Ice hockey player
| Mitch Versteeg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Versteeg with HK Nitra in 2017 | |||
| Born |
(1988-11-03) November 3, 1988 (age 36) Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Worcester Sharks Heilbronner Falken EC Bad Nauheim ESV Kaufbeuren HK Nitra Ferencvárosi TC Idaho Steelheads Kalamazoo Wings Trenton Titans Nikkō Ice Bucks | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2009–2022 | ||
Mitch Versteeg (born November 3, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
Playing career
Versteeg played major junior hockey with the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the Western Hockey League, scoring 12 goals and 29 assists for 41 points, and earning 297 penalty minutes, in 148 games played.
Versteeg began his professional career with the 2009–10 season, playing the majority of the season in the ECHL with the Kalamazoo Wings, but also playing three games in the American Hockey League with the Worcester Sharks. He was a member of 2010–11 Kalamazoo Wings Eastern Conference Championship team.
On July 25, 2013, the Heilbronner Falken of Germany's of the 2nd Bundesliga signed Versteeg for the 2013–14 season. In August 2014, Versteeg signed a contract with the Nikkō Ice Bucks of the ALH.
After 8 seasons abroad, Versteeg opted to return to North America, agreeing to a contract for the 2021–22 season with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL on November 10, 2021.
Family
He is the younger brother of two-time Stanley Cup champion Kris Versteeg.
References
- News Release: K-Wings Trade For Versteeg Archived November 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Falken verpflichten nächsten Defensiv-Spezialisten - heilbronner-falken.de
- "Steelheads sign veteran defenseman Mitch Versteeg". Idaho Steelheads. November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
- Eliteprospects.com - Kris Versteeg
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Canadian people of Dutch descent
- Drumheller Dragons players
- Heilbronner Falken players
- Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL) players
- Lethbridge Hurricanes players
- Nikkō Ice Bucks players
- HK Nitra players
- Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim players
- Ice hockey people from Lethbridge
- Trenton Titans players
- Worcester Sharks players
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen