Will Acton

Will Acton
Date of birth	July 16, 1987
place of birth	Edina , Minnesota , USA
size	191 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	striker
number	# 41
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2003-2007	Stouffville Spirit
2007-2011	Lake Superior State University
2011-2013	Toronto Marlies
2013-2014	Edmonton Oilers Oklahoma City Barons
2014-2015	Utica Comets
2015-2018	Schwenninger Wild Wings
since 2018	Nuremberg Ice Tigers

William Kevin Acton (born July 16, 1987 in Edina , Minnesota ) is a Canadian - American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers in the German Ice Hockey League since April 2018 . His father Keith was also a long-time ice hockey player and temporarily acted as an assistant coach to his son at his station in Edmonton.

Career

Acton began his career in the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League (OPJHL) , where he completed a total of four seasons for the Stouffville Spirit between 2003 and 2007 . The attacker was then on the ice for the university team of Lake Superior State University in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , which is part of the NCAA's gaming operations . In March 2011 he was signed by the NHL organization of the Toronto Maple Leafs , but played the following two seasons exclusively for their farm team Toronto Marlies in the American Hockey League . In the summer of 2013, Acton moved to the Edmonton Oilers organization , where he played 30 games in the top division of North America for the first time in the 2013/14 season and played the rest of the season for the AHL farm team Oklahoma City Barons .

Shortly after the start of the 2014/15 season, the left shooter was transferred to the Vancouver Canucks , where he was used exclusively in the AHL for the Utica Comets . In September 2015 Acton was signed by the Schwenninger Wild Wings from the German Ice Hockey League (DEL), where he came up with jersey number 41. He recorded 55 points (16 goals, 39 assists) in 46 games during the DEL main round, making it the third-best figure in the league.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2003/04	Stouffville Spirit	OPJHL		1	1	0	1	0
2004/05	Stouffville Spirit	OPJHL		41	5	8th	13	28
2005/06	Stouffville Spirit	OPJHL		48	11	20th	31	38
2006/07	Stouffville Spirit	OPJHL		33	16	13	29	63
2007/08	Lake Superior State University	CCHA		36	6th	7th	13	22nd
2008/09	Lake Superior State University	CCHA		38	7th	9	16	53
2009/10	Lake Superior State University	CCHA		36	10	14th	24	39
2010/11	Lake Superior State University	CCHA		34	9	15th	24	18th
2010/11	Toronto Marlies	AHL		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Reading Royals	ECHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Toronto Marlies	AHL		69	7th	9	16	58		17th	1	1	2	9
2012/13	Toronto Marlies	AHL		67	8th	11	19th	60		9	4th	2	6th	12
2013/14	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		30th	3	2	5	21st		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Oklahoma City Barons	AHL		47	12	11	23	74		3	0	1	1	0
2014/15	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		3	0	0	0	5		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Oklahoma City Barons	AHL		6th	1	1	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Utica Comets	AHL		45	11	8th	19th	26th		9	1	2	3	2
OPJHL total				123	33	41	74	129		-	-	-	-	-
CCHA total				144	32	45	77	132		-	-	-	-	-
AHL total				239	39	40	79	220		38	6th	6th	12	23
NHL overall				33	3	2	5	26th		-	-	-	-	-

( 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

• Will Acton at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ yorkregion.com Acton follows Gysbers to Marlies
2. ↑ oilers.nhl.com Oilers add trio
3. ↑ canucks.nhl.com Canucks acquire Will Acton from Oilers
4. ↑ Ice hockey: Wild Wings sign Will Acton. In: suedkurier.de . September 28, 2015, accessed October 7, 2015 . 
5. ↑ All DEL statistics - DEL.org. (No longer available online.) In: www.del.org. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 10, 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.