Toddington Heads Back to Germany

BLOOMINGTON — Defenseman Kerry Toddington informed PrairieThunder coach Jason Christie on Monday that he will finish the season playing for a professional team in Germany. Toddington played the last five seasons in Great Britain and Denmark.

With the PrairieThunder, Toddington compiled 18 points (5 goals, 13 assists) in 34 games and ranked fifth in the Central Hockey League in shots with 111. His four power-play goals were second on the PrairieThunder.

A Regina, Saskatchewan native, Toddington spent the three previous seasons with the Ravensburg Tower Stars of the 2nd Division German Bundesliga. He scored 13 goals for 73 points and 66 penalty minutes in 107 regular season appearances. In 26 playoff games, Toddington recorded two goals and added 11 assists for 15 points and 52 PIMS. 

In Germany, Toddington also played 91 games with Bremerhaven REV in the 2005-06 and 2006-07 campaigns, scoring 13 goals for 61 points. 

His European background also includes 18 games in Denmark with the Nordsjaelland Cobras, earning four assists and a career professional high of 48 penalty minutes. 

Prior to his play in Europe, Toddington played three seasons in the ECHL with Richmond and Pensacola in the 2002-03 season, and with the Mississippi Sea Wolves from 2003-05. He also played one game in the AHL with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks in the 2002-03. 

Toddington's North American professional totals include 219 games played, 26 goals scored, 62 points and 115 PIMS. He took part in 13 playoff games, scored four goals for four points and four PIMS. 

Toddington’s career professional highs have come primarily with the Sea Wolves with 33 assists and 42 penalty minutes in the 2004-05 ECHL season.

Prior to professional hockey, Toddington played four years collegiate hockey at Clarkson, located at Potsdam, New York. That’s where he appeared in 142 career games, scored 14 goals, added 71 assists for 85 points and 129 penalty minutes with the Golden Knights.

Considered one of the top college defensemen in the country, Toddington served as co-captain in his senior season at Clarkson, aiding them back to the ECAC Hockey semifinals. During his time at Clarkson, the Golden Knights appeared in one NCAA Division I tournament as an automatic qualifier after winning the conference post-season tournament. 

The Golden Knights won two ECAC regular season titles during his college career and Toddington won first-team conference All-Star and All-Tournament honors while with the school. 

Before Clarkson, Toddington was one of the premier defenseman in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, while playing for the Battlefords North Stars, where he tallied five goals and 10 assists in 1997-98, while being named SJHL Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Defenseman.