Benn Olson (born April 29, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman playing for the Coventry Blaze in the Elite Ice Hockey League.

Benn Olson
Born (1987-04-29) April 29, 1987 (age 37)
Port McNeill, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
EIHL team
Former teams
Coventry Blaze
AHL
Houston Aeros
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Milwaukee Admirals
Albany River Rats
ECHL
Florida Everblades
Cincinnati Cyclones
Alaska Aces
Ontario Reign
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present

Career

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Olson has played extensively in the minor leagues between the ECHL and AHL in each of his four seasons as a professional. His post-season experience has been entirely in the ECHL, once with the Florida Everblades in 2010 and once with the Ontario Reign in 2012. Other teams Olson has played for include the Houston Aeros, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Milwaukee Admirals, and Albany River Rats of the AHL, and the Cincinnati Cyclones and Alaska Aces of the ECHL. Olson played juniors in the WHL, for the Kamloops Blazers and the Seattle Thunderbirds.[1]

Olson's role as a defenseman has led him into the position of an enforcer; he has amassed 723 penalty minutes in 203 professional games, and 835 in his days in the WHL over 275 games.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Benn Olson hockey statistics and profile". Hockeydb. Retrieved April 8, 2012.
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