Evan Stoflet (born May 16, 1984) is an American former professional

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. Undrafted, he formerly played for

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, a Chinese team playing in

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. After two seasons in China, Stoflet opted to return to North America, signing a one-year deal in a return to his first ECHL club, the

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on August 29, 2016. In the 2016–17 season, Stoflet in a defensive minded role contributed with 9 points in 45 games. At the conclusion of his contract with the Grizzlies, Stoflet returned to Europe in agreeing to a one-year deal with

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club, ASC Corona Brașov of the Erste Liga on July 23, 2017. After spending the second half of the 2017-18 season with

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side

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, Stoflet then joined fellow Elite League side

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in August 2018. Stoflet spent the 2019-20 season in France with

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in the

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* * 1984 births American men's ice hockey defensemen Bakersfield Condors (1998–2015) players China Dragon players Copenhagen Hockey players Corpus Christi Rayz players Des Moines Buccaneers players Esbjerg Energy players Elmira Jackals (ECHL) players Milton Keynes Lightning players Fife Flyers players Diables Rouges de Briançon players Living people Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) players Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey players Ice hockey players from Wisconsin American expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland American expatriate ice hockey players in England American expatriate ice hockey players in China American expatriate ice hockey players in Denmark American expatriate ice hockey players in Romania American expatriate ice hockey players in France {{US-icehockey-defenceman-stub