Colin White (b. 1977)

Colin White (born December 12, 1977) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He previously played with the New Jersey Devils and the San Jose Sharks of the NHL.
==Playing career==
White played Midget hockey for the Weeks Major Midget AAA in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, before being drafted 49th overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils.
In 1997, White won the Memorial Cup with the Hull Olympiques.
Early in his career, White had his best season production-wise during the 2000–01 season, where he put up 20 points, helping the Devils to the Stanley Cup finals.
During the 2007–08 pre-season, White suffered a serious eye injury. During a team practice on September 19, "White was defending against two-on-one rushes when John Madden gave rookie Nicklas Bergfors the puck for a shot that deflected off White's stick and hit him in the nose and near the right eye." White was able to return to the lineup on November 21 to play in the Devils' 2–1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Despite still suffering from some blurred vision in his right eye, he was able to play over 17 minutes, blocked 2 shots, and was credited with six of the Devils' fifteen hits. White quickly returned to his regular spot in the Devils line-up, where he began wearing a protective visor on his helmet.
In the 2008–09 season, White played a total of 71 games, finishing the season with one goal, 17 assists and a +18 rating, one of his highest career offensive seasons.
On February 2, 2010, for the first time in nearly four years, White fought Maple Leafs defensemen Dion Phaneuf for taking a run at teammate Zach Parise's head. Had White been hit near his previously injured eye during the fight, his career could have been in jeopardy. The following season, White fought for the second time in as many years when he dropped the gloves with Bruno Gervais of the New York Islanders. White had previously hit P. A. Parenteau, which sparked the fight that would ultimately end in White fracturing Gervais' cheekbone.
White has established himself as physical, defensive defenceman, often leading the Devils in penalty minutes to go with his relatively low offensive production. Also during his Devils tenure, White has several times served as an alternate captain.
On August 1, 2011, White was placed on waivers by the New Jersey Devils along with Trent Hunter. He was then bought out from the final year of his contract on August 2 after clearing. On August 3, White was signed by the San Jose Sharks to a 1-year, $1M contract.
On May 31, 2012, It was announced White will have his jersey number 24 retired by his junior team the Gatineau Olympiques, formerly the Hull Olympiques. He became the fifth player to have his Jersey retired joining the likes of Luc Robitaille and Jose Theodore on November 8, 2012.
At the conclusion of the 2012–13 NHL lockout, after accepting an invitation to the St. Louis Blues training camp, on January 18, 2013, the Blues announced that they had released White from his professional tryout.
==Post Retirement==
White is an amabassador for the New Jersey Devils' alumni association along with Bruce Driver, Ken Daneyko, Grant Marshall and Jim Dowd.http://fireandice.northjersey.com/fire-ice-1.174987/colin-white-happy-to-be-back-with-devils-as-part-of-alumni-association-1.1148765
==Personal==
White has three children: Hunter, 11, who plays for the Peewee A Major North Jersey Avalanche Hockey team, and Jordyn, 14 and Cale, 7.http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/12/29/former-olympiques-star-colin-white-returns-with-son White grew up in New Glasgow, N.S. He would earn more than $22 million in his NHL playing days.
==Career statistics==
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1994–95 	Laval Titan 	QMJHL 	 	5 	0 	1 	1 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95 	Hull Olympiques 	QMJHL 	 	7 	0 	1 	1 	32 	 	12 	0 	0 	0 	23
1995–96 	Hull Olympiques 	QMJHL 	 	62 	2 	8 	10 	303 	 	18 	0 	4 	4 	42
1996–97 	Hull Olympiques 	QMJHL 	 	63 	3 	12 	15 	297 	 	14 	3 	12 	15 	65
1997–98 	Albany River Rats	AHL 	 	76 	3 	13 	16 	235 	 	13 	0 	0 	0 	55
1998–99 	Albany River Rats	AHL 	 	77 	2 	12 	14 	265 	 	5 	0 	1 	1 	8
1999–00 	Albany River Rats	AHL 	 	52 	5 	21 	26 	176 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–2000 	New Jersey Devils	NHL 	 	21 	2 	1 	3 	40 	 	23 	1 	5 	6 	18
2000–01 	New Jersey Devils	NHL 	 	82 	1 	19 	20 	155 	 	25 	0 	3 	3 	42
2001–02 	New Jersey Devils	NHL 	 	73 	2 	3 	5 	133 	 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2
2002–03 	New Jersey Devils	NHL 	 	72 	5 	8 	13 	98 	 	24 	0 	5 	5 	29
2003–04 	New Jersey Devils	NHL 	 	75 	2 	11 	13 	96 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	4
2005–06 	New Jersey Devils	NHL 	 	73 	3 	14 	17 	91 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4
2006–07 	New Jersey Devils	NHL 	 	69 	0 	8 	8 	69 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
2007–08 	New Jersey Devils	NHL 	 	57 	2 	8 	10 	26 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	6
2008–09 	New Jersey Devils	NHL 	 	71 	1 	17 	18 	46 	 	7 	0 	1 	1 	6
2009–10 	New Jersey Devils	NHL 	 	81 	2 	10 	12 	46 	 	5 	1 	0 	1 	8
2010–11 	New Jersey Devils	NHL 	 	69 	0 	6 	6 	48 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	San Jose Sharks 	NHL 	 	54 	1 	3 	4 	21 	 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	797 	21 	108 	129 	869 	 	114 	3 	14 	17 	125
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Awards and honours==
Award 	Year 	
NHL 	NHL 	NHL
Stanley Cup (New Jersey Devils)	1999–2000	
NHL All-Rookie Team 	2000–01 	
Stanley Cup (New Jersey Devils)	2002–03 	
==References==
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Category:Born in 1977
Category:Albany River Rats players
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Hull Olympiques alumni
Category:Laval Titan Collège Français alumni
Category:Memorial Cup winners
Category:New Jersey Devils draft picks
Category:New Jersey Devils players
Category:San Jose Sharks players
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:Retired in 2012
Category:Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame inductees