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Clayton Beddoes
Clayton Beddoes
Born	November 10, 1970 (age 54); Bentley, Alberta, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Boston Bruins
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1994–2002

Clayton Beddoes (born November 10, 1970) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey centre.^[1] He played two seasons in the National Hockey League. He last coached the Italian team HC Bolzano, and has coached the Italian national team at two World Championships.

Playing career

He spent four years playing college ice hockey at Lake Superior State University between 1990 and 1994, earning All-NCAA Second Team honors along with NCAA's Championship All-Tournament Team and All-CCHA Second Team distinction his senior year. He also served as the Lakers' team captain in his final year at LSSU.^[2]

Beddoes was signed as a free agent by the Boston Bruins in 1994 and spent the 1994-95 season with the team's AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins. He played sixty career NHL games between 1995 and 1997, scoring two goals and eight assists for ten points.^[3]

Beddoes scored his first NHL goal on December 2, 1995 in Boston's 6-4 home victory over the Buffalo Sabres.

After spending the 1997-98 season with the Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League (65 games: 22 goals, 24 assists), Beddoes signed with the Berlin Capitals of the German elite league Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in 1998. He made 52 appearances for the Capitals in the 1998-99 DEL season, tallying 17 goals, while assisting on 26 more.^[4]

He spent two more years in the German top-flight, playing for Adler Mannheim and Düsseldorfer EG. He split his last season as a professional athlete (2001–02) between WCHL's Anchorage Aces and Italian team WSV Sterzing. In 2002, Beddoes had to put an end to his playing career due to shoulder issues.

Coaching career

After his retirement in 2002, he began a coaching career in Germany. He served one year as assistant coach of DEL's Iserlohn Roosters (2005–06),^[5] followed by a two-year stint in the same position at fellow DEL side Kölner Haie. In September 2008, he was promoted to the head coaching job after the Haie organization had sacked Doug Mason,^[6] but was relieved of his duties after only 71 days in that position.^[7] He then joined the Frankfurt Lions' coaching staff as an assistant for 2009-10. After the Lions' organization had withdrawn from the German top-flight and made a fresh start in the third-division, Beddoes took over as head coach in 2010-11.^[8]

He then embarked on a two-year stint as head coach of Italian Serie A club SG Cortina.^[9]

The 2014-15 season saw him serve as skill and development coach of the Red Deers Rebels in the WHL.^[10]

In April 2015, Beddoes was named head coach of WSV Sterzing, returning to the Serie A and the club where he spent the last days of his playing career.^[11] In July 2017, he was named assistant coach at ERC Ingolstadt of the German DEL^[12] and stayed at the job until the end of the 2017-18 season.^[13]

On September 28, 2017, he was appointed as head coach of the Italian men's national team.^[14]

On March 11, 2019, just before EBEL play-off beginning, Beddoes becomes head coach of Italian team HC Bolzano.

On July 20, 2023, Beddoes was announced as assistant coach with the Red Deer Rebels.

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1988–89	Red Deer Rustlers	AJHL	60	18	38	56	115	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Weyburn Red Wings	SJHL	63	34	60	94	69	13	7	6	13	10
1990–91	Lake Superior State University	CCHA	45	14	28	42	26	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Lake Superior State University	CCHA	38	14	26	40	24	—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Lake Superior State University	CCHA	45	18	40	58	30	—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Lake Superior State University	CCHA	44	23	31	54	56	—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Providence Bruins	AHL	65	16	20	36	39	13	3	1	4	18
1995–96	Boston Bruins	NHL	39	1	6	7	44	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Providence Bruins	AHL	32	10	15	25	24	4	2	3	5	0
1996–97	Boston Bruins	NHL	21	1	2	3	13	—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Providence Bruins	AHL	36	11	23	34	60	7	2	0	2	4
1997–98	Detroit Vipers	IHL	65	22	24	46	63	22	5	10	15	16
1998–99	Berlin Capitals	DEL	52	17	26	43	12	—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Adler Mannheim	DEL	46	13	12	25	41	5	1	0	1	12
2000–01	Düsseldorfer EG	DEL	22	2	3	5	6	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Anchorage Aces	WCHL	5	1	4	5	8	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	WSV Sterzing Broncos	ITA	13	6	10	16	6	—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals			133	37	58	95	123	24	7	4	11	22
NHL totals			60	2	8	10	57	—	—	—	—	—