| Taylor Vause | |
| Birth Date: | 28 September 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| Position: | Forward |
| Shoots: | Right |
| League: | EBEL |
| Team: | Vienna Capitals |
| Former Teams: | Texas Stars Adirondack Flames HC Bolzano |
| Draft: | Undrafted |
| Career Start: | 2012 |
Taylor Vause (born September 28, 1991) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with the EC Bad Nauheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2 (DEL2).
Vause played major junior hockey with the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League (WHL), where he was awarded the 2011–12 Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy as the WHL humanitarian of the year.[1] He made his professional debut with the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League (AHL) near the end of the 2011–12 AHL season, and was with the Stars when they captured the 2013–14 Calder Cup as the AHL Champions.[2]
After a season within the Calgary Flames affiliations, the Adirondack Flames and the Colorado Eagles, Vause signed his first contract abroad, agreeing to a one-year deal with Italian club, HC Bolzano of the EBEL on August 23, 2015.[3] Upon the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, he signed a one-year deal with fellow EBEL outfit Vienna Capitals on June 1, 2016.[4]
| Team | League | GP | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | Calgary Royals | AMHL | 35 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 66 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2009–10 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 65 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 62 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 72 | 37 | 46 | 83 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Texas Stars | AHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Texas Stars | AHL | 55 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Texas Stars | AHL | 24 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 21 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Colorado Eagles | ECHL | 30 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Adirondack Flames | AHL | 41 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | HC Bolzano | EBEL | 44 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | Vienna Capitals | EBEL | 49 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | Vienna Capitals | EBEL | 53 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 | Vienna Capitals | EBEL | 49 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 14 | ||
| AHL totals | 125 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Award | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WHL | |||
| Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy (Humanitarian of the Year) | 2012 | [5] | |
| AHL | |||
| Calder Cup (Texas Stars) | 2014 | ||