For the 2011/12 season , the Canadian was committed by Vitjas Chekhov from the Continental Hockey League , where he was the first goalkeeper.
Between 2012 and 2014 he was under contract with Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk before moving to Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey in the summer of 2014 . In 2015 he was named the best goalkeeper in the Asia League and was also elected to the Asia League First Team. A year later he won the league with Anyang Halla and was voted Most Valuable Player of the Playoffs. In 2017 he was able to defend the title in the Asia League with his team and was once again voted the best goalkeeper and the first team of the league.
International
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At the beginning of April 2016, Dalton was naturalized to South Korea together with defender Eric Regan . Later in the month he was in the World Cup 2016 his debut in the Division I South Korean national team . He achieved the third-best catch quota of the tournament behind the Slovenian Gašper Krošelj and the Austrian Bernhard Starkbaum . Also in 2017 , when he was promoted to the top division for the first time, he played in Division I. At the Winter Asian Games in 2017 , he finished second with the East Asians behind Kazakhstan .
Achievements and Awards
- 2006 NAHL First All-Star Team
- 2006 NAHL First All-Rookie Team
- 2006 Most valuable player in the NAHL
- 2006 Lowest average against goals against in the NAHL
- 2006 Best catch quota of the NAHL
- 2009 CHA Championship with Bemidji State University
- 2009 CHA Second All-Star Team
- 2015 Best goalkeeper and first team of the Asia League Ice Hockey
- 2016 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
- 2017 win the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
- 2017 Best Goalkeeper and First Team of the Asia League Ice Hockey
International
- 2017 silver medal at the Asian Winter Games
- 2017 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I, Group A.
- 2019 Best Goalkeeper of the World Cup Division I, Group A.
- 2019 All-Star Team World Championship Division I, Group A.
Web links
- Matt Dalton at hockeydb.com (English)
- Matt Dalton at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Canadian ice hockey players given South Korean citizenship so they can play at Pyeongchang 2018" on Insidethegames.biz, accessed on May 20, 2016.
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SURNAME | Dalton, Matt |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dalton, Matthew Allen (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian-South Korean ice hockey goalkeeper |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Clinton , Ontario , Canada |