Dylan Yeo
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Dylan Yeo is a Canadian
professional ice hockey
defenceman
who currently plays for the Hershey Bears
of the AHL
.
of the Western Hockey League
, where he played from 2003 to 2005, scoring a combined 20 points in goals and assists during regular season play.
From 2005 to 2007, Yeo skated with the Calgary Hitmen
, also of the WHL. During the 2006-07 season, Yeo led the team's regular season plus-minus statistic with a +27. While with the Hitmen, he scored 53 points in combined goals and assists during regular season play, and netted 14 points during the post-season.
Yeo turned pro in 2007, moving to the ECHL
's Victoria Salmon Kings
, where he played from 2007 to 2009. While with the Salmon Kings, he scored 71 points during regular season play, with 7 points in the post-season. Yeo was also called up to the Manitoba Moose
, Victoria's AHL
affiliate, for 23 games, where he racked up 7 points in the regular season.
In 2009, Yeo moved to the South Carolina Stingrays
. Early in the season, he was called up to the Hershey Bears
, the Stingrays' AHL affiliate, for 2 games, after which he returned to the Stingrays. Yeo played 49 games with the Stingrays in the 2009–10 season, tallying 30 points in 14 goals and 16 assists in the regular season. That combined with the goal and assist Yeo netted in 5 games of the 2010 Kelly Cup
playoffs made him the Stingrays' top-scoring defenceman
. Following the Stingrays' elimination in the first round of the playoffs, Yeo was recalled to the Bears, playing 2 games and earning 5 penalty minutes in the 2010 Calder Cup
playoffs. Hershey would ultimately win the Calder Cup that year.
Yeo re-signed with the Stingrays for the 2010–11 season, but was called up to Hershey early in the season.
before a game.
In the 2009–10 season with the Stingrays
, Yeo played with a pink hockey stick. The stick was raffled off with proceeds going to support the Susan G. Komen for the Cure
breast cancer foundation.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
defenceman
Defenceman (ice hockey)
Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
who currently plays for the Hershey Bears
Hershey Bears
The Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of...
of the AHL
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
.
Playing career
Yeo started his junior career with the Prince George CougarsPrince George Cougars
The Prince George Cougars are a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League. The team is based in Prince George, British Columbia, and plays its home games at the CN Centre...
of the Western Hockey League
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...
, where he played from 2003 to 2005, scoring a combined 20 points in goals and assists during regular season play.
From 2005 to 2007, Yeo skated with the Calgary Hitmen
Calgary Hitmen
The Calgary Hitmen are a major junior ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Hitmen play in the Central Division of the Western Hockey League . They play their home games at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Bret "The Hitman" Hart, a local-born professional wrestler, was a founding owner...
, also of the WHL. During the 2006-07 season, Yeo led the team's regular season plus-minus statistic with a +27. While with the Hitmen, he scored 53 points in combined goals and assists during regular season play, and netted 14 points during the post-season.
Yeo turned pro in 2007, moving to the ECHL
ECHL
The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
's Victoria Salmon Kings
Victoria Salmon Kings
The Victoria Salmon Kings were a professional ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Western Conference of the ECHL, debuting in the 2004–05 ECHL season and folding after the 2010–11 ECHL season as the Chilliwack Bruins WHL franchise...
, where he played from 2007 to 2009. While with the Salmon Kings, he scored 71 points during regular season play, with 7 points in the post-season. Yeo was also called up to the Manitoba Moose
Manitoba Moose
The Manitoba Moose were a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that played in the International Hockey League from 1996 to 2001 and American Hockey League from 2001 to 2011. The team moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011 to become the St...
, Victoria's AHL
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
affiliate, for 23 games, where he racked up 7 points in the regular season.
In 2009, Yeo moved to the South Carolina Stingrays
South Carolina Stingrays
The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in...
. Early in the season, he was called up to the Hershey Bears
Hershey Bears
The Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of...
, the Stingrays' AHL affiliate, for 2 games, after which he returned to the Stingrays. Yeo played 49 games with the Stingrays in the 2009–10 season, tallying 30 points in 14 goals and 16 assists in the regular season. That combined with the goal and assist Yeo netted in 5 games of the 2010 Kelly Cup
Kelly Cup
The Patrick J. Kelly Cup goes to the play-off champion of the ECHL. The Kelly Cup has been awarded to teams since 1997. Prior to 1997, the playoff winner was awarded the Riley Cup. The current cup is named after Patrick J. Kelly, the league's first commissioner. The cup is loaned to the winning...
playoffs made him the Stingrays' top-scoring defenceman
Defenceman (ice hockey)
Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
. Following the Stingrays' elimination in the first round of the playoffs, Yeo was recalled to the Bears, playing 2 games and earning 5 penalty minutes in the 2010 Calder Cup
Calder Cup
The Calder Cup is awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League. The trophy is the world's second oldest continuous professional ice hockey championship, having first been awarded in 1937 following the 1936-37 AHL season, and continuously being awarded every year.The cup...
playoffs. Hershey would ultimately win the Calder Cup that year.
Yeo re-signed with the Stingrays for the 2010–11 season, but was called up to Hershey early in the season.
Career notes
During his time with the Hitmen, Yeo once sang the Canadian National AnthemO Canada
It has been noted that the opening theme of "O Canada" bears a strong resemblance to the "Marsch der Priester" , from the opera Die Zauberflöte , composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and that Lavallée's melody was inspired by Mozart's tune...
before a game.
In the 2009–10 season with the Stingrays
South Carolina Stingrays
The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in...
, Yeo played with a pink hockey stick. The stick was raffled off with proceeds going to support the Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly known as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, often referred to as simply Komen, is the most widely known, largest and best-funded breast cancer organization in the US....
breast cancer foundation.
Awards
- Named to the ECHLECHLThe ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States...
National Conference All-Star Team in 2009 - ECHL's Defenseman of the Year for 2008-09
- Named to the All-ECHL First Team for 2008–2009
Records
- Victoria Salmon KingsVictoria Salmon KingsThe Victoria Salmon Kings were a professional ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Western Conference of the ECHL, debuting in the 2004–05 ECHL season and folding after the 2010–11 ECHL season as the Chilliwack Bruins WHL franchise...
' franchise record for goals by a defencemanDefenceman (ice hockey)Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
during a playoff season (4) - Victoria Salmon Kings' franchise record for points by a defenceman during a playoff season (7)
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2003–04 2003-04 WHL season The 2003–04 WHL season was the 38th season for the Western Hockey League. Twenty teams completed a 72 game season. The Medicine Hat Tigers won the President's Cup, while the host Kelowna Rockets won the Memorial Cup.-League notes:... |
Prince George Cougars Prince George Cougars The Prince George Cougars are a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League. The team is based in Prince George, British Columbia, and plays its home games at the CN Centre... |
WHL Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada... |
53 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 2004-05 WHL season The 2004–05 WHL season was the 39th season for the Western Hockey League. Twenty teams completed a 72 game schedule. The Kelowna Rockets won the President's Cup.-Eastern Conference:-Western Conference:-Scoring leaders:... |
Prince George Cougars | WHL | 35 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Calgary Hitmen Calgary Hitmen The Calgary Hitmen are a major junior ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Hitmen play in the Central Division of the Western Hockey League . They play their home games at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Bret "The Hitman" Hart, a local-born professional wrestler, was a founding owner... |
WHL | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 2005-06 WHL season The 2005–06 WHL season was the 40th season for the Western Hockey League. Twenty teams completed a 72 game schedule. The Vancouver Giants won the President's Cup.-League notes:... |
Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 56 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 2006-07 WHL season The 2006–07 WHL season was the 41st season for the Western Hockey League. Twenty-one teams completed a 72 game season. The Everett Silvertips won the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy, after having the best record in the WHL during the regular season. The Medicine Hat Tigers won the President's Cup,... |
Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 57 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 64 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | ||
| 2007–08 2007-08 ECHL season The 2007–08 ECHL season was the 20th season of the ECHL.Two teams suspended operations at the end of the 2006–07 season, the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the Toledo Storm... |
Victoria Salmon Kings Victoria Salmon Kings The Victoria Salmon Kings were a professional ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia. They were members of the Mountain Division of the Western Conference of the ECHL, debuting in the 2004–05 ECHL season and folding after the 2010–11 ECHL season as the Chilliwack Bruins WHL franchise... |
ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
55 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 76 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 2007–08 | Manitoba Moose Manitoba Moose The Manitoba Moose were a Canadian professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that played in the International Hockey League from 1996 to 2001 and American Hockey League from 2001 to 2011. The team moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011 to become the St... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Victoria Salmon Kings | ECHL | 52 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2008–09 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Hershey Bears Hershey Bears The Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of... |
AHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 2009–10 | South Carolina Stingrays South Carolina Stingrays The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Carolina Ice Palace, also located in... |
ECHL | 49 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2010–11 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 27 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 54 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| ECHL totals | 166 | 36 | 69 | 105 | 202 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 34 | ||||