Adam Mitchell (ice hockey)
{{short description|Canadian-German ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| alt =
| name = Adam Mitchell
| image = Adam Mitchell 3.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|12|01}}
| birth_place = Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 187
| position = Right wing
| shoots = Right
| league = DEL2
| team = Löwen Frankfurt
| former_teams = Hannover Scorpions
Adler Mannheim
Hamburg Freezers
Straubing Tigers
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 2005
| career_end =
}}
Adam Mitchell (born December 1, 1982) is a Canadian-German professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Löwen Frankfurt in the DEL2.{{cite web | url = http://www.del.org/de/spieler/portraits/page/233----.html?p=1661112 | title = Adam Mitchell | language = German | publisher = Deutsche Eishockey Liga | accessdate = 2013-11-22}} Born in Port Elgin, Ontario, he was granted German citizenship in September 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mopo.de/sport/neuer-deutscher-staatsbuerger-freezers-star-adam-mitchell---vielleicht-bleiben-wir-fuer-immer---150010|title=Neuer deutscher Staatsbürger: Freezers-Star Adam Mitchell: "Vielleicht bleiben wir für immer!"| website = MOPO.de|language=de-DE|access-date=2016-06-02}}
Playing career
Mitchell played collegiately at Colgate University, serving as team captain as a senior.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocolgateraiders.com/sports/2006/11/13/0405captains.aspx|title=Colgate University Raider Athletics - 2004-05 Team Captains| website = www.gocolgateraiders.com|access-date=2016-06-02}} Upon graduation in 2005, he turned pro and started his overseas career in Germany. After spending two and a half years with minor league team EV Landsberg, he was picked up by the Hannover Scorpions of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in December 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/landsberg/Adam-Mitchell-wechselt-nach-Hannover-id3259761.html|title=Adam Mitchell wechselt nach Hannover|last=Allgemeine|first=Augsburger| website = Augsburger Allgemeine|access-date=2016-06-02}} He won the German championship with the Scorpions in 2010.
Prior to the 2011-12 campaign, he joined fellow DEL team Adler Mannheim on a two-year deal.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eishockey.info/eishockey/WebApp?cmd=displayArtikelSeite&title=Adam-Mitchell-wechselt-nach-Mannheim&artikel=21614|title=Hannover Scorpions: Adam Mitchell wechselt nach Mannheim - Situation in Hannover zu unsicher|last=EISHOCKEY.INFO| website = EISHOCKEY INFO|access-date=2016-06-02}} On June 20, 2013, out of contract from Adler Mannheim, Mitchell was signed to a one-year contract with the Hamburg Freezers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecachockey.com/men/members/colgate/20132006_MitchellSignHamburg|title=Mitchell Moves to Hamburg - ECAC Hockey| website = www.ecachockey.com|access-date=2016-06-02}} He eventually stayed with the Freezers until May 2016,{{cite web|url=http://www.hamburg-freezers.de/index.php?link=http://www.hamburg-freezers.de/html/freezers_team_spieler_adam_mitchell_2013_2014.html|title=Adam Mitchell|publisher=Hamburg Freezers|language=German|accessdate=2013-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202194708/http://www.hamburg-freezers.de/index.php?link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hamburg-freezers.de%2Fhtml%2Ffreezers_team_spieler_adam_mitchell_2013_2014.html|archive-date=2016-02-02|url-status=dead}} when the organization folded.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/former-nhler-schuberts-last-ditch-effort-to-save-hamburg-freezers-fails-del-team-folds/|title=Former NHLer Schubert's last-ditch effort to save Hamburg Freezers fails, DEL team folds|last=Clinton|first=Jared|date=2016-05-25|website=thehockeynews.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528192328/http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/former-nhler-schuberts-last-ditch-effort-to-save-hamburg-freezers-fails-del-team-folds/|archive-date=2016-05-28|url-status=dead}} On June 2, 2016, Mitchell signed a deal with fellow DEL club Straubing Tigers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.idowa.de/inhalt.straubing-tigers-adam-mitchell-und-nikolaus-hartl-wechseln-an-den-pulverturm.9897bf86-7d95-4751-90de-1e7d935bbd99.html|title=Straubing Tigers: Adam Mitchell und Nikolaus Hartl wechseln an den Pulverturm - idowa|last=Germany|first=idowa, Straubing| website = idowa.de|language=de-DE|access-date=2016-06-02}}
References
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External links
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Category:Adler Mannheim players
Category:Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Category:Hamburg Freezers players
Category:Hannover Scorpions players
Category:Ice hockey people from Bruce County
Category:Straubing Tigers players
Category:Löwen Frankfurt players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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