Andrew Hotham (born August 29, 1986) is a

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professional

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. He previously played four seasons with the Welsh

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team

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, claiming five trophies and four EIHL defenseman of the year awards. His father

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(over 200

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games) and elder brother

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also played the sport professionally.

Career

Following four seasons in the

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(OHL), Hotham attended Saint Mary's University in

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. In university, he played for the

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(CIS)

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from 2007–08 to 2010–11; the Huskies won the

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championship, with Hotham winning the Major W.J. "Danny" McLeod Award as Most Valuable Player of the national championship tournament. During his university career, he was named three times to the CIS All-Canadian First Team (2009, 2010 and 2011). In the days following his spring 2011 graduation from university, Hotham signed with the

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of the

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(AHL), playing in six games at the end of the

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. He played with the

Wheeling Nailers The Wheeling Nailers are a professional ECHL ice hockey team based in Wheeling, West Virginia. They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey Lea ...

of the

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for the

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, and was called up for two games with the associated

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of the AHL. He spent the start of the

2012–13 ECHL season The 2012–13 ECHL season was the 25th season of the ECHL. The regular season schedule ran from October 12, 2012 to March 30, 2013, with the Kelly Cup playoffs to follow. The All-Star Game, not held in 2011-12, was brought back and held on ...

with the

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, then returned to the Wheeling Nailers for 17 games, who then loaned him to AHL's

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, where he helped the Barons advance to the Western Conference finals in the Calder Cup playoffs. On June 23, 2013, Hotham signed his first European contract on a one-year deal with

Düsseldorfer EG Düsseldorfer Eislauf-Gemeinschaft or Düsseldorfer EG (short DEG) is a German professional ice hockey team in Düsseldorf. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players. The famous Eisstadion at th ...

of the DEL. Andrew Hotham moved to the UK ahead of the 2014/15 season to sign for

side

. Incidentally, Hotham played alongside his brother

during the 2016/17 season, Andrew's third season with the team, with the pair helping the Devils to a league and cup double. Andrew also claimed the EIHL player of the year award for 2016/17. Hothan has since gone on to play for Ontario-based ACH sides

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and

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Awards and honours

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hotham, Andrew 1986 births Living people 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Barrie Colts players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Wales Canadian ice hockey defencemen Cardiff Devils players Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) players Düsseldorfer EG players Erie Otters players Ice hockey people from Barrie Oklahoma City Barons players Saginaw Spirit players Wheeling Nailers players Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players