{{short description|American ice hockey player}} {{for|the New Zealand cricketer|Colin Stevens (cricketer)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Colin Stevens | image = File:Frozen Four 2014 (13536847665).jpg | caption = Stevens with Union College during the 2014 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament | played_for = WBS Penguins | position = Goaltender | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|06|30}} | birth_place = Niskayuna, New York, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 180 | catches = Left | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2015 | career_end = 2018 }} '''Colin Stevens''' (born June 30, 1993) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender.
==Playing career== Stevens played collegiate hockey with the Union Dutchmen in the NCAA Men's Division I ECAC Hockey conference. In his junior year, Stevens's outstanding play led the team to a Division I National Championship and he was rewarded with a selection to the 2013–14 ECAC Hockey All-Conference First Team.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/schott/2014/mar/20/union-domiantes-all-ecac-hockey-first-team/ | title = Union dominates All-ECAC First Team | work = The Daily Gazette | publisher = Daily Gazette | date = 2014-03-20 | accessdate = 2014-03-20}}</ref>
After his senior season with the Dutchmen, Stevens embarked on his professional career in agreeing to an entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers of the NHL on March 20, 2015.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=759009 | title = Florida Panthers agree to terms with Colin Stevens | publisher = Florida Panthers | date = 2015-03-20 | accessdate = 2015-03-20}}</ref>
For the duration of his tenure within the Panthers organization, Stevens was allocated exclusively to the ECHL with the Manchester Monarchs and Tulsa Oilers. At the conclusion of his entry-level deal, Stevens was expectedly released as a free agent by the Panthers.
On August 7, 2017, Stevens opted to continue in the ECHL, securing a contract with the Wheeling Nailers.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.echl.com/colin-stevens-signs-nailers | title = Colin Stevens signs with Nailers | publisher = Wheeling Nailers | date = 2017-08-07 | accessdate = 2017-08-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170808235909/http://www.echl.com/colin-stevens-signs-nailers | archive-date = August 8, 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref> He opened the 2017–18 season with the Nailers, appearing in 3 games, before he was signed to a professional tryout contract with AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on October 25, 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.wbspenguins.com/2017/10/25/penguins-sign-colin-stevens-pto/ | title = Penguins sign Colin Stevens to PTO | work = Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | publisher = Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | date = 2017-10-25 | accessdate = 2017-10-25 | last1 = Hart | first1 = Nick }}</ref>
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | College |- | All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 2013–14 | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ecachockey.com/men/2013-14/News/20142003_All-Conf_All_Rook_Team | title = 2014 All-Conference Team | publisher = ECAC Hockey | date = 2014-03-15 | accessdate = 2014-03-15 | archive-date = October 18, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181018101909/https://www.ecachockey.com/men/2013-14/News/20142003_All-Conf_All_Rook_Team | url-status = dead }}</ref> |- | AHCA East Second-Team All-American | 2013–14 | |- | ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team | 2014 | <ref name = tournament>{{cite news|title=All-Tournament Honors|url=http://www.ecachockey.com/men/tournament/Men-s_All-Tournament_Teams.pdf|publisher=ECAC Hockey | date = 2014-05-12|accessdate=2014-05-12}}</ref> |- | NCAA All-Tournament Team | 2014 | |- |}
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== External links == *{{icehockeystats}} {{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = Eric Hartzell| title = Ken Dryden Award| years = 2013–14| after =Alex Lyon}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevens, Colin}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:American men's ice hockey goaltenders Category:Manchester Monarchs (ECHL) players Category:People from Niskayuna, New York Category:Ice hockey players from New York (state) Category:Tulsa Oilers (1992–present) players Category:Union Garnet Chargers men's ice hockey players Category:Wheeling Nailers players Category:Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players Category:AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans Category:21st-century American sportsmen Category:NCAA men's ice hockey national champions
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