Jason Coles

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Jason Coles
Born (1973-09-16) 16 September 1973 (age 51)
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 19932012

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).

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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 TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1990–91 Belleville Bulls OHL 130119
1990–91 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL480116290007
1991–92 Niagara Falls ThunderOHL5805568171019
1992–93 Niagara Falls ThunderOHL33461075
1992–93 Windsor Spitfires OHL28961587
1993–94 Windsor SpitfiresOHL60119
1993–94 St. Thomas Wildcats CoHL 1300014
1993–94 Hamilton Kilty B's OPJHL 186121862
1995–96 Bracknell Bees BD151253762120
1996–97 Bracknell Bees BISL 421346660006
1997–98 Fayetteville Force CHL 30006
1997–98 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 1000018
1997–98 Birmingham Bulls ECHL30000
1997–98 Limburger EG Germany2 70000
1998–99 Kingston Hawks BNL 1610154610110
1999–00 Isle of Wight Raiders EPIHL 26280
1999–00 Solihull Blaze BNL321812306084268
2000–01 Isle of Wight RaidersEPIHL2930215148
2001–02 Isle of Wight RaidersEPIHL2414152911863474
2002–03 Isle of Wight RaidersEPIHL3439387777641531
2003–04 Wightlink RaidersEPIHL31282856106898176
2004–05 Wightlink RaidersEPIHL29361652856461016
2005–06 Wightlink RaidersEPIHL47472269113
2006–07 Wightlink RaidersEPIHL3724275181
2007–08 Wightlink RaidersEPIHL4023325576
2008–09 Wightlink RaidersEPIHL16561136
2008–09 Vectis Tigers ENL 2 716132951
2009–10Wightlink TigersENL 21318203824
2010–11Wightlink TigersENL 21736347022
2011–12Wightlink TigersENL 2112110310
EPIHL totals2892522074597402620193957

References

  1. "Double retirement for Tigers | Pro Hockey News". 25 March 2012.
  2. "News". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.