Colton Yellow Horn

Colton Yellow Horn
Born	(1987-05-05) May 5, 1987 (age 38) Brocket, Alberta, Canada
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shoots	Left
EIHL team Former teams	Coventry Blaze EC Red Bull Salzburg Manchester Monarchs Alba Volán Székesfehérvár Nippon Paper Cranes Orli Znojmo Plzeň Graz99ers HK Nitra HSC Csíkszereda Glasgow Clan
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2008–present

Colton Yellow Horn (born May 5, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who most recently played for Coventry Blaze in the UK Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Playing career

Yellow Horn played major junior beginning in 2003–04 in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Tri-City Americans. In five seasons play in the league, he consistently scored beyond a point-per-game pace. In 2007–08, he tallied a league-leading 48 goals and a major junior career-high 97 points (third in league scoring) with the Americans ^[1] and was named to the WHL West First All-Star Team. ^[2] Despite Yellow Horn's offensive production as a junior, he went undrafted by an NHL team.

In 2008–09, Yellow Horn turned pro, going overseas to Austria to play for EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL). On January 28, 2009, however, he moved back to North America mid-season, signing with the Elmira Jackals of the minor league ECHL. ^[3] On October 28, 2009, Yellow Horn was traded to the Stockton Thunder. ^[4]

In the 2012–13 season, Yellow Horn was called up from the Ontario Reign of the ECHL to the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL on February 7, 2013. ^[5] After making his long-awaited AHL debut, Yellow Horn proved his scoring prowess by contributing 18 points in just 28 games for Manchester to remain with the club for duration of the year.

On June 27, 2013, Yellow Horn decided to return abroad to the familiar Austrian Hockey League, signing a one-year deal with Hungarian club, SAPA Fehérvár AV19. ^[6]

On September 3, 2014, Yellow Horn continued his journeyman career in agreeing to a one-year contract with Japanese club, Nippon Paper Cranes of the ALIH. ^[7]

On June 12, 2015, Yellow Horn signed a contract with the Czech team HC Orli Znojmo of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). ^[8] He made 53 appearances in the 2015-16 regular season, tallying 28 goals and 29 assists and also saw action in 18 playoff-contests with eight goals and 21 assists. Yellow Horn won the Ron Kennedy Trophy as the EBEL Most Valuable Player. ^[9]

In April 2016, he penned a deal with HC Plzeň of the Czech Extraliga. ^[10] After just 11 games in the ELH, Yellow Horn returned to previous club, Orli Znojmo, of the EBEL. In April 2018, he signed an initial one-year deal with the Graz 99ers, his fourth club of the EBEL. ^[11]

After spells with HK Nitra in the Slovak Extraliga and Erste Liga side HSC Csíkszereda, Yellow Horn agreed terms with UK EIHL side Glasgow Clan for the 2021–22 season. ^[12]

After a season with Glasgow, Yellow Horn agreed terms for the 2022–23 season with fellow Elite League club Coventry Blaze. ^[13]

Personal life

Yellow Horn grew up in the Piikani Nation tribe of Brocket, Alberta. ^[14]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2003–04	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL		67	5	9	14	25		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL		70	35	51	86	40		5	1	2	3	2
2005–06	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL		67	25	50	75	63		6	1	5	6	6
2006–07	Tri-City Americans	WHL		59	40	37	77	57		6	1	2	3	6
2007–08	Tri-City Americans	WHL		67	48	49	97	63		16	10	11	21	18
2008–09	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		11	1	2	3	2		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Elmira Jackals	ECHL		24	5	6	11	10		9	0	4	4	0
2009–10	Elmira Jackals	ECHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Stockton Thunder	ECHL		13	2	8	10	10		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Allen Americans	CHL		43	10	25	35	41		20	10	10	20	20
2010–11	Allen Americans	CHL		66	33	55	88	54		13	6	10	16	24
2011–12	Allen Americans	CHL		58	24	31	55	35		6	1	4	5	6
2012–13	Ontario Reign	ECHL		48	36	22	58	28		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		28	6	12	18	18		4	1	1	2	0
2013–14	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	EBEL		43	20	23	43	36		4	0	1	1	2
2014–15	Nippon Paper Cranes	ALIH		47	21	38	59	53		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Orli Znojmo	EBEL		53	28	29	57	36		18	8	21	29	8
2016–17	HC Plzeň	ELH		11	4	0	4	4		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Orli Znojmo	EBEL		38	19	23	42	28		4	0	3	3	4
2017–18	Orli Znojmo	EBEL		50	15	24	39	22		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Graz 99ers	EBEL		51	24	34	58	51		10	2	4	6	2
2019–20	Graz99ers	EBEL		11	0	3	3	6		—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	HK Nitra	Slovak		32	11	23	34	14		—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	HSC Csíkszereda	EL		30	16	29	45	—		4	0	4	4	—
2020–21	HSC Csíkszereda	ROU		16	5	15	20	6		—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Glasgow Clan	EIHL		54	11	44	55	28		2	0	1	1	6
2022–23	Coventry Blaze	EIHL		47	18	25	43	14		2	0	0	0	0
AHL totals				28	6	12	18	18		4	1	1	2	0

Medal record
Representing   Canada
Ice hockey
IIHF U18 Championships
	2005 České Budějovice

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2005	Canada	WJC18			6	2	0	2	0
Junior totals					6	2	0	2	0

Awards and honours

Award	Year
WHL
East Second All-Star Team	2005
West Second All-Star Team	2007
West First All-Star Team	2008	[2]
ECHL
Second all-star team	2013
EBEL
Ron Kennedy Trophy (MVP)	2016

References

1. "2007-08 WHL League Leaders". Hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
2. "WHL Western Conference All-Star Team". Western Hockey League . Retrieved July 8, 2008.^{[ dead link ]}
3. "Jackals sign rookie Yellow Horn". ECHL. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2009-01-29.^{[ dead link ]}
4. "Trade With Elmira Lands Scorer Yellow Horn". Stockton Thunder. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2009-10-30.^{[ dead link ]}
5. "Reign loan Yellow Horn to Monarchs". Ontario Reign. 2013-02-07. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
6. "SAPA signs Ric Jackman and Colton Yellow Horn" (in Hungarian). SAPA Fehérvár AV19. 2013-06-27. Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
7. "Colton Yellow Horn comes to Nippon" (in Japanese). Nippon Paper Cranes. 2014-09-03. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
8. "Znojmo signs Colton Yellow Horn". Austrian Hockey League. 2015-06-12. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
9. "Der beste Spieler – Die Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung" . Retrieved 2016-05-23.
10. "Indiáni hlásí první posilu, v Plzni bude hrát Kanaďan Colton Yellow Horn". Plzeňský deník. 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
11. "Local hockey player makes most of off season at home". piikaninationnews.ca. June 12, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
12. "SIGNING: Clan announce arrival of Yellow Horn | Glasgow Clan Ice Hockey Club". 5 August 2021.
13. "Stewart secures Yellow Horn signing". 17 July 2022.
14. Laskaris, Sam. "Yellow Horn is seeing the world, getting paid". ammsa.ca. Retrieved September 6, 2018.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Eurohockey.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database