| Played For: | Lake Erie Monsters EHC Freiburg Abbotsford Heat Vienna Capitals Dornbirner EC EC Bad Nauheim |
| Position: | Centre |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lb: | 165 |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 2010 |
| Career End: | 2019 |
Dustin Sylvester (born January 5, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who last played with EC Bad Nauheim of the DEL2.
Prior to turning professional and undrafted, Sylvester played major junior hockey in the Western Hockey League with the Kootenay Ice. In his final season with the Blades in 2009–10, Sylvester scored 35 goals and 93 points in 68 games, before signing an amateur try-out contract with the Lake Erie Monsters in which he appeared in three American Hockey League games.
Slyvester signed a one-year contract in the German 2nd Bundesliga with EHC Freiburg on July 7, 2010. In the 2010–11 season, he led the league with 34 goals in only 48 games. On September 15, 2011, he returned to North America and signed an AHL contract with the Abbotsford Heat of the AHL.[1]
During the 2011–12 season, Sylvester established himself on the second offensive line with the Heat, contributing with 34 points in 65 games to earn a one-year contract extension on July 3, 2012.
On June 19, 2013, Sylvester signed as a free agent for a second time in Europe with top Austrian league club, the Vienna Capitals on a one-year contract.[2]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 58 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 72 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2007–08 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 70 | 35 | 33 | 68 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 34 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 68 | 35 | 58 | 93 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | EHC Freiburg | 2.GBun | 48 | 34 | 26 | 60 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Abbotsford Heat | AHL | 64 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | Abbotsford Heat | AHL | 62 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Vienna Capitals | EBEL | 50 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Vienna Capitals | EBEL | 48 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | Dornbirner EC | EBEL | 51 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||
| 2016–17 | Dornbirner EC | EBEL | 46 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Dornbirner EC | EBEL | 54 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| AHL totals | 119 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Award | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WHL | |||
| East Second All-Star Team | 2010 | [3] | |
| 2.GBun | |||
| Most Goals scored (34) | 2011 | [4] [5] | |