{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Kyle Hagel.jpg | caption = Hagel with the Charlotte Checkers in 2015 | image_size = 230px | played_for = Rochester Americans<br>Rockford Ice Hogs<br>Peoria Rivermen<br>Hamilton Bulldogs<br>Portland Pirates<br>Charlotte Checkers | position = Defence | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|01|21}} | birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 209 | shoots = Left | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2008 | career_end = 2017 }} '''Kyle Hagel''' (born January 21, 1985) is a Canadian ice hockey assistant coach and former professional defenseman. He played 373 games in the American Hockey League before becoming an assistant coach for the San Jose Barracuda.
==Playing career== Hagel played collegiate hockey with Princeton University in the ECAC conference and was undrafted . Upon completion of his senior season with the Tigers, Hagel made his professional debut in the 2008–09 season with the Fresno Falcons of the ECHL.
On May 8, 2011, the St. Louis Blues announced that they had signed Hagel as a free-agent to a one-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x242756214/Blues-sign-Kyle-Hagel |title = Blues sign Kyle Hagel | work = Peoria Journal Star | date = 2011-05-08 | accessdate = 2012-01-02}}</ref>
After only seven games with the Blues AHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen, due to injuries, Hagel was then signed a one-year contract to remain in the AHL with the Hamilton Bulldogs for the 2012–13 season. In 67 games with the lowly Bulldogs, Hagel scored 2 goals and 6 points whilst recording 172 penalty minutes.
On August 19, 2013, Hagel's journeyman career continued in the AHL, agreeing as a free agent to a one-year contract with the Portland Pirates.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pirates sign winger K. Hagel |url=https://theahl.com/news/pirates-sign-winger-k-hagel |publisher=American Hockey League |access-date=June 28, 2025 |date=August 19, 2013}}</ref> Hagel joined his sixth AHL team on July 16, 2014, agreeing to a one-year deal with the Charlotte Checkers.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://gocheckers.com/articles/769-checkers-agree-to-terms-on-ahl-contracts-with-kyle-hagel-alex-aleardi | title = Checkers agree to terms on AHL contracts with Kyle Hagel, Alex Aleardi | work = Charlotte Checkers | date = 2014-07-16 | accessdate = 2014-07-16}}</ref>
Hagel added a veteran presence to the Checkers and played three seasons with the club before announcing his retirement from professional hockey on July 21, 2017. Throughout his tenure in the AHL, Hagel's efforts in the community were recognised as he was a 7-time winner of his club's Man of the Year Award. He was the recipient of the Yanick Dupre Memorial Award in 2015.<ref name = "Award">{{cite web| url = http://theahl.com/7-time-man-of-the-year-hagel-retires | title = 7-time Man of the Year Hagel retires | work = American Hockey League | date = 2017-07-21 | accessdate = 2017-07-21}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Following his retirement, Hagel was named an assistant coach of the Seattle Thunderbirds in the Western Hockey League (WHL).<ref>{{cite web |title=Assistant Coach Kyle Hagel To Pursue New Hockey Opportunity |url=https://chl.ca/whl-thunderbirds/assistant-coach-kyle-hagel-to-pursue-new-hockey-opportunity/ |publisher=Canadian Hockey League |access-date=June 28, 2025 |date=July 14, 2022}}</ref> Hagel left the Thunderbirds in July 2022 to become an assistant coach with the San Jose Barracuda in the AHL.<ref>{{cite web |title=San Jose Barracuda Announce Assistant Coaching Staff |url=https://sjbarracuda.com/news/san-jose-barracuda-announce-assistant-coaching-staff |publisher=San Jose Barracuda |access-date=June 28, 2025 |date=July 18, 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== His younger brother, Marc played six games with the Lake Erie Monsters during the 2012–13 AHL season and last played for the Binghamton Senators of the AHL.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=39087 | title = Marc Hagel player profile | work = eliteprospects.com | date = 2011-12-01 | accessdate = 2013-05-01}}</ref>
In 2013, Hagel and his friend Dustin Sproat pitched Shnarped, a social networking app for hockey players and fans, on Dragon's Den.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lowe |first1=Mike |title=Twitter? Facebook? Get Shnarped |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2014/05/05/twitter__facebook__get_shnarped_/ |access-date=June 28, 2025 |publisher=Portland Press Herald |date=May 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shnarped Hockey |url=https://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/pitches/shnarped-hockey |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=June 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005040134/https://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/pitches/shnarped-hockey |archive-date=October 5, 2023}}</ref> All five Dragons pledged to invest a total of $250,000 in return for a third of their company.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hamilton hockey player shoots, scores on Dragons' Den |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/headlines/hamilton-hockey-player-shoots-scores-on-dragons-den-1.2304169 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=June 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250629000711/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/headlines/hamilton-hockey-player-shoots-scores-on-dragons-den-1.2304169 |archive-date=June 29, 2025 |date=October 31, 2013}}</ref>
==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 |- | 2002–03 | Hamilton Kilty B's | OJHL | 48 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 119 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2003–04 | Hamilton Red Wings | OJHL | 39 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2004–05 | Princeton University | ECAC | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | Princeton University | ECAC | 30 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2006–07 | Princeton University | ECAC | 29 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | Princeton University | ECAC | 32 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2008–09 | Fresno Falcons | ECHL | 23 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008–09 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2008–09 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | Las Vegas Wranglers | ECHL | 42 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |- | 2009–10 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2010–11 | Rockford IceHogs | AHL | 77 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 245 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2011–12 | Peoria Rivermen | AHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2012–13 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 67 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 172 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2013–14 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 38 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 162 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2014–15 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 73 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 154 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2015–16 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 75 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 164 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2016–17 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 373 ! 15 ! 28 ! 43 ! 1001 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |}
==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | AHL |- | Yanick Dupre Memorial Award | 2015 | <ref name = "Award"/> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats}}
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