Trent Whitfield

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Trent Whitfield
Date of birth 17th June 1977
place of birth Estevan , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 95 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1996 , 4th round, 100th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
1994-1998 Spokane Chiefs
1998-2000 Portland Pirates
2000-2004 Washington Capitals
2004-2005 Portland Pirates
2005-2006 St. Louis Blues
2006-2009 Peoria Rivermen
2009-2013 Providence Bruins
2013-2014 HC Bolzano

Trenton Grant Whitfield (born June 17, 1977 in Estevan , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who has played 194 NHL games for the Washington Capitals , St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins during his career . He has been an assistant coach with the Portland Pirates since 2014 .

Career

Whitfield in the jersey of HC Bozen

Trent Whitfield began his career as a hockey player with the Spokane Chiefs , for which he was active from 1994 to 1998 in the Western Hockey League . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1996 in the fourth round as a total of 100th player by the Boston Bruins , but they did not commit him. Instead, the attacker received on September 1, 1998 as a free agent a contract with the Washington Capitals , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the play-offs of the 1999/2000 season , with no point and punishment in three games stayed. During the time in the franchise of the Washington Capitals, where he was employed until 2005, the left-shooter also played regularly for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Portland Pirates , where he was exclusively for Portland in the 2004/05 season due to the lockout the AHL ran aground. During the 2001/02 season he also played once for the New York Rangers .

After resumption of play in the NHL Whitfield was signed on August 2, 2005 as a free agent by the St. Louis Blues , for which he posted seven scorer points in 30 games in his first year . During the 2008/09 season he completed three NHL missions for the Blues, otherwise he was only used for their AHL farm team Peoria Rivermen , where he was team captain . On July 13, 2009, the Canadian received a two-year contract with the Boston Bruins .

Before the 2013/14 season he signed a contract with the Italian EBEL entry-level HC Bozen , with whom he defeated EC Red Bull Salzburg 3-2 in the playoff final and won the EBEL championship. He then ended his career and became an assistant coach with the Portland Pirates .

Achievements and Awards

International

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 7th 193 11 18th 29 104
Playoffs 4th 18th 0 0 0 12

(Status: end of the 2009/10 season)

Web links

Commons : Trent Whitfield  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ pjstar.com, Rivermen captain ships out
personal data
SURNAME Whitfield, Trent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whitfield, Trenton Grant
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th June 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Estevan , Saskatchewan, Canada