Mitch Love
| Mitch Love | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
June 15, 1984 Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Lowell Lock Monsters Albany River Rats Lake Erie Monsters Houston Aeros Peoria Rivermen | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2005–2011 | ||
Mitch Love (born June 15, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and current head coach of the Calgary Wranglers of the American Hockey League.
Career
On September 8, 2010, Love was signed as a free agent by the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs.[1] After a single season with the Mudbugs, Love announced his retirement from playing to join the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Everett Silvertips as an assistant coach on August 13, 2011.[2]
After seven seasons as an assistant with the Silvertips, Love was hired as the head coach of the WHL's Saskatoon Blades for the 2018–19 season.[3] He was the head coach for three seasons in Saskatoon and was then hired by the Calgary Flames to be the head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Stockton Heat, beginning with the 2021–22 season.[4]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1999–00 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 51 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 52 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 132 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | ||
| 2002–03 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 70 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 327 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 2003–04 | Everett Silvertips | WHL | 70 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 163 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 47 | ||
| 2004–05 | Everett Silvertips | WHL | 59 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 142 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Albany River Rats | AHL | 69 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 184 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 59 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 213 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Johnstown Chiefs | ECHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Houston Aeros | AHL | 63 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 214 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||
| 2009–10 | Peoria Rivermen | AHL | 60 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 129 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs | CHL | 43 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 278 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 808 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||||
Coaching record
| Team | Year | Regular season | Post season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | OTL | SL | Pts | Finish | Result | ||
| SAS | 2018–19 | 68 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 98 | 2nd in East | Lost in round 2 (PA) |
| SAS | 2019–20 | 64 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 73 | 4th in East | Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| SAS | 2020–21 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 3rd in East | Playoffs not held |
| SAS Totals | 156 | 95 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 206 | |||
| STK | 2021–22 | 68 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 97 | 1st in Pacific | Lost in Conference Finals (CHI) |
| WHL Totals | 156 | 95 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 206 | |||
| AHL Totals | 68 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 97 | |||
References
- ^ "Mudbugs add longtime AHL D-man Mitch Love". Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs. 2010-09-08. Archived from the original on 2010-09-12. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Silvertips complete coaching staff". Western Hockey League. 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
- ^ "Tough and ready: Mitch Love embraces challenge of coaching the Blades". The StarPhoenix. 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Flames Name Mitch Love as Stockton Heat Head Coach". Stockton Heat. 12 July 2021.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Albany River Rats players
- Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Everett Silvertips players
- Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players
- Johnstown Chiefs players
- Lake Erie Monsters players
- Lowell Lock Monsters players
- Moose Jaw Warriors players
- Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players
- Swift Current Broncos players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1980s births stubs