Matt White

Matt White (born August 23, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing under contract with Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
==Playing career==
In 2007 the native Californian began his junior career playing for the Omaha Lancers in the United States Hockey League (USHL). In the 2009–10 USHL season he was named the Player of the year as well as the most successful goal scorer in the league.
He went on to play NCAA hockey for the Omaha Mavericks from 2010 to 2013.
In 2013–14 season White played in the ECHL for the Ontario Reign. During his professional rookie season he earned with 57 points the most successful player from his team.
Within the same period White also played for the U. S. National Inline Team at the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. He won a gold medal 2013 and a bronze medal 2014 and was named the most successful goal scorer in the 2014 tournament.
In 2014 he began playing for the Austrian Hockey League in the team of Ljubljana. After 11 games in Europe he again played for his previous ECHL-team Ontario Reign.
He began the 2015–16 season in the ECHL with the Manchester Monarchs, on December 2, 2015, he was promoted to the American Hockey League (AHL) from the Milwaukee Admirals. He continued to play for the Admirals one more season.
In the 2017–18 season White returned to Europe and signed a contract with the Augsburger Panther, a team of Germany's highest level hockey league Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). During his first DEL season he ranked as one of the top 10 scorers of the entire league.
After two seasons with the Augsburg in the DEL, White left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with Russian club, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the KHL, on June 2, 2019. In the following 2019–20 season, White adapted quickly to KHL play positing 15 goals and 34 points in 60 games to lead Neftekhimik in scoring.
At the conclusion of his contract with Neftekhimik, White left as a free agent to continue in the KHL with Latvian based club, Dinamo Riga, on August 6, 2020.
==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
2007–08 	Omaha Lancers 	USHL 		38 	5 	11 	16 	21 		13 	2 	8 	10 	2
2008–09 	Omaha Lancers 	USHL 		60 	17 	30 	47 	28 		3 	1 	2 	3 	0
2009–10 	Omaha Lancers 	USHL 		57 	35 	47 	82 	53 		8 	4 	7 	11 	6
2010–11 	Omaha Mavericks 	WCHA 		39 	14 	11 	25 	10 		— 	— 	— 	— 	–
2011–12 	Omaha Mavericks 	WCHA 		38 	17 	23 	40 	14 		— 	— 	— 	— 	–
2012–13 	Omaha Mavericks 	WCHA 		37 	16 	18 	34 	8 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2013–14 	Ontario Reign 	ECHL 		71 	22 	35 	57 	8 		4 	0 	1 	1 	0
2014–15 	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 	EBEL 		11 	2 	4 	6 	8 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2014–15 	Ontario Reign 	ECHL 		68 	28 	32 	60 	8 		19 	10 	8 	18 	8
2015–16 	Manchester Monarchs 	ECHL 		19 	10 	12 	22 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2015–16 	Milwaukee Admirals 	AHL 		54 	12 	15 	27 	10 		3 	0 	0 	0 	0
2016–17 	Milwaukee Admirals 	AHL 		71 	15 	26 	41 	16 		3 	0 	0 	0 	0
2017–18 	Augsburger Panther 	DEL 		52 	16 	26 	42 	18 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2018–19 	Augsburger Panther 	DEL 		50 	22 	27 	49 	28 		14 	4 	5 	9 	6
2019–20 	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL 		60 	15 	19 	34 	8 		4 	0 	0 	0 	2
2020–21 	Dinamo Riga 	KHL 		16 	0 	5 	5 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2020–21 	Eisbären Berlin 	DEL 		38 	19 	20 	39 	10 		9 	7 	3 	10 	0
AHL totals	AHL totals 	AHL totals		125 	27 	41 	68 	26 		6 	0 	0 	0 	0
KHL totals	KHL totals 	KHL totals		76 	15 	24 	39 	12 		4 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
==Awards and honors==
Awards 	Year 	
USHL 	USHL 	USHL
USHL-Champion (Omaha Lancers) 	2007–08	
USHL Player of the Year 	2009–10	
Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year Award	2009–10	
USHL All-Star Team 	2009–10	
College 	College	College
WCHA All-Academic Team 	2010–11	
ECHL 	ECHL 	ECHL
ECHL Player of the Week 	2014–15	
DEL 	DEL 	DEL
Champion (Eisbären Berlin) 	2021 	
==References==
==External links==
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