Aaron Schneekloth

Aaron Schneekloth (born July 15, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and a current coach in the Colorado Avalanche system, as an assistant coach of their affiliate located in the American Hockey League.

Aaron Schneekloth
Schneekloth with the Eagles
Born (1978-07-15) July 15, 1978
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Grand Rapids Griffins
Houston Aeros
Colorado Eagles
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2001–2013

He played most notably with the Colorado Eagles in the Central Hockey League and ECHL.[1] He finished second in all-time games played for the Eagles with 382 and fifth in points with 356.

After the 2012–13 season, his twelfth as a professional, Schneekloth announced his retirement from his playing career to accept an assistant coaching role and remained with the Eagles on August 23, 2013.[2] On July 18, 2016, he was promoted to head coach of the Eagles.[3] The Eagles then won back-to-back Kelly Cup championships in 2017 and 2018 before the team was added to the American Hockey League (AHL) for 2018–19. When the Eagles joined the AHL, Schneekloth was retained as an assistant coach with the Eagles.[4]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97South Surrey EaglesBCHL——————————
1998–99U. of North DakotaWCHA3524614—————
1999–00U. of North DakotaWCHA343141724—————
2000–01U. of North DakotaWCHA466142036—————
2001–02U. of North DakotaWCHA358212916—————
2001–02South Carolina StingraysECHL9156810000
2002–03South Carolina StingraysECHL41822303641126
2002–03Grand Rapids GriffinsAHL20000—————
2003–04Grand Rapids GriffinsAHL5617814—————
2004–05New Mexico ScorpionsCHL603363940—————
2005–06Austin Ice BatsCHL5916274379—————
2005–06Houston AerosAHL60112—————
2006–07Colorado EaglesCHL4711354670258122016
2007–08Colorado EaglesCHL59213960421607720
2008–09Colorado EaglesCHL641837558215510156
2009–10Colorado EaglesCHL642640665440330
2010–11Colorado EaglesCHL36924333422491314
2011–12Colorado EaglesECHL722042625030000
2012–13Colorado EaglesECHL40628342562244
ECHL totals 152 35 97 132 119 14 3 3 6 10
AHL totals 64 9 8 17 16 — — — — —
CHL totals 389 104 238 342 401 82 17 41 58 57

Awards and honours
Award Year
CHL
All-CHL Team 2008 [5]
All-CHL Team 2009 [5]
Most Outstanding Defenseman 2009
All-CHL Team 2010 [5]
Most Outstanding Defenseman 2010
ECHL
All-ECHL First Team 2012
Defenseman of the Year 2012 [6]
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References
  1. "Veterans Nelson, Schneekloth back for Eagles 10th anniversary season". ECHL. 2012-09-20. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  2. "Aaron Schneekloth retires, replaces Greg Pankewicz as assistant coach". Coloradoan. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  3. "Colorado Eagles name Aaron Schneekloth to replace Chris Stewart". Reporter-Herald. July 18, 2016.
  4. "AVALANCHE NAME CRONIN COLORADO EAGLES HEAD COACH". Colorado Eagles. July 12, 2018.
  5. "All-CHL Teams". Eliteprospects.com. 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  6. "Colorado's Schneekloth named ECHL defenseman of the year". ECHL. 2012-04-04. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
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