Joe DeMitchell is a retired professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player who played four seasons in the minor leagues.

Career

DeMitchell started his career in 1985 with the New York Slapshots of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League

Atlantic Coast Hockey League

The Atlantic Coast Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization that operated between 1981 and 1987. The league was founded by Bill Coffey....

, scoring 60 points in 58 games. The Slapshot would change their name from the New York Slapshots to Troy Slapshots after the 1985-86 season, but DeMitchell remained with the team. DeMitchell would open the 1986-87 season scoring 7 points in 6 games before the Slapshots folded. DeMitchell was one of several players claimed by the Mohawk Valley Comets

Mohawk Valley Comets

They Mohawk Valley Comets are a former professional ice hockey team based in Utica, NY. They were a member of the North American Hockey League from 1973 to 1977.-Season-by-season results:...

 in the ACHL's Dispersal Draft. DeMitchell helped lead the Comets to the Bob Paine Trophy

Bob Paine Trophy

The Bob Paine Trophy was awarded to the play-off champion of the now-defunct Atlantic Coast Hockey League. The Paine Trophy was awarded to teams since the ACHL's inaugural season of 1981–82 until the ACHL's final season of 1986–87. The trophy is named after Bob Paine, an executive with several...

, but the Comets would eventually lose to the Virginia Lancers four games to three.

DeMitchell would follow his Comets coach Joe Selenski from the ACHL to the AAHL

All-American Hockey League

The All-American Hockey League was a minor league hockey organization formed in 1972 with teams based in the Upper Midwest and Great lakes regions of the United States as the Continental Hockey League. In 1986 the league folded and the Danville, Dayton, Troy went on to form the All-American Hockey...

 for the 1987-88 season, where Selenski formed a roster of players to play in Johnstown

Johnstown Chiefs

The Johnstown Chiefs were a minor league ice hockey team located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania that played in the ECHL. The team was founded in 1988 in the All-American Hockey League, and moved to the East Coast Hockey League when that league was formed...

, starting midway through the season. DeMitchell scored 17 goals and 36 points in only 19 games, but would lose to the Carolina Thunderbirds

Carolina Thunderbirds

The Carolina Thunderbirds were a professional ice hockey team located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. The Thunderbirds played their home games at the old Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum before the arena was demolished in 1989...

 two games to one.

DeMitchell finished his career with the Erie Panthers

Erie Panthers

The Erie Panthers were a professional hockey team, and one of the founding members in the East Coast Hockey League. Based in Erie, Pennsylvania from 1988 to 1996, they were one of the most prolific teams in the ECHL. The Panthers were known for their ability to score goals quickly and often, as...

, scoring 12 points in 14 games.

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