{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Colton Beck | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|6|10}} | birth_place = Langley, British Columbia, Canada | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 187 | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | league = Eliteserien | team = Stavanger Oilers | prospect_team = | prospect_league = | former_teams = St. John's IceCaps<br>Iowa Wild<br>Stockton Heat | ntl_team = | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2014 | career_end = }} '''Colton Beck''' (born June 10, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing with Stavanger Oilers of the Eliteserien.

==Playing career== Prior to playing for the Alaska Nanooks, Beck played for the Langley Chiefs of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL).<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Men's Hockey Rookie Forward Colton Beck |url=https://alaskananooks.com/news/2010/9/29/MHOCKEY_0929103246.aspx |website=alaskananooks.com |access-date=November 12, 2018 |date=September 29, 2010}}</ref> After completion of his college career, he signed with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beck Re-Signs with ECHL's Idaho Steelheads |url=https://alaskananooks.com/news/2015/8/20/MHOCKEY_0820153125.aspx |website=alaskananooks.com |access-date=November 12, 2018 |date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> In January 2016, Beck signed with the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL).<ref>{{cite web |title=Colton Beck signs two-year deal with Iowa |url=https://www.iowawild.com/news/detail/1135 |website=www.iowawild.com |access-date=November 12, 2018 |date=May 23, 2016}}</ref>

During the 2018–19 season, on November 1, 2018, Beck signed a two-year, two-way contract with Iowa's parent affiliate, the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL).<ref name="November 1">{{cite web |title=Wild signs Beck to two-year, two way deal |url=https://www.nhl.com/wild/news/wild-signs-colton-beck-110118/c-301509146 |website=NHL.com |access-date=November 2, 2018 |date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>

As a free agent after five seasons with the Iowa Wild, Beck was left unsigned with the delayed 2020–21 North American season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On December 10, 2020, Beck agreed to a one-year contract with German second-tier club, EV Landshut of the DEL2, however with concerns over his family's health with the birth of a newborn, and the commencement of a lockdown through Germany, Beck was released from his contract on December 16, 2020.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.evl.info/news/saison-20-21/vertrag-mit-colton-beck-aufgeloest/ | title = Contract with Colton Beck is terminated | publisher = EV Landshut | date = December 16, 2020 | access-date = December 16, 2020 | language = German}}</ref>

On February 12, 2021, having returned to Canada, Beck was signed to a professional tryout contract with the Stockton Heat of the AHL.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://twitter.com/AHLHeat/status/1360347951273545740 | title = Heat roster updates | publisher = Twitter | author = Stockton Heat | date = February 12, 2021 | access-date = February 12, 2021}}</ref> Remaining with the Heat for the shortened 2020–21 season, Beck collected 1 goal and 6 points in 21 games.

As a free agent, Beck decided to recommit to a European career, agreeing to a one-year contract with Austrian-based club, Dornbirn Bulldogs of the ICEHL, on August 25, 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bulldogsnews.at/neuzugang-mit-leader-potential/ | title = New signing with leadership potential | publisher = Dornbirn Bulldogs | date = August 25, 2021 | accessdate = August 25, 2021 | language = German | archive-date = January 18, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220118142701/https://www.bulldogsnews.at/neuzugang-mit-leader-potential/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In June 2022, he signed for Norwegian Eliteserien club Stavanger Oilers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oilers.no/nyheter/colton-beck-klar-for-oilers/|title=Colton Beck klar for Oilers|publisher=Stavanger Oilers|language=no|date=10 June 2022|access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref> In the last game of the 2022–23 season, Beck scored two goals as Stavanger Oilers beat Storhamar 3–0 to become Norwegian champions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/stavanger-oilers-tok-sin-niende-nm-tittel-1.16377138|title=Gulljubel i Stavanger – Oilers tok sin niende NM-tittel|work=NRK|language=no|date=17 April 2023|access-date=26 April 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life== Beck's father, Murray, was drafted 104th overall by the Houston Aeros in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft. His uncle, Barry, played in the NHL from 1977 to 1990.<ref name="November 1" />

==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2006–07 | Langley Chiefs | BCHL | — || — || — || — || — | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | Langley Chiefs | BCHL | 46 || 4 || 6 || 10 || 27 | 12 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 |- | 2008–09 | Langley Chiefs | BCHL | 60 || 36 || 27 || 63 || 38 | 4 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | Langley Chiefs | BCHL | 60 || 39 || 47 || 86 || 48 | 10 || 3 || 10 || 13 || 2 |- | 2010–11 | U. of Alaska-Fairbanks | CCHA | 38 || 4 || 12 || 16 || 16 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | U. of Alaska-Fairbanks | CCHA | 36 || 13 || 12 || 25 || 22 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2012–13 | U. of Alaska-Fairbanks | CCHA | 35 || 11 || 10 || 21 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013–14 | U. of Alaska-Fairbanks | WCHA | 37 || 14 || 25 || 39 || 35 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2013–14 | St. John's IceCaps | AHL | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 65 || 18 || 31 || 49 || 34 | 6 || 4 || 1 || 5 || 2 |- | 2015–16 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 18 || 9 || 14 || 23 || 21 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015–16 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 52 || 8 || 13 || 21 || 12 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2016–17 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 74 || 5 || 16 || 21 || 24 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2017–18 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 72 || 10 || 18 || 28 || 28 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2018–19 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 74 || 14 || 9 || 23 || 34 | 11 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019–20 | Iowa Wild | AHL | 47 || 4 || 7 || 11 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2020–21 | Stockton Heat | AHL | 21 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2021–22 | Dornbirn Bulldogs | ICEHL | 45 || 13 || 20 || 33 || 22 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2021–22 | Ilves | Liiga | 7 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | Stavanger Oilers | NOR | 45 || 12 || 20 || 32 || 18 | 15 || 6 || 7 || 13 || 6 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"|AHL totals ! 343 !! 42 !! 68 !! 110 !! 112 ! 11 !! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 0 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=8477843|elite=39462|hockeydb=113870}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beck, Colton}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey players Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers Category:Ice hockey people from British Columbia Category:Langley Chiefs players Category:St. John's IceCaps players Category:Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Iowa Wild players Category:Stockton Heat players Category:Dornbirn Bulldogs players Category:Ilves players Category:Stavanger Oilers players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Norway Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen