Colton Yellow Horn (born May 5, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who most recently played for Coventry Blaze in the UK Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).
Playing career Yellow Horn played major junior beginning in 2003–04 in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Tri-City Americans. In five seasons play in the league, he consistently scored beyond a point-per-game pace. In 2007–08, he tallied a league-leading 48 goals and a major junior career-high 97 points (third in league scoring) with the Americans and was named to the WHL West First All-Star Team. Despite Yellow Horn's offensive production as a junior, he went undrafted by an NHL team.
In 2008–09, Yellow Horn turned pro, going overseas to Austria to play for EC Red Bull Salzburg of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL). On January 28, 2009, however, he moved back to North America mid-season, signing with the Elmira Jackals of the minor league ECHL. On October 28, 2009, Yellow Horn was traded to the Stockton Thunder.
In the 2012–13 season, Yellow Horn was called up from the Ontario Reign of the ECHL to the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL on February 7, 2013. After making his long-awaited AHL debut, Yellow Horn proved his scoring prowess by contributing 18 points in just 28 games for Manchester to remain with the club for duration of the year.
On June 27, 2013, Yellow Horn decided to return abroad to the familiar Austrian Hockey League, signing a one-year deal with Hungarian club, SAPA Fehérvár AV19.
On September 3, 2014, Yellow Horn continued his journeyman career in agreeing to a one-year contract with Japanese club, Nippon Paper Cranes of the ALIH.
On June 12, 2015, Yellow Horn signed a contract with the Czech team HC Orli Znojmo of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). He made 53 appearances in the 2015-16 regular season, tallying 28 goals and 29 assists and also saw action in 18 playoff-contests with eight goals and 21 assists. Yellow Horn won the Ron Kennedy Trophy as the EBEL Most Valuable Player.
In April 2016, he penned a deal with HC Plzeň of the Czech Extraliga. After just 11 games in the ELH, Yellow Horn returned to previous club, Orli Znojmo, of the EBEL. In April 2018, he signed an initial one-year deal with the Graz 99ers, his fourth club of the EBEL.
After spells with HK Nitra in the Slovak Extraliga and Erste Liga side HSC Csíkszereda, Yellow Horn agreed terms with UK EIHL side Glasgow Clan for the 2021–22 season.
After a season with Glasgow, Yellow Horn agreed terms for the 2022–23 season with fellow Elite League club Coventry Blaze.
Personal life Yellow Horn grew up in the Piikani Nation tribe of Brocket, Alberta.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2003–04 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 67 5 9 14 25 — — — — — 2004–05 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 70 35 51 86 40 5 1 2 3 2 2005–06 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL 67 25 50 75 63 6 1 5 6 6 2006–07 Tri-City Americans WHL 59 40 37 77 57 6 1 2 3 6 2007–08 Tri-City Americans WHL 67 48 49 97 63 16 10 11 21 18 2008–09 EC Red Bull Salzburg EBEL 11 1 2 3 2 — — — — — 2008–09 Elmira Jackals ECHL 24 5 6 11 10 9 0 4 4 0 2009–10 Elmira Jackals ECHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2009–10 Stockton Thunder ECHL 13 2 8 10 10 — — — — — 2009–10 Allen Americans CHL 43 10 25 35 41 20 10 10 20 20 2010–11 Allen Americans CHL 66 33 55 88 54 13 6 10 16 24 2011–12 Allen Americans CHL 58 24 31 55 35 6 1 4 5 6 2012–13 Ontario Reign ECHL 48 36 22 58 28 — — — — — 2012–13 Manchester Monarchs AHL 28 6 12 18 18 4 1 1 2 0 2013–14 Alba Volán Székesfehérvár EBEL 43 20 23 43 36 4 0 1 1 2 2014–15 Nippon Paper Cranes ALIH 47 21 38 59 53 — — — — — 2015–16 Orli Znojmo EBEL 53 28 29 57 36 18 8 21 29 8 2016–17 HC Plzeň ELH 11 4 0 4 4 — — — — — 2016–17 Orli Znojmo EBEL 38 19 23 42 28 4 0 3 3 4 2017–18 Orli Znojmo EBEL 50 15 24 39 22 — — — — — 2018–19 Graz 99ers EBEL 51 24 34 58 51 10 2 4 6 2 2019–20 Graz99ers EBEL 11 0 3 3 6 — — — — — 2019–20 HK Nitra Slovak 32 11 23 34 14 — — — — — 2020–21 HSC Csíkszereda EL 30 16 29 45 — 4 0 4 4 — 2020–21 HSC Csíkszereda ROU 16 5 15 20 6 — — — — — 2021–22 Glasgow Clan EIHL 54 11 44 55 28 2 0 1 1 6 2022–23 Coventry Blaze EIHL 47 18 25 43 14 2 0 0 0 0 AHL totals 28 6 12 18 18 4 1 1 2 0
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2005 Canada WJC18 6 2 0 2 0 Junior totals 6 2 0 2 0
Awards and honours Award Year WHL East Second All-Star Team 2005 West Second All-Star Team 2007 West First All-Star Team 2008 ECHL Second all-star team 2013 EBEL Ron Kennedy Trophy (MVP) 2016
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