Dan Hinote

Daniel Chester " Dan " Hinote ( born January 30, 1977 in Leesburg, Florida ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who from 1999 to 2009 in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Avalanche and St. Louis Blues, as well as for MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik in the Elitserien played the position of right winger. He is currently an assistant coach with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Career

The 1.83 m wide winger began his career in the team of the United States Military Academy in the play mode of the College NCAA before the 167 than in the seventh round and also the first player to the Military Academy in a draft of the NHL Entry Draft 1996 Colorado Avalanche selected ( drafted ) was.

First, the right-handed shooter moved to Canadian junior league OHL, where he spent one and a half seasons with the Oshawa Generals. Then went Hinote to the Hershey Bears, the farm team of the avalanche in the American Hockey League. In the 1999/00 season, the striker managed for the first time jump into the NHL roster of franchises from Denver, in just one season Hinote became a regular for the Avalanche. With Colorado Hinote was finally the 2001 Stanley Cup, the North American Hockey Championship win, the lockout in the season 2004/ 05 he spent at MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik in the Swedish Elitserien.

After the 2005 /06 HiNotes contract in Denver was not renewed, so that he was obliged as a free agent by the St. Louis Blues on July 3, 2006. Due to a shoulder injury, the attacker was able to complete only 41 games in his first season in St. Louis, the 2007/ 08 season he was sidelined 24 games due to a hip injury long.

After the 2008/ 09 season he was initially able to find a new club and was a so-called Unrestricted Free Agent. Although he denied the preparatory season training camp of the San Jose Sharks, but could there not recommend for a contract. In November 2009 he was rearrested by MODO Hockey Örnsköldsvik under contract. Dan Hinote ended with the end of the 2009/10 season his career as an active athlete and signed on 1 July 2010 a contract as an assistant coach with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Awards and achievements

• 2000 AHL All- Star Classic
• 2001 Stanley Cup champion with the Colorado Avalanche

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )