Ben Davies | |||
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Born | Cardiff, Wales | 18 January 1991||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
EIHL team Former teams | Cardiff Devils Cardiff Dragons Basingstoke Bison Braehead Clan Norfolk Admirals Coventry Blaze Melbourne Mustangs Guildford Flames Swindon Wildcats Manchester Storm | ||
National team | Great Britain | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2007–present |
Ben Davies (born 18 January 1991) is a Welsh ice hockey player for Cardiff Devils and the British national team. [1]
He represented Great Britain at the 2019 IIHF World Championship, [2] where he scored the overtime goal against France to avoid Britain's relegation to Division I, and again at the 2021 IIHF World Championship, 2022 IIHF World Championship and 2024 IIHF World Championship. [3] [ circular reference ] [4] [5]
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