Colten Hayes (born January 31, 1990) is a

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professional

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who is currently an

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who most recently played under contract to the

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of the

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(AHL), on loan to the

Missouri Mavericks The Kansas City Mavericks are an ice hockey team in the ECHL. Founded in 2009 as the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League, CHL, the team plays in Independence, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, at the Cable Dahmer Arena. H ...

of the

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Playing career

Hayes played

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for the Sicamous Eagles, Salmon Arm Silverbacks,

Drumheller Dragons The Drumheller Dragons are a junior A ice hockey team based in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, with home games at Drumheller Memorial Arena. They are members of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, which is a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey L ...

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. Hayes began his professional career during the 2011–12 season in the

, playing a total of 48 games for the

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and the

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. On September 27, 2012, it was announced Hayes was invited to Training Camp with the Connecticut Whale of the

. On October 5, 2012, Hayes was released by the Whale from their Training Camp. On October 6, 2012, Hayes was added to the Training Camp roster of the

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of the

. On October 10, 2012, Hayes was released by the Road Warriors from their Training Camp. On October 18, 2012, Hayes signed with the

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of the

. On November 26, 2012, after playing 10 games for the Komets, Hayes was released by the Komets, subsequently being picked up off of waivers by the

South Carolina Stingrays The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Co ...

of the

on November 27, 2013. Instead of reporting to the Stingrays, Hayes signed with the

of the

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on November 27, 2012. In the midst of playing for the Mavericks, Hayes's

rights were traded from the

to the

on January 9, 2013, in exchange for

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Phil Mangan. That same day, after playing 18 games for the

, Hayes left the Mavericks to join the

; the Mavericks consequently placed Hayes on Team Suspension. After finishing the 2012–13 season with the Thunder, Hayes returned to the

during the off-season, signing with the team on August 13, 2013, for the 2013-14 season. On September 25, 2013, Hayes was invited to the 2013 Training Camp of the

of the

. Hayes was later released from the Wolves' Training Camp and re-joined the Missouri Mavericks roster for the 2013-14 season. On July 30, 2014, Hayes was signed to a

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with the

, the

affiliate team for the

. On October 6, 2014, Hayes was assigned by the Wolves to the

, which had become a member of the

. On November 6, 2014, Hayes was recalled by the Chicago Wolves and, on November 7, 2014, was reassigned to the Alaska Aces of the

. On March 11, 2015, the Wolves reassigned Hayes from the Aces back to the

of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayes, Colten 1990 births Living people Alaska Aces (ECHL) players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Drumheller Dragons players Fort Wayne Komets players Ice hockey people from British Columbia Langley Chiefs players Missouri Mavericks players Okotoks Oilers players People from Maple Ridge, British Columbia Reading Royals players Salmon Arm Silverbacks players Stockton Thunder players