Clayton Beddoes

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Clayton Beddoes
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Born (1970-11-10) November 10, 1970 (age 53)
Bentley, Alberta, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Boston Bruins
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1994–2002

Clayton Beddoes (born November 10, 1970) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey centre. [1] He played two seasons in the National Hockey League. He last coached the Italian team HC Bolzano, and has coached the Italian national team at two World Championships.

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Playing career

He spent four years playing college ice hockey at Lake Superior State University between 1990 and 1994, earning All-NCAA Second Team honors along with NCAA's Championship All-Tournament Team and All-CCHA Second Team distinction his senior year. He also served as the Lakers' team captain in his final year at LSSU. [2]

Beddoes was signed as a free agent by the Boston Bruins in 1994 and spent the 1994-95 season with the team's AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins. He played sixty career NHL games between 1995 and 1997, scoring two goals and eight assists for ten points. [3]

Beddoes scored his first NHL goal on December 2, 1995 in Boston's 6-4 home victory over the Buffalo Sabres.

After spending the 1997-98 season with the Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League (65 games: 22 goals, 24 assists), Beddoes signed with the Berlin Capitals of the German elite league Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in 1998. He made 52 appearances for the Capitals in the 1998-99 DEL season, tallying 17 goals, while assisting on 26 more. [4]

He spent two more years in the German top-flight, playing for Adler Mannheim and Düsseldorfer EG. He split his last season as a professional athlete (2001–02) between WCHL's Anchorage Aces and Italian team WSV Sterzing. In 2002, Beddoes had to put an end to his playing career due to shoulder issues.

Coaching career

After his retirement in 2002, he began a coaching career in Germany. He served one year as assistant coach of DEL's Iserlohn Roosters (2005–06), [5] followed by a two-year stint in the same position at fellow DEL side Kölner Haie. In September 2008, he was promoted to the head coaching job after the Haie organization had sacked Doug Mason, [6] but was relieved of his duties after only 71 days in that position. [7] He then joined the Frankfurt Lions' coaching staff as an assistant for 2009-10. After the Lions' organization had withdrawn from the German top-flight and made a fresh start in the third-division, Beddoes took over as head coach in 2010-11. [8]

He then embarked on a two-year stint as head coach of Italian Serie A club SG Cortina. [9]

The 2014-15 season saw him serve as skill and development coach of the Red Deers Rebels in the WHL. [10]

In April 2015, Beddoes was named head coach of WSV Sterzing, returning to the Serie A and the club where he spent the last days of his playing career. [11] In July 2017, he was named assistant coach at ERC Ingolstadt of the German DEL [12] and stayed at the job until the end of the 2017-18 season. [13]

On September 28, 2017, he was appointed as head coach of the Italian men's national team. [14]

On March 11, 2019, just before EBEL play-off beginning, Beddoes becomes head coach of Italian team HC Bolzano.

On July 20, 2023, Beddoes was announced as assistant coach with the Red Deer Rebels.

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1988–89 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 60183856115—————
1989–90 Weyburn Red Wings SJHL 633460946913761310
1990–91 Lake Superior State University CCHA 4514284226—————
1991–92 Lake Superior State UniversityCCHA3814264024—————
1992–93 Lake Superior State UniversityCCHA4518405830—————
1993–94 Lake Superior State UniversityCCHA4423315456—————
1994–95 Providence Bruins AHL 65162036391331418
1995–96 Boston Bruins NHL 3916744—————
1995–96 Providence BruinsAHL321015252442350
1996–97 Boston BruinsNHL2112313—————
1996–97 Providence BruinsAHL361123346072024
1997–98 Detroit Vipers IHL 6522244663225101516
1998–99 Berlin Capitals DEL 5217264312—————
1999–00 Adler Mannheim DEL4613122541510112
2000–01 Düsseldorfer EG DEL222356—————
2001–02 Anchorage Aces WCHL 51458—————
2001–02 WSV Sterzing Broncos ITA 13610166—————
AHL totals13337589512324741122
NHL totals60281057—————

Awards and honours

AwardYear
All-CCHA Rookie Team 1990–91
All-CCHA Second Team 1993–94
AHCA West Second-Team All-American 1993–94
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1994 [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Clayton Beddoes- Elite Prospects". Elite Prospects.
  2. ↑ "Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Clayton Beddoes". www.legendsofhockey.net. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  3. ↑ "Clayton Beddoes". Hockey Hall of Fame . Retrieved 2010-01-29.
  4. ↑ Zeitung, Berliner (1999-03-20). "Beddoes verläßt die Capitals". www.berliner-zeitung.de. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  5. ↑ EISHOCKEY.INFO. "Iserlohn Roosters: Clayton Beddoes wird Nachfolger von Teal Fowler - Amerikaner sammelt erste Erfahrungen hinter der Bande". EISHOCKEY INFO. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  6. ↑ "Tischler Clayton Beddoes wird neuer Trainer der Kölner Haie". BILD.de. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  7. ↑ "Haie schmeißen Clayton Beddoes raus | koeln.de". www.koeln.de. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  8. ↑ Frankfurt, Löwen. "Clayton Beddoes kehrt als Cheftrainer nach Frankfurt zurück - Löwen Frankfurt". www.loewen-frankfurt.de. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  9. ↑ "Clayton Beddoes conclude l'avventura ampezzana – SG Cortina". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  10. ↑ "Red Deer Advocate - Rebels looking for impact player at import draft". www.reddeeradvocate.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-21. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  11. ↑ "Nun ist es offiziell: Clayton Beddoes neuer Cheftrainer der Broncos". www.sportnews.bz. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
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  13. ↑ "Abgänge in Ingolstadt: Schopper, Mauldin, Mouillierat, Stapleton und Swinnen verlassen ERC". www.eishockeynews.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  14. ↑ "Hockey, Beddoes è il nuovo head coach della Nazionale" (in Italian). September 28, 2017. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  15. ↑ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
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