Samson Mahbod (born February 3, 1989) is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey winger of Iranian descent. He is currently a free agent.
Playing career
Junior Mahbod was drafted in the 2005 QMJHL Entry Draft by the Gatineau Olympiques, in the 5th round (75th overall). He also played for the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, Drummondville Voltigeurs, and the Prince Edward Island Rocket.
Professional He was not drafted into the NHL, so he made his jump to professional hockey by joining the Elmira Jackals in the 2010–11 ECHL season. That season, he also played for the South Carolina Stingrays, Cincinnati Cyclones, and Utah Grizzlies. The following season, he played for the Arizona Sundogs of the Central Hockey League, before moving back to the ECHL in 2012 with the Alaska Aces. After a short stay in Alaska, he decided to try his luck abroad and joined GKS Katowice for one game.
In 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Ciarko PBS Bank KH Sanok. In addition to winning the playoff championship with the team, he led the league in assists (54) and points (81) and was named the Polish League's Best Player.
In August 2014, he joined Russian club, Toros Neftekamsk of the VHL, where he won the VHL Championship.
In August 2015, he underwent a successful trial with the Espoo Blues of Liiga, and signed a one-year contract. Upon the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, he moved on to the KHL, signing with Medvescak Zagreb in July 2016.
During the 2018–19 season, Mahbod played in 8 games with HC Vítkovice Ridera before leaving the Czech Extraliga in agreeing to a contract for the remainder of the season with German outfit, Krefeld Pinguine of the DEL on November 30, 2018. Mahbob contributed with 6 assists in 16 games with the Pinguine before leaving at the conclusion of the year.
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2005–06Gatineau OlympiquesQMJHL50002————— 2006–07Acadie-Bathurst TitanQMJHL91126————— 2007–08Drummondville VoltigeursQMJHL326172329————— 2008–09Drummondville VoltigeursQMJHL663049796419581320 2009–10Prince Edward Island RocketQMJHL5220446453505510 2010–11Elmira JackalsECHL92468————— 2010–11South Carolina StingraysECHL16371012————— 2010–11Cincinnati CyclonesECHL22551017————— 2010–11Utah GrizzliesECHL—————61010 2011–12Arizona SundogsCHL437152245————— 2012–13Alaska AcesECHL40222————— 2012–13GKS KatowicePoland11230752718 2013–14KH SanokPoland3927548142149142382014–15Toros NeftekamskVHL37817259520761310 2015–16Espoo BluesLiiga578142255————— 2016–17KHL Medveščak ZagrebKHL3026814————— 2017–18KHL Medveščak ZagrebEBEL3715223716————— 2017–18HC VítkoviceELH4000440008 2018–19HC VítkoviceELH810110————— 2018–19Krefeld PinguineDEL1606620————— 2019–20 HC Litvínov ELH 29 9 13 22 24 — — — — — 2020–21 HC Litvínov ELH 9 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2021–22 HK Dukla Trenčín Slovak 20 8 11 19 22 4 0 2 2 20 2022 Team Carbonneau 3ICE 14 8 7 15 — — — — — — 2022–23 Asiago Hockey 1935 ICEHL 6 3 4 7 6 2 0 0 0 2 2023 Team Carbonneau 3ICE 6 3 7 10 — — — — — — KHL totals 30 2 6 8 14 — — — — —
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