Doug Kirton - SnoKing Hockey Director
HockeyDirector@SnoKingHockey.com
Doug has an extensive hockey background, a strong passion for the game and is committed to building an even stronger program here at Sno-King.
Doug has been successful at every level of hockey earning many honors along the way.
He played 3 years of Junior “A” hockey for the Orillia Travel ways, where he was named All-Star-Team in both 1985 and 1986, was top scorer between 1983 and 1986, and won the Canadian Championship title in 1985. Kirton then received a full ice hockey scholarship to Colorado College, 1986 thru 1990, where he received a BA in History.
He was named MVP in 1990 and received All-Academic Team honors in 1989 and 1990.
Kirton was drafted in 1986 by the NHL’s New Jersey Devils and attended the Devils’ training camp in 1990 before being sent to the minors.
Kirton played ice hockey for 10 years in Germany, starting in 1991, in both the German Elite and German Bundesliga leagues. Kirton played for the Straubing Tigers (Bundesliga League) from 1991-1997, where he was selected “Top Foreign Player in History” and had his jersey retired by the team in 2000.
He then played for the Frankfurt Lions (Elite League) from 1997-2000, and for the Landshut Cannibals (Oberliga League) in 2000.
In 2001, Kirton returned to the United States to play for the Atlanta Thrashers minor league team the Greenville Growl in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), and played alongside his brother, Scott. After a short break from hockey, Doug returned to the ice in 2005 for a short stint in Japan with Sapporo Polaris.
Kirton served as a hockey instructor at various summer hockey camps in Canada and Europe and has been actively coaching private lessons for the last few years at Castle Ice arena.
He can be reached at hockeydirector@snokinghockey.com or via the office phone. 425.821.7133 x3