Mitch Callahan
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Date of birth | 17th August 1991 |
place of birth | Whittier , California , USA |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 86 kg |
position | Right wing |
number | 15th |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2009 , 6th lap, 180th position Detroit Red Wings |
Career stations | |
2007-2008 | Los Angeles Junior Kings |
2008-2011 | Kelowna Rockets |
2011-2017 | Grand Rapids Griffins |
2017-2019 | Bakersfield Condors |
2019-2020 | Augsburg panther |
Mitchell "Mitch" Callahan (born August 17, 1991 in Whittier , California ) is an American ice hockey player who was last under contract with the Augsburg Panthers in the German Ice Hockey League .
Career
Callahan, who was born and raised in the US state of California , played in the Los Angeles Kings' youth development program until 2008 . The winger then moved to the Kelowna Rockets from the Canadian Western Hockey League . There he spent the next three years and won the Ed Chynoweth Cup with the team in his rookie season . In the following Memorial Cup , the Rockets narrowly missed out on winning the tournament. In total, the American played 248 games for Kelowna over the course of three seasons, collecting 147 points and 510 penalty minutes.
After he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2009 in the sixth round at 180th position by the Detroit Red Wings from the National Hockey League and signed in May 2010, he finally moved to the professional field for the 2011/12 season . Callahan was there for Detroit's farm team , the Grand Rapids Griffins , in the American Hockey League . With the Griffins, the attacker won the Calder Cup in the 2012/13 season , to which he contributed eleven points in 24 play-off games. Callahan was also part of the Griffins squad for the following years. He first came to Red Wings in the 2013/14 season , which he followed four more at the end of the 2016/17 season . In addition, the attacker won the Calder Cup again with the Griffins at the end of the 2016/17 season.
After six years in the organization of the Red Wings, his contract was not extended after the 2016/17 season, so he joined the Edmonton Oilers as a free agent in July 2017 . There he played exclusively in the AHL farm team of the Oilers, the Bakersfield Condors . In July 2019, the Augsburg panthers signed the attacker, this is his first stop outside of North America.
International
Callahan played for his home country at the 2011 U20 World Youth Championship in Buffalo, his home country . He contributed one goal to winning the bronze medal in six tournaments.
Achievements and Awards
- 2009 Ed Chynoweth Cup win with the Kelowna Rockets
- 2013 Calder Cup win with the Grand Rapids Griffins
- 2017 Calder Cup win with the Grand Rapids Griffins
International
- 2011 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
Career statistics
Status: end of the 2018/19 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
2008/09 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 70 | 14th | 13 | 27 | 188 | 22nd | 1 | 3 | 4th | 43 | ||
2009 | Kelowna Rockets | Memorial Cup | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
2009/10 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 72 | 20th | 27 | 47 | 165 | 12 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 10 | ||
2010/11 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 62 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 87 | 10 | 5 | 4th | 9 | 17th | ||
2011/12 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 48 | 6th | 3 | 9 | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2012/13 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 71 | 11 | 9 | 20th | 93 | 24 | 6th | 5 | 11 | 33 | ||
2013/14 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 70 | 26th | 18th | 44 | 51 | 8th | 1 | 4th | 5 | 6th | ||
2013/14 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2014/15 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 48 | 16 | 22nd | 38 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2015/16 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 62 | 19th | 13 | 32 | 94 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
2016/17 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 66 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 57 | 19th | 6th | 10 | 16 | 18th | ||
2016/17 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2017/18 | Bakersfield Condors | AHL | 45 | 2 | 7th | 9 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2018/19 | Bakersfield Condors | AHL | 61 | 15th | 19th | 34 | 22nd | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | ||
WHL overall | 204 | 57 | 71 | 128 | 440 | 44 | 8th | 11 | 19th | 70 | ||||
AHL total | 471 | 111 | 118 | 229 | 467 | 69 | 14th | 21st | 35 | 70 | ||||
NHL overall | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
International
Represented the USA at:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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2011 | United States | U20 World Cup |
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6th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Juniors overall | 6th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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
- Mitch Callahan in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
- Mitch Callahan at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Callahan, Mitch |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Callahan, Mitchell |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Whittier , California |