Kevin Mitchell (ice hockey)

{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1980)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Kevin Mitchell

| team = Nikko Icebucks

| league = AL

| former_teams = Hamilton Bulldogs
Houston Aeros
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Cleveland Barons
Iserlohn Roosters
Vienna Capitals
Hamburg Freezers
HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
HC Pardubice
EC VSV
Ritten-Renon
Mora IK
Graz 99ers

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| position = Defense

| image = File:Kevin Mitchell 291109.jpg

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 194

| shoots = Left

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1980|6|5}}

| birth_place = The Bronx, New York, USA

| draft = 234th overall

| draft_team = Calgary Flames

| draft_year = 1998

| career_start = 2000

| career_end =

}}

Kevin Mitchell (born June 5, 1980) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing with the Nikko Icebucks in the Asia League Ice Hockey (AL). He was originally selected by the Calgary Flames in the 9th round (234th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

Mitchell played with EC VSV in the Austrian Hockey League during the 2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season.{{cite web| url = http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=151&year0=2011&status=stats | title = ES VSV season statistics | publisher = Eliteprospects.com | date = 2012-02-04 | accessdate = 2012-02-04}}

After a season with Ritten-Renon in the Italian Serie A, Mitchell left as a free agent and signed a one-year contract with Swedish club, Mora IK of the HockeyAllsvenskan on June 20, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.moraik.se/artikel/mora-v%C3%A4rvar-b%C3%A5de-offensivt-och-defensivt |title=Mora recruits a forward and defenseman |publisher=Mora IK |date=2013-06-20 |accessdate=2013-07-01 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625031702/http://www.moraik.se/artikel/mora-v%C3%A4rvar-b%C3%A5de-offensivt-och-defensivt |archivedate=2013-06-25 }}

Mitchell recorded an impressive debut season from the blueline with Mora and was signed to a one-year contract extension on March 23, 2014. For the 2014–15 season, he was selected as team captain for Mora IK and responded with beating his previously scoring pace from the blueline, amassing 48 points in just 52 games.

On February 7, 2015, Mitchell signed a one-year contract to return to the familiar Austrian EBEL, in agreeing as a free agent with the Graz 99ers.{{cite web| url = https://www.facebook.com/graz99ers/photos/a.267095846485.149200.105696856485/10152804070836486/?type=1&permPage=1 | title = Graz adds blueline power with Kevin Mitchell | website = Graz 99ers | date = 2015-02-07 | accessdate = 2015-02-07 | language = German}}