Jason Coles

Jason Coles (born 16 September 1973) is a British retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently the head of the Wightlink Tigers in the English National Ice Hockey League (NIHL).

Coles played four seasons (1990 - 1994) of major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), scoring 13 goals and 20 assists for 24 points, while earning 310 penalty minutes, in 186 games played.

He began his professional career during the 1993–94 season with the St. Thomas Wildcats of the Colonial Hockey League. He went on to play 17 seasons, predominantly with the Wightlink Raiders of the English Premier Ice Hockey League, but also with the Bracknell Bees of the British Ice Hockey Superleague, and in the ECHL with the Pee Dee Pride and Birmingham Bulls, before retiring as a player following the 2011–12 season.

With the 2012–13 season, Coles took on the position of head coach with the Wightlink Tigers of the English National Ice Hockey League after being a player-coach with the team the previous year.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Belleville Bulls OHL 13 0 1 1 9 — — — — — 1990–91 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 48 0 1 1 62 9 0 0 0 7 1991–92 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 58 0 5 5 68 17 1 0 1 9 1992–93 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 33 4 6 10 75 — — — — — 1992–93 Windsor Spitfires OHL 28 9 6 15 87 — — — — — 1993–94 Windsor Spitfires OHL 6 0 1 1 9 — — — — — 1993–94 St. Thomas Wildcats CoHL 13 0 0 0 14 — — — — — 1993–94 Hamilton Kilty B's OPJHL 18 6 12 18 62 — — — — — 1995–96 Bracknell Bees BD1 51 25 37 62 120 — — — — — 1996–97 Bracknell Bees BISL 42 1 3 4 66 6 0 0 0 6 1997–98 Fayetteville Force CHL 3 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 1997–98 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 10 0 0 0 18 — — — — — 1997–98 Birmingham Bulls ECHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1997–98 Limburger EG Germany2 7 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1998–99 Kingston Hawks BNL 16 1 0 1 54 6 1 0 1 10 1999–00 Isle of Wight Raiders EPIHL 2 6 2 8 0 — — — — — 1999–00 Solihull Blaze BNL 32 18 12 30 60 8 4 2 6 8 2000–01 Isle of Wight Raiders EPIHL 29 30 21 51 48 — — — — — 2001–02 Isle of Wight Raiders EPIHL 24 14 15 29 118 6 3 4 7 4 2002–03 Isle of Wight Raiders EPIHL 34 39 38 77 77 6 4 1 5 31 2003–04 Wightlink Raiders EPIHL 31 28 28 56 106 8 9 8 17 6 2004–05 Wightlink Raiders EPIHL 29 36 16 52 85 6 4 6 10 16 2005–06 Wightlink Raiders EPIHL 47 47 22 69 113 — — — — — 2006–07 Wightlink Raiders EPIHL 37 24 27 51 81 — — — — — 2007–08 Wightlink Raiders EPIHL 40 23 32 55 76 — — — — — 2008–09 Wightlink Raiders EPIHL 16 5 6 11 36 — — — — — 2008–09 Vectis Tigers ENL 2 7 16 13 29 51 — — — — — 2009–10 Wightlink Tigers ENL 2 13 18 20 38 24 — — — — — 2010–11 Wightlink Tigers ENL 2 17 36 34 70 22 — — — — — 2011–12 Wightlink Tigers ENL 2 11 21 10 31 0 — — — — — EPIHL totals 289 252 207 459 740 26 20 19 39 57