Dillon Heatherington (born May 9, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for the Belleville Senators in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Heatherington was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second-round (50th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
During the 2012–13 season, he played with Team Canada[1] to win a gold medal at the 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships.[2] Leading up to the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Heatherington was lauded as a top prospect.[3]
On March 1, 2015, Heatherington's progression to the professional stage was enhanced in signing a three-year entry-level contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets.[4]
In his first full professional season in 2015–16, Heatherington was assigned to the Blue Jackets new AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters. As a staple of the Monsters defense corps, Heatherington appeared in 63 games adding 19 points. In the post-season, he collected 3 assist in 15 games as he helped contribute to the Monsters claiming the Calder Cup in his rookie season.
During the following 2016–17 season, Heatherington battled injury and collected 6 points in 38 games with the renamed Cleveland Monsters before he was dealt at the NHL trade deadline by the Blue Jackets to the Dallas Stars in exchange for Lauri Korpikoski on March 1, 2017.[5] He was subsequently sent down to the Stars AHL affiliate, the Texas Stars.
Heatherington was called up by the Stars on January 13, 2018, to replace Marc Methot, who was placed on Injured Reserve (IR).[6] He played his first career NHL game against the team that drafted him, the Columbus Blue Jackets, on January 18, 2018.[7] He recorded his first NHL point in a shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 9, 2018, by assisting on Tyler Seguin's first period goal.[8]
Having left the Stars organization as a free agent after four seasons, Heatherington signed his first contract abroad, agreeing to a one-year contract with Kazakh club, Barys Nur-Sultan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on November 2, 2020.[9]
After a lone season in the KHL with Barys, Heatherington returned to North America and the NHL in agreeing to a one-year, two-way contract with the Ottawa Senators on July 29, 2021.[10]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2010–11 | Calgary Flames Midget | AMHL | 31 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2010–11 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 57 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 71 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 70 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
2014–15 | Swift Current Broncos | WHL | 48 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
2014–15 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | Lake Erie Monsters | AHL | 63 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 50 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
2016–17 | Cleveland Monsters | AHL | 38 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | Texas Stars | AHL | 22 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | Texas Stars | AHL | 55 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 47 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||
2017–18 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | Texas Stars | AHL | 73 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Texas Stars | AHL | 59 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | Barys Nur-Sultan | KHL | 41 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 45 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
KHL totals | 41 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Ice hockey | ||
IIHF World U18 Championship | ||
![]() | 2013 Sochi | |
IIHF World U20 Championship | ||
![]() | 2015 Canada |
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2013 | Canada | U18 | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
2015 | Canada | WJC | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Junior totals | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Awards | Year | |
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AHL | ||
Calder Cup (Lake Erie Monsters) | 2016 | [11] |
International | ||
IIHF World U18 Championships Gold Medal | 2013 | [12] |
IIHF World U20 Championships Gold Medal | 2015 |
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