| Team: | Grizzlys Wolfsburg |
| League: | DEL |
| Former Teams: | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Milwaukee Admirals Augsburger Panther Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Dinamo Riga Eisbären Berlin |
| Position: | Right Wing/Left Wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| Birth Date: | 23 August 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Whittier, California, U.S. |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 2013 |
Matt White (born August 23, 1989) is an American professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing under contract with Grizzlys Wolfsburg of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
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.[1]
White 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.[2]
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.[3]
In the 2017–18 season White returned to Europe and signed a contract with the Augsburger Panther of Germany's highest level hockey league, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). During his first DEL season he ranked in the top 10 scorers in the entire league.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6] For 2020-21 season he changed back to the DEL and played for the Eisbären Berlin. In his first year for the team from the German capital he won the league championship. Also in the 2021-22 season he was again a DEL champion with the Polar Bears; White was the top scorer from his team in regular and post-season. In the final game against the EHC Red Bull München he scored a hat trick.[7]
For the 2023–24 season White left Berlin and signed with fellow DEL club Grizzlys Wolfsburg.[8]
| Team | League | GP | 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 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 54 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23 | Eisbären Berlin | DEL | 56 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | DEL | 32 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| AHL totals | 125 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| DEL totals | 282 | 112 | 156 | 268 | 84 | 39 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 10 | ||||
| KHL totals | 76 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Awards | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| USHL | |||
| USHL-Champion (Omaha Lancers) | 2007–08 | ||
| 2009–10 | |||
| Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year Award | 2009–10 | ||
| USHL All-Star Team | 2009–10 | ||
| College | |||
| WCHA All-Academic Team | 2010–11 | ||
| ECHL | |||
| ECHL Player of the Week | 2014–15 | [9] | |
| DEL | |||
| Champion (Eisbären Berlin) | 2021, 2022 | [10] [11] | |