Jason Coles
Jason Coles (born 16 September 1973) is a British retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently the head of the Wightlink Tigers in the English National Ice Hockey League (NIHL).
| Jason Coles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
16 September 1973 Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
CoHL St. Thomas Wildcats BISL Bracknell Bees CHL Fayetteville Force ECHL Pee Dee Pride Birmingham Bulls | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1993–2012 | ||
Coles played four seasons (1990 - 1994) of major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), scoring 13 goals and 20 assists for 24 points, while earning 310 penalty minutes, in 186 games played.
He began his professional career during the 1993-94 season with the St. Thomas Wildcats of the Colonial Hockey League. He went on to play 17 seasons, predominantly with the Wightlink Raiders of the English Premier Ice Hockey League, but also with the Bracknell Bees of the British Ice Hockey Superleague, and in the ECHL with the Pee Dee Pride and Birmingham Bulls, before retiring as a player following the 2011-12 season.[1]
With the 2012-13 season, Coles took on the position of head coach with the Wightlink Tigers of the English National Ice Hockey League after being a player-coach with the team the previous year.[2]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1990–91 | Belleville Bulls | OHL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Niagara Falls Thunder | OHL | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1991–92 | Niagara Falls Thunder | OHL | 58 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1992–93 | Niagara Falls Thunder | OHL | 33 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 28 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | St. Thomas Wildcats | CoHL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Hamilton Kilty B's | OPJHL | 18 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Bracknell Bees | BD1 | 51 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 120 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Bracknell Bees | BISL | 42 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1997–98 | Fayetteville Force | CHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Pee Dee Pride | ECHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Birmingham Bulls | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Limburger EG | Germany2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Kingston Hawks | BNL | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 1999–00 | Isle of Wight Raiders | EPIHL | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Solihull Blaze | BNL | 32 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 60 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2000–01 | Isle of Wight Raiders | EPIHL | 29 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Isle of Wight Raiders | EPIHL | 24 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 118 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2002–03 | Isle of Wight Raiders | EPIHL | 34 | 39 | 38 | 77 | 77 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 31 | ||
| 2003–04 | Wightlink Raiders | EPIHL | 31 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 106 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 | ||
| 2004–05 | Wightlink Raiders | EPIHL | 29 | 36 | 16 | 52 | 85 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | ||
| 2005–06 | Wightlink Raiders | EPIHL | 47 | 47 | 22 | 69 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Wightlink Raiders | EPIHL | 37 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Wightlink Raiders | EPIHL | 40 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Wightlink Raiders | EPIHL | 16 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Vectis Tigers | ENL 2 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Wightlink Tigers | ENL 2 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Wightlink Tigers | ENL 2 | 17 | 36 | 34 | 70 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Wightlink Tigers | ENL 2 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| EPIHL totals | 289 | 252 | 207 | 459 | 740 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 57 | ||||
References
- "Double retirement for Tigers | Pro Hockey News". 25 March 2012.
- "News". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database